Topics Started by greenhornet

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Do children still get destroyed at Armageddon?
by Anony Mous in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i know back in the day, that was taught, that if the parents were going to be destroyed, so would the children.

i just can't easily find reference to anything.

this thinking has been used to justify some egregious behavior towards children and their parents such as exclusion of children from jw family - why worry, the end is near, all will work itself out then - the end didn't come though.
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Discouraging JWs From Calling
by NotFormer in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was reading an anti cult reddit post where a woman (ex mormon) was trying her hardest to discourage the mormons from visiting her and trying to convert her back.

a few others chimed in about their various methods (coming to the door naked, pretending to be practicing black magic, etc.

) which they claimed would have the mormons and jws running away as fast as possible.. somehow, i doubt it.
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What is Your Favorite WT Lie?
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i would like to start a thread on lies that the watchtower and their reps have told.

surely we all have one or two that truly sticks out in our memories, no matter how much we would like to forget.

my favorite wt lie: the reason they don't want to release the name of the "scholars" who worked on the new world translation is because they do not want to accept "glory and honor" from others.
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What made you look behind the jw curtain?
by Touchofgrey in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was listening to a lunchtime call in radio show about jws and the personal experiences of being disfellowshiped, and a former elder called in saying he was disfellowshiped for asking about jws and their involvement in the un in the 1990s ,and he just said look it up.. thinking that it was a made up lie ,so i looked it up and it was true even a letter confirming it from the un itself and that led me here and to jwfacts and further research into the history and teachings of jw and walked out the door about 5 years ago.

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How the JWs Handle a Member Visiting Another Church: What Is Your Experience?
by LauraLynn in
1. jw
2. experiences
i grew up a jw but my parents were not regularly attending services at a kh.

they used to, and were thoroughly indoctrinated though.

as is the jws habit of visiting non-attenders, 2 sisters came to my mom and dad's door one day to inquire of our well-being.
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Would you be able to survive a three day Assembly?
by RULES & REGULATIONS in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the last assembly i attended was over 10 years ago.

the monotone speakers, boring talks, uncomfortable seats, long prayers and nodding off after the lunch break did me in.

i survived the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions were brutal.
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What was the craziest elder that you ever meet?
by greenhornet in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
this elder was a kook he got me to hop freight trains.

there was a ms who worked for the railroad and he gave this elder a print out of the time and engine #.

so early one morning we hopped on the train.
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Ages of each user here?
by ukpimo in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm interested to know the age demographics here.

it must be significantly different to other exjw forums.

it would be a damning report for watchtower if most of us appear to have left for decades.. you don't have to mention your exact age, you could always say "in my 50s".. i am in my 70s.
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So I went to visit some JWs I have seen in years.
by greenhornet in
1. jw
2. friends
i haven't seen any jws in years.

i visited a family and the guys all had beards.

like wtf a while back i remembered you got disfellowshipped and guess you would get destroyed .
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Do Jehovah's Witnesses have to buy any of the organization's literature before distribution?
by Vanderhoven7 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
was this ever a requirement?.