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  Dominican Republic- Does Anyone Live There ?

  by gumby in

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  hey folks, i want to know if anybody from here lives there or has lived there.

  photo's?.

  are the witnesses pretty much the same there as they are here in the u.s.?.

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  Soledad

  DR is great IF you stay within the confines of one of the many all inclusive resorts. Don't venture outside of that, especially if you look very gringo

  My personal fave: Occidental Grand Puerto Plata
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  Describe In 1 Word How You Now Feel About Your Life Right Now

  by minimus in

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  bewildered
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  We are we almost all black now? Especially CO's.

  by coaster in

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  for the past couple of years at my district conventions, i have been unable to actually listen to most of it, so my mind is in many places.

  one such place was to count people in several of the other sections as to blacks and whites.

  section 132..42 white and 137 black, section 133..36 white and 144 black, and so on.

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  Soledad

  The only black DO was yours truly who is on the gov. body now.

  Excuse me?? You are on the GB??
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  Help needed with 14 year old teenager who has gang (Krips) ties.....

  by skeeter1 in

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  this is long, sorry.

  my 14 year old niece came to visit us this week.

  she's being raised by her grandparents (ex-jws) and birth mother (ex-jw).

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  Soledad

  I told them that the grandaughter was, at least, affiliated with a gang. The grandparents and mother are in shock. Mother jumps the gun and calls a parent of one of these gang buddies. Now, it's known that grandaughter told on the gang. School starts in a few weeks, and it's likely too unsafe to send her. They will beat her up/kill her since they know she squeeled...

  Uh oh.

  Now it's time to move. Don't underestimate these gangs, they do KILL. I lost a lot of classmates when I was in high school, and no I didn't go to a "bad" school.

  If I had seen this post earlier, I would have told you not to tell the parents/grandparents about this for that very reason.

  When I was in school, there was a local Police Department program called "Scared Straight." Kids who were at risk for criminal activity or gang involvement were sent to prison for a couple of nights, and I do mean locked down with inmates for several nights. That worked for a lot of the kids, provided they weren't already "hardened."

  Good luck.
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  German KM 09/07 Translated! Watchtower cracks down on study groups.

  by drew sagan in

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  here is the best that i could do, but i think it gets the main points of the articles across.

  i wouldn't bet my life on this translation, but i think it is good enough for our purposes.

  question box.

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  Soledad

  Wow, just wow. Isn't it amazing how JWs just can't see how tightly controlled they are by a group of old men?

  Yeah, they are bible students alright!

  Excellent translation Drew.
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  Have you ever faked a service report?

  by Orgull in

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  it's only my third day here so, go easy on me.

  lol.. seriously, my new doubts have made it harder and harder to go in service.

  a few months ago, when a new month rolled around, i realized that i hadn't actually gone in service at all the previous month.

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  Soledad

  I would be surprised if u (Musicman) ever went out in service...It's a return visit not revisit!!!!

  "revisit" is the way Spanish speaking people refer to "return visits." Remember that the JW religion is an American invention, so the terms are often "Aglicised" in other languages. I used to say the same thing when I spoke to members of an English congregation, but they understood what I was referring to. It's a typical JW-esque expression anyhow, no matter how it's used. Non JWs don't speak this way in any language.

  You know what they say about people who assume.....

  As for the topic on hand, I personally didn't make up hours, but the secretary did so on my behalf when he noticed that I stopped showing up for FS. He did that for a full year.
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  We Are Dying!

  by WeAreDying-Ophelia in

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  this is my first post and might be my only post, not sure.

  i've chosen to "come out" for a moment just to talk about the 30 minute change in the public talk on sundays.

  my father and brother are both elders, this change was a blow to them they enjoy giving encouraging public talks to the friends.

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  Soledad

  WAIT.......the Sunday talk has been reduced to 30 minutes??

  Can someone post a link to this information if it's been posted here before?? I'm really shocked! Thanks.
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  Demon Experiences

  by gumby in

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  i believe that in the past i've started threads about ghosts and such but i haven't started one about me asking others if they have had a personal experience with a demon.. a couple of days ago i was talking to my dub son-in-law about how i wish i could believe in the unseen....such as ghosts, the paranormal, or anything out of the ordinary.. he said to me......"well what about demon stories"?

  he related some stories that were given at an assembly from some who were greatly bothered by demons, mostly from africa.. so, what are we to make of those with such stories?

  are they lying?

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  Ok I used to believe that I was always being attacked by demons in my sleep while I was a JW teen. I would feel a very heavy weight holding me down and a "presence" in my room. I would try to shout but I couldn't, my body was completely immobile. Of course I did the typical JW thing and got rid of all of my heavy metal music and what not. But, I have learned since then that there is a phenomenon called night terrors that caused all of this. It's the opposite of sleep walking; your brain is awake but your body isn't. It can cause auditory/visual hallucinations and the feeling of a so-called "presence" in your room while you are in this sleep cycle stage.

  The "demons" left me alone the day I learned about this and stopped believing in them.
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  If you ain't a PIONEER, You ain't SH**!!!

  by Open mind in

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  my loyal-dub wife had a wonderful morning knocking on empty homes earlier this week.

  last night she confided in me with an observation.

  she has noticed what she perceives to be a "pioneer clique" in our congregation.

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  Big time. Pioneers and Bethelites were worshipped in my congregation, and if you didn't aspire to become one, you were invisible.
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  Sorry you were born?

  by PopeOfEruke in

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  with all the unhappiness and crap caused in our lives by getting caught up in the watchtower cult, is anyone here sorry they were born?

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  sometimes i am.... pope.

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  Soledad

  Talk about it Pope. It takes the power away from those negative feelings when you let them out.

  I'm not sorry. FWIW, being born into the cult and then leaving made me into who I am today: someone who has a lot of chutzpah and doesn't give a flying f&&k who thinks what about her. Of course it isn't easy and there are still things about my upbringing that affect me to this day.