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  49 years ago today

  by Glander in

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  2. friends

  happy anniversary, sweetheart!

  (the minister is my dear uncle.

  retired to hawaii and just turned 92.).

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  49 years Congratulations. You are in a very special class of long term marriage.
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  Mom & Dad (Uber Dubs) and convo about child abuse within the BORG

  by El_Guapo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  so i tt mom and dad via skype last weekend (they live on the other part of the county) and the topic of abuse came up.

  of course they went ahead and blasted catholics for their coverups.

  i mentioned gonzalo campos, now mom and dad know this guy he went to their hall for several years in san diego.

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  Do you have children? Put this on a personal worry. Make it as personal as possible. Do the Elders have children? Make it personal for them. It probally won't work but it still plants a tiny seed that can be watered and grown.
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  I'm thinking about going back

  by Corboy101 in

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  i have been out for 22 years.i was raised as a jehovahs witness.

  i was baptized in 1986 but soon after left the religion.

  theres a whole lot to the reasons why i left, but i left.

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  gma-tired2

  I'm 65 year old born in. I left at the time you was baptised. Take your time, this is not the same religion you knew. The things that I have learned in the past few months has left me shocked and speechless. The hardest for me which I can't even wrap my mind around is dinding out that Jesus is not my mediator only the mediator for 144,000. My body and soul says if Jesus is not my mediator why did I have so much responsibility toward myself and others for all these years. Study, and check facts do not just accept what JWs want you to know ob the surface, dig deeper.
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  My story so far

  by brainmelt in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been trying to avoid posting this, due to extreme paranoia but its time to post my story.

  i hope to not post too many details, as we've avoided being df so far, our group elder was young and lovely and cool and i just hope that in time he learns the ttatt.. i'm a regular lurker on here, occasional poster (i can't post much as my phone browser only lets me read but not post, so i only post on the odd occasion i get a time alone on the pc).

  i have been fading since round about last september ( so almost my first anniversary of learning ttatt).

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  Welcome to you and family and enjoy you have waken together. Cancer in your small ones is hard but they can do so much more with cancer today. Hoping for a remission for your son very soon.
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  2014 District Conventions to downsize 400 to 100 - "consolidating"

  by Gayle in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/08/01/2500842/jehovahs-witnesses-convention.html.

  what they told me is the decision has been made nationally to downsize the number of conventions from 400 to 100. they're simply consolidating,".

  read more here: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/08/01/2500842/jehovahs-witnesses-convention.html#storylink=cpy

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  gma-tired2

  Gander those 8 days were long. Early morning to late at night. Bad dates 1963 Pasadena Rose Bowl missed the first week of Sophmore year of school. Now at assembly halls an only 2 days.
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  Article: It's Time to Outlaw Extreme Shunning in Modern Society

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://gilmermirror.com/bookmark/23272594/article-extreme%20shunning#.ufwjurllscm.facebook.

  extreme shunningthe gilmer mirror.

  its time to outlaw extreme shunning in modern society by: richard e. kelly .

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  The WTBTS hates bad publicity that could bring reproach on Jehovahs name. By making the problem of disfellowshipping/shunning to public view it could become an embarrasment to them especially if we slowly, kindly let our neigbors and friends know what will happen if they become JWs. This policy which in thee past was easy to keep from most outsiders, they didn't have much to worry about but now everything is out there for anyone to see. While I was in the workforce I had many non believers ask me why their JW family would no longer associate and most were glad to know the reason. Of Course this may just be hopeful thinking on my part but I still let people know about the shunning policy.
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  How many JWs are genuinely in "good standing"?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  an interesting question arose from my earlier thread:.

  we all know that many jws do stuff that would get them disfellowshipped, but never get caught.

  but how many jws do you think there really are who have never kept any disfellowshipping "offense" secret?

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  When I was a teen the percent who hadn't committed some infringement of the rules 0%. I know we often hung out together. I do remember my mother being upset having to attend a wedding in a church. my dad insisted.
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  Michelle Knight is a giant

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  2. friends

  i just watched michelle knights comments to the court regarding ariel castro.

  this woman is big, brave and resilient beyond imagination.

  very inspiring.

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  Michelle is a survivor. May life be good to her from this time onward.
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  Former Longtime Elder- Met up with a Former CO,DO

  by James Jackson in

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  2. friends

  at a convention recently, i met with don wallace, a former co and do.

  he told me he came off the road 6 years ago and is living in scottsboro al.

  him and his wife are in their late 70's.

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  I am happy to hear of a CO that had some foresight things may not come to the end we were led to believe in. I knew of a couple of my siters friends who went on to be COs and I know they are now in their 70s and I have found myself recently wondering how they are getting by.
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  Elizabeth McFarland child abuse lawsuit on the news

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  hi folks.

  i'm aware that there is already a thread on the newly-announced elizabeth mcfarland lawsuit, but i thought i would start a new thread for the benefit of lurkers showing the newly released news videos more prominently.. here they are.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfhrhrvm2c4.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xegm1gunz2c.

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  gma-tired2

  Elizabeth and all other survivors, you are awsome and keep going forward in your lives and stick it to those resposible for coverups.