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  Got in a bad wreck.....uuugh

  by brandnew in

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  just happy to be alive....can barely move ☺.. a girl who just got her license , and a new suv....thought it might be cool to pass the person in front of her....at a curve......on a two way road!!!!!😠😠😠.

  very mad puppy.

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  Yikes! So sorry! Hope you feel better soon
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  Hello Everybody

  by Thomas the Bill Engine in

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  i didn't see an introduction forum anywhere but i thought it would be weird to start posting without first introducing myself so, here we are.

  i'm 15, and i've been looking for a place to discuss my thoughts on the religion that i'm pretty much stuck in at the moment.

  my mom and dad divorced over their different beliefs over a year ago (my mom is jw and my dad is an very knowledgeable apostate, so you can see how they would fight over it), and since then i've stopped believing altogether.. just thought i'd say hello.

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  Welcome Thomas. Sounds like you've been going through a tough period with parents and divided religious/ philosophical views.

  Keep confirming your love for your parents despite differing opinions. Love is very powerful and can help you all through this time.

  I have a son your age. He is not on here but is still working through some issues.

  Wishing you great success in your new pursuits. You are clearly a strong, critical thinker who takes initiative...all qualities of a good leader.
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  Where's Awake! No.3?

  by Ultimate Axiom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's nearly march and awake!

  no.3 has still not appeared on jw.org.

  has it come out in paper form, or has something gone wrong?

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  Yes, some time ago that was announced that they would no longer be monthly.
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  What's the purpose of being a JW now?

  by MrTheocratic in

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  2. beliefs

  with all the recent changes to this religion, what really is the purpose of being a jw?

  especially for those who have been in and witnessed all the changes and still no sight of the end.

  for these ones in particular (35-55 year olds) they must be in a state of confusion.

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  With all do respect, I don't think abuse victims stay because it's all they've known or because it's familiar, or wanting to keep ignorant.

  Many get trapped for financial reasons, family, lacked access to proper info, self-doubt, feeling unworthy, lack of practical support. depression can be paralyzing. Many are worn out and frazzled trying to keep up and are holding on for hope of fulfilled promise to see dead loved ones again or to restore health to loved ones or self. Many are not Internet savy or care to use it for curther study.

  To open your eyes fully can bring more fear and sadness .....it is a kind of part peraonal death to accept TTAT. For me, it became too abusive to stay for my kids and I and it was a rather reluctant and progressive awakening. I was so busy with work, kids, family issues and massive change, I was missing or oushing off many things due to shallow study. When I had bursts of deep atudy, doibts would surface but frquently I had too much chaos and busy life with little kids to manage maintaining the study and would fall back to routine. If issues had been known earlier, I would have left way sooner.

  Getting an iPad to help lessen book load, then using whatever sites I could find to get digital KM helped me awaken and study deeper. Thanks JW Facts and other who published early on, free PDF of KM and other documents.

  
  

  awakening
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  The soldiers on guard at Jesus tomb didn't become believers, why in the hell not?

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  you are on guard at jesus sealed tomb.

  all of a sudden a great earthquake occurs and an angel.

  wearing a dazzling outfit descends from above like lightning and this angel single handedly rolls away.

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  Fear they were demons? Fear the Roman command would torture your wife and put your kids in slavery? Death sentence to the colliseum or worse?

  The guards were soldiers who likely believed in many gods, demons, spirits, etc, and may not have understood or conncted the dots on what they witnessed. They did what they were told to do...as good soldiers fearing ramifications of death sentence for disobeying. In their off-duty time, or over grog, who knows what really was said or how experience may have changed them.

  Just my opinion....
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  What Is The Watchtower's Biggest Problem?

  by minimus in

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  the organization has many problems.

  certain doctrines are problematic.

  the men who run the organizaion have issues.

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  Stirred

  The Internet.

  Culture of Narcissim and Apathy Disguised as Genuine Brotherly Love.
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  The soldiers on guard at Jesus tomb didn't become believers, why in the hell not?

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  you are on guard at jesus sealed tomb.

  all of a sudden a great earthquake occurs and an angel.

  wearing a dazzling outfit descends from above like lightning and this angel single handedly rolls away.

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  Money first....then maybe they thought about it. Who knows? The Bible only follows their story so far.

  I can think of many different scenarios (alternate endings) that could have played out for them.
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  I have doubts... can you help me??- A new idea

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been perplexed as to how to brung my wife out of jws and to exit the religion... but i had an idea last night.

  i know that elders will legitimantly meet with brothers who have doubts and encourage them... not df them .. this is a sheperding call etc.. thus since my wife knows i have doubt s i could say: i want to have two brother over to discuss this ... she will agree.... of course i will hit these guys with biblical textual issues, an biology to where they are stunned and still ask... "so brothers... can you solve this conflict...?".

  in this case they will not think of me as an apostate but may question their own beliefs... .

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  Thank you all so much for this thread. It is of great interest and support to me right now.

  xo

  Stirred

  (formerly SNS Becoming and prior, Stirred Not Shaken from old Paradise Forum - ewatchman)
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  Travel recommendations?

  by stephanie61092 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hey guys.

  i've decided that during this time of being dfed, maybe trying to get reinstated, i'm going to enjoy my time with myself.

  that being said, i would like to do some traveling when the weather warms up across the us.

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  Head across and visit California giant redwoods and sequoia trees.....largest in world.

  many beautiful stops to explore along in between. I love Niagara Falls too Sparky!!!
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  BOE Letter: Re: Magazine Requests

  by pixel in

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  2. beliefs

  to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory .

  re: magazine requests .

  dear brothers: in our letter to all congregations dated october 20, 2015, regarding making wise use of printed magazines, publishers are encouraged to use good judgment to determine an individual’s interest before offering magazines.

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  Stirred

  Wise to seek limit of wasting and seek greater process efficiencies. No need to waste money even if you have much of it.