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  What did you do to your parents?

  by whyamihere in

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  as kids did you do anything to your parents that was a classic burn or really embarrass them?

  i was just telling a friend of mine what i once did to my mom.

  picture it!

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  InquiryMan

  One time a CO asked the children to mention some writers of the bible. One kid raised his arm and said with a loud voice: SATAN! The CO responded in his calm manner: I am sure he wanted to, but he was not allowed. The parents looked somewhat troubled though.
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  Looking back as the householder -- How well did you do?

  by Jourles in

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  2. friends

  yesterday i was thinking back to when i used to go in service.

  i was never a shining example for the ministry.

  in fact, i was never used on the tms for any field service "how to" parts!

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  InquiryMan

  I guess I was pretty good at it. Had an average of some 40-90 magazines a month, and brought five people to be publishers.
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  Now they "Excommunicate"??

  by Lilycurly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some of you might had read that in one of my other post...my father, who is the only jw in the family, came up with the word "excommunicated" when talked about disfellowshipement.

  now, nobody here seems to have any idea what this is all about.

  he seems pretty certain that it's now the proper word to use.

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  InquiryMan

  Sorry if I conveyed wrong information. In the Scandinavian edition I got hold of, the term used was excommunication, which is a new rendering in that languge. I presumed the same rendering was used in the original English edition, since the translated editions almost always abide closely to the English original.
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  Now they "Excommunicate"??

  by Lilycurly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some of you might had read that in one of my other post...my father, who is the only jw in the family, came up with the word "excommunicated" when talked about disfellowshipement.

  now, nobody here seems to have any idea what this is all about.

  he seems pretty certain that it's now the proper word to use.

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  InquiryMan

  bttt
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  Now they "Excommunicate"??

  by Lilycurly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some of you might had read that in one of my other post...my father, who is the only jw in the family, came up with the word "excommunicated" when talked about disfellowshipement.

  now, nobody here seems to have any idea what this is all about.

  he seems pretty certain that it's now the proper word to use.

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  InquiryMan

  The term excommunicate is being used instead of disfellowship in the "Organization book". The change of wording has also been implemented into other languages. It is a politically more correct term I guess. Also, the word previously used had a very bad tone to it in many languages, whereas excommunicate sounds more technical and some (uneducated) ones might not even understand it.
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  JW says high gas price fulfills bible prophecy...the end is near

  by DevonMcBride in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's a gem from a jw group on myspace.

  http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewthread&entryid=5886853&adtopicid=27&categoryid=0&issticky=0&groupid=100229164&mytoken=20050903180812.

  okay so i know this doesn't directly effect me because i don't quite drive yet, but indirectly it does effect me.

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  InquiryMan

  In Norway, the price for one litre is currently, 2 dollars (or some 8 dollars a gallon).
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  Is this what dubs do on a convention night now??????

  by BLISSISIGNORANCE in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi everyone.. there is a huge dub convention on this weekend where i live.

  i can remember how spiritually full i felt on those weekends as i enjoyed a spritual banquet and an abubdance of spiritual food at jehovah's table, in the spiritual paradise, surrounded by spiritual people.

  so what's going on these days???????

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  InquiryMan

  What’s the big deal. Most witnesses wouldn’t mind watching belly dancing in Europe...
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  Deny this! Brooklyn! I dare you

  by stevenyc in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i'm to angry right now to write a complete synopsis on the following article from the watchtower.

  it regarding child molestation and repressed memories.

  i'll put in one quote, and leave this rest for you to read at your leasure.. ps, probably worth copying this because i would be surprised if they will leave it up much longer!.

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  InquiryMan

  I remember this article very much. In fact it upset quite a few in the congregation. They said they were deprived of their joy because of this. In fact, it created such a stir that several elders, incl. myself, felt impelled to write a letter to the branch office raising our concern. We made our objections to the article in a clear languae, albeit in a respectful manner of WTerism-language. They did not even reply to it.... However, I remember boycotting that issue of the WT, not delivering it to my magazine routes or offering it while out in service. (Incidentally, it was an issue with an angel crying out a message in front of it, and also the new understanding of the generation if I my memory serves me right.
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  Becoming a woman...

  by Rubyvixen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember when i was around the age of 10 or 11, there was a book that jehovah's witness parents used in family bible study that had two versions (one for male, one for females) or maybe there was one and it just had chapters and i am remembering wrong.

  i do remember vividly having to endure the rather male dominated view of what happens when a young woman enters adolescence and what a young woman has to look forward to in her 'duties' as a loyal wife and mother serving her husband *gags*.

  does anyone remember that?

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  InquiryMan

  I remember placing that book with a fellow school mate. He got so made when coming the 4th chapter on Masturbation that he threw the book in the floor... I wish I never have read and applied it... It is not normal for a boy to go years without masturbating. glad I am enjoying it now though.
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  JWs are not a cult................

  by vitty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...............or so i thought.

  when you were an active jw, how did you feel when ppl accused you of being a cult !!!!!!!!!

  and do you think its a cult now your out ?

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  InquiryMan

  It is definitely a high-control group. I also remember the Watchtower dealing with JWs being accused of being a cult as a front page topic. I think it was an answer to a "60 minutes" broadcast in the US. Almost at the same time, witnesses in a Scandinavian country were approached by headlines in almost all major newspapers for days with attacks. And it was also aired on national radio and TV. If the same amount had been launched in the US, it would have created waved indeed. However, the few thousands witnesses in a remote country, who would care about them? Quite often, the witnesses just responded with no comments. I guess the start of me departing started then (early 90s). I didn’t managed until a few years ago though.