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  Were you 'alive in '75' and how was that year for you?

  by punkofnice in

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  2. experiences

  i was a junior borgite in 1975. i remeber looking at the calendar at work in october and thinking: 'armageddon isn't here yet.....and it doesn't feel like it will be here anytime soon either!'.

  i was surprised that jehovah hadn't obeyed the superior command to bring the big 'a' as instructed to him by fred franz.

  how dare god disobey the jw leader!!!!!.

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  I remember in July 1975 when I was 11 my mother booked a flight to Italy with her 3 kids to visit her family which lived in a small town, that is to say my grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. Her intention was to try to "save" them, by letting them know that the time was very limited and that the Governing Body the Bible was teaching that the big "A" was coming in a few months. Needless to say no one listed to her (good for them!).

  When we went back in 1981 we heard an earful and got some taunting (rightly so) from family members. My mother was all defensive saying that God delayed judgement to give people a chance to listen to the good news as preached by the Witnesses be saved! But that didn't stop her from getting into arguments over the Bible with my aunt who was a nun. A priest even came over to talk to my mother (now that I think about it, it was almost an exorcism!).

  Thankfully non of those family members became witnesses.
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  Save money on books from LULU.com!

  by Nathan Natas in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just a quick heads-up to anyone who may have been thinking about getting some of the xjw resource books offered by lulu -.

  enter code freemail305 when you checkout and get a $3.99 credit toward shipping.

  offer expires may 1, 2010.. there are many, many titles on lulu that are for the jw/fading jw/xjw audience, including:.

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  stichione

  I also would like to give a heads up about LULU.com.

  I purchased Don Cameron's book, Captive of a Concept in January 2010, and never received it. When I inquired, they replied that I was out of luck since the type of shipping used didn't guarentee the parcel, nor could it be traced. They offered no other help and I am out almost 30$.
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  Ordering a Don Cameron book from Lulu.com

  by stichione in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi all.. anyone else purchase a book from lulu.com?

  was it a positive or negative experience?.

  i ordered captives of a concept by don cameron back in january, and i never received the book.

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  Hi all.

  Anyone else purchase a book from Lulu.com? Was it a positive or negative experience?

  I ordered Captives of a Concept by Don Cameron back in January, and I never received the book. When I contacted Lulu to investigate, they pretty much told me I was out of luck since the shipping method I chose didn't allow the package to be tracked. Thats strange, since I don't remember being able to chose the type of shipping I wanted.

  I sent an email to Don Cameron to help me out, since he personally thanked me for my purchase and to contact him if I had any concerns or questions. I never got a reply from him.

  So now i'm out almost 30$ and no one is offering me a solution.

  I hope they enjoy my hard earned cash.
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  Memorial 2010 Your Experiences

  by scotinsw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just got back from memorial.

  only went so that i could say to my parents that i had gone and to remind myself why i left.. oh my word!!!

  it was sooooo painful.. got there a bit late - it was a couple of minutes into the talk.

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  I went, after being absent to the last 3 or 4. A few days before the memorial, someone, who also doen't attend anymore, said something that struck me.

  He said, regardless of our beliefs, we're observing something important that Jesus did for us.

  I guess that did it for me.
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  Best places in Canada to visit

  by chelsea in

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  2. friends

  does anyone have any suggestions??

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  The most interesting and exciting place to visit in Canada would be the City of Montreal, without any doubt. The old Europe style in the Old city, as well as the night life make it just outstanding.
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  The Jensen Letters

  by IT Support in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  the jensen letters is the name given to a series of letters between an elder in the united states and the watchtower society, over the period 1998 to 2003, and neatly illustrate the plight of thinking jehovah's witnesses trying to make sense of the society's blood policy.

  they are remarkable in terms of both the incisive questions asked about critical aspects of the blood policy and the society's incompetent attempts at 'spin' and sidestepping awkward issues.

  even more remarkably, they conclude with the writer's letter of resignation as an elder!

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  Can the Jensen/WTS letters be posted here, or at the very least linked?
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  Elders Burst Into My Friends Home Uninvited/ Warning to Vegas JW Ladies

  by Saoirse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a friend that hasn't been to a meeting in over a year.

  she recently got a divorce from her abusive jw spouse.

  he beat her up and tore down a door in front of several people.

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  She has christmas decorations???

  She will be definitely Df'd.
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  Horrible News!

  by KKLUV155 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just found out today that a lady i had know for several years now had a horrible tragedy happen in her family.

  her 8 year old son died yesterday from a gunshot wound to the head.

  what i was told is the 8 year old told his older brother he was going out to shoot a rifle and the older brother tried to take the gun from his brother and the gun went off and killed him.

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  This is weird.

  I just finished watching Bowling for Columbine...
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  Why is it that a JW can't say Happy New Year?

  by kls in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  new-years eve my husband and i went to my sister's house to bring in the new-year.

  my sister knowing much about jws cornered my husband and said " happy new-year don" and he replied" yep it's a 2005".

  i have been away from the bs of jwism for a long time and for the life of me i can not remember why it is wrong to celebrate a new year.

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  I had this conversation with my wife this past weekend. I asked her why she wished people a good morning/good afternoon/ good night/ good weekend but draws the line at wishing people a good year.

  She could not answer me.

  I explained to her its human nature to categorize human events into years. That although we might think back about how our day was or our week was, we more importantly think back about how our year was.

  It got her to think about that. And in the end, that is whats important in helping JWs to exit from this cured cult.
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  I donated blood today at a local blood drive and...

  by stichione in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  ...i feel great!

  i have been a jw almost all my life, and at a little over 40 years old, for the first time i donated half a litre of whole blood, and i am told it can be used to save 4 people!

  i can't tell you how terrified i was to be spotted by a jw, although they would also have had a hard time explaining their presence at the clinic.

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  Thank you all for your encouraging remarks. Many JWs probably do want do give blood, albeit clandestine. They just need that initial push.