Topics Started by zugzfree

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Falling off the face of the earth
by asleif_dufansdottir in
1. jw
2. friends
i hardly feel as if i've been here long enough to merit this announcement, but just in case.... i'm going to be moving 1400 miles in less than 2 weeks.

between getting ready to move, finishing up stuff at my workplace, moving, and starting grad school, i have no idea how much i'll be around.. .

so, just in case i disappear and someone wonders where...that's where =).
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4 BILLION A MONTH!!!! What a worthless waste!
by ashitaka in
1. social
2. current
this pisses me off so badly.

here i am, struggling just to survive and pay my bills, and they're wasting money on this worthless occupation.

i have trouble buying my bread, i'm thinking of getting a pizza delivery job at night, and i'm a working professional who already leaves at 6 and gets home at 6, and they're spending four billion dollars on this.
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PLEASE, Y'ALL OUT THERE
by Physio in
1. jw
2. friends
please, y'all out there..congratulate dansk on becoming a jedi master.. since we've been out (feb 03) this board and all you lovely people on it have been the greatest source of inspiration to both dansk and myself.

you'll never realise how much you have helped us to cope with the whole ordeal.

so reaching his jedi status is a real milestone.. you're all life-savers and you didn't even know it!!!.
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Which way will the Society go because of the Internet?
by be wise in
1. jw
2. friends
i've only learned the truth about this society over the last 5 months or so, so i'm not sure what the difference is to say - 2 years ago.

do you think the society will now get even more cultish in it's methods of teaching and more heavy handed if they feel things are slipping?

i don't feel i'm being over the top here because i've experienced very heavy handed talks at the assemblies and kingdom hall in the past that are just plain scare tactics but this just makes people ask more questions ??
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Moving On.
by Englishman in
1. jw
2. friends
first we were all jehovah's witnesses.

that was the most important thing in our lives, our raison d'etre.

it was how we identified ourselves.
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Whom Have You Seen In Concert....
by berylblue in
1. jw
2. friends
...and what was your first concert ever?
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New Girl on the block
by Teela in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have been reading the threads for about a year now and thought its time to post my story.

i cant remember much up until i was ten except the usual no birthdays, no worldly friends or bad associates.

then it was a series of arguments of why i didnt what to go to church.
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Adventures at the District Convention
by RunningMan in
1. jw
2. friends
well, after a 15 month absence from the kingdom hall, i once again found myself in the biggest kingdom hall of all the district convention.

as in previous years, the material presented was dull and repetitious, so once again, i was forced to provide my own entertainment.

so, like last year, i am pleased to present a further installment to my assembly adventures, called:
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Why cults hide their old publications.
by refiners fire in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
here is a classic example of why it is that cultic religions find it necessary to conceal their old publications from the scrutiny of the membership.

this example is from 7th day adventism, but i assure all readers it is a classic and well worth the reading.

still, it is necessary to lay out a little background to the speech i will be quoting from before proceeding.
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Ray Franz.....LIAR?
by integ in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
one of my witness family members agreed to take a look at crisis of conscience, and after.

perusing the first couple of chapters, said that she thought it could be all made up.

agreed that the documents presented could be legitimate, but as far as franz's personal.