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  2014 DC in DETROIT? anymore info ? scan of the "letter"

  by ?me? in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so in our area, we have the circuit assemblies going on, so the "letter" about when and where our dc was delayed.

  but a local elder let everyone know in their service group, and they let it out of the bag( only to have 30 comments on socal media, and only to be deleted a day later).

  not a big deal, right?

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  Emma

  I wondered if they'd bring assemblies back to Detroit. Lots of great restaurants in the area. I never liked the Silverdome because I always had small kids and it just seemed so unhealthy. Of course, no venue would be good for families.

  I went to the annual conference for UUs this summer; what a difference! I'd go again. No kids at the regular sessions, but fun camp is provided for kids. And adults picked from dozens of different sessions. We were encouraged to skip sessions so we didn't get too tired! Also encouraged to dress comfortably.
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  10 Signs Religious Fundamentalism is Going Down

  by Emma in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  good news, found on salon.com.

  i particularly like points three and four.. http://www.nps.gov/wori/index.htm.

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  Emma

  Good news, found on salon.com. I particularly like points three and four.

  http://www.nps.gov/wori/index.htm
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  Has anybody meet anyone on here who they knew as a JW. Experiences please

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm just curious but has anybody meet some one on jehovahwitness-net who they knew in their jw lives.

  just want to hear experiences.

  please include the indicators that led up to you identifying each other, and how you eventually revealed yourself.

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  Yes! Once when we did a roll call of congregations we'd been in someone contacted me to see if I knew him. Of course I did! He lived around the corner from me. It was terrific to talk out our shared experiences.
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  Do You Often See JWs Out In The Ministry?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i used to always see them preaching.

  now, it seems as though they rarely are around.

  the only witnesses i see, every once in a while, are the hispanic ones..

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  Emma

  They come around my neighborhood every couple of years. Last week two young "sisters" knocked (didn't ring the bell?) and I answered. I just smiled and said "no." They said OK and just turned around to leave, didn't even try to engage me at all. They had what looked like a small, pale-pink brochure. I have no idea what they were pushing. I just don't care to get into any discussion with them.
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  What's the weirdest health advice given by a JW?

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from radio biola to a sister who said you can treat autism and ptsd with scented oils, jws have had some weird some weird ideas about medicine.

  what gems have you heard?.

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  Cancer is caused by parasites in your body. Drink a special tea and give yourself enemas and the parasites and cancer would come out. Really! If you looked in the toilet you'd be able to see them. (and this may not even be the wierdest.)

  One sister believed that radiation hit your roof, from the sun i guess, and to be healthy you had to climb up on your roof and wipe a plastic bag full of salt across it. That would take care of the radiation once and for all. This particular sister sadly died of untreated breast cancer because she believed she could pull the tumor out with hot, herbal compresses. Left three kids.

  There was an "herbalist" in our circuit who could tell what was wrong with you by looking and listening to your symptoms. You could be cured by drinking quarts of nasty tea and giving yourself enemas with the same tea. Our congregation also believed in a grape diet that included, you guessed it, multiple enemas a day!
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  JW grandmother in hospital

  by Apostating in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this morning i received a text from my dad that my grandmother tripped and fell.

  she broke here hip and shoulder.

  i just came back from visiting her.

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  How difficult; you are a good person, hope the family sees that on some level. Emma
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  Forum maintenance

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  i will be doing some maintenance on the forum today so don't be surprised if some pages take a while to load now and again, you get an error or the site doesn't respond at all.. if this happens, please just wait a minute and retry.. many thanks!.

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  Simon, just want to say I'm so happy you're still running this site!!

  Thanks so much; I've come so far!

  Emma
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  Yesterday I met a poster from JWN

  by crmsicl in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  about 4 months ago i pm'd poster "emma" because i noticed she was from the same state i grew up in.

  i told her about myself and where i grew up, i was not a jw growing up but she was.

  as we communicated we eventually realized that we were from the same neck of the woods and then even from the same high school and graduating class.

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  It was great to meet you and your husband, crmsicl. The visit went so quickly. I'm glad you made the effort to contact me! That old vocabulary rolled off our tongues, lol, and it was great to hear your story and your perspective.
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  Just around the corner: 2014

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this week i had to apply my daughter for ballet lessons, for the new season.

  on the registration document was printed with bold letters.

  "season 2013 / 2014".. when my eye caught 2014 i was thinking: what?

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  I don't know. Have they been spouting 1914? They may just want it to fade into the background. I wonder if the newer/younger ones have had that drilled into them.
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  Do You Ever Feel Like You're At A Kingdom Hall Sometimes In This Place?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that question is not necessarily a negative one.

  there are so many different types of people here and you have your ex elders and former zealots and weaker personalities and everything in between.. sometimes, not all the time, it's hard to see the behavioral difference between a former jw and a current one..

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  Every hall I was in had a smell from those little moth-ball smelling things they put in the toilets to make it smell clean. Yuck. Just made me sick and wonder how dirty the hall really was. And they always smelled slightly moldy, too