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  Found an Old Letter

  by Scully in

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  i was going through an old file folder a few days ago and came across this letter i wrote to our old congregation regarding renovations that had been proposed.

  at the time, i was very upset with the way the proposals were steam-rollered through (i think the sentiment comes across nicely in my letter lol).

  has anything like this ever happened elsewhere??

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  Very cool letter, Scully! You kicked elder ass then, and you are still kicking elder ass now!

  All I can say is "I'm glad you're on our side"
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  Comprehensive list of misquotes

  by JG in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  does anyone have or know of a "full and complete list of misquotations of the watchtower" if not would anyone like to help compile this list.

  i'm sure that we could find someone who would host an article or paper on this subject.

  i was thinking of a list or paper without any inflamatory wording or language that we could just hand to a jw and they would read without dismissing it as "full of hate" or appostate etc.

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  JG, I am ALWAYS open to input and suggestions. I am always behind on my To Do list, but I still want those suggestions.
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  Comprehensive list of misquotes

  by JG in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  does anyone have or know of a "full and complete list of misquotations of the watchtower" if not would anyone like to help compile this list.

  i'm sure that we could find someone who would host an article or paper on this subject.

  i was thinking of a list or paper without any inflamatory wording or language that we could just hand to a jw and they would read without dismissing it as "full of hate" or appostate etc.

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  This has given me an idea for an entirely new section of my Quotes website: Painful WT mis-quotes!

  *Sigh* Yet another item on my To-Do list.
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  UglyDuckling grows into a Swan!

  by Swan in

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  2. friends

  my screen name was uglyduckling but today i grew into a swan.

  my screen name was changed by simon (thank you!

  tammy (swan) .

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  Congratulations on your transformation.... or is that transfiguration? Either way, congrats!
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  What's your dirtiest habit??

  by Beck_Melbourne in

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  2. friends

  i don't have any but i am going to tell on my lady boss, who is a 26 yr old lawyer of the hoity toity breed who was incidently born with golden slippers.

  this morning as i walked into the ladies room we passed each other as she was on her way out.

  we smiled and said hi, then next thing i see her pass her hand under a drip from the tap...and then hastily wipe her hand on the towel before rushing out.

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  (Paraphrasing an old Johnny Carson/Tonight Show line):

  Without going into detail, my nastiest habit involves:

  • 4 litres of Dream Whip dessert topping
  • 1 bicycle chain
  • an Automatic Garage Door Opener

  Don't ask me what it means, I never could figure it out.... but it does sound NASTY, doesn't it?
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  My Brother Was Shunnued Thought He's Not DF!

  by voltaire in

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  my brother is definitely a "bad example", he's going to college (gasp) and he has a beard (sort of, actually it's better to say that he shaves real infrequently, maybe once every two weeks!

  ) and he never goes to meetings, but he's not disfellowshipped.

  he tells me he was with some college friends at a restaurant/coffee bar type place and a group of youths (i'm still stuck with jw terminology after all these years!

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  Is it possible that he was simply unrecognized due to the beard?

  True story: 10 yrs ago I was away from home for several weeks for company training. During that trip I stopped going to meetings, and even stopped shaving and grew a beard. Upon my return home, my wife walked right past me at the airport, not recognizing me at all.

  Just a thought. Sometimes the simpler, more mundane explanation is the solution.

  Edited by - Quotes on 29 August 2002 17:39:34
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  My Mom Won't Shun Me!

  by voltaire in

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  i feel a little guilty about this, because i know that so many of you have lost contact with your families, but i thought you might find it interesting that my mother has told me, via my father, that she won't shun me even if i'm df (which is a very real possibility).

  i'm not coming out unscathed (does anybody?

  ) since my marriage is set to end in the next couple of weeks, but i'm so grateful that i'll still have my mom.

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  This is GREAT news. Count yourself lucky, others have not been so fortunate.

  My mom is also not shunning me. She has also be very nice and non-shunning to other DF/DA'd people in the past. My mom is cool about it like yours. It is people like our mothers which make a strong case for "normalcy" within the JW religion. Too bad they are so few and far between.

  Edited to add: I also lost my wife in the process of "Losing My Religion". It wasn't easy, but in retrospect it was the best thing that ever happened to me!

  Edited by - Quotes on 29 August 2002 17:25:9
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  Wearing a suit, what a feeling!

  by Beans in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i don`t know about anyone else but evertime i get in a suit still after 16 years i feel like i am going to a meeting or going in service.

  i get these eary wierd feelings like someone is controlling what i am wearing or if it is appropriate.. i think i need some apostate therapy.

  beans.

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  I know the feeling. I used to have to wear suits for work, and so the feeling of "going to a meeting" faded and I thought of it as "going to a client".

  Then things got more casual, and the suit wearing reduced greatly.

  Now I only feel stupid if I have to wear a suit on a Saturday, and I feel like everyone is looking at me thinking "Hey look a door-knocking JW out to bother people in their own homes" so I try and make sure I don't have any other markers which might incorrectly indicate I'm door knocking. Here is what I do:

  1. Don't carry a briefcase, it looks too much like a book bag
  2. Don't shave, go for that Don Johnson/Brad Pitt look (well, one can try for that look)
  3. Where nice new suits with designer labels (only 5% of dubs will be at this level)
  4. Keep my beautiful never-been-a-Dub wife nearby with her killer looks and her un-Dub painted-on Versace pants
  5. Drive in my 2001 BMW 325i (no Dub could have such a show display of one's means of life)... at high rates of speed... which brings us to:
  6. Walk fast and efficiently with determination to where ever I'm going... if you are not doing the Service-Dub-Dawdle, you won't be mistaken for one!
  7. Smile.. because I want to smile! Because I am ssssooooooo happy for everything on this list: no Dub can be as happy as I am!
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  Question about Bethel rules

  by Quotes in

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  2. experiences

  while reading this most funny thread (top 10 list - first week at bethel) syn noted:your belongings become a matter of public record for the entire branch.

  housekeeping knows about that pr0n magazine under your mattress!

  and so do all the sisters!

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  While reading this most funny thread (TOP 10 LIST - First Week at Bethel) SYN noted:

  Your belongings become a matter of public record for the entire Branch. Housekeeping knows about that pr0n magazine under your mattress! And so do all the Sisters! And the Elders! Except no-one's saying anything, they're waiting to see how long it takes you to repent!

  Which caused me to wonder about the following: What would happen if a Bethelite brought a tiny SAFE into his/her room? (And by SAFE I mean a locked, fire-resistant strongbox to keep important documents and other small things of value, NOT a condom!)

  Is there already a rule against it? Would they invent a rule to get rid of it?

  Follow up question:

  Are there any published rule books for Bethel?

  If so, does anyone have a copy I can post at my Quotes website?

  ~Quotes

  http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/
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  Ruth's Watchtower (Part II)

  by Stephanus in

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  2. friends

  we've been having a bit of fun with our speculations about what ruth is really like, from clues drawn from the watchtower she (or someone) left in a train.

  i had a look at the watchtower itself and have been rather amused by its overall cheesiness.

  or to quote groucho marx:.

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  I think this one was published during SWEEPS WEEK, and the WT was doing what any good network would do: utilize the fact that SEX SELLS!!!

  This one went head-to-head (to use a figure of speech) with a really hot Playboy!