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1975 Noah Drama online

by Dogpatch in

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here are some excerpts from the watchtower's district assembly in 1975, warning about the days of noah.

complete with organizational snippets, orwellian guilting, and cheesy dialogue!.

http://thetruthhurts.freeservers.com/.

Princess

Bro Shepherd sounds like Ward Cleaver.

Princess

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i remembered this just the other day, and thought id make a post of it.. back in 1971, during my first year of pioneering, i was kind of adopted by one of the sisters in the congregation who was keen to get me friendly with her son (a teenage boy just a little younger than myself) with a view to getting him interested in the pioneer service.. kevin spent part of that summer shadowing me everywhere i went, learning to be a pioneer, and many times i was invited to meals at his house.. his family had been in the truth for ever.

his parents, rose and albert, were absolute congregation stalwarts.

i gradually began to get a bit irritated with them, since it was clear after a few weeks of looking after kevin, and accepting some (not all, just the minimum number for politeness sake) of his many invitations to his house.

Princess

My mother in law did that in anticipation of Y2K. She wouldn't have put forward the effort for the witnesses though, she could never abide by all the rules. Got her in a heap of trouble!

Princess

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My Story

by Commie Chris in

ive been lurking hear for a few weeks.

heres my story:.

i was raised in a catholic family in toronto and went to catholic schools until grade 9 (age 13).

Princess

Hi Chris, welcome to the board. You have quite a story, thanks for sharing it with us. I'm always amazed at the way the elders have treated some of us. It seems many are very intimidated by those with higher education. I'm sure the fact that you are an attorney just scared them to death.

My husband and I also left when our first child was born (almost five years ago). We are both non-demoninational christians like your wife. We also feel that our children will be fine without a church. We pray with them and I have bought some great bible stories books to read to them. We occasionally meet some resistance to our decision not to take them to church, mostly at Christmas from some born again relatives and from various church going friends. I can't imagine why they need to belong to a church in order to know God. They can make that decision when they are adults...years from now!

Your story has such a happy ending. I'm glad you found this site and made the decision to raise your family outside the borg.

Princess

"...and they lived happily ever after."

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Organized religion, no religion, agnostic

by cnn77 in

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i am new here trying to figure my way around...... i would appreciate it if you could say which of these fits you..... 1. still a jw.

2. if you dont agree with the jw doctrines any longer do you belong to another religious organization now?

3. are still religious and have no religious affiliation.

Princess

I suppose I'm #3 but hard to think of myself as religious. Can't remember the last time I picked up a bible, no that's not true, I picked up my cousin's bible last week to clean the surface it was sitting on.

Princess

"...and they lived happily ever after."

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How Many States / Countrys Are Represented Here?

by Big Jim in

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i am from houston texas myself.

Princess

Hi Big Jim! I was wondering the same. I'm in Edmonds, Washington.

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Me And Rambo Just Hit 55!

by Englishman in

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just to let you know that me and me old pal sylvester stallone were born on the same day - july 6 - in the same year - 1946.. which means that today is our birthday!!!.

now although i'm much better looking than sylv and have a far better physique ho ho ho, i still phoned me old jw mum just to remind her that i still exist.

here's how the conversation went along:.

Princess

Happy birthday Englishman!

Princess

"...and they lived happily ever after."

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VeniceIT

by Yerusalyim in

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what would ya be doing right now if you hadn't opened this post?.

wooohooooooooooooo.

note: the direction this post took was not intended to in any way reflect upon veniceit.

Princess

OK Ven, now I'm sorry! I swear it.

Please leave her alone already. Go buy a magazine.

Princess

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I have JW's staying with me...help!

by Princess in

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i have had my jw cousin and his wife and three children staying at my house since sunday.

i thought i'd just share a few experiences with you all.. my husband and i are marveling at the numerous compromises they have made since coming here to washington state from wisconsin.

they are here to visit his disfellowshipped mother who has cancer.

Princess

Thanks Yeru, they left Monday and I danced as I closed the door! Actually ended up ok. Sunday they were quite nice and left a card on my desk for me to find. It was our anniversary and they included a nice thank you with it. Would have rather had a few verbal ones over the course of the week, but the card was nice.

I asked him about the convention (as posted above) and after that they both were very friendly. They weren't quite as brave and convicted in their attempts at shunning when I saw right through it.

Oh well, it's over now! Only ex-JWs from now on. Hope you all had a happy fourth! We sure did.

Princess

"...and they lived happily ever after."

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