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  What Would A Jehovah's Witness Romance Novel Be Like?

  by minimus in

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  i was reading in the religion page of the newspaper today that the mormons are enjoying romance novels in which descriptions of the characters' sex lives are limited to little more the first kiss--- that could happen after they are engaged to be married........any ideas of what a jw romance novel might be like?

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  Was I a coward?

  by DanTheMan in

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  right before i disassociated myself last march, i sent an email to quite a number of jw's that contained only a link to an "apostate" website that had been instrumental in my seeing the the truth about the wt.. well, nobody responded to it except for one person, a guy who i hadn't had any contact with my last year in.

  he started out with "yikes, do you know i'm disfellowshipped?

  " he then went on for several paragraphs defending the org, how loving the brothers were when they disfellowshipped him .

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  Have you read my experience in the Awake?Read this

  by ELON14 in

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  many of you already know my real name.i'm the one whose experience was published in the sep 8 1994 awake mag.

  i would like to stress that although i have good reason to be angry and bitter, nothing i say here is said in anger but only in sadness.

  i write this to say that if i could take back many of my words i said in that experience , i would.

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  A good question to make JWs 'think'

  by Simon in

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  most of us have experienced the frustration of trying to convince a friend or relative that the wts is not what it claims: an organisation backed by 'god'.. of course, it is very difficult to prove a negative and a real die-hard believer will explain-away any evidence of wrongdoing by the org.

  as they are trained to do so well.. i have found it good to reverse the question and ask them:.

  "what would the wts have to do to convince you that it wasn't god's organisation?".

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  Baptism - The Issue of Consent - for children

  by Lady Lee in

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  the issue of consent .

  the issue of whether a person has consented to a particular action is a core part of our social relationships whether they be personal or group interactions.

  to participate in any social relationship a person must on some level consent to that participation.

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  I'm looking for a letter to the Judicial Committee

  by tyydyy in

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  my sister is having to deal with a jc and i saw a letter some time back threatening legal action and thought it might come in handy.

  does anyone know where i can find a copy of that letter.

  my sister got a letter today from the local elders today.

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  Going out with a bang

  by LittleToe in

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  after much deliberation, i decided to go "out" at the end of a public talk.

  it didn't go down too well, but at least i was able to give some of my reasons for leaving.. i've put some of the details on my homepage.

  i'll update it more when i get the time and the strength.

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  What Its All About - Lurkers

  by Amazing in

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  its all about lurkers: there are at least three main types of lurkers, 1. a jw with doubts, concerns, feeling that something is wrong with the religion, 2. an ex-jw who is caught between two worlds, and does not feel free yet to live a normal life, 3. a non-jw who is either involved with a jw, or a relative of a jw, or is in the middle of being studied with by the jws.. defining moments: everything we write, say, and do is observed by the lurkers.

  in a single moment, or a series of collected comments, we will eventually cause a lurker to have a defining moment ... a point in time where they decide that being a jw is not for them anymore, or that they can stop living between two worlds, or cease studying, and not join the religion.

  we may never know who we help, or how many.. flame wars and character attacks: when we get embroiled in these, whether we are the instigator or the brunt of the attacks ... what are we really doing?

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  JW Pedophiles as early as 1970?

  by Amazing in

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  at my first district convention in oakland, ca at the raiders stadium, i was eager to help out in anyway i could.

  3. when i was done with the quiet sign during the session, i went to the attendant dept.

  the dept head said that i could walk the bathrooms during session walk the what?

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  am I welcome here?...I am not JW

  by Jokemyster in

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  or an apostate..hate that term..i walked away from it, i dont believe any of it anymore.

  so who is going to be the first to tell me to leave so as not to taint the board?.

  i am 48 female married 30 yrs to same man, very moral, no drugs no alcohol no smokes..just common plain jane here..since i dont believe does this make me bad association..if it does i laugh in your face...now having said that and getting past this, sounds like so many here are disgruntled..if so why do you stay?

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