Posts by bradford

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JW Tattoos

by bradford in

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i'm sure there are countless opinions on whether you should get a tattoo or not.

my personal view is that if you were to get one it should mean something.. anyone get a tattoo to remember their jw roots?

i was thinking of getting a tetragrammaton somewhere.

JW Tattoos

by bradford in

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i'm sure there are countless opinions on whether you should get a tattoo or not.

my personal view is that if you were to get one it should mean something.. anyone get a tattoo to remember their jw roots?

i was thinking of getting a tetragrammaton somewhere.

bradford

I'm sure there are countless opinions on whether you should get a tattoo or not. My personal view is that if you were to get one it should mean something.

Anyone get a tattoo to remember their JW roots? I was thinking of getting a tetragrammaton somewhere. I think it looks cool, and is symbolic of a large part of my life.

Thoughts?

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Are you people the Watchtower?

by Richard C B in

are you people 'the watchtower'?.

no - we're an independent community site offering support for both current and former jehovah's witnesses and anyone else who has been affected by the beliefs, doctrines and practices of the jehovah's witness religion as governed by the watch tower bible and tract society (wtb&ts).. we are not affiliated with the wtb&ts in any way and we take your privacy and security very seriously doing our utmost to protect your identity and provide a friendly, tolerant and informative environment where you can ask questions, share information and make new friends.

membership is completely free and anonymous so why not join toda.

bradford

Explain again why you are here?

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organization obsesion

by Richard C B in

why are you guys so obsessed with organizations?

there has to be order in the world and organised people!

bradford

Trolls be trolling.

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Toasting is Pagan - How many contradictions can fit in 2 pages, I found 5?

by jwfacts in

the watchtower 2007 feb 15 pp.30-31 explains why jehovah's witnesses are not to toast.

what is astounding is that for each point they then go on an explain why the point is irrelevant, yet still conclude toasting is wrong.

what did people think when reading this?

bradford

I like how there first two references in the encyclopedia have the word "probably" in reference to the origins of the practice. Then, after the first two references they make the connection that it IS a pagan practice. Using that logic you could say whatever you want. Pathetic reasoning. Some GB asshole didn't like the practice and wanted an article written on it pretty much.

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Premarital sex--how prevalent?

by wafflesandpancakes in

in my old congregation, everyone seems clean.

mostly chaste courtship, kingdom hall wedding, blah blah.. well there are lots of cases of fondling but they were soon forgotton.

when my husband and i confessed to sex before marriage, the elders were disgusted.

bradford

Every single couple in my circle of friends a couple years ago either were privately reproved or dfd before or after they were married except for a few that were widely know to have been messing around and just never confessed to anyone.

It was a large group of people and it includes several pioneer couples and elders kids.

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Inviting disfellowshipped to the memorial

by wannaexit in

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i read in a european ex jw forum that this year they are making a special effort to invite not only the inactive but also a special effort is made to invite all disfellowshipped.

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i don't know if this as always been a common practice, or something started anew so they can boast about the numbers of attendees..

bradford

Do elders have specific direction to only count those that are "exemplary" good standing ones?

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Jehovah's Witnesses: A Clear Decline

by Hadriel in

it is rather clear that the internet is to put it mildly, wrecking the world of the watchtower bible & tract society.

if not for foreign language i doubt there would be much growth at all.. digital trends and analytics are very real.

i live this analytics world i assure you to some degree you can take it to the bank.

bradford

There is a link in the post to the mirror which leads to the pew research site which leads to a data explorer tool on a global religion site. On a mobile device here so couldn't play with the site too much but it seems legitimate.

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TWISTING context to produce false LIGHT (Tricks our Governing Body uses)

by Terry in

as a jehovah's witness:.

two things finally struck me:.

1. i was really in a grown up kindergarten and .

bradford

We relate this to the governing body and the watchtower but every religious organization that is looked up to by any follower base turns the scriptures into whatever they want as well through any variety of connections, some with context usage, some without.

JWs are a Cult and religion is mind control. The bible is a fairy tale.

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Worshipping the Governing Body

by Sour Grapes in

it is very obvious that jehovah's witlesses worship the faithful and discreet slave.

during last sunday's washtowel study, everyone bowed before them for the excellent job they did in translating the new bible into so many languages and for the direction they give to the congregation.

(i guess i sorta thought that jesus was in charge of the congregations.

bradford

I only went to a couple months of meetings after I learned TTATT but I remember cringing all the time. The praise and admiration for the FDS/GB was sickening.