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  Elder: I threw out all WT & Awake and only keep the last ten years...

  by adjusted knowledge in

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  i had a recent conversation with an elder from my mother's congregation.

  he with another elder was at my mom's house.

  my mother has all the bound volumes for both the awake and watchtower plus most of the older books.

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  I think the religion itself is still the same dysfuctional, delusional, high-control group it has always been.

  The only thing that keeps changing is what hair to split this time.
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  June 1st Watchtower for the public

  by Lynnie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of my smart ass friends gave me the public copy of the watchtower for june 1st, 2014 and the main article.

  is about "god's view on smoking.

  " okay it goes on and on about how we need to keep our body "clean" and.

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  In the cong's I have been in, cola was frowned upon, but drinking double shot espressos all day- just fine.

  These people are mental. I stopped expecting sense from them a long time ago.
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  JW Kids Who Lack Sincerity: Are You In The Flipping Truth Or Not?

  by Apognophos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did any of you know a jw youth who didn't seem to really even try to be sincere about the "truth"?

  not someone who led a double life while pretending to be a goody-goody jw.

  i mean the kind of kid who went to the meetings and did field service while making minimal effort at maintaining a pretense of being a true believer?.

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  So are you asking the question of children who have no choice or grown people in the 20's and 30's?
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  5th anniversary Of Michael Jackson's passing

  by designs in

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  perhaps the best known of the celebrity jws and certainly the most controversial with the allegations that followed him to his death.. he was a good song writer and had the best in the music industry at his side.

  the incredible quincy jones guided the "thriller" and "bad" albums to phenominal world wide sales.. i knew jws who were in the same kh with him and his mother.

  the stories and gossip were fodder in the los angeles area.

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  RIP MJ.
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  99.9% Of a People Who Believe In Evolution Don't Understand It.

  by Space Madness in

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  i never believed in evolution as i thought it didn't make sense and that what was proposed was simply impossible.

  how could an environment alter an organism's dna?

  as we can see however, bacteria cannot become resistance to antibiotics.

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  Is it necessary to have 100% understanding of evolution to believe it?

  I didn't think scientists had 100% agreement on every aspect of evolution,

  so it would be unrealistic to expect a layman to understand.

  There are many things I don't fully understand, but that does'nt stop me from "believing".

  One thing being in WTLand taught me is that there is a huge difference between knowledge and understanding.

  I have limited knowledge of evolution but I don't understand it.

  I will gladly fess up to that.

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  JW Kids Who Lack Sincerity: Are You In The Flipping Truth Or Not?

  by Apognophos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did any of you know a jw youth who didn't seem to really even try to be sincere about the "truth"?

  not someone who led a double life while pretending to be a goody-goody jw.

  i mean the kind of kid who went to the meetings and did field service while making minimal effort at maintaining a pretense of being a true believer?.

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  How many would be left if all the fence sitters just stopped going?

  Fence sitters artificially inflate the numbers, in the end the only people that benefit from fence sitters are the WT.

  Long term fence sitting is not brave it's dishonest.

  IMO, only.
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  Life more abundant- yes please!

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just love these words they give me goosies.

  not really sure why.. but i thought i'd share.. .

  to suffer woes which hope thinks infinite;.

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  I just love these words they give me goosies. Not really sure why.

  But I thought I'd share.

  To suffer woes which hope thinks infinite;

  To forgive wrongs darker than death or night;

  To defy power which seems omnipotent;

  To love and bear; to hope till hope creates

  From its own wreck the thing it contemplates;

  Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent;

  This, like thy glory, Titan, is to be

  Good, great, and joyous, beautiful and free;

  This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory!

  P. B. Shelley

  Now if only I could get Christian Bale (he has a really sexy voice), to read it to me

  while I luxuriate in a bubble bath and sip champagne.
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  Single women with 3 kids returning to the meetings....

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was talking with a still in relative today who mentioned how they had this sister with 3 or 4 kids over recently.

  they said she is returning ot meetings and coming back into the truth, etc.

  i remember when i was still in, the only ones i ever saw trying to return were generally the single moms with lots of baggage.

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  Unfortunately for single parents, many witness do-gooders see single parents as a "people project"

  that will earn major brownie points in the eyes of others, if they "bring them back in". So cultish.

  JW's make a competition out of everything.
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  I have no Real Friends!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  i have come to a startling and sad realisation!.

  i have no real friends!.

  i have always been extremely active in every aspect of the org, since childhood.

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  I know how you feel. The WT are masters at making sure people are kept so busy with

  gaining brownie points for god that there is no room in that for any kind of real/authentic human connection.

  That is something the cong excels at, making people feel alone in a crowd.

  In a similiar vein to what blondie was saying, I only started feeling better once stopped putting them

  first and started looking after me.
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  Dissed by a Sister!

  by finally awake in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was running the cash till at the annual boy scout fundraiser yard sale yesterday, wearing my finest boy scout t-shirt and enjoying the blistering heat, when i saw a local family of witnesses browsing the merchandise.

  they studiously avoided looking at me, but eventually a bargain nightgown proved irresistable and the wife was forced to approach the cash table and ask about pricing.

  we avoid putting prices on each item because there is just too much stuff and we remind everyone that the money sends the kids to summer camp so the guilt kicks in and people pay more.

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  Screw em, I say.

  "Dissed by a sister", does that make her a dister?