Wow, I admire you! I'm also from western Europe, 20+ and mainly got babtized because my mother wanted me to. So here I am living a double life. From personal experince, the best advice I want to give is, dont get involved further with this cult, you are a free person, your life is ahead of you. And you dont want to waste time on boring meetings and even more boring ministry. Good luck to you!
Powermetal4ever
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Am I the youngest one on here?
by Capstone ini finally registered on here after reading on the forum for almost two years on and off (more often the last year).
to give you some background on who i am i can say that i'm a girl in my late teens and live in western europe.
my mom is a jw and my dad is not.
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 09-21-2014 WT Study (OT JWs)
by blondie incomments you will not hear at the 09-21-2014 wt study (july 15, 2014, pages (23-27) old testament jws.
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/?contentlanguagefilter=en&pubfilter=w&yearfilter=2014.
review comments will be headed outside the boxes.
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Powermetal4ever
I find it very interesting to get an other point of view of todays study, since I was there and had to sit and listen to it all. I have to tell about a strange comment I heard. Someone said that we have to pronounce the name Jehovah correclty. But that doesnt make sence at all, since every language pronounces it in its own way, and further more, it might not even be the right form. Anyway that was just a small observations.
Otherwise I find those two questions contradicting:
1, 2. (a) What does it mean to be a witness, and in what notable way
has this world’s news media failed? (b) Why does Jehovah not depend
on this world’s media?
So if god doesnt depend on the media, then the worlds news media hasnt failed. Or?
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Street work
by truthseeker instanding on corners holding up the awake and watchtower magazines?
all hours, all weathers?
street work reminds me of randy crawford's "street life" - i've modified the lyrics.... .
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Powermetal4ever
I've also walked up and down the streets, approaching people. I must say I "liked" it better than from door to door. It was easier in a way, you didnt have to make excuses on how you got the code to the entrance. But anyway, I cant walk around anymore, pretending that I believe in the stuff and pretending that I want people to believe it as well.
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How much meaning are the rank and file putting on October 2014?
by JimmyPage init's definitely on their minds.
i attended a funeral recently and a jw told me that the person who died almost made it to the 100 year anniversary of the birth of the kingdom.. curious what comments like this you've heard in your area?.
(and can't wait for november!).
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Powermetal4ever
Its almost like they are celebrating the 100 years, feels a bit worldly, doesnt it?
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Definition
by Gratefullyunstuck inmaybe i'm reading too much into this, but ever looked in a dictionary for the definition of watchtower ?.
watchtower (wchtour)n.an observation tower on which a guard or lookout is stationed to keep watch, as for enemies, for forest fires, or over prisoners.. .
slightly interesting, observation = gb, enemies= worldly folk and prisoners =rank/file.
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Powermetal4ever
Makes sence. I have always felt like a prisoner
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Dancing with the Stars vs Friday evening service meeting
by FadeToBlack inso funny.
last week (start of new season for dws in poland - apparently still very popular) my wife did not feel so well, so she stayed home.
but, she was well enough to watch the entire show as opposed to going to bed to rest.
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Powermetal4ever
Meeting on a friday night? That must really suck
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New Convention Scared The BeJesus Out Of My Mother
by minimus inwhatever the vids were, she had nightmares and told the elder to not give her videos like that again!.
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Powermetal4ever
I think I saw that resurrection vid, I thought it everything was unnatural perfect. Reminded me of the way it looks like in the Sims in a way, perfect clothes, very cleaned up and so on.
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Voting and elections
by Powermetal4ever ini've been thinking about the fact that jws dont vote in elections.
the main reason for this, i guess is that they shall not be a part of this world and so on.
there was no election in the times of jesus, so yes i understand that it needs an intepretetion, but why is that intepreted that they shouldnt vote?
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Powermetal4ever
I think I'll skip to answer those questions blondie But yes I am surprised by no.5. But that does only give me more fuel to the doubts I'm having. Care to give any examples of those groups?
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Voting and elections
by Powermetal4ever ini've been thinking about the fact that jws dont vote in elections.
the main reason for this, i guess is that they shall not be a part of this world and so on.
there was no election in the times of jesus, so yes i understand that it needs an intepretetion, but why is that intepreted that they shouldnt vote?
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Powermetal4ever
I've been thinking about the fact that JWs dont vote in elections. The main reason for this, I guess is that they shall not be a part of this world and so on. There was no election in the times of Jesus, so yes I understand that it needs an intepretetion, but why is that intepreted that they shouldnt vote? Its a bit stupid in my opinion. What would have happended if JWs had voted in countries where they are persecuted? For example in Germany before Hitler came to power, I dont know how many JWs there were in Germany by the time, or if it had made any difference though... Anyway, just some thoughts thats circulating my mind.
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How many use iPads or tablets in your cong?
by stuckinarut2 ina question for those that still attend meetings.... how many use tablets or ipads in your hall?.
i did roving microphones this week, and i counted 43 people (variety of ages) out of an audience of 98!.
just curious....
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Powermetal4ever
In my cong theres not that many, maybe 10 outta 50 or something. I actually bought a tablet because I saw other using it in the meetings, and I wanted one myself. I also thought I could sit and check other things or even play, while on meetings, but I havent dared yet... Guess you have to sit at the back or something, so no one sees.