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  If You Told A JW That His Religion Was “False Religion “ What Would Be His Response?

  by minimus in

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  witnesses are used to saying that every other religion but their own makes up “false religion “....how would a devout witness handle being labeled as a member of a false religion??

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  all religions are false--if they promote the idea of a man made excuse for their existence that occupies a hole in the sky.
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  I called up Bethel a few minutes ago

  by new boy in

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  what the heck.. i couldn't believe it, norm brekkie and tom combs are still alive.. norm is so out of it he couldn't tell you what day of the week it was.. i talked to larry fisher he is gone mentally also.

  he couldn't even remember when he went to bethel.. then i called up daryl christenson.

  he wasn't so friendly.

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  it amazes me how many ex bethelites we get on this site.

  any current ones ?
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  Stats just out: JWs in Wales decline (-3.4%) - COs primed for zero baptisms!

  by Darth FayDehr in

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  figures from that latest 2-weekend convention in caridff (wales) reveal jw “growth” now in decline.

  baptisms are discouragingly low (21, combined), and circuit overseers have been primed to deal with assemblies where there are no baptisms; see these leaked 2018 instructions:.

  pdf summary: https://1drv.ms/b/s!arekzxkzlp8ybsl45pov7y6k26a.

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  quote Beth Sarim

  "The guy giving the baptismal talk can mention the ''continuing symbolic increase''. He can then ''sell'' it by saying although we can't ''see'' the increase, it doesn't mean it isn't happening, the increase."

  so--its an invisible increase !
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  Sex before marriage

  by Jules Saturn in

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  for ex jws, pimos, pomos, faders, born again christians, agnostics, atheists, etc.

  what is your opinion regarding sex before marriage, has your view been influenced since you left?

  in western society, you’ll probably find yourself ridiculed to be an 18 year old virgin so i am curious to hear opinions from here.

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  many might say ive been lucky--married 4 times. and each one loved sex and for the most part...no inhibitions. at 70 i can have as much as i want.
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  Sex before marriage

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. social
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  for ex jws, pimos, pomos, faders, born again christians, agnostics, atheists, etc.

  what is your opinion regarding sex before marriage, has your view been influenced since you left?

  in western society, you’ll probably find yourself ridiculed to be an 18 year old virgin so i am curious to hear opinions from here.

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  I think its considered bad form to be doing it immediately before marriage.
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  What Makes 🍕 Pizza Delicious To Tou?

  by minimus in

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  i am watching a tv show that highlights area restaurants and pizza is the subject.

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  what is your favorite style and type of pizza?.

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  tdttan hour ago

  Bread, tomato sauce, and cheese.

  yep--just an over rated over priced toasted cheese and tomato sauce sandwich.

  the sort of thing that could well have been invented by the watchtower society.
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  Why are JDubs scared to death of apostate websites?

  by Sour Grapes in

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  when i was an elder back in the 1970's i loved to debate and challenge ministers, preachers, and holy rollers.

  now you can be a loyal jdub fully indoctrinated for 30 years but just take a peek at an apostate website and you are doomed.

  yes, satan now has you by the gonads and all of the years of being at the meetings, all of the family worship nights, all of the conventions, and all of the personal study just go up in a cloud of smoke.

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  because he heard of an apostate who came to the meeting one time and whispered in someone's ear something and then that person never came back to the meetings again

  
  

  it was a smurf.
  
  
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  over 700 baptized yesterday at one convention in Africa

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

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  there was a french language congregation this weekend in congo dr which had 44,000 in attendance and something like 730 baptized.

  i'm not saying that is good or bad, just reporting the news..

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  lets hope the cult pump lots of cash into the congo. most people wouldnt even know where it is. of what relevance to anyone anywhere else is growth in such a god forsaken place. who cares.
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  Invited to a talk: What to do?

  by Fred Franztone in

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  my sister texted me last night with an invitation to watch our dad give his first ever public talk.

  i don't live particularly near to my family, but i'm not too far from them to make the journey, and i am on good terms with them, having never been baptised and so not disfellowshipped; they don't shun me and likely wouldn't even if i were disfellowshipped, it's not in their character.. i haven't been inside a kingdom hall since 2006, and i would like to keep it that way; i only intend to step inside one again in the event of a family wedding or funeral service.

  i don't want to be rude to my sister, ignoring the text isn't an option, so i need a diplomatic way of declining her invitation.. i've considered saying that i'm busy, but this leaves things open for her to ask again in the future, and i'd rather she got the message that i'm not interested, without me having to say so in an explicit way.. any suggestions from those who have been in a similar situation?.

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  stan livedeath

  
  

  
  

  but the thought of being in a kingdom hall and listening to (even a mere 30 minutes of) the watchtower's propaganda makes me feel quite unwell,

  thats exactly how i would reply. emphasise how in the last 12 years youve had a great life..well away from the wt--and never felt better.
  
  
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  Screwed up sexually

  by purrpurr in

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  i was thinking about how the borg screws up and sexually neuters their flock by telling them when single to "deaden their body" and then boom as soon as there's a ring on the finger to not be denying eachother.. do any of you know of jws who have been screwed up by these teachings?

  i know 2, 1 elder came back from honeymoon having a nervous breakdown unable to cope with the cd that sex produced in his head.

  and the other called up her parents while on honeymoon, crying and begging for themto come and get her, since she was so shocked that sex hurt.

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  i'm lucky--i shook off all that cult repression and control as soon as my first wife chucked me out. straight into an anything goes live in relationship with the j-dub woman i had an affair with ( she got d/f for it ).. that lasted about a year--then i went free fall into casuals for a couple of years till i met wife to be 2.

  that 2nd marriage lasted 23 years till she sadly died at a young 58. i was pretty well monogamous during those years.

  after her death i got involved with wife to be 3--married a year after we met. bad mistake--for various reasons. i then went back into free fall mode again--in my 60's!

  been married to wife 4 for 2 years now--shes 22 years younger than me, and has a very healthy sex drive that keeps me more than satisfied.

  i reckon in the 50 years ive been sexually active ( from 20 to 70 ) ive bedded about 50 women, which for a bloke is about average i would think.