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  Text from Ex, she has met some nice JW's and needs some advice. (must read)

  by AlanB in

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  2. relationships

  i had a text message from an ex last week, she wanted to meet to discuss some jw's she had met that were really nice people but wanted some advice.

  so the other night i drove over to a town in the north west of england to meet her and a really bizarre story unfolded.

  we shall call our heroine julie who has recently moved into a new house along with her two children who we shall call janet and john, both children are in their early teens, julie is mid 30's.

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  This generation has by no means passed away.

  by AlanB in

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  2. experiences

  just seen on the british news a commemoration of the soldiers who fought in wwi.. the generation has by no means passed away.

  there are 23 old british soldiers remaining, although sadly only 4 were able to attend the commemoration at the cenotaph.

  the youngest is still only 104.. so there is hope yet that the prophecy may still be fullfilled.. has to be quick though boys !!.

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  My Son is starting to hit problems with JW Mother.

  by AlanB in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my son is 15 and lives with his mother in a strict jw reigime.

  he told me the other day that he made arrangements to meet his friend from school to go skateboarding.

  his mother found out and made him call his friend from school and cancel.. she then gave him a long lecture, complete with a young people ask video about association.

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  Cuban Missile Crisis = How did you feel if you were alive at the time?

  by AlanB in

  1. social
  2. current

  i've just watched a program on tv about the cuban missile crisis.. i just wondered how the average jw at the time felt while this was happenning?

  or was the 1975 date firmly set by then?.

  interesting aside, i must speak to my dad about this, ask him how he felt as he was 'out' at the time and did not come back until a few years later, i wonder how he felt having being brought up in it?

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  Old new light - The Pyramid.

  by AlanB in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  found some interesting quotes while having a surf, on the 'quotes site' you might find this summary of interest.. http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/pyramid.htm.

  1903 great pyramid is a testimony in stone to gods plan.

  1904 measurement of entrance passage is 3416 inches indicating time of end will be 1874.. 1908 jesus is the top stone.

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  Any Experiences of growing up with Ex JW Fathers?

  by AlanB in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a thread i posted to a week or so back created some interesting comments.

  there is something bothering me that perhaps some here may have experienced and can help with.. as outlined in an earlier post, i was a jw, married, had children, the whole thing fell apart, i eventually left, went into exile, faded and gained contact with my children.

  (concise version of history).

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  What is happenning in France?

  by AlanB in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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  just wondered if anyone knows what is happenning in france.

  my parents told me something about the french printing presses being moved to london for some reason.. any ideas?

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  Patak's vs Sharwoods

  by AlanB in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  got to be pataks, i think its from leicester, you cannot get more indian than that!

  sharwoods is non indian fake.. i remember you could only get it in indian corner shops and i found them to be the most authentic, now we can get them in most major supermarkets in the uk.. i did bring a jar with me on a visit to some friends in america, the customs people took a bit of an interest.

  i cooked what was probably the first balti in us history.

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  WT Statistics

  by AlanB in

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  2. friends

  does anyone out there have a good set of raw data re wt statistics.

  just started reading ray's book and believe some of the maths behind his calculations regarding people leaving the org are flawed, not that the reasoning is flawed, just an error in the method.. i would like to re run the calculation.

  also i'm a bit of a stat junky and would like to look at the real trends.

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  Shunning and Laws against incitement to hatred based on Race and Religion

  by AlanB in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the uk we have a law that seeks to protect against incitement of racial or religious hatred.

  i think this may be a european law and so the scope may be a lot wider.

  it is clear that the wtbs policy on da/df people is incitement and it may be argued that it is on the basis of religious views.

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