Pleasuredome

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  Did anyone accuse you of being materialistic?

  by freedom96 in

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  these days, it takes a lot of money to make ends meet.

  i live in southern california, and it takes even more.

  let alone if one wants to get ahead in life.. in order to do that, either one needs schooling, or must own their own business.

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  Pleasuredome

  nothing was ever said about me arriving in my lotus esprit. just a few smiles and admiring looks from some of the elders!
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  What is the bad you all share

  by TisInYourWishbone in

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  one thing that is categorically true of associations, clubs, congregation and is particularly true of jw's and ex -jw's is that their constituents, members, followers have common traits.

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  what are these traits that can be considered negative amidst the jw's and the ex-jw's.

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  Pleasuredome

  good: in general, manners are very good.

  bad: in general, an inability to rationalise.
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  new service report (upturn)

  by whatiloveaboutwater in

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  has anyone seen the new figures in the jan 1st watchtower - i have.

  what do you think about them?.

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  Pleasuredome

  yes there has been an increase. an increase in profits and an increase in publisher turnover.
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  I always disagreed with ....

  by fulano in

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  disfellowshipping on smoking.. especially smoking a cigar from time to time does not have to be harmfull.

  but i personally have disfellowshipped persons for smoking sigarettes, although i never saw a good biblical base.i mean ..how many filthy fat friends did we have, addicted to sugar, carbs, and you just knew they were going to have health-problems sooner or later.

  now i smoke cigars, maybe one good cuban a day, and i am slim, active and can run 10 miles without any problems.. who had the same doubts about this dogma?

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  .....the WTS surviving throught the tribulation and armegedon and into the new system, where elders would then become chieftains.
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  HOW LONG WERE YOU A JW?

  by hamptonite21 in

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  93 did the dunk!

  99 df'd

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  2 years. i'm glad it was only a short period of time, and that i had not been completely brainwashed.
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  Number of 'Anointed' down to about 4000

  by nicolaou in

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  so i was at the 'memorial' last night (that's a whole other story) and i got into a converstaion with an elder afterwards.

  i asked him why no figure had been printed in our kingdom ministry for the number of uk partakers last year.

  (in 2000, the figure of 300 was given, down from 319 in 1999).

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  Pleasuredome

  there's always a chance china might change to a capitalist country, and then the figures may go up once more by a few thousand.
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  The Watchtower's 'Faith Without Works' Scam

  by metatron in

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  a particular topic that evokes much smugness on the part of.

  witnesses is what james said about "faith without works'.. once this subject is brought up, they jump to the conclusion that.

  all others who fail to record hours spent in this usually unwelcome.

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  avishia

  thanks for that good example of how hard hearted JWs can be, it reminds me of how the Jewish priests twisted the law of the sabbath.

  whats more important, doing good for others or knocking on doors selling magazines? there's a time and a place for everything.
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  Pleasuredome, Brummie

  by johnathanseagull in

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  i only went and got that job in london, start monday, i indeed must have jah's blessings lol.

  j gull

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  Pleasuredome

  "swim seagull in the sky, towards that hollow western isle..."

  nice one j gull, hope all goes well in your new job.
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  What Is The Hardest Thing About Leaving The Truth?

  by minimus in

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  if you've left or are considering leaving the "truth", what is the most difficult thing that you must deal with?

  is it losing family or friends?

  is it feeling isolated?

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  Pleasuredome

  i'm finding it difficult to adjust to being 'spiritually' on my own. mind you, when i look back, i sometimes felt like that at meetings.

  now i'm trying like buster, to adjust the 'black and white' attidtude. trying to be more loving and less judgmental.

  stopping going to meetings wasnt hard, it was a relief from mind programming i was recognising in most things they said.
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  English secret agent? on whos side?

  by Pleasuredome in

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  is anyone here a james bond fan?

  if so, who was your favourite character?

  mine was sheriff jw pepper.. "what are you, some kind of domesday machine boy?

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  scumrat

  have to agree with you there...Roger was just the best.....Ian Flemming, the writer of Bond, wanted Roger to play Bond from the start, but he was tied to doing The Saint, so Connery did it instead.