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  My life ... and how JWD came to be - Part 2

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  previous: my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 1. .

  how many times have people said ?if i knew then what i know now??

  what a difference that would have made to my life.

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  I was DA'd without my consent. Whadda buncha hypocrites!!!!!!!!!!

  by Love_Truth in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was raised a jw, seriously studied the bible, consumed it, and in my decades, found very few jws or non-jws who knew it as well as i. i love god's word, the bible.

  i left the jws as a teen/young man, df'd for fornication, with no witnesses, and i never showed for the judicial commitee.

  when i came back in (in my 20s) and was re-instated, i was "super jw", very zealous, and very vocal and knowlegeable of the bible.

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  Which One Lie Hurt You The Most About Jehovahs Witnesses?

  by shamus in

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  which one teaching really hurt you when you found out that it was not true?

  my number one thing is finding out that the name "jehovah" was not in the bible like it was in the new world translation (tm).

  christians did not call god "jehover" "jehovah" or by his first name, no more than you would call your father by his first name when you were a child.

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  I've arrived here seemingly by providence...heh heh.

  by boa in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  its my first post and i don't really know where to start, there been so much on my mind.

  i've been reading threads on this site like crazy and obtained a copy of coc from the library yesterday.

  i stayed up until 4am reading it, and i'm impressed with the way it was written - its just like reading a w only the subject matter is a little different hehe.. i'll break myself in gently with this site over time but basically a few things about me are: born in a jw family, baptized as a young teen, 1 yr aux pio, several yrs as reg pio, 1 year as 'special' full time pio at bethel.

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  JWs are "wise" and everyone else is "dumb" - no wonder they're arrogant...

  by somebodylovesme in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm bored, so i thought i'd post.

  i just remembered a part of a talk from a meeting i went to a couple months ago (to appease the family).

  i can't remember what verse, but it was talking about how christians were the "wise" ones.

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  Animals in the New System

  by Bulldog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has there been previous discussions on the nature of animals in the new system?

  most people seem to think that the animals will suddenly become completely different than they are today.

  lions and tigers will eat hay, not meat, etc, but if you think about animal natures and the perfect system that exists in the animal food chain, it doesn't make sense.. what would a horse be if it had no fear of predators?

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  Are you with a JW or a non-JW?

  by Out At 22 in

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  2. relationships

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  my boyfriend (feels more like fiance though i guess as we've talked about but just need the ring) and i have been together over two yrs and living together for over a yr. he never was a jw, and professes to be no religon and isn't even sure god exsists.

  is your signifigant other a jw or non-witness?

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  Oslo hypothesis vs. Jonsson hypothesis

  by scholar in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it has been announced that two forthcoming volumes examing the secular and biblical ecidence for bible chronology are due for publication in the spring, 2003. rolf furuli a semitic language scholar provides a new approach to the many problems associated with current chronology.

  it should be interesting to see how this book will be reviewed in the scholarly literature and compare this material with jonsson's gentile times reconsidered.

  to date i am unaware of any scholarly review of the jonsson hypothesis.

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  Would the WT society disfellowship Jesus?

  by ELON14 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  about three weeks before i handed in my letter of disassociation (two months ago) two elders from my congregation came to my door,for the first time since my son's death (which happened 8 months earlier).i knew it wasn't a special love for me or my family that suddenly motivated them to come.for few weeks prior to that visit i was sharing the new truth about the 'truth' that i was discovering with any listening ear.

  now it was obvious to me that these two elders had been sent by the body of elders to hear it themselves so it can be used against me...and hear they did.

  the 'poor' elders had to stand there (they refused to come in) and listen to it all.

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  Going out with a bang

  by LittleToe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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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