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  I'm Finally Awake Now..

  by Sentinel in

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  friends,.

  i got up this morning and decided not to go right into work.

  friends at work noticed.

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  I, too have had those feelings lately. I just read a book that totally changed my life. For any of you that are interested, it is entitled, "10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace" by Dr. Wayne Dyer. While I don't agree with everything he says (I also just finished some audio tapes that he puts out) I do believe that the information he provided has made a huge impact on the way I view life, God, and everything around me.
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  Are there any ex-missionaries here??

  by fulano in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been a missionary in the dominican republic for almost 10 years and i was wondering if there were any ex-missionaries on this forum.. i am back in my country now for 3 years and totally inactive.. what i noticed in those missionary-years was the lack of spiritual interest among the missionaries.. discussions were about rooms, cars and greater responsibilities, the bad territory.

  and the local c.o.s and d.os.. was this only in the dr or are there other experiences??.

  ere other experiences?

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  Fulano, thank you for a very interesting post. I hope that many more will see this, as it has been my experience with ex-missionaries, CO's and DO's and especially the rank & file, that their lives are concerned with personal things or gossiping about others in the congregation.

  Room 215 brings out a very good point and sooooo true. Only once in a blue moon did I ever hear anyone come out of the hall talking about the talk. I do remember some excellent talks being given at the hall or assemblies, but the majority of the time it was the same old drizzle that I had heard for years and years. Usually, I left the meetings feeling destined to die at Armageddon because I would never measure up.
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  To revdrjohnson

  by TweetieBird in

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  on another post you stated:.

  i got the word [that this wasn't da trute] from the holy spirit at around 2:15 p.m. -- in the middle of the talk on the tuesday (2nd day) of the summer convention.

  i picked up my 'bookbag' and headed for the exit.. what was it that convinced you, right there in that moment that it wasn't the truth?

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  TweetieBird

  On another post you stated:

  I got the word [that this wasn't da trute] from the Holy Spirit at around 2:15 p.m. -- in the middle of the talk on the Tuesday (2nd day) of the summer convention. I picked up my 'bookbag' and headed for the exit.

  What was it that convinced you, right there in that moment that it wasn't the truth? Most of us here had twinges of doubt for a while. It took a long time for me to come to the reallization that I had been deceived my whole life.

  Just curious!
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  My Son is Going Back

  by IslandWoman in

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  since he was 6 years old my son has been good friends with a boy in our hall, they are both in their teens now.

  his friend has recently tried to ignite their friendship again.

  i was happy for my son because this friend of his is really a great kid, a fine person.

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  TweetieBird

  IslandWoman, I am in exactly the same place as you. My 16-year old son started back to the meetings a few months ago to be with his friends and cousins. I thought it would be a phase, but I was wrong. He wanted to get baptized at this summers district convention but my husband and I put our foot down. We told him that when he turns 18, if he still wants to get baptized then that would be his choice and no one will be able to stop him.

  Lately, he has started missing some meetings and I don't think he's been out in service in over a month. He got a summer job which has really started to change him a bit. He's frantically saving for a car and I suspect that once he has his regular drivings license and car, he may not be so interested in the meetings.

  My husband and I also have made it clear to him that he WILL graduate from high school (no home-schooling for him like his older brothers) and he WILL definitely be going to college.

  Edited by - TweetieBird on 26 June 2002 8:34:53
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  Ladies - what's your favourite men's cologne?

  by Beck_Melbourne in

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  2. friends

  just a bit of fluff...what's your favourite men's cologne or women's perfume scent?.

  have you ever got a gentle wiff of a really nice cologne and wanted to ask the owner what the name of it is??

  if its a woman i will ask, only because i want to go out and buy some.

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  TweetieBird

  When the love of my life puts on "Eternity" for men, I go weak in the knees. It instantly puts me in the mood.
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  How many here still pretend?

  by TweetieBird in

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  i know this subject has been covered numerous times before, but the board constantly gets new people.. how many here still attend meetings, go in service, etc.

  even though you don't believe it's the truth?

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  TweetieBird

  I know this subject has been covered numerous times before, but the board constantly gets new people.

  How many here still attend meetings, go in service, etc. even though you don't believe it's the truth?
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  We need help

  by Lee Elder in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is a request to get some assistance in preparing an estimate of how many jehovah's witness children leave the religion during or after adolescence.

  i know the figure is substantial based on my own observations, but we need some way to document it.

  please put on your thinking cap and publish your ideas here.

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  TweetieBird

  It seems like Amazing or Maximus had a thread about this very subject, but it was a long time ago. I will see if I can find it for you. If it was by Amazing, maybe he will recall which one I'm talking about.
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  ? about summer convention program

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
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  my mother-in-law told me that the district convention is all about apostasy, the internet, and brought out about all those that have left the organization because of it.

  since she has a tendency to embellish the truth, i though i would ask someone that actually went.

  i know that she probably only said this because she knows that i have been "looking at apostate sites on the internet," therefore by telling me that the whole convention is about these things is suppose to somehow make me want to go now.

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  TweetieBird

  My mother-in-law told me that the district convention is ALL about apostasy, the internet, and brought out about all those that have left the organization because of it. Since she has a tendency to embellish the truth, I though I would ask someone that actually went.

  I know that she probably only said this because she knows that I have been "looking at apostate sites on the internet," therefore by telling me that the whole convention is about these things is suppose to somehow make me want to go now. Ummm, I don't think so.

  Anyway, if anyone has attended, please let me know if the whole assembly was dedicated to the topic of apostasy and the internet.

  As a side note, when talking about the apostacy, she made sure to tell me that it was a prophesied in the bible as further proof that we are so near to Armageddon.

  edited for typo's...it's been a long day

  Edited by - TweetieBird on 11 June 2002 19:12:51
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  Our Second Un-Invitation Card

  by ozziepost in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  some of you may remember the post about the un-invitation card which is sent to da/df persons who have previously been invited to a wedding.

  the un-invitation card tells them not to turn up!.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=27313&site=3.

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  I feel for you Oz, but as someone who was in your daughters place years ago, try to be patient. I could never shun my dad, but I did seriously limit my association with him after he DA'd himself. It wasn't until after his death that I had an awakening. Now I could kick myself for all of the time I wasted not being around him. I would give my eye-teeth to spend just one hour with him now.

  Hopefully your daughter will come to her senses before it's too late. I agree with what was said earlier, go and make sure she sees you, but let her come up to you. Kindness and unconditional love are the things that may awaken your daughter. It did with me.

  "It is not that I am afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens."

  -Woody Allen-
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  Raymond Franz

  by obiwan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone read the book crisis of conscience?i want to get it,but i would like to know if the information is helpful.. wow it's a wide open world,use your.

  own thoughts.

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  TweetieBird

  I would say that most of the people on this board have read CofC. I highly recommend it and also it's companion, the Watchtower (oops, I meant) "In Search of Christian Freedom."

  "It is not that I am afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens."

  -Woody Allen-