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  Local JW mom among the victims of the Vegas shooter

  by TTWSYF in

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  rhonda lerocque attended the kingdom hall of wilmington, ma.

  my brother and his family were part of that cong back in the day, although i don't know if they knew.. a mother, wife, sister, daughter, etc, etc.. please pray for her and all of those involved..

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  I don't pray, but you have my best wishes. It's a sad tragedy.
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  Tom Petty has passed away

  by sir82 in

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  http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a12766936/tom-petty-critical-condition-cardiac-arrest/.

  sad..

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  Sad, 66 is still young.
  
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  14 Years in full-time service

  by fulano in

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  my experience and sorry for layout and grammar.

  i just don't have that much time nowadays.. my mother was always proud, and used to mention to a lot of people, that i already was in field-service when i was seven weeks old.

  well, i'm a february child, so you understand how cold it was in my pram.

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  That is some story! Wow, thank you so much for sharing. I'm sure it will make some in doubt think a little more.
  
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  2017 Memorial Partakers

  by NashvilleTele in

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  2. beliefs

  when does the number of memorial partakers get released for 2017. i was wondering if the number will surpass 20k.

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  Interesting that the growth in partakers is roughly the same rate of Americans affected by mental illness.
  
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  The JW Fake News Engine

  by snugglebunny in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  apparently i'd been in prison, gone to wife-swapping parties and consorted with fortune tellers.

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  i guess they have to demonise those who leave less others too are tempted to stray.. what did they say about you?.

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  Apparently I'd been in prison, gone to wife-swapping parties and consorted with fortune tellers.

  I guess they have to demonise those who leave less others too are tempted to stray.

  What did they say about you?

  Back in the day, they said that I was homosexually prostituting myself, and that they saw me entering older men's cars, late at night doing only-who-knows-what (I was unable to get an answer as to what were JWs doing late at night in such area, where they allegedly saw me).

  They said that they saw me dressed in woman's clothes in some street corner (up until the year 2000 I had heavy mustache, you can imagine how feminine I would have looked! And it was the 80's, can you imagine the size of the shoulder pads I'd need?)

  They said that I was a sexual predator of sort, and that parents should be wary of their children around me.

  They said that they saw me entering seedy bars, and hanging being friends with shady characters. (I started taking classes in college and was at night, working full time, and still doing the JW work).
  

  They said that I was stealing money from my boss at work, and that I was a very irresponsible worker (my job at the time was with a non-JW brother of a JW, and they were always asking my boss questions about me).

  They said that I was bringing men to have sex into my apartment (at the time I had an elder and two MOs as roommates).

  Gossip in the last congregation I belonged to was insane, morbid and very ill-intended. Those people at the Rio Piedras congregation were just downright filthy nasty.
  

  That's when I decided to have fun with them and give them real reasons to talk.
  
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  First posting on here..Hello all

  by London Underground in

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  just wanted to say a big hello to everyone, my first post on here was actually yesterday but it was deleted.. so will keep this one short to save my precious time just in case its also deleted or lost.. got fed up with years of persecution from within the congregations.

  the lack of genuine friendship & lack of 'christian love'.

  having personally seen many a scandalous behaviour i began doing some research online some years ago.

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  Id like to thank everyone for posting on here and the entire Ex Jw community . Its great to have these resources for people waking up, coming out or stuck in PIMO.
  

  Thank you. Welcome. As you will see or have seen, you will find a wealth of opinions, points of views and levels of connection to the WT. Please take what you like and let the rest go. What may not suit you may be very useful to others.

  Once again, welcome.
  
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  Just woke up turn TV on to hear yet another nut case with a gun.

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  first they said 20 dead with 100 injured.

  now i just heard 50 dead and 200 injured.

  whatever it is it just another nut case who was able to get a high power gun to kill people.

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  Don't have answers either. The one thing that I can continue sating is that in the USA (or anywhere else for that matter) it's impossible to legislate attitude. With all the restrictions that still exist today, even if we add more, laws, ordinances and policies can only go so far. For as long as the attitude and mental health of people don't get properly addressed, that and other social problems will continue festering in this society.
  
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  Plymouth / Hull UK

  by stan livedeath in

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  copied from a facebook post :.

  "heard on a youtube channel that " a purge " is taking place disfellowshipping quite a lot of witnesses in both hull and plymouth area,s ?".

  anything to add ?.

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  Other than the WT continuing making stupid decisions, nothing else to add.
  
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  Anyone have the book Nabonidus and Belshazzar: A Study of the Closing Events of the Neo-Babylonian Empire Book by Raymond Philip Dougherty

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  i need the book .

  nabonidus and belshazzar: a study of the closing events of the neo-babylonian empire.

  book by raymond philip dougherty.

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  I saw it available in PDF at the Hathi Trust Digital Library. Here's the link:

  https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001691559

  I hope that helps.
  
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  Looking for quote re: gay rights 1973-1974 WT/Awake

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remembered recently an article i read in a watchtower or awake!

  about 1973 or 1974. a woman gave her story of how she had rejected the fight for women's rights (it may have used the term women's lib or liberation) and became a jw.

  she lived in nyc and i actually met her briefly when i was at bethel.

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  Great find. I may add that i remember that in the early 80s there was another article criticizing sand ridiculing women who were for women's rights. I remember distinctively them allegedly quoting a woman who was regretting wanting to have "a man's life" and wanting to go back home to do her chores.

  Not sure if that helps, but there are more articles attacking women's rights.