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  Did you ever hear yourself as a JW say something and think, did that just come out of my mouth?

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was driving with a long time non-witness friend when a song by supertramp came on the radio and i changed it.

  she asked "why did you do that?

  i like that song.

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  Cold Steel:

   did that "brother" ever get baptized? 

  Actually, the Brother™ was the one Conducting™ the Study™ with my parents. I was new to the jargon and thought I would impress him with how I had been paying attention.
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  They came, they saw, they left...

  by NVR2L8 in

  1. social
  2. family

  during the holiday period one if my wife's brothers had planned a vacation in our area.

  they drove about 6 hours to a condo they leased for a week to celebrate their wedding anniversary with their married son and daughter.

  they called my wife to let her know they were coming to visit us since they were 2 hours away.

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  NVR:

  ... she stubbornly refuses to engage in any discussion regading the WT organization in fear that it will lead to an unfavorable conclusion.

  You could always try quoting scriptures and let Mrs NVR draw her own conclusions. You aren't critical of the Organization™, just the people who make claims about being Jesus' true disciples.

  "I wonder if that's what Jesus meant when he talked about having love among yourselves? Would our next door neighbors recognize that as being true disciples of Jesus? Just thinking out loud, honey..." 
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  urban legends

  by chirac in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  dear brothers ans sisters.

  i just received this mail in french..(thank you google to have translates it)..this mail is from a still inside brother who encourage to come back.

  do you think its a fact or an other urban legend.

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  I remember a story in the Awake! back in the 80s that Prince Charles and Diana received no less than 3 copies of Making Your Family Life Happy (gold cover edition) as wedding gifts.

  Look how it helped them! 
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  Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. current

  a woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .

  the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.

  i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.

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  Scully

  I really hope that kid gets some therapy. He'll need it.

  What kind of an idiot keeps a loaded gun, with its safety off, in an open purse accessible to a 2 year old?

  Sometimes stupid sorts itself out. 
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  Site issues: Dec 30 Update

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  first of all, some apologies - i had planned to spend the last couple of days getting everyone signed in to the new site and sorting account issues out but i wasn't getting over the flu as i thought, i got worse.

  i've probably had 4 hours sleep in the last few days.

  anything that requires too much thinking isn't going to happen right now.

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  Simon, you can get a block heater installed quite easily. You'll need an extension cord for it, as you plug it in overnight to keep the battery from freezing. You just leave it in your car all year round since it only works when it's plugged in.

  Hope you feel better soon. 
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  Did you ever hear yourself as a JW say something and think, did that just come out of my mouth?

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was driving with a long time non-witness friend when a song by supertramp came on the radio and i changed it.

  she asked "why did you do that?

  i like that song.

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  This one sticks out in my mind the most: The Brother™ who was Studying™ with my folks had a shop in town and the family went there. Other customers were in the shop. I walked up to the shop owner and very loudly said "What's up, Brother™?" having never been informed that it was inappropriate to address him that way in public, let alone at his place of business.

  Well, I really got informed on the way home, followed by a spanking once we got home, for "embarrassing everyone".

  I wondered to myself why anyone who knew The Truth™ would be "embarrassed" by being called Brother™ or Sister™, since that was how we were instructed to address adults at the Meetings™.

  I was maybe 6 or 7 years old at the time. 

   
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  Check your congregations for this creeper (Frederick Mclean)

  by Stealth in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just saw this scumbag profiled by john walsh "on the hunt".

  if he is still associating with the jehovah's witnesses it is likely the governing body wt headquarters knows where he is at and is protecting him.

  http://jehovahswitnessreport.com/blog/pedophile-frederick-mclean-still-on-the-run.

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  I saw this episode when it originally aired.

  Even if he's steering clear of other JWs, I have to agree with the investigator's assessment: he'll latch on to any group where his knowledge of the bible will make him accepted, and where he will be able to hunt for new victims at will.

  I seriously doubt that he's still in the US. He had enough money through the sale of his businesses and other assets that he could be somewhere that the broadcast would not be easily seen or accessible.
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  UPDATE: JW jailed for five years for indecently assaulting young girls

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  update: jehovah's witness jailed for five years for indecently assaulting young girls.

  barry furlong.

  first published monday 22 december 2014 in news last updated 10:41 monday 22 december 2014 by will frampton.

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  “That said, with the exception of count three, all are offences in which there has been either touching or rubbing over clothing.”

  In interactions between consenting adults, "touching or rubbing over clothing" is known as foreplay, you moron. Since children are not capable of consenting to sexual interactions, it automatically becomes sexual assault.

  What amounted to foreplay for the offender, in reality was sexual assault where the victims were concerned.
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  Could a JW be DF for celebrating Festivus?

  by Stealth in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after all, it's a secular holiday not a religious holiday.. if i was still an active member, i think i would start a new tradition of celebrating festivus.

  most likely no jws would come, but that's okay, it's a famiily holiday anyway.. what grounds would the elders have to disfellowship you?.

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  JWs don't need an excuse - how many of them have big turkey dinners with all the family over the holidays? The hypocrisy was astonishing, especially when they'd turn around and criticize you for doing something like decorating inside the house with paper snowflakes and snowman figurines to counteract the dreariness of winter.
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  Wives who complain about their husbands work schedule but refuse to get a job

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i listen to one of these all time in our hall.

  she brings it up constantly about how they would do this or that but he has to work that saturday.

  i think she should get a job and then he could find a lower paying 9 to 5 job..

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  If the wife has not worked in many years, it's likely that she has few marketable skills that would offer her many options in the workforce.

  She might be better off selling Avon or Tupperware. It's more of a social marketing thing, and it may just open her eyes as to how hard it is to provide for oneself. Then again, it may be her way of boasting. She gets to slam her husband for not making all the Meetings™ while he provides for her every whim, and then she gets to play the martyr.