Topics Started by jonza

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Listening to crisis of conscience as a audio book
by foreverme in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
has really made me wonder how i ever got involved with the watchtower.

it basically comes down to me just wanting to believe this delusional belief system.

millions of people wasting their lives in this way is incredible.
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Australian Government publishes on official web site the current Jehovah's Witnesses "Handling of Child Abuse" confidential letter to all bodies of elders (October 1, 2012)
by jwleaks in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
the current jehovah's witnesses official child abuse handling procedure letter to all bodies of elders (october 1, 2012) has been placed into public domain by the australian (victoria) government "inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious oganisations".. official government web site link to letter:.

http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/fcdc/inquiries/57th/child_abuse_inquiry/submissions/steven_unthank_supp_a_appendix_1.pdf.

short link:.
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Who was the best batman?
by FL_Panthers in
1. social
2. entertainment
it seems that batman has been portrayed by more actors than any other superhero.. who do you think has played the best in the role of bruce wayne/batman?.
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GREAT SONG FOR THOSE OF US STRUGGLING TO LEAVE THE JW CULT!!!
by ADJUSTMENTS in
1. jw
2. experiences
this is a song by lauren hill she had family ties to the jw cult, so it is very touching and moving, she even gets choked up in the middle of the song.

i like to share this song with new ones or old ones and those who have heard it before every now and again, it so refreshing and hopefull!

enjoy it!!!.
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New to The Jehovahs Witness Faith and need some help
by jnjburkett in
1. jw
2. friends
hello there i am new to the faith and have been studying for about a month.

i am very excited and hungry for the truth and have not missed a meeting or study since the memorial.

we do about 2 bible studies a week.
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Have you noticed the common practice is to knock indivual's self esteem?
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in another thread, one of our members made a comment that caught my attention.. i have been trying to put my finger on a practice amongst the org and witnesses in general.... as soon as someone does something well, accomplishes something, or excels at something, the atmosphere effectiveley 'kicks them in the gut' to bring them down.. anything that makes a person grow or develop is blatently discouraged and therefore self esteem is squashed!.

the constant message telling a witness to be 'humble' is designed to suck any sense of growth or 'betterment' out of a person..... therefore this leaves the average witness to be a blubbering mess of insecurity and instability completely dependant on the organization...kind of like a 'battered-wife' scenario.... .
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Trinitarians! Who is Jesus Christ's father the Holy Spirit or the Father?
by booker-t in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is one question that trinitarians try to avoid because they have created a very embarrassing problem.

the bible is very clear when the angel tells mary that holy spirit will overshadow her and she will become pregnant.

the angel does not say the father will overshadow her but the holy spirit will and if the holy spirit is a person that would make him the father of jesus.
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Involved with a JW woman
by jonza in
1. social
2. relationships
okay so i'm dating a born-in jw woman, she's younger than me and has no kids.

i'm a christian man whos divorced with 2 kids.

we're in love and seriously want to be together.
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THE ALTERNATIVE DAILY TEXT by The Witchtower editor
by processor in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i have published more than 200 'daily text' comments in german, and will now start translating those into english.

they will be published here:.

http://dailytext2.wordpress.com/.
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Your views and ideas on forum areas and organization?
by Simon in
1. forum
2. announcements
this may come as a shock to some people, but the current forum structure was kind of thrown together without much real thought and then evolved a bit over time.

there are a few things that particularly grate on me and areas where i don't think the subjects work particularly well.

'friends' is a bit vague and becomes a dumping ground, news & world events vs politics & current affairs is hard to decide sometimes, child abuse is a scandal but isn't contained withing 'scandals & coverups' etc.... with a new forum platform imminent, it's a good time to solicit ideas to improve things.