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  Yet another intro letter

  by problemaddict in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to the mod, if this is posted in the wrong place please feel free to move it to wherever is appropriate.. so here is another lurker turned community member.

  i might write up a life story at some point, but for the sake of time here are the abc's of me.. raised a jw.

  friends for the most part are all jw's.

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  poppers

  Welcome to the board, problemaddict (nice name).
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  This is for all who remember what a typewriter was!! enjoy

  by finallysomepride in

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  2. humour

  http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=g4nx0xrn-wo&sns=em.

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  poppers

  Here's the Jerry Lewis version from the 60s movie, Who's Minding the Store?.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ozd6W1wyzo
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  Ok. I'm confused and slightly stunned.

  by Left in the Cold in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  on pages 54 & 55 of the "what has religion done for mankind" book the following quotes can be found.

  considering adams decision to eat the fruit with eve it is written, "the woman was not to consult her husband first on the matter of eating, although god had made him first and had used him to construct the woman concerning the forbidden tree.

  no, but she was to exercise woman's rights and show him she had better judgement.".

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  A rapist is after the victim's money and virtue?
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  So utterly hurt.

  by LouBelle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today something happened that hurt me more than the jwks, more than the shunning, more than my sexual molestation, more than my hellish years at caxton and more than the year i've just had.. the moment i was told this, i felt like my insides had been ripped, torn, shredded and my heart squeezed of it's very life.

  i put my head in my hands and for the first time in my life let out a primal gut wrenching wail.. my father had asked my gran why she has been treating me the way she has (which hasn't been very nice).

  he though it strange considering how in the past i have helped her and given her so much.

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  (((((LouBelle)))))
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  All Things Pagan

  by Unbrainwashed publisher1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why is the wt org selective concerning things with pagan origin?

  for instance wedding rings they have no ban on wearing them and some wtnss say it is because it is commonly accepted now and no longer have significant pagan roots, but is that the point?

  if satan himself starts up something popular and as time moves on it loses its original satanic flavor it is ok for "true christians" - i love how j dubs qualify that, to adopt it now as a practice?

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  I asked a JW recently about the pagan origin of her wedding ring and she said it was OK because it provided her with a measure of protection. My response was "Expediency makes it OK even if it's pagan?"
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  Who here watches Dexter?

  by MrFreeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i love this show.

  been hooked since the first episode.

  for anyone who follows, i captured a bit of tonight's episode.

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  poppers

  (((Crisis of Conscience))) Wow! Thanks for this last link - you are a prince!
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  Who here watches Dexter?

  by MrFreeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i love this show.

  been hooked since the first episode.

  for anyone who follows, i captured a bit of tonight's episode.

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  Love Dexter - thanks for the link CoC.
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  Please read

  by JeffT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my father passed around 9 this morning.

  he'd been in poor health for some time, but it still comes as a shock to have him gone.

  we are going to miss him terribly.

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  poppers

  So sorry for your loss, Jeff. I registered as a donor in 2007 when my sister-in-law got cancer, but a match for her wasn't found and she subsequently died. I'm still in the system and hope that my name will get called saying that I am a match for someone in need.
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  Parallel Universes-BBC Horizon

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efrcw62sh-8&feature=related.

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  Thinking of becoming a JW.

  by Kate82 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  hi,.

  i am new to here so please be bear with me.. i have always believed in god, but was never baptised, my parents wanted me to make up my own mind religon wise.. i am thinking of becoming a jw and am just needing some advice on how to do this, bible study and jw beliefs.

  also do jw say grace and how.. i am greatful of any help.. thanks.

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  poppers

  I have always been shy and never made friends e I asily because of that. I am currently suffering depression.

  From what I've learned here (I am not a JW) this makes you a prime candidate for recruitment because they'll provide a ready made cadre of instant "friends". You will be love bombed by them during your indoctrination Bible study and that will give you a sense of acceptance and belief that you've found something of substance. But that acceptance is conditional only. After baptism you must tow the line on all matters otherwise you will be seen as spiritually weak. Whatever you do it will never be enough and bit by bit you will give up whatever independent thinking you have to serve the organization and its agenda. If you question doctrine or beliefs after baptism you will see the "love" you were given whither and die, and the threat of disfellowshipping will be used to get you back "in line." Visits from elders will be employed to "readjust" your thinking. By then, someone like you, someone whose social network is comprised of fellow believers, this threat will be enough to keep you locked into the cult with no avenue for escape even if you want to escape.