Topics Started by marie67

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Which was scarier... the torture scenario or the Armageddon scenario?
by Gopher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for those of us who grew up in the jw's, there were a couple of scary scenarios presented, one supposedly to happen before armageddon, and armageddon itself.. before armageddon, all jw's were going to be chased around by worldly nations because they would be the only religion left on earth, satan's system having destroyed "babylon the great" (all religions outside jw's, we were told).

so as part of that, jw's would be persecuted worldwide for being religious and proclaiming the "kingdom".. now -- connect that with the actual persecution that happened to the jw's as documented in the annual "yearbook" and in the pages of the watchtower magazine.

sometimes the details of what happened to jw's when in confinement were quite graphic and frightening.
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This is the weekend we move Dad
by Mulan in
1. jw
2. friends
the big day is almost here.

on saturday we move my father to the retirement home.

we have been moving small items all week, and saturday we move the furniture.
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Friends???????
by drnewson in
1. jw
2. friends
you all don't sound like friends of mine.

nor ones i want to be friends with.

you sound like feinds not friends.
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Just me???
by FMZ in
1. jw
2. friends
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is it just me, or does anyone else sit at their desk, and keep hitting "refresh" on the active topics page?.

lonely futher mucker
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The Passion of Brian
by drahcir yarrum in
1. jw
2. friends
i haven't yet seen the movie the passion of christ but understand that it is a powerful movie for those who are believers.

i haven't been a jw for many years but wondered what the organizations position is on the bros seeing this movie.

does anyone have any insight on this?
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Introductions
by CeriseRose in
1. jw
2. friends
well not 'new', as i'm over 30. heh but i'm newly out (letter of disassociation dropped off at kh end of january, and i was announced last thursday night).

i posted my 'story' on a different ex-jw board, and as it is so long, i'm not reprinting it.

hehe even with cut and paste it's icky.
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Why I Joined the Jehovah's Witnesses!
by Swan in
1. jw
2. friends
when i think about the answer, i can't understand their current mistreatment of me.

i don't understand why i am being shunned by my family and the jws.

i don't understand why they call me an apostate.
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Passing the time at JW Assemblies
by Leolaia in
1. jw
2. friends
love_truth, in describing the utter dullness of jw assemblies and conventions, just gave me an interesting idea for a thread.

what were some of the ways you tried to make the hours pass?

some of mine: looking at the interesting refracting patterns the arena floodlights made on my eyeglasses when looking thru them at an angle.looking for people i knew from my congregation and others in the mass of people in the arena.counting the number of people leaving the section to go to the bathroompractice writing people's names in elvish scripthaving a conversation with friends a row behind me by passing notes back and forthseeing how many pages of my bible stick together when i slam a wad of gum in between its pages.. what else?
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JUST READ CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE
by marie67 in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm new to this forum.

actually i've been a lurker for awhile.

posted on sassy's call to the newbies.
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Are there any Newbies out there???
by Sassy in
1. jw
2. friends
i was just wondering if there were any new members out there who haven't yet said hello... if so.. please come in and say hi here.. .

its an easy way to get started.. .

i know there are those who will read/lurk for a while but one day they jump in and say hi.... .