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  UK Service report - May 2002

  by dmouse in

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  and, for comparison, my graph of the past few years (showing total pubs):.

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  You can see a definitive downward trend on new baptisms!
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  Disadvantages since leaving the truth?

  by haujobbz in

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  since leaving the jws reality can be hard to get used to these are somethings i found hard to adapt to:.

  1) starting to celebrate celebrations like birthdays and christmas(i dont mean that christmas is a disadvantage its just getting used to the whole idea).

  2) tell others im not a jw because all i used to do is try to convert them and now im telling them i was mislead and dont beleive it anymore.. 3) should i swear,lie,etc.

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  I certainly don't miss going to the meetings, assemblies, and everything else. I have held on to most of my values, i.e. telling the truth, not swearing too much, etc. The thing I miss the most, though, is that it's a little harder to make "instant" friends. You have to find people who have common interests. There no longer is the "instant comradery" you find at the hall and assemblies, etc.
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  American Idol, Who's watching?

  by TheStar in

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  am i the only shmuck on this board watching this every week?

  please say i'm not.

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  Surprise - Tamyra got booted. America has the collective memory of one episode! Yes, she did poorly last Tuesday night, and Nikki did surprisingly well. However, I am totally shocked that Nikki gets to stay and Tamyra had to go home! :(
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  YOU KNOW says "IT's A CONSCIENCE MATTER"

  by minimus in

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  yesterday i asked you know and yardif why they frequent these apostate sites.i asked this question: "how do you justify coming on these boards?".

  you know's answer:"the way i understand it, it is a conscience matter.

  " when i asked whether he was serious, he replied:"i am serious".when i asked him for further clarification, he suddenly vanished from the conversation.

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  Are Yadirf (Friday) and YouKnow the same person? They sure seem similar!
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  HUGE!! St. Petersburg Times Article!

  by Ranchette in

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  edited by - ranchette1 on 22 august 2002 11:30:46.

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  wow - good article!
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  Programs of all main conventions 1969-2001

  by Aaac in

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  some "brother" has collected programs of all main conventions 1969-2001. anyone find this interesting for your studies about wt?

  any speeches before 1975 interesting?

  (i had no time for research).

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  Funny how the talk titles don't seem to have differed all that much over the years.

  Observations:

  Until 1973 there was a morning, afternoon, and evening session - going all the way until 9:00 at night! There were five days, although day 1 started in the afternoon (no morning session) and day 5 ended in the afternoon (no evening session).

  They used to go out in service just about each morning after a brief session until 1973.
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  Thanks for the BS

  by safe4kids in

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  well well....how wonderful it is to see people taking potshots at one another, to see a group of people who could be supporting and helping one another instead turn to infighting and slagging.

  i'm disgusted by it all, i really am.

  in the last year or so that i've been online, i thought that i had made some real friends, i thought that it was possible to really get to know people thru this modern miracle of technology.

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  I agree with all of you ... as a prime lurker, I have at times walked away feeling "dirty" from reading some of this garbage by a few troublemakers.

  I think these troublemakers need a good chill pill and then take a reality check. This is a free service provided to you -- a place to meet and greet and share ideas, have intellectual exchange as well as trivial banter.

  You're not paying anything for this. So you shouldn't complain. You don't have any "rights."

  On the other hand, if you were paying for this service, then you could complain about it and try to effect changes.

  This is the bottom line as far as I see it.
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  Bodies found in missing girls inquiry

  by frogit in

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  2. child-abuse

  i feel so sad that this has happened, my thoughts go out to all the familys and friends, what can i say?.

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2199785.stm.

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  In the US I had not heard about this either. There have been three or four child abductions in the last two weeks here that have received a lot of media attention. I'm sorry to hear the girls were found murdered. How terrible!
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  My Disfellowshipping

  by silentlambs in

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  my disfellowshipping

  as with anyone associated with jehovahs witnesses the worst possible news anyone can have is being df.

  it means a loss of everyone and everything you have known all your life.

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  Did anyone else think it was strange there were only 40 in attendance at the meeting? Sounds really small to me!

  Great job, Bill!
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  CNN/Connie Chung -JW Child Abuse Transcript

  by hawkaw in

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  2. child-abuse

  http://www.cnn.com/transcripts/0208/14/cct.00.html

  chung: still ahead, stirring a new ingredient into the martha stewart stew.

  stay with us for a taste.

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  I'm in California and did see it. Perhaps because I have satelite rather than cable?