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  Do You Take Flu Shots?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i never have.

  i seldom get the "flu" and if i do, it usually happens after everyone else has gotten it.. i know of many people who regularly get the flu shot and they seem to always still get sick..

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  joyfulfader

  I have been a nurse for many years and never had a flu shot. Rarely get sick. Never the flu.
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  MSN report on false end of the world predictions includes JW's

  by joyfulfader in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i thought this quote on msn regarding all the interest in end of the world stuff because of today's date 12/12/12 and the 21st as the end of the mayan calendar.. "figuring out when it all comes crashing down isn't easy, though.

  the jehovah's witnesses, for example, have predicted the end of the world at least four times, only to be forced to backtrack.

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  joyfulfader

  honeybucket- the reference is on the first page of the link in my second post. where the jw's are mentioned it is underlined (the part i quoted in post #1) and that is what takes u to jwfacts. hope u can click on it.
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  MSN report on false end of the world predictions includes JW's

  by joyfulfader in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i thought this quote on msn regarding all the interest in end of the world stuff because of today's date 12/12/12 and the 21st as the end of the mayan calendar.. "figuring out when it all comes crashing down isn't easy, though.

  the jehovah's witnesses, for example, have predicted the end of the world at least four times, only to be forced to backtrack.

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  joyfulfader

  what is also interesting about the article is that people can click on the highlighted part of the article and see the documented proof of the false predictions if one chooses to. most die hards would probably quickly close the link in face of the facts for fear of being "contaminated".
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  MSN report on false end of the world predictions includes JW's

  by joyfulfader in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i thought this quote on msn regarding all the interest in end of the world stuff because of today's date 12/12/12 and the 21st as the end of the mayan calendar.. "figuring out when it all comes crashing down isn't easy, though.

  the jehovah's witnesses, for example, have predicted the end of the world at least four times, only to be forced to backtrack.

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  joyfulfader

  http://t.money.msn.com/investing/the-end-of-world-as-we-know-it

  this is the link. hope it works. never tried this before.
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  MSN report on false end of the world predictions includes JW's

  by joyfulfader in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i thought this quote on msn regarding all the interest in end of the world stuff because of today's date 12/12/12 and the 21st as the end of the mayan calendar.. "figuring out when it all comes crashing down isn't easy, though.

  the jehovah's witnesses, for example, have predicted the end of the world at least four times, only to be forced to backtrack.

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  joyfulfader

  I thought this quote on MSN regarding all the interest in end of the world stuff because of today's date 12/12/12 and the 21st as the end of the mayan calendar.

  "Figuring out when it all comes crashing down isn't easy, though. The Jehovah's Witnesses, for example, have predicted the end of the world at least four times, only to be forced to backtrack."
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  "Shepherd" book published online by National Broadcasting Agency in Norway!

  by Boudica in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  wow, did not think this was possible... the whole shepherd the flock - book available + some of the late boe letters regarding child abuse policies and secrecy, published here by nrk (the national broadcaster in norway).. http://www.nrk.no/contentfile/file/1.10660993!2010_ks10-e3vedl%20til%20slutt%20%282%29.pdf.

  wonder how long it will be before it is removed?.

  and jw being top story, child abuse matters discussed from different angles.. well done to those who have been able to make nrk interested and give it full coverage!.

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  glad to have gotten my hands on this before it is taken down!!! Thanks Boudica and NRK!!
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  Do you miss "dressing up" for the meetings?

  by dozy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was thinking about this the other day when doing a bit of tidying up of my wardrobe.

  all the kh suits are now pushed to the back of the wardrobe and i am seriously thinking about a visit to the charity shop to get rid of most of them.. for me one of the (few) enjoyable aspects of being a jw was getting dressed up.

  my secular work very rarely involves putting on a dress suit & tie so i miss getting dressed up - smart suit , tie , shiny shoes , slapping on the aftershave.

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  I did like dressing up. I probably pushed the envelope a bit by dressing in form fitting pencil skirts and often wore fishnets and boots with classic and unique jackets. At times I would even wear garters and thigh high stockings underneath just to feel an inner sexiness lol. At 6'2" in my heels I was hard to miss but no one ever messed with me lol. I was careful with skirt length and neckline but could hardly be referred to as a conservative dresser. I miss that part.
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  If you are fader, how do you handle assignments etc.

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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  joyfulfader

  I guess I did not consider myself actually fading until I was no longer giving any parts. That lead to sporadic meeting attendance and that lead to no field service and that lead to no meetings. Been 14 months since setting foot in the door of a KH. The only way I would knock on one of those doors in the territory would be to apologize for ever coming there in the first place with a bunch of crap.
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  WHAT ARE YOUR MOST VIVID, ODD, or FUNNY Memories of Conventions and Assemblies of Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by Balaamsass in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  share with us memories of the bizarre, funny, strange, what you hated, what you miss...we all have them.

  (question..why the big to do between terms- convention and assembly .

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  We were returning home from a day at the convention at the Cap Center outside of Washington DC in MD (1980's) on a particularly hot day in bumper to bumper stopped traffic when lo and behold we see a man sauntering up the median in nothing but socks and shoes. I suppose the asphalt was too warm for his feet lol. Made the evening news. Was probably my first ever glimpse of the male anatomy lol
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  Did you ever have to walk out of/shut off a movie when watching with JWs?

  by keyser soze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can only recall one occasion.

  it was when my brother and future wife were dating.

  they had dinner at my parents' house, along with her uber-zealous/borderline psychotic parents.

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  joyfulfader

  The flying monkeys in the wizard of oz caused quite a bit of contention among those in my former cong. They were Satan's monkeys. I would say "it was all a DREAM guys!!!" How many people have rational dreams?? I suppose they could come out with a WT forbidding the dreaming of anything not on the GB approved list of story lines.