Yes.
I also wanted my parents to be proud of me.
Bad choice. I was so young, though.
DY
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Were You Pressured To Get Baptized?
by minimus inmost persons, imo, are pressured to get baptized.
they are told they "should be ready".
children are made to feel that jehovah will not protect them any longer at a certain age.
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They were just here !!
by Apostanator inmy wife and i just got home from the gym and there were 2 jw's at our door.
i couldn't help myself....i felt rage building up inside but i tried to play it cool.
just coming off the ne apostafest and hearing everyones story just pissed me off when i saw those two dubs standing there.
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Doubtfully Yours
You planted a seed. That young person will soon be searching JW in the Internet.
Hopefully, that young person will keep the good learned inside the WBTS, but will actively pursue a career and open his mind and heart to other people rather than looking at the world as "Them against us"-type deal.
Well done.
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More DEMENTED JW MURDERS in the news
by DannyHaszard invictim's family dresses down murderer
boston herald, ma - 12 minutes ago .
... kevin and nancy hensley, jehovah's witnesses, had been separated only a couple of weeks when he beat and choked her to death and then dumped her body beside a ... .
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Doubtfully Yours
This is sad.
Although JWs would like to think otherwise, among them there are all sorts of people. JWs is just one more religion among thousands.
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Inappropriate "shepherding" calls.
by avishai inhow many have recieved calls by the elders that were under the guise of "shepherding", but somehow inappropriate, i.e, you were a woman alone with only one elder showing up, or you felt physically intimidated by both.
or say they show up at like, 10:30 at night for a shepherding call.
and you say "hey, i appreciate the visit but please call first!
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Doubtfully Yours
I have bluntly told people that my home is not to be visited, for any reason ever past 7 p.m., and this only on Friday and Saturday evenings.
People at the KH think I'm a bit of an anti-social that way.
Oh, there are so many reasons why my poor hubby won't ever make it to be an elder as long as he continues married to me!
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Bad examples of intelligent design?
by gringojj in.
i am trying to think about examples of animals that would be bad for the intelligent design theory.
i like to use the ostrich because it has wings but doesnt fly.
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The Praying Mantis - The female may grab the male and eat him from the head end right after mating. OUCH!!!!!!!!!!
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Leaving the Truth - Songs to Destroy Your Faith By
by tetrapod.sapien inas some of you may know, i am a recently self-deconverted jw.
the experience of deconversion was at times emotional.
i have compiled a list of songs i would listen to on those emotionally turbulent occasions.
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Doubtfully Yours
Before These Crowded Streets, Dave Matthews Band - CD
It's awesome!!! Check it out!!!
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Other religious viewpoints about paradise
by TheListener inone thing i haven't been able to successfully find or understand is how other major religions feel about the end of the system or the final judgement from god.. i've seen the left behind series.
do protestants in general feel that there will be a literal earth with people on it?.
do catholics believe that human spirits will be united with their physical bodies after the final judgement?.
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Doubtfully Yours
I work with this Baptist lady and they believe when they die they'll go to heaven until the earth is cleaned up and then return and live on earth for ever in a paradise.
Her faith concentrates more in going to heaven after death and letting God take over from them as to what their purpose will be.
She's a very nice lady. I like her a lot.
DY
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Where is SwordofJah?
by avishai insword has only posted once since the "crisis" thread.
(http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/86635/1.ashx) frankly, i'm a lil' bit concerned.
you out there, buddy?
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Doubtfully Yours
He'll be back. I hope he's doing well.
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Are you Sharing?
by prophecor ini was one, when in, that believed it was the best thing to share your talents with those of the bretheren.
where you a plumber, a carpenter, an auto mechanic?
then it would behoove you to take those skills and give them to the community of your brothers and sisters.
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Doubtfully Yours
I don't give/share much of anything anymore. Part of my 'slow separation' tactic.
However, my husband, who is a hard working and very skilled man gives so much of his work/time/materials/money. I get sick and angry just thinking about it.
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Inappropriate "shepherding" calls.
by avishai inhow many have recieved calls by the elders that were under the guise of "shepherding", but somehow inappropriate, i.e, you were a woman alone with only one elder showing up, or you felt physically intimidated by both.
or say they show up at like, 10:30 at night for a shepherding call.
and you say "hey, i appreciate the visit but please call first!
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Doubtfully Yours
I heard of certain single young elder that liked to do "shepherding calls" to young widow sisters or those that had no husbands at home but did have young children.
One time, this same single young elder was caught walking to her door with a 6-pack of beer on hand. Do you all think he was going to talk to her about how the holy spirit operates?!
When down the road he decided to marry somebody else, this widow sister he used to do "shepherding calls" to tried to commit suicide.
DY