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Did anyone else think that Sept 11 was Armageddon?
by Freedomrules in
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i was in washington at the time (i work for the govt) when the attack occurred.

i had a massive panic attack at first and then steeled myself and worked through the night as part of our emergency response team.. i was embarassed by my reaction.

did anyone else have a similar experience?
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Anybody here that belonged to one of the English Congregations ...
by Freedomrules in
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2. experiences
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in rome, italy between 91-95?.

just curious to see if anyone i know is here...
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I found my best friend in the JW org
by Freedomrules in
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2. friends
i owe my life to a woman named alle, who is my best friend in the whole wide world.

when i was 14, the wife of one of the elders in my congregation decided she should study with me (i was 15 when i baptized) and this woman used to warn me about a sister in a neighboring congregation who was demonized (despite being a regular pioneer), telling me to stay away from her.

the sister in the neighboring cong was alle.
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New experience for me..advice, anyone?
by zanex in
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2. friends
i have been out of touch with pretty much all of the old jw's that i used to hang around with while in new mexico.

i have been informed that one of those jw's that oddly enough happens to be related to my roommate that i am currently living with is coming to town and i have also been told that he is trying to leave the org and doesnt want to be any part of it anymore but he still has a lot of family in the religion...another twist anyone?

oh yeah he also is "coming out" he is gay.
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Most Annoying "Kingdom song?"
by doodle-v in
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2. experiences
what's a kingdom song you can remember singing that gives you the creeps now?

mine is "move ahead" i think that was the title, anyway it has so much rhetoric... but the tune is so darn catchy.... darn.... in my opinion, those songs are the perfect example of mind control.

move ahead.. move ahead ... blah blah blah blah blah .
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Did you always turn in *all* your donation money?
by asleif_dufansdottir in
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2. friends
i went out in service for the first time at about the same time the "donation arrangement" was put into effect.

i heard one or two brothers (when they were in 'safe' company) thinking out loud that if the money was really for the "world wide work"...that maybe it would be ok to use some of it, sometimes, to put gas in the car to go out in service (our congregation had some really poor people and our rurals covered 4 or 5 counties and hundreds of square miles).. i was wondering if anyone actually did that?

i wonder if pioneers who were used to getting a price break kept keeping a percentage??
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newbie
by Freedomrules in
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i'm just trying to figure this site out.

i'm inactive jw for 8 years.

my whole family is jw.
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More international conventions?
by Azalo in
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just from the bits and pieces i get from my mother it seems like the jws are having international conventions left and right now.

my sister got "chosen" to go to chile.

are they trying to con people into staying by sending them to exotic places?
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Jehovah's Witness BURNOUT
by Ray6 in
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2. friends
it is a continuous circle of meetings, field service, assemblies, studying and no real enjoyment of life.

the teenagers don't want to be at the boring meetings and assemblies and preaching in the hot sun.

the brothers are tired of saying the same thing on the platform and sisters are burned out trying to work, take care of home and kids and spiritual matters and being a perfect stepfordwife.
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Did you cheat on your monthly report?
by JH in
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2. friends
i was always honest with my field service reports, until the time when an elder came over to give me hell because i had only 1 hour that month in the field service.

i told him that i was working 50 hours a week, had a 4 day district convention that month and couldn't do miracles that month.

he never accepted my explanation.. .