Gypsy Sam

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  WTF... JW Library ranks #4 in the Top (Free) Charts on Apple Store for iPhone/iPad

  by undercover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  checking out the apple store for any new cool apps, and lo and behold!

  i see that the wts has finally embraced that demonic form of information dispensing.

  and all jah's chil'ren are snapping it up.

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  The app reviews start on 9/18/13 and I stopped checking after 55 loaded for that day alone. All were stellar reviews.
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  The Jehovah's Witness religion has gone for good !!!

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am not sure how you all feel as we all left at different times for different reasons.... but this new bible seems to have put some final nails into a coffin that was once my jw life.

  the religion is so far and so different to the religion i grew up in that it has become something i feel no affiliation with anymore, no bond, no shared ideas or even sentimental views.

  different teachings on when the end is coming.

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  Right on. Carpe Diem!
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  When Real Life Becomes Fiction

  by TD in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  this is a spin-off from the argo thread.. who here has read the 'little house' books by laura ingalls wilder?

  were you disappointed when you realized how much could not possibly have happened the way it was told?.

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  Another bubble burst. I was quite the childhood fan of "Little House on the Prairie" and "Anne of Green Gables".
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  OK - I've had it - My letter to the KH

  by LisaRose in

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  2. friends

  the whole time i lived in colorado, i had the dubs come by once and leave a tract.

  but since moving to california, they are at my door so often i asked them to put me on the "do not call" list.

  this did not stop them, in fact i have asked four times, plus once i called the kingdom hall and left a message, they still come, the last time this past saturday.

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  Great letter! Loved it! Your home sounds delightfully charming.

  My last visit to CA, I decided to check out Beth Sarim as I had just started learning TTATT. It was one more step away once I saw it with my own eyes.

  Carpe Diem!
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  BREAKING NEWS: Watchtower's Charitable Status UNDER THREAT in Britain !

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  there is an article today in daily mail one of the largest uk newspapers about the plymouth brethren that should worry every thinking jehovah's witness.. the charities commision in britain is threatening the charitable status of a small offshoot of the aglican church the plymouth brethren .the reason ?

  they don't perform enough charitable work for their local community .

  at a time where the tax avoidance of large businesses such as google ,ebay,amazon and starbucks is under serious question in britain ,the charities commision's investigation into this little church's charitable status comes as no surprise .the 2006 charities act forced charities, often at high cost, to 'demonstrate' value to society .so far being a christian church automatically exempt you off taxes ,this is not the case anymore .

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  Bttt
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  Are we not overlooking the obvious?

  by newbie2013 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is my first post.

  however, i have been reading this board for some time (call it stalking or trolling...lol).

  so, hello to all.. i have had time to reflect on the agm since yesterday and my thoughts are that indeed the nwt needed much revision.

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  Gypsy Sam

  Welcome! Nice to have you join us.

  Carpe Diem!
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  Jehovah's Witnesses News, Library......on FACEBOOK!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i didn't know the watchtower had that on facebook .

  did you?

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  This page has 69,200 likes! Active witnesses comment on it and I just received an invite from a witness who doesn't know we've faded.

  I'm perplexed. Is this an actual witness running the site? The new Bible was announced, with a photo pretty early this weekend.

  There's a comment under a recent post that "rank and file" Is a corporate term that doesn't apply to witnesses. Pretty sure I read that this was used in court case documents. I'm looking now, but it might be a good time to make some comments on this site, NOT angry ones though.
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  Accepting my own mortality, and the naturalness of death - the final step in my JW recovery.

  by fresh prince of ohio in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for people who have a paralyzing fear of dying, to where it seems like it's this horrible, stalking monster, jwism is a powerful sedative.. but really, the idea of living forever, in human form, is nonsense.

  living forever isn't about living forever, it's about not dying.. death is natural.

  it can be painful, sudden, or both.

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  Mortality by Hitchens is a very small booK that is not argumentative or combative. It's simply him coming to terms with his illness and the acceptance of life ending. It struck a cord with me because I haven't had anyone I was close to pass away until a couple years ago. Without giving away too much, there was someone in my world diagnosed with breast cancer as a young mother. Upon the third return it was found in her liver, stage 4. I was in complete denial up until the end. Reading Hitchens book opened my eyes to how much more helpful I could have been in the situation, by accepting the inevitable instead of exhaustingly fighting nature.

  Oddly enough, my teen, who was extremely affected by this persons death, found no comfort in the resurrection hope. While that was startling to me at first, now I understand why she felt that way.
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  Accepting my own mortality, and the naturalness of death - the final step in my JW recovery.

  by fresh prince of ohio in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for people who have a paralyzing fear of dying, to where it seems like it's this horrible, stalking monster, jwism is a powerful sedative.. but really, the idea of living forever, in human form, is nonsense.

  living forever isn't about living forever, it's about not dying.. death is natural.

  it can be painful, sudden, or both.

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  Reading Mortality, by Hitchens, was huge for me. I only wished I'd read it earlier and developed a more realistic, accepting approach when I was dealing with someone in my world dying from cancer. Accepting the inevitable it freeing.
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  Don't you love it when JW's don't listen?

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  2. friends

  people are already posting pictures of the new bible and the meeting... in jw sites!!

  that goes to show, most don't really listen to the gb... gb is losing its grip!!.

  =).

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  Ha ha, no kidding! The Facebook group Jehovah's Witnesses news, library, history, which has 69,000 likes was way ahead in posting. JW's keep commenting abut how the site is being disobedient. Love it!