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  Age Difference?

  by simplesally in

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  she is older, he is younger.

  what's the largest spread in years that you have heard about that is.

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  Is anyone here hooked on Downton Abbey?

  by exwhyzee in

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  my wife got me started watching this show last year.

  we've downloaded the previous seasons on netflix and have found it to be really well done.

  the story line, scenery,costumes,old cars and compelling characters have us hooked.

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  I loved the show the first time I watched it. Surpsisingly my husband enjoys it too. I love the costumes and pretty much any of Violet's lines.
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  Multitudes of people are named Jesus ,how many do you know of that go by the name of Allah ,Yahweh , Adonai , or Jehovah ,

  by smiddy in

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  i do recall a person who changed his name to yahweh ben yahweh , that is the only person i have ever heard of , are their any others ?.

  smiddy.

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  I was reading a local paper in CT about 10 years ago wherein an African American woman named Jehovah was pictured in an article. The elders thought it must have been a mistake because Jehovah wouldn't allow His name to be used by a mere mortal.
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  Why did you pick the name you have now

  by label licker in

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  2. friends

  just wondering if your name describes what you saw, how you were treated when you were "in" or now "out", maybe your personality, ect.... i'm label licker and the why i picked this name was because of all the licking up one side of elders and down the other to either be an elder or ministerial servant.

  one time i was standing right in front of this brother who wasn't made an ms yet and he totally ignored me and talked right over my head speaking really loud trying to catch the co's attention.. got sick of watching the poor elderly sitting all alone or standing against the wall like a wall flower with noone to talk to and yet all these label lickers would take turns picking up the elders elderly parents and take them shopping and do their groceries at least four times a week while out in service, yet, there was noone there to take a meal to a sister who just got out of the hospital with a heart attack.

  when i had shown up at her apartment with a meal she asked if i could wash her private and change her bandages.

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  mercedes because I like the cars, 29 because it's my favorite number
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  What's you BIGGEST pet peeve/disagreement with the WT or GB?!?

  by TeenageInsider in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for me its the district conventions.

  not bragging in anyway, but i was born-into a family of 'higher ups' im talking co's and zo's..... and there is a room that they set up in the conventions/stadiums called the "chairmans office".

  i always have access to these rooms, because im usually with one of my higher up family members who give talks and all that other crap.. anyways, while everyone in the convention is sitting in the sun, eating a slimy, soggy bolognia sandwich, the chairmans office is air conditioned, has a variety of chilled beverages, 'coke, pepsi, diet coke, gatorade, dasani water bottles,' not to mention the 'danishes, sandwich triangles, cookies, cakes, muffins, fresh coffee, and for lunch, pizza, salads, pastas, and lasagna'.

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  I didn't like how the same rules didn't apply to everyone. If your dad was an elder or you gave a lot of money you could get away with anything. I also hated how women were treated as second class citizens.
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  As a JW, how did you feel about shunning?

  by jwfacts in

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  i am interested in the answers for a new poll.

  also, feel free to suggest other options, wording etc.agreed in full with the watchtower guidelinesagreed with shunning in general, but not for familywas stumbled by this practice but shunned as instructeddid not agree with the practice and secretly associated with disfellowshipped people .

  for me personally, i did not agree with the practice and secretly associated with disfellowshipped people, even whilst at bethel.

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  I felt bad for kids who got baptized at 9,10,11 before they knew any better and then their hormones kicked in then did something to get DF'd. They were cut off from everyone important in their lives because they got baptized. Another case that bothered me was that of a lonely, divorced woman who was taking care of her elderly ailing father and her daughter just moved out and married. She started drinking heavily and was DF'd for drunkenness. I thought it was awful since she had no one else and her life was falling apart - what motivation did she have to stop drinking at that point? Never liked the policy but I didn't openly go against it since I didn't want to get hauled in the back room.
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  New here and just sick!

  by msconcerned in

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  hello, i am new and i feel soooo wrong about being here.

  anyway i am an m.s and have been disillusioned ever since the new understanding that came out in october.

  i have read many things on this board that i have and also have not thought about.

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  Welcome, msconcerned!
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  Jehovah witness's who still live at home

  by d in

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  did you know of any jw's that still live at home?

  i knew a guy who was about in his 30's back in 2005 who still lived at home.. do you know of any?.

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  I know two brothers (same parents) who live at home. One is 55 the other is 46. They both lived elsewhere for 6-9 months but moved back in and stayed ever since. There is another guy who married and his family live in the upstairs of the house while his parents live downstairs.
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  Who is brave enough to admit

  by mouthy in

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  they have met me in person?????

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  haven't met you, but would like to!
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  New Member-Active Elder

  by Promitheas in

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  i'm a new member & i'd like to say hi to everyone, intoducing myself.. i am a 3rd generation born-in at mid 50's & an active elder.. english is not my mother language, so pls ignore any grammatical errors.

  i live in a small country in europe.. i'd like to thank you for all information posted.

  some of them have rally helped me to understand and examine again my beliefs.. last new light concerning f&ds=gb has verified the idea that they are popes in the position op pope.. i still believe in god & in his son jesus christ but not in the gb..

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  Bienvenue Promitheas!