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  Help - it's drawing me in again

  by AJN in

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  hmm, not sure how to write this - here goes:.

  i left the jw's about 15 years ago however my 18 year old son is a witness.

  we haven't seen each other for many years and the only contact we have is via the telephone occasionally (all this is cool btw).

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  The Watchtower claims to be the chosen representatives of God, and that your only hope lies in being in touch with this channel. Proof please.

  Proof: Who else is preaching the good news of the Kingdom?

  The Watchtower claims that Jesus came invisibly in 1914 and cleaned house, choosing the Wt to be his faithful and discreet slave Proof please

  Proof: Who else is preaching the good news of the Kingdom?

  More proof: What other religion is known worldwide for using God's name Jehovah?

  CASE CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  Cappucino and Coverups: my JW neighbor came over today...

  by bebu in

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  my jw neighbor wasn't able to come on monday after all, but we rescheduled our meeting for today (wednesday).

  on monday, i had a bit of material around, and my next-door neighbor stopped in.

  i found out that she was in a bible study with some jws!

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  You may ultimately get to the brick wall when she say's; "Who else is using God's name?, and who else is preaching the good news of the kingdom?, all the rest does'nt matter". I hope your neighbor does'nt go there with you. Not that you can't easily refute those statements, but that's the wall I usually hit.

  Integ.
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  a closed mind, a requirement?

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  galatians opens with the direction to not listen to opposing religious views.

  it goes so far as to say that even if they (ostensibly paul and his party) or an angel from heaven presents another opinion, they must refuse to listen even then condemning the messenger as an enemy.

  ironically this very obstinance is condemned among the jews in the bible, when they supposedly refused to listen to the new direction from the christians,jesus and even the angels who according to the story announced this new faith's arrival.

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  So everytime the society changes its mind or tune, JWs should consider them enemies...but that is not how they tell it, is it?

  ...so true.. What a bunch of Dicks.
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  VOTE FOR A CAMPGROUND PLEASE

  by pettygrudger in

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  since thunder bay & nova scotia are 36 hours drive time apart, i realize that we aren't all gonna get something within a stone's throw....so i've picked listed 3 different campgrounds (area's) - please vote & whichever gets the most votes will be the one i go with - as they are all within 16 hours of me (and yes it's all about me!.

  #1: http://www.lafontaine-ent.on.ca/ - this is in the georgian bay, ontario area (i saw your batchawana bay idea calamity - but the area is the same - we can pick the campground next if this is selected).

  #2: http://ontarioparks.com/english/slee.html (thunder bay, ontario area) .

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  You should try Devil's lake in Baraboo Wisconsin.
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  Don't start a silly rumour about the WT...

  by ScoobySnax in

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  this is the anti-thread from minimus...... don't do it it, it's silly and un-necessary.

  as much as some might post negatives upon negatives here, i know some here don't feel that way.. scoob.

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  SCOOBY BIO UPDATE;

  Male

  6'4

  200 lbs.

  Muscular

  Great sense of humor

  Highly Intelligent

  Great Looking.......

  How's That Scoobus Maximus?
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  JW Elder Spy Stories

  by jschwehm in

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  after my brother-in-law left bethel, he got a "worldly" girlfriend.

  the local jws wanted to know if he was living with her or not.

  so they got the city overseer to spy on him.

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  I flicked a cigarette butt out the window of my car at a group going out in service from my cong. It is a miracle they either did'nt notice the smoldering tobacco stick, or they did'nt notice ME. If they would have known it was me they would have approached me about it. Whewwww...That was a close one, but funny when I think about it. I've since kicked the habit btw. Which leads me to ask; What would the elders do if I told 'em that I went through a period of smoking, but then I quit and have refrained from puffing the offensive fags since? What do you think?

  Thanks,

  Integ.
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  what defines your life now?

  by franklin J in

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  2. friends

  as a jehovahs witness, our lives were clearly "defined".

  for those of us who are no longer in the "truth", what "drives" your life now?.

  for me, it is my kids ( 12, 9, 4--busy--busy--busy) ; my wife; my career; i live by my own personal value system ( tried, tested and working).. the absence of the superimposed restrictive grid of the jw lifestyle has allowed my life to blossom.

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  pills and booze
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  I got a sore big Toe, what do to make it better?

  by Singing Man in

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  i know this may sound kind of dum to talk about but its been a pain for a long time now.

  my big toe on my left leg has been hurting i think it to be caused by a ingrown nail but i don't see anything and i cut the nail stright accross.

  the side of mmy nail is inflamed and if i really get mad at it and squeeze hard on my toe pus will come out i soak it in salt water at night and put neosporen on it and wear shoes that have room for my toe, though its just been the last few weeks that i have wised up and got a pair that fits.

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  You have to bite the bullet and dig into the side and pull the nail out.

  Good Luck,

  Integ.
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  things that make you go AGGGGGGGGGH!!!!!!!!!!

  by lurk in

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  2. beliefs

  kingdom melodies did it for me everytime.. i tired so hard not to have uncharitable thoughts about the ppl who wrote the tunes and words to the kingdom melodies.

  there were about 2 that i could stomach.. the rest were so totally uninspiring and mechanical.. .i can say that apart from maybe 2 i didnt get any up lifting joy from them.. elders complained that ppl wern't learning the tunes and singing properly.they got realy irritated over it .but i really really hate the dam songs .

  eveyone sounded totally joyless

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  ......in my INTEGrityyyyyyyyyyyy.
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  Troubled waters! Need quick answer on this one!

  by The_Bad_Seed in

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  2. friends

  a friend of mine in an undisclosed province of this great country canada is undergoing some duress -- it seems the elders from her old kh keep phoning her/leaving her messages with ultimatums and places they feel she should meet her, when really (and astonishly enough) she just wants to be left alone, having felt this way since a divorce in the spring of this year no longer attending meetings.

  my query - is there any form of cease and desist order, or restraining oder she could get that would make any further attempts to contact her a breach of some sort, resulting in lawful punishment?.

  oh and by the way, hello old friends, and happy birthday valis - you rawk

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  Why don't the elders worry about their own eternal salvation and stop worrying about everyone else's?.