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  [w14 02/15] The "Photodrama of Creation" centenary article

  by ZionsWatchTower in

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  a recent article in the watchtower, february 15, 2014 addresses the centenary of the photo-drama of creation.

  then comment it on this 'remarkable work', but it will never be displayed by the watchtower again .... _______________________________.

  the 1890s introduced silent motion pictures to the public.

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  krejames

  Very interesting! Thanks for the OP and comments. will look into this in more detail when I can.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Wiki Article... updated

  by Calebs Airplane in

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  well sort of.... http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/jehovah's_witnesses.

  (hilarious!

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  krejames

  Some of it was a bit too daft and irrelevant to JWs (Jesus selling alcohol during the prohibition etc) but the bits that actually related to JWs were amusing. Liked the assembly hall joke.
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  Have you grown detached from caring about JW family and old friends?

  by tootired2care in

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  after being out of the borg for a year and a half, weve dealt with a lot of nonsense from local elders stopping by unannounced, well-meaning do-gooders trying to encourage us.

  somehow weve managed to get through this without getting dfd/dad.

  for me the worst part of it all has been that much of my family has shunned me, and stopped talking to me, as soon as they heard through the grapevine that i wasnt going to meetings.

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  krejames

  Good thread. I can totally relate.

  I never thought I would be considering that it would be a relief losing contact with my family. For me family has always been everything. I had a long conversation with my Mum and my sister when I went home several weeks ago to do some odd jobs that needed doing at my mum's house - I told them I was no longer going to the meetings.

  Since then I had one text from each of them. I decided to bite the bullet and call them this evening. My sister was not quite as chatty as usual and kept the conversation short before handing me over to my mum. My mum proceeded to talk at length,gushing about a gift a sister in her cong had given her which was a recording and notes of the AGM (my mum despite being a regular pioneer for many years and a regular auxilary - she can't now due to ill health - was the only one of the family except me not invited) and how her cong had been chosen to be hosts for the international assembly next year and what a wonderful privilege it was. It all sounded very much like she was making a point. Asked me a couple of quick questions about what I was up to. Without any follow up questions from her I realised I had nothing else to say to her so said I had better let her get on. They are both so involved in "the truth" that they are not really interested in conversation about anything else. With both of them, despite doing their best to be chatty I could sense pain in their voices. Does it really have to be so hard?

  With my lifestyle as it is (a boyfriend who I dare not mention and socialising with "worldy" friends), there's not really much I can offer anymore. And I realised that it would be easier if they did just bite the bullet and shun me. I totally get what you mean when you say it's like trying to reason with the Taliban. Mine aren't quite that fanatical but they are totally consumed with JW life. They have nothing else. I hope they don't find out the real truth about the truth, for their own sake. It would destroy them. On the other hand I don't want to live with a constant feeling of disapproval in my life. Very sad.
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  Introduction

  by Pyramid God in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm somewhat new here, even though i've posted a few times, so i decided it was time i properly introduced myself.

  i've been lurking for several months.... .

  i was born into the jw and served for 21 years.

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  krejames

  Welcome PG. Hope all goes well for you from now on.
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  How men become homosexuals...

  by Calebs Airplane in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  finally, i've found the reason why some men become homosexuals.. the 1976 book "your youth: getting the best of it" explains it here in great detail.... .

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  Legacy's not too far off from what some experts believe, to be fair, but I think maybe something's got a little lost in translation. Alan Downs argues in his book The Velvet Rage that it's the father son relationship issue, which Legacy describes, that results in many gay men only managing very short relationships and a more promiscuous lifestyle than heterosexuals. But just to clarify they don't suggest it's the parental relationship that causes their children to be gay.
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  How to accept the actions of the Old Testament God

  by confusedandalone in

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  how are we able to do this.. this is not an attempt to stir the pot or cause confusion but i was sitting here thinking of all the really horrid things that the old testament god did to people.

  when i was a jw i just purposely put it to the back of my mind always trying to make an excuse.

  when i was in field service and someone would ask me about it i would just change the subject.. however i have been reading alot of info lately here about how wonderful jesus is and how he is a direct representation of what god the father would be.

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  Great thread. I asked this question to the elders who gave me a shepherding call about a year ago. They told me to re-read the Draw Close To Jehovah book. Then in the closing prayer the elder asked God to forgive me for daring to question his divine justice and wisdom and love. I never read the book again.
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  How men become homosexuals...

  by Calebs Airplane in

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  finally, i've found the reason why some men become homosexuals.. the 1976 book "your youth: getting the best of it" explains it here in great detail.... .

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  krejames

  LOL @ Problem Addict hehe

  @HeartofABoy well I might as well be honest about being a raging homo, hehe - though not quite as raging as I used to be. (I do want to see Behind the Candelabra btw I've heard it's good)

  @Steve2 - had to laugh at what your mum said about tidy bedrooms. Mine was an absolute pig stye!

  Great thread btw - enjoyed reading all the comments
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  How men become homosexuals...

  by Calebs Airplane in

  1. jw
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  finally, i've found the reason why some men become homosexuals.. the 1976 book "your youth: getting the best of it" explains it here in great detail.... .

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  krejames

  Since I spent so much of my teens and adult life associating with heterosexuals and watching movies featuring heterosexual romances and, at least in my teens, joining in with the other brothers talking about the attractive sisters (had to cover my tracks). By all accounts I should be straight rather than the raging homo that I am.
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  Circuit Overseer who gave talk at Twickenham is DIsfellowshipped

  by usualusername in

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  2. friends

  evening.

  i have it from 1st hand (or second) that a circuit overseer who gave a talk at twickenham in august 2013 has been disfellowshipped.. .

  my dilemma?

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  krejames

  I'm assigned to Twickenham (or would be)! I wonder if I know who it is!
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  JW Apolgist rant here...and confession.

  by Julia Orwell in

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  i really don't like people disparaging active jws on this site by calling them stupid, idiots, morons and that, and making out like they're willing puppets to the gb or cruel at heart.

  or describing them like they're puke or as having no desire to learn or listen.. to you, all these things may be true.

  we all have opinions and are entitled to them.

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  krejames

  Great OP Julia! I agree with everything you have said 100% x