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  things that make you go AGGGGGGGGGH!!!!!!!!!!

  by lurk in

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  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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  I dunno. If "house to house" is representative . . . .
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  I have a question for you

  by LuckyNun in

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  here's the situation.

  i know a girl who's a jehovah's witness in olathe, ks.

  she's 21, going to college, and involved in the local music scene.

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  Interesting story. Kind of reminds me of the Williams sisters, or Prince, or . . . any of the public figures who have become or who have been raised witnesses who don't seem to follow any of the witness rules. I do find myself wondering, however, about "but the idea of her getting away with stuff I wasn't allowed to get away with really bothered me." Would you prefer to still be a witness in good standing? Is it the fact that you were forced to give up one or the other that bothers you? Do you miss being a witness?
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  Music Banned by the WTS

  by Nosferatu in

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  here are some of the bands, preformers, songs, and albums that the watchtower society has banned from it's members.

  see if you can spot your favorite!!.

  w93 2/22 25-27take heavy-metal music-a particularly noxious form of hard rock that is usually played at ear-splitting volume.

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  kgfreeperson

  The bit about Beethoven and Schubert is hysterical!
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  Yesterday we bought our Very First Christmas Tree!

  by cruzanheart in

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  well, actually, i did, but with the blessings of the family.

  it's fake (too many allergies in the house to risk a real one), pre-lit, and 7 feet tall.

  i think it's going to be gorgeous.

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  First, Country_Woman, I love your ornaments-in-the-window idea and I'm figuring out where to do that in my house this year. Second, I would dearly love to contribute a special ornament to everyone celebrating Christmas this year. Since my computer doesn't allow me to send PMs (macintosh) I can't think of how to get addresses, so you'll have to imagine my ornament on your tree!
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  Does anyone else still get Armaggeddon Nightmares!!

  by Lainey in

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  i haven't posted for a few weeks as i have been back at work busy beavering away, however as it is my day off i thought i would see if anyone else has the same trouble that i have, and also if there is anything they have found useful.. i have always had trouble eating properly and sleeping ever since my early teen years, but over the past couple of years or so (even though i know i don't believe the watchtower teachings anymore) i have at least 3 or 4 times a week, the most vivid awful nightmares about armaggeddon, and the different ways that jehovah is going to destroy me because of my wickedness.

  i wake up in tears and shaking with fear, and then i am not able to get back to sleep, i just lie awake until the morning not daring to close my eyes.. i can't believe that as a grown woman, the watchtower teachings keep coming back to haunt me.. lainey.

  ps can i also thank all the posters for the kind personal messages that i have received since i came here

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  You know, I'm struck by people who have been on this board a while who are still embarrassed by having been sucked in by the cult. Obviously, the JW teachings are attractive to very intelligent, loving, good people. Whether you were born into it or "bought" into it, your belief was rooted in wanting to live a good life--not a materially good life, but a life that mattered and was lived "correctly." Nobody here seems stupid or especially credulous. So let's put that embarrassed stuff away, 'kay?
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  News from the "confrontation of religions" front ...

  by CruithneLaLuna in

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  the following is a repost from an internet discussion group that i belong to.

  subject: davis pagan club meets psychotic hateful "christians".

  today i sat outside the student union with travis, tabling (the .

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  Ankle biters? What--chiggers?
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  **WARNING** Remove all Hot Liquids from your Person before...

  by jgnat in

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  ...you read this thread.. .

  made me spew.

  brought to you by.... http://www.mckennabookcovers.com/.

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  kgfreeperson

  I was wondering if that were a genuine kingdom melody. Oh. My.
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  Mankind's Search For God Book

  by stillajwexelder in

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  imho one of the best publications the wtbts has ever released -- it actually gave useful background information on other religions.

  i honestly would recommend that people have a copy on theor bookshelves.

  however, it has never been studied -- either at congregation book studies, in the theocratic ministry school as instruction talk material -- why?

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  JamesThomas, that was one of the points I went on at some length about!
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  Apostafest T-shirt designs

  by Nathan Natas in

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  an angel whispered in my ear...

  i can email this design in full size jpeg format to anyone who wants to pm me with their email address.

  do not post your email address in a public reply unless you like getting spam and virus bombs from jw internet warriors and other lusers.

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  I love it!
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  Mankind's Search For God Book

  by stillajwexelder in

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  imho one of the best publications the wtbts has ever released -- it actually gave useful background information on other religions.

  i honestly would recommend that people have a copy on theor bookshelves.

  however, it has never been studied -- either at congregation book studies, in the theocratic ministry school as instruction talk material -- why?

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  kgfreeperson

  That's the book my JW friend gave me, saying it was the best researched of the Watchtower books. It was early in our friendship and I read it and then delivered myself of an "incisive critique" which was the end of our conversations about Watchtower publications. (yes, dammit, I do wish I'd kept my mouth shut and just asked questions.) However, my opinion is that it is "well-researched" the way the bible is well-researched for the Awake and Watchtower articles. Snippets of "information" with heavy editorializing.