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  At the meeting ... Ugh

  by cappytan in

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  at least i have this forum.

  is there a shorthand for referring to this website?

  saying jehovahs-witness.com seems like a long winded way..

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyVJsg0XIIk

  Prayer faders.
  
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  I'm studying with Jehovah's Witnesses!!

  by Kulotti79 in

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  hello all... i currently studying the bible teach book and i'm just curious what information does the study conductor record about the student and is it passed on??

  and they keep on saying "the truth" which is starting to get on my nerves.

  lol.

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  It would depend upon how long you have been "studying" as to what type of info is passed on.

  Generally, you have been used / are being used as a: "I started a Bible Study" "MY Bible Study (insert: should be MY Bible Student)," blah, blah, blah - "Thank you Jehovah" (also see conclusion of: Consoling a (Hot) Grieving Widow video).

  When the CO visits, pubs are encouraged to arrange for the CO to attend PROGRESSIVE  Bible Students.

  Are you progressive enough? (Are you progressive enough, huh, are you? [Apologies - a bit Clint tonight] )
  
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  At the meeting ... Ugh

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
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  at least i have this forum.

  is there a shorthand for referring to this website?

  saying jehovahs-witness.com seems like a long winded way..

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  Love this thread.
  
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  I hope Armageddon doesn't come before the new Star Wars movie comes out

  by Zoos in

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  ever had this thought about an upcoming movie?.

  and then i would feel guilty for putting my entertainment desires ahead of god's kingdom.. .

  shameless!.

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  berrygerry

  Funny post.

  I have thought that about reality shows and movies for about 15 years - "Hope Armageddon doesn't come before ... "

  We're such idiots.
  
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  Why I like Jehovah's Witnesses

  by undercover witness in

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  i keep reading that jehovah's witnesses are in effect monsters.

  i keep reading that they kinda leave chaos and distrust in their wake.

  so i simply wondered if anyone had anything nice to say about them?.

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  They know what the men told them about God's name... oooh just wish they'd reiterate that whole point about the Roman Catholic Monk who made up the name "Jehovah" mentioned in their publication "Aid to Bible Understanding".

  Thanks for the reference.

  Another paragraph chopped from Aid to Insight.
  
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  3rd Gen DF'd finally writing

  by AFreeBeliever in

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  i've been reading many of the postings on this forum for a couplefew years, finally joined today.

  i think reading cappytan, and others like that, compelled me to share, it seems i might have a bit of a different outcome than many i have read, perhaps it will be hopeful/helpful to someone.. i was a born-in, 3rd gen jw, my entire family (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and most all of my childhood friends) were in.

  some dropped by the wayside as the years went on, but many stayed in, and if they didn't, they still acted/talked as if they believed it was "the truth" and it was their weaknesses/failings that made them stop attending.

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  Thank you for posting.
  
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  Consequences of staying on the recommended Hotel list

  by Samaritan At the Well in

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  i wanted to share an experience i had and see if anyone else had encountered this same matter.

  we always tried to make an extra effort to ensure we stood on the approved hotel lists when going to our special day conventions or district conventions or what they now call regional.

  we use to stay many nights a year and i would save up my hotel points to use at a later time.. i remember checking in at popular chain hotel and asked the hotel clerk how many points would i earn for the 3 night stay?

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  Our first child was due to be born around convention time.

  For whatever reason, the closest hotel was not on the list.

  With severe guilt, at the time, I booked it anyways, and as a family with a 3-week-old baby, walked 2 blocks to the convention, no parking, no driving hassles.
  

  Total a-hole group.
  
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  Separated from a loveless Marriage

  by PLAYGROUND in

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  i don't know where to start.

  i got married a year and half ago.

  some months into the marriage things where discovered.

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  As a born-in who believed that only 2 virgins should marry in a perpetually blissful state, I now say that that is shat.

  Met a very old longtime JW acquaintance last week - who ended his first marriage in a most horrible way.

  He just remarried, but made a point that they had done a trial run of several YEARS first.

  The two-virgin rule DOES NOT work!
  
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  Counsellor needed please!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  hi all.. i have noticed that many of our forum members have sought professional help from counsellors who deal with ones like us who have broken free from high control groups or "cults".. my self esteem has been rocked by recent events in the cong, and while i know ttatt it still has taken my joy in life away quite a bit.. as you all know, mentally i broke free from the org several years ago, but now that i am trying to start making the physical break, i feel really unsettled and nervous.. i wonder if a good counsellor could assist in helping me clarify and sort my feelings and emotions , and provide help to take practical steps to cut all ties with the org?.

  if anyone can provide ideas of good counsellors, it would be appreciated.. thanks everyone!.

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  goingthruthemotions

  also i am prepping for maybe the enivitible divorce....once i stop going and fully reject the cult. i have already rejected it. right now i am just going thru the motions. my wife has told me she will choose the BORG over me.

  i have always given her unconditional love and support...but i guess nothing like the washtowel will give.

  well atleast she will get the support and unconditional love she thinks they will give her. 

  joining this cult was the worse mistake of my life....if i could turn back time!

  Prepare for hell if your wife is Borg, ESPECIALLY if there are children involved.

  Plan ahead!
  
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  JW's have lost the will to Vacuum

  by runForever in

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  despite 2005 being a very popular year for vacuums vacuuming is now very unpopular with 0 mentions- an all time low.. awake magazine:.

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  However, among still-in JW's, there is a new peak of living in a vacuum.