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  Just a feel good post

  by heybaby in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hey everyone.

  my last few posts have been about the information i have been finding and my husband's reaction to it.

  so i thought i would take a small break from that.

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  TweetieBird

  So happy for you. It does get easier!
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  Letter regarding the WTS from the UN

  by heybaby in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok, so i keep reading on here how the wts was associated with the un.

  i had never heard anything about this.

  i guess i shouldn't be surprised, since the un is the "beast" and i know the wts would never let the congregations know they were in bed with them.

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  oh how i wish i had thought to make a copy of the Society's reply to us (on the BOE) on this issue.

  Snakes, obviously you were an elder at the time...is this what opened your eyes or was it something else? The reason I ask is that I spoke to a couple of elders in my congregation back then about it and wondered if any thinking elder would see this as a huge omise on the WTS part like I did.
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  1-day district conventions

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i heard from a very reliable source that the wts is going to start having 1-day district conventions at the assembly halls.

  has anyone else heard this?

  a family member was at the assembly hall for a meeting and the brother stated that soon they would be meeting for their 1-day district conventions there..

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  TweetieBird

  I heard from a very reliable source that the WTS is going to start having 1-day district conventions at the assembly halls. Has anyone else heard this? A family member was at the assembly hall for a meeting and the brother stated that soon they would be meeting for their 1-day district conventions there.
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  Woman on Regional Building Committee?

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  july 17, 2008. .

  cambridge who's who.

  the cambridge who's who mission.

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  TweetieBird

  It's probably an unofficial capacity even though she is probably the one with the most brains. Only elders can be on the RBC, I don't think the WTS will ever allow elderettes.
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  BACKFIRE!!!

  by heybaby in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  wow, my husband it totally freaking out on me.

  i presented an ample amount of information that i found about birthdays (this happened to be the topic under discussion).

  mind you, i presented info from only the wt and awake.

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  He's freaking out because his whole belief system is being attacked. It's a very weird feeling to think that something you believed in for so long is a lie, it takes time to assimilate the info. My 15-year-old son (now 25) freaked out when he caught me reading "Crisis of Conscience." He started crying and I felt so terrible, but it didn't take him long to start opening his eyes and see the truth about "the truth."
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  Sweetest ABBA song from "Mama Mia!"

  by changeling in

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  2. friends

  http://youtube.com/watch?v=bv8z-rrucso&feature=related.

  changeling :).

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  TweetieBird

  Is this a total chick flick or could I drag my husband to see it?
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  Letter regarding the WTS from the UN

  by heybaby in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok, so i keep reading on here how the wts was associated with the un.

  i had never heard anything about this.

  i guess i shouldn't be surprised, since the un is the "beast" and i know the wts would never let the congregations know they were in bed with them.

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  Another question to ponder...If there was nothing wrong with being associated with the DPI, then why did they ask to terminate their association when it was found out? That is a question that I still have not gotten an answer to from the people that I have posed it to, i.e. family members, elders, circuit overseers. Their blanket answer is, "the society made a mistake." Total BS!
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  Thanks to each and everyone of you

  by StoneWall in

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  2. friends

  after many months of lurking and researching on oh so many different topics, doubts, concerns, and viewpoints i decided to get my feet wet and start posting.

  many times i wished to contribute something to a thread but was to apprehensive to get an account.

  then as time passed and i read many more of the post from various members the uneasiness subsided somewhat and my desire to proceed into previously uncharted waters grew.

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  TweetieBird

  Welcome...looking forward to hearing more from you.
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  E-Watchman and JW Reform

  by insearchoftruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have read some very interesting and thought provoking articles on the subject sites.

  having never been a jw, what is the feeling of a 'run of the mill' witness towards these sites sympathetic towards the general doctrines of the wts, but calling for some major reforms?.

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  Is e-watchman the same person that put out the book, "The Report" by TWMC? While I don't agree with what was written in that book, it did help to take the blinders off. I would have never read "apostate" literature but on the web it caught my eyes that there were those in the organization wanting reform.
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  A question for the Irish

  by Amha·’aret in

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  2. friends

  hiya,.

  i hope i'm not overstepping the rules here by asking this.

  does anyone know where "john may" is these days?

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  There were a couple of special talks floating around on cassette tapes a while back. I think it was John May and how his dad put up with abuse from his mom for going to meetings. Am I correct? I remember it being a very moving talk even though the sound quality was poor. There was another one about the last days of Christ on earth (not sure if that one was by John) that was very moving, brought you to tears.