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  Flying to Orlando tomorrow, my daughter is in the hospital

  by coffee_black in

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  my daughter is in the hospital with pneumonia, and possibly a blood clot in her lung.

  they'll be testing through the night...apparently, her heart is enlarged as well.

  she is scared... and if her jw father catches wind of it, he will be there trying to intefere with her treatment... he lives close by to her, so i'll be flying down in the morning....to head him off at the pass.

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  ((((Coffee_Black))))

  You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers. Sounds like things are looking brighter as of right now!!!!

  peace,

  somebody/gwen
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  I'm Baaaaack

  by mouthy in

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  my grandson got me back on!.

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  Welcome back Mouthy! And thank your wonderful granson for us!

  peace,

  somebody/gwen
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  WANNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE.... HERE'S YOUR CHANCE.

  by whereami in

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  this can be an excellent opportunity for every ex-jw to get involved and make a difference.. .

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  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1753881488/losing-my-religion.

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  The Writing Department's use of "Exclamation Points". Anybody else find their use cheesy? Or motivating possibly?

  by miseryloveselders in

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  something i've been meaning to ask for a while since coming here, is wsup with the writing department's use of exclamation points?

  i'm no literature buff or anything, but to me personally, the exclamation points cheapen whatever they're trying to get across.

  here's some examples from the new jeremiah book.. how thankful we can be for the teaching done by christian shepherds!.

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  At least the writers in Writing are restrained from using ALL CAPS TO TRY AND MAKE THINGS EXCITING FOR THE SHEEPLES!

  I've missed you Billy the EB ! WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  peace,

  somebody/gwen
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  The Writing Department's use of "Exclamation Points". Anybody else find their use cheesy? Or motivating possibly?

  by miseryloveselders in

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  something i've been meaning to ask for a while since coming here, is wsup with the writing department's use of exclamation points?

  i'm no literature buff or anything, but to me personally, the exclamation points cheapen whatever they're trying to get across.

  here's some examples from the new jeremiah book.. how thankful we can be for the teaching done by christian shepherds!.

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  I find ,and did find in my years "in", VERY annoying! The writing AND the overuse of exclamation points !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  But I think the WT should have used more exclamation points in this one :

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  g983/22p.30FromOurReaders

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  "Awake!

  You must forgive me for forgetting to renew the subscription for the good magazine Awake! It is an informative, educational, and factual magazine with inspiring and awakening topics. I want all the back issues I’ve missed. I cannot miss even one. Thank you for patiently helping to fight ignorance."

  N. S., Sri Lanka

  peace,

  somebody/gwen
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  Another JW in the news

  by TweetieBird in

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  http://www.news-journalonline.com/breakingnews/2010/06/man-follows-wife-with-tracking-device-slashes-new-boyfriend.html.

  i know this guy and he is one of the meekest, mildest guys i ever knew.

  he just stepped down as an elder recently to work on his family life.

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  (((((((((TweetieBird)))))))))

  I'm sorry too. For his family and for the person he murdered's family.

  And I'm so very sorry that this was someone you knew personally.

  peace,

  somebody/gwen
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  Ted Jaracz on Child Protection Policy

  by iknowall558 in

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  ted jaracz on watchtower child protection policy.

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  iknowall558,

  You posted this BEFORE we were informed that Ted had passed on. So don't feel bad at all.

  And that does not change one bit his answer. For that was his answer WHEN HE WAS WELL ENOUGH TO SPEAK AT WT CONVENTIONS AND ACCEPT AT LEAST 5 MINUTE OVATIONS from the followers of the WT at the WT conventions.

  Whether he changed his mind about the privacy laws in Britain and how those laws had anything to do with the list of pedophiles WORLDWIDE the WTS INC. OF NY,USA kept private from even authorities WORLDWIDE, we'll never know.
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  Ted Jaracz on Child Protection Policy

  by iknowall558 in

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  ted jaracz on watchtower child protection policy.

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  "You're from Britain. You have a privacy law.", was his answer, as a GB member of the WTS INC. ,to the question:

  "How do you justify the list of pedophiles the Watchtower has and never informs authorites"?

  Well folks, there you have it.

  Thank you for posting that video. I remember that when he answered it!

  peace,

  somebody/gwen
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  DVD "JW's Faith In Action, part 1 Out of Darkness" Omits! Omits! Omits!

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  i've been watching the new dvd and it is a bull fest about russell.

  i haven't even gotten half way and they already excluded one very important bit of information.

  you'll recall that russell "lost" his faith and "turning away from church creeds and searching for truth, russell examined some leading oriental religions, only to find these unsatisfying".

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  somebody/gwen <<-------------------waving her hand furiously. ( Like one of those smart kids in elementry school who sit in the front row and raise their hand so hard that their ass is up off their chair.....for EVERY question the teacher asks!

  Can anyone PM me too please? ............ Pretty please?

  peace,

  somebody/gwen
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  Disfellowshipping - But You KNEW About It Before You Were Baptized!

  by Georgiegirl in

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  started a new topic b/c i didn't want to threadjack another ongoing pointless debate.

  :) (isn't it interesting how the apologists all come out around dc time?).

  i have seen that statement made over and over again by jws about disfellowshipping.

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  I will give you one example of what is wrong with others who make that statement.

  Supposing the WTS INC/GB decided that the trinity is now going to be a teaching. How many JWs would object? Did they ALL know that when they got baptised that they have to accept as truth and "adjust their thinking" so as to agree with EVERY TEACHING IN ANY GIVEN YEAR that the GB teaches or else have this scripture applied to THEM?

  2 John1010 If anyone comes to YOU and does not bring this teaching, never receive him into YOUR homes or say a greeting to him.

  The answer is NO.

  But the FACT is that any JW would HAVE to accept ANY teaching from the GB.

  When a JW gets baptized, they don't realize that they may have gotten baptized because they believed AT THE TIME, that the teachings of the GB were "the truth". Along with that, they belived that truth does not change.

  JWs DO NOT KNOW that they HAVE to believe every teaching form the GB is the truth NO MATTER WHAT THE TEACHING IS AT ANY GIVEN TIME, when they get baptized.

  And the WTS INC, should make that CRYSTAL CLEAR to it's potential adherents/followers BEFORE THEY GET BAPTIZED IN ASSOCATION WITH IT"S ORGANIZATION.

  Of course, they wouldn't do such a thing. Because then the organization would have NO CONTROL over it members.

  And members = $$$$$$$$$$$

  peace,

  somebody