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  no blood cards this year!

  by DIM in

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  last night at meeting they told us to just use our blood cards from last year.

  in the past they've always told us how important it was to get it signed every year so that people could see our current views as jw's.....doesn't this new arangement negate everything they've ever said in regards to this?

  absolutely nuts!.

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  I think they're having 2nd thoughts about being accused by the press of forcing the issue on their members. Remember they give out the cards and tell everyone to fill them out and sign them. Pretty difficult not to obey if you’re at that meeting. They even sent the elders to fill in the cards with those not at the meeting that night. I’ve heard they’re working on spiritual vocabulary to insure that any interviews with pubs. radiate free choice.

  Personally, I always hated that meeting and even though I agreed with the policy I always felt my decision was being made for me.
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  I'm another Newbie

  by MyMy in

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  hey peeps, how are you?.

  the name is mark, i've been hanging around here from time to time.

  i read about the elders meeting with officer danni.s.

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  tyydyy:That does clarify a few things for me. I wish I were there. That would have been soooooooooo cool. I really would have wanted to hear the questions and answers afterward. The looks on the faces of everyone ......Man where are the cameras when you really need them...

  WE NEED TO HEAR THE TAPE
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  DEATH OF LAZYASS

  by gilwarrior in

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  today my mother informed me that the husband of the woman who she first studied with died yesterday.

  to be honest his death didn't effect me one way or another since i hadn't seen in years and i was never that close to him.

  i don't remember his name, but what i remember most about him was that years ago, when i was a kid, several of the young people in our congregation nicknamed him "lazybutt.

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  I used to feel that way about all the lazyasses

  After going through and observing the ms and elder ladder-climbing and all the hand-stomping coming from the boots of the guys on the higher rungs I'm now convinced the lazyasses were the only sane ones in the KH.

  Funny one just died in my area and the CO gave a talk saying this bro understood the more important issues. Which I believe was true in his case. Sadly the only reason the CO was kind to him in his talk was because the lazyass was his father-in-law.
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  I Went in Field Service Yesterday!!

  by Valentine in

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  i must say i thoroughly enjoyed doing streetwork for the first time in my life!!.

  it was really cold here in chicago yesterday,snow clouds looming in the sky.

  about 10 am i decided to run home for my cofee break.. as i rushed down the main street,walking quickly,i saw 2 groups of jw's w/ their mags on the main street near home.. i haven't seen any around my territory since last spring.. humph i thought.. i double-timed it home,bundled up,grabbed my stacks of silentlambs posters and ran back to the main street.. i stood on the corner,several feet ahead of them and started saying hi to passers by.

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  you get to report and be paid triple time for this

  great job!
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  The meeting did not go well.

  by Danni in

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  it would have taken more much more time to tell it all.

  he told us the meeting would began as soon as the other brothers arrived.

  danni: i will give you two.

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  Hey Danni

  Wow !

  Just skimmed through - sorry if I missed some details. Looks to me as if the JW’s were prepared for you (number of elders there, WT legal present on speakerphone). You’re probably on WT legal tape. The gag order doesn’t surprise. Some years ago here, Children Services began an investigation, WT legal flew in, and a few days later CS sent an apology over how their investigation was handled. The case was dropped (don’t know particulars). Lately Dateline starts filming a show and seems to have dropped the ball.... coincidence ? or WT legal threats ?

  Anyway, IMHO if you’re going further, your will need some heavy press support with deep legal pockets.
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  North Texas Elders & MS

  by Sam Beli in

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  north texas elders:.

  i have it on good authority that you are meeting this weekend for instruction.

  ms too.

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  elders in Canada spending the weekend together too - everyone gets the new light at the same time HAHAHAHHHAAAAAAA

  to give you insight into the world-shaking topics discussed - think of the annual special talk delivered worldwide from a manuscript that everyone had to attend with anticipation. A few hours later nobody could recall the subject
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  Loosing my fiancee'

  by chelys in

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  i am 27 year old non jw female, and my fiancee is a non-practicing jw.

  his mother is very devout, and they are very close.

  we live together, and he did tell me early on that he was jw, but at the time i only knew they did not celibrate any holidays, not the stuff about blood, voting, disfellowship, etc.

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  Hi Chelys

  Sorry to hear about your situation. I think your fiancé is being pulled back onto the treadmill by 3 factors : his sickness (which has brought to bear his mortality), recent world events (that seem to have jolted many inactive J.W. back to towing the line - you see they still believe it to be the TRUTH and therefore see the end in sight each time there is a substantial world event) and finally by his devout mom.

  Hard to say how this will work out. Are you prepared to wait ? Life goes by so quickly. Even if he pulls back do you want to live with this JW baggage.

  Wheels
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  Since there isn't a food catagory....

  by closer2fine in

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  ok, so i got this fondue pot for christmas (matches my lava lamp .

  now, i am looking for a site that has recipies for fondue (i want to cook meat in it using oil) dipping sauces.. if this post is too fluffy, just make sure that the site isn't approved by the governing body.. .

  closer.

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  great sauce recipe: (imho)

  mix Dijon mustard and mayonnaise 50/50
  or try your favorite B.B.Q sauce and mayo

  another thing I like:

  cooking super-thin sliced meat in an onion broth, mix up a bunch of sauces and serve with baked potatoes (which are also great dipped in the sauces)

  this is bringing on the appetite

  enjoy your fondue
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  Could this be the end ?

  by Ralph47 in

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  what do you think about it ?

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  Hey Ralphy

  How d'y like the holiday decorations on your JW board. Could that be Father Christmas playing hid and seek ... or is it a demonized red JW strompf? We can't seem to get it to disappear. Would appear to be apostates here... APOSTATE ALERT... POUUT...POUTTT...POUTTTTT!!!!!!!

  You gonna move around this board - keep your Watchtower mold tight on your head or the little gears in your brain might be jolted into movement.
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  Could this be the end ?

  by Ralph47 in

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  what do you think about it ?

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  I think in a couple of years the Society’s going to realize what a lot have already figured out. That, like the generation, the great tribulation applies to Jerusalem and her destruction. In a few years you’ll know this all officially when the Watchtower reveals it to you as new light. In the meantime, stop fretting and get on with your life.