It seems like they are going to streamline and homogonize themselves right out of existence if they are not careful.
Here's hoping...
venetian
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New Rumor: Downsizing Circuits/Assemblies
by metatron inheard a new rumor that:.
the borg is going to phase out big district assemblies - so they can fit 'em in assembly halls.. they will reduce the size of circuits.
they will synchronize c.o.
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Victoria, Australia: A MUST READ-Transcript of audio recording of WT letter read to all Victoria congs Oct/Nov. 2011 re: Working With Children Act
by AndersonsInfo insee www.jwnews.net, steven unthank's private blog site where he posted the following material.
i enlarged and put in bold the third paragraph of the wt's letter where the elder, an ex-bethelite, made some fascinating errors while reading the letter by using the words, "borg" and "perp.
" does this mean what i think it means?
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venetian
He said BORG??? wow!
That tells me this elder is either a viewer/member on "apostate" websites where the word "borg" for the organisation is used regularly, or he's a trekkie who's worked out the connection himself.
I'm more inclined to think its the first one.
Hey, how many elders are really closet apostates?? I bet there's quite a few.
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Has ANYONE married someone who is not a jw and been/is happy????
by MsGrowingGirl20 inwe were taught that this is detrimental and would only end in doom and gloom...is it true??.
are you happy or know someone who is??
do you regret it?.
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venetian
LOL! "Not happy Jan". Ahh that takes me back, some ads stick.
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Be Honest---Describe your most prevalent feeling as a witness in ONE WORD!
by MsGrowingGirl20 inlets's go!!.
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suffocating.
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venetian
Guilty
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Has ANYONE married someone who is not a jw and been/is happy????
by MsGrowingGirl20 inwe were taught that this is detrimental and would only end in doom and gloom...is it true??.
are you happy or know someone who is??
do you regret it?.
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venetian
My hubby and I have been married for 30 years this year. Throughout our years as JW's so much pressure was put on both of us to take the lead/ study with kids/set the example/reach out etc. Not to mention the constant routine of meetings field service, pre study etc that our JW marriage was put under extreme pressure to the point of separating. Neither of us were truly happy for years but managed to maintain a front.
Now since we have both left, I LOVE my husband for who he truly is and not based on how he is perceived by the rest of the congregation. Its as if we are newlyweds again, discovering ourselves, our likes and dislikes. I had no idea after all these years that my hubby wanted to learn to jive but couldn't say so because it was "worldly" and we didn't have the time!
So we're learning to jive, and LOVIN IT!!
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I haven't seen an episode without him. I don't want to either!
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My rambling story
by MsGrowingGirl20 ini am 18...my mother has been studying the bible with jw's for over 20 years now.
she has never been baptised for various reasons.she wasn't married at the time to my abusive and drunkard father...when she started studying she got married to him--then she left him 4 years after.since then almost everywhere we moved mommy was approached by the jw's and she regularly had discussions with them .. when we bought our current home and the jw's appproached us 3 years ago,mommy was working day and night and so she told them to study with me.the next sunday we started going to meetings...all the meetings...i became a publisher in 4 months and was baptised 8 months after...i was told by everyone that i was progressing well...because of my mom's hectic work schedule ( single mother 4) we never had a close relationship so i immediately became really close to my study conductor...i was taught that religion and the people at the kh had to take precedence over any family members especially those who were a part of the world..from then on i never went to any family gatherings,concerts and i began to 'look down' on my mother.after all her heart condition wasn't right--why wasn't she baptised?
our relationship plunged---i even told her that i wanted to leave this house...she knew that i felt closer to my study conductor and so she tried to start back her study and get baptised....again she was dating someone and contemplating marriage with him but my study conductor kept on drilling into her head 'marry only in the lord'.
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venetian
MsGrowingGirl20
You are an inspiration to all young Witnesses who are going through the same doubts and uncertainties you are (and believe me, there are many)
Thank you for telling your story, it'll give these young ones hope in knowing they're not alone.
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Songs that are atmospheric
by FlyingHighNow inthis is a song thread that will take a little thought.
i'd like for you to share songs that sound atmospheric and conjure up feelings of night air or a smokey room, the energy of the ocean's roar or capture the joy of a party or celebration.
the songs can be transportive and take you other places by their sound and the visuals they evoke from the stories they tell.. my first one is from tim mcgraw.
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venetian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4Jj9Uv5D8k&feature=fvsr
Ok guys, how do you make the link live? Dumb blonde moment.
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Desperate JWs At My Door Today
by TOTH ini have been in terrible pain for several days now.
i don't know what i did but my low back hurts like hell and there is a lump like a knot there.
nothing had helped until i used my wife's tens unit.
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venetian
She KNEW he had this appt and said she would takle him, then at the last minute said she HAD to go place memorial flyers.
Really?
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Now that Rick is gone......
by outsmartthesystem indo you think there is any chance we can get 20571pnt428571......8675309....r2d2....10-4 over and out to quit bombarding the message boards with ridiculous apocolpytic fortune telling?
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venetian
Randy. Well said