Topics Started by woodland

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BLOOD!
by woodland in
1. jw
2. friends
sorry to bring up this old chestnut, but?

have the jw?s changed their stance on blood transfusions?

i was talking to a lady at work that has jw relatives, and she said it was now a matter of conscience.
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What first gave you doubts ?
by rick1199 in
1. jw
2. experiences
we all know the big problems with the wts, but what was the first thing that made you realise there were problems with the organisation ?

with me it was realitivly small stuff like an 8 year old getting baptised and a comment my best mates made about another of our friends asking if we should be hanging round with her as she might be bad assciation (she had just been reproved, but they had been mates 20 years).. .

how ever the first time i ever thought something was really wrong was when i was about 11 and my grand farther died, and mu mum wouldn't go to the funeral, i remeber thinking that surely it was better to say good bye properly than worry about if the service was in a church.. .
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Note to the blind ones (anti-apostasy)
by Razor in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i notice a lot of anti-jehovah's witenesses post here so i will speak my peace.

2 peter 3:3 .

"for you know this first, that in the last days there will come ridiculers with their ridicule, proceeding according to their own desires" .
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Is it respectful to call God by name?
by woodland in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was just wondering what your views were about calling god jehovah.

i appreciate that there is scriptures that says to call on his name, but if i were to meet the queen or president bush it would grossly disrespectful to say hi there elizabeth or how you doing george.

if this is the case with mere men and women in positions of power, is it not imaginable to address god on first name terms?
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Do u know any JW"s that have suicided?
by Rick Aust in
1. jw
2. friends
sorry if this is a sad question, but i know of 3 jw's that have suicided.

i haven't known any personally, but i was wondered if you know any or know of any jw's that have suiced?

and do you know the reason why?
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A Perfect Organisation?
by woodland in
1. jw
2. experiences
my mum always says that she is an imperfect person within a perfect organisation.

now, what i do not understand is by her own admission she is imperfect, in fact, we all are.

so, how can imperfect humans create a perfect organisation?
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The lost congregation, or something else?
by spiritwalker in
1. jw
2. friends
while i have seen on many occasions the benefit of sharing our past problems, or life, with others who have been through the same.

i am very curious as to what the real benefit would be, to leaving a religion of such control and segregated thinking, only to venture online or in person to others who are basically a lost congregation of the religion.

does it benefit a person to seek out former jehovah's witnesses?
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Have you been able to make up for the lost years?
by woodland in
1. jw
2. experiences
i feel that my education was stunted due to the jw belief that education is not important.

as a result i have not been able to follow my dreams, or follow the career i?m sure i was put on this earth to do.

does anyone else feel this way?
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What to expect at a JW funeral
by lovinglife in
1. jw
2. experiences
i hope someone can "enlighten" me.

my grandmother recently passed away (91 yrs old) and they are having her funeral at the kh.

i can't remember ever having to attend one when i was a kid.
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New Divorce Rules ???
by jazbug in
1. jw
2. friends
a friend of mine is getting a divorce because her husband is questioning the wts...he's sick of the cover-ups...in light of a new elder abuse case here.

she says she can't lie with someone who is going to talk against the wts..so i asked her how she could get a divorce for those reasons.

evidentally, the co came to talk to her and because she can't get govt.