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  What does your name mean?

  by Insomniac in

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  ok, i'm sure this topic has been covered before, but i'm new here, so indulge me.

  what do everyone's screen names mean?

  some are pretty self-explanatory, but a few have me intrigued.

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  1932 / 1935 and The Great Multitude,Dying Off Too?

  by Blueblades in

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  another watch tower teaching that could shorty cause the society a serious problem is the great multitude of 1932 / 1935.if the great tribulation fails to occur reasonably soon,this too could bring about a major change, i.e generation teaching,while the two teachings may appear to be linked,the dates are almost twenty years apart in application,i.e.

  1914 --1932 / 35.. the great multitude of 1932 / 35 who stood up to be identified are well into their late 70's ,early 80's at this time,2003.just as the long standing "this generation" has been reinterpreted,perhaps a new doctrinal reinterpretation of the great multitude will be made, adversely affecting untold numbers of potential ones who will come out of "the great tribulation"as "the great mutitude "of survivors.. i know that the society is trying to put off these teachings,"this generation,"the great tribulation" "the great multitude" and "armageddon" into the indefinite future,however life goes on,people grow old and die.so, how long can they keep this up.. my guess is that the winds of internal turmoil will get stronger,the near future will be telling as members of the great multitude die off.as they see another hoped for fulfillment die off along with them.

  blueblades,who has felt the effects of these things too.what are your thoughts?.

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  Anti-Witnessing -does it work?

  by Phantom Stranger in

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  i keep reading posts from people who "need" to get their family members out of the wts.

  look, a few background points: .

  1) i'm out and have been for 17 years.

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  Ever been conned by smallprint? Dixons/Currys Coverplan

  by Brummie in

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  i brought a top of the range lexmark 73 printer/scanner/copier about a year and half ago and got it covered by coverplan mastercare.

  it cost me approx 230. .

  the coverplan insurance told me that if it broke down i would get full cover for parts and labour or a brad new top of the range printer.. it broke down and without even looking at it coverplan told me to "throw it away" and they will send me vouchers to replace the value.

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  Witness sayings

  by Teela in

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  as i was growing up in the troof.

  there were sayings used over and over again to control my behaviour.

  the biblical on bad associations spoil useful habits and another on just because everyone else does it doesnt mean you have to do it to, would you jump off a cliff just because other people do what were the sayings that bugged you?

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  Pulled out of Sex Ed classes

  by Nosferatu in

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  for those of you who had a jw childhood, were you pulled out of sex education classes?

  did it bother your conscience if school surprised you with one?

  after being deprived from sex knowledge and since the society doesn't make diagrams, how did you learn about it?

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  I have been shunned!

  by shera in

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  not that i really care...but my daughters family has a few of them that are jw's.for many yrs they talked to me very limited,i guess they have found out that i no longer believe the org has truth to it.so now the shunning has started...lol when we met in the coffee shop my daughters father did this little dance shuffle, backwards to get out of my way...even a few weeks back when he picking something up from here for my daughter they had to get him to carry it(this happened before i knew i was a shunnee) he peeked around the corner of my door and took a weak step in..he leaned a bit couldnt reach what he was trying to pick up,then he took another step..leaned...still couldnt get it...i was watching him like..good gawd!!

  does he think a demon is going to get him?how sad..i am amazed at what this cult has done to persons minds.....back to the story... =0).

  my hubbies brother is married to my daughter's aunt and she is a jw.....and we went camping with my hubbies family and they were to meet my daughter's father and other jw...well when they seen me pull up in the van,i thought they were going to have a stroke.my daughters stepmom was about to pop her last nerve.they sat behind the tent and chatted forawhile and my brother in law came over and said they are leaving because of me.so they took down alll their camping gear and moved far enough away from the evil..bad bad heather.(lol).

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  Ever been on TV?

  by Brummie in

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  or do you know anyone thats been on tv?

  the year i left the jws i decided to keep a low profile for a while but got asked if i wanted to take part in the birmingham "feed the homeless" plight for christmas.

  didnt sound too bad, 'what the eck' i thought, 'stuff the turkeys, i'll do it'.

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  Do you remember your last meeting?

  by freedom96 in

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  last meeting i ever went to was a memorial, 6 years ago.

  i remember it well, and it wasn't even my own hall.

  it was so boring.

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  New Girl on the block

  by Teela in

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  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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