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What's your favorite JW word or phrase?
by Sara Annie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in a minimus moment, i find myself interested in knowing which buzz-words and phrases in jw publications stand out the most to you?

when i read wt literature, i constantly find myself astounded by how transparently cultish the language is.

in an earlier, unrelated thread, i said the following: .
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JW's and Pubs/Bars
by Heatmiser in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have noticed on past threads from posters from other countries than the usa that they would be hanging out in pubs and such while still jw's.

in the us i believe that going to bars would pretty much be a df/da offense.

in other countries is the policy different?
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Letter to elders when marriage mate confess adultery
by scrubmaster in
1. jw
2. friends
i understand from talking to some one who had some knowledge of the situation but could not find the reference material , that the society has something in writing which says if a person believes they are scripturally free and that they are willing to stand before jehovah and face the consquences they can get married -- (this in effect leave the elders out of the equation and they can not do anything to you.

) does anyone know where this reference can be found -- i need it as soon as possible.

i can not find it.
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Are you related to anyone famous?
by Mulan in
1. social
2. entertainment
i thought this might be a fun "fluff" thread.

someone posted the other day that marc anthony (the singer) is their cousin.

i have done extensive genealogy research so i know a few famous relatives.
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How old were you when you got baptised???
by digderidoo in
1. jw
2. friends
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i was 15, quite old compared to some.. a friends child has just got baptised at 13.....to think that she knows what she wants for the rest of her life at that age seems ludicrous.. so, who here got baptised at the youngest age?.

dig
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Did you really believe?
by barbar in
1. jw
2. experiences
i am interested to know whether jw's or ex jw's on this board really did believe 100%.

did you have doubts all of the time, did you have some confusion or did you never doubt at all?

i recognise that most on this board will have had doubts at the end but was this always the case when you were a good dub?
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Were you psychologically abused into going to meetings/service ???
by run dont walk in
1. jw
2. friends
we have all read and watched so many of the child abuse / sexual abuse scandals, and it makes us all sick to our stomachs, i want to touch on a different kind of abuse, i am not trying to draw a parellel between child abuse and being abused.

the abuse i am talking about is just as bad but so different.

i remember growing up a jw, basically having no choice, whether i wanted to go to the meetings or in service, and i always resented this in my parents.
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two deaths and no calls...
by detective in
1. social
2. family
well, my disfellowshipped friend was seeking out an older, non-jw relative who he had wanted to invite to a monumental event in his life.

he wasn't able to reach her at her home so he eventually gave up and sought out his jw parents.

in doing so, he learned that the elderly relative had died a little less than a year earlier (a few months after he had been disfellowshipped).
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How many ways can a man romance a woman??
by dancnfool_60 in
1. jw
2. friends
hi everyone.i just wanted to see if i could get some help here for a male friend of mine.

he is having a hard time with the romance deptartment.

i gave him a few ideas of my own but i thought if i threw the question out there maybe i could get him some views on how to romance a woman..... thanks for any sugggestions.
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Ozzie's Weekend Poll #61
by ozziepost in
1. jw
2. friends
owyergoin?

how's the weekend for you?.

mrs ozzie and i have been enjoying being out for a drive in the highlands in the bright spring sunshine.