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  Which Watchtower publications did you keep?

  by Schnufti in

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  2. bible

  i'm currently cleaning up our bookcase and need to decide what goes into the trash.

  i'll keep the watchtower books that are not available online anymore (e.g.

  the brown "reasoning" book).

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  If you got books from the 1960s and before keep them! I sold all my old (1950s) books to a brother for $5 bucks. I wish I had not.

  I kept the Aid to Bible Understanding; the Concordance; the Large print bible and a couple of others including the red 'pocket' version.

  I also have a 1950s book - title forgotten, which is a Jewel. It has a massive contradiction within the book itself where in one page it says that Charles Russell never had a biography made of him but, a few pages later, has an image of his biography book!
  
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  Would You EVER Go Back To Being A Jehovah's Witness?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i could never understand why some people who know the truth about the "truth" ever go back.

  once you understand all the hypocrisy and negatives, i would think it's almost impossible to go back!.

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  I once had a day dream of what would happen if I were to suffer from amnesia and forgotten about my past disfellowshipping. Would I in my ignorance return to the JWs if that's the last thing I remember? Maybe I would but I would soon leave even if I didn't remember the TTATT.
  
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  Met JWs today - they lied about who they were

  by Xanthippe in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so a couple came into the library where i work today and the woman said she was from the british sign language association and asked if i would display a leaflet for her.

  when she handed me the leaflet the jw website logo jumped out at me as did the words 'would you like to study the bible with jehovah's witnesses?

  ' there was a small picture that had someone conversing in sign language but the other pictures were typical jw leaflet pictures.

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  It was a small leaflet on my door that got me in at the vulnerable age of 14.

  I used to go to different laundromats on my route between work and home to do my magazine purge.

  On one occasion the owner confronted me and said that he wanted me to leave the magazines so that the customers would have some reading material. Of course, he had no clue as to what that implied and, being an introvert, I did not tell him why I was doing it.
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  Met JWs today - they lied about who they were

  by Xanthippe in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so a couple came into the library where i work today and the woman said she was from the british sign language association and asked if i would display a leaflet for her.

  when she handed me the leaflet the jw website logo jumped out at me as did the words 'would you like to study the bible with jehovah's witnesses?

  ' there was a small picture that had someone conversing in sign language but the other pictures were typical jw leaflet pictures.

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  @Xanthippe. Next they come by tell them that you're on to them and that they could get arrested for misrepresenting themselves. I don't think they'll want to come back.
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  Guys ... Be honest here ... Do you ever Pee in the bathroom sink

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last month i got caught by my wife after a late night out with her (and some drinks).

  i guess i am evil.. just wondering if anyone else has had this misfortune.. rub a dub.

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  OUTLAW,

  "Lot's of people pee in the pool"
  

  True story; I sh!t you not. When I was 10 I would go to the community swimming pool. One day everyone who was in the pool was asked by the custodian to get out. An employee took a fishing net attached to a pole and scooped something out from the bottom of the pool. It was a waterlogged turd.
  
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  Guys ... Be honest here ... Do you ever Pee in the bathroom sink

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last month i got caught by my wife after a late night out with her (and some drinks).

  i guess i am evil.. just wondering if anyone else has had this misfortune.. rub a dub.

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  Snowbird,

  Urine is a good disinfectant.
  

  It's also a good fertilizer for your vegetable garden.
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  Would This Be Adultery?

  by FedUpJW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just happened to read a news article from some months ago about doctors having performed a successful penis transplant.

  the recipient lost his due to cancer, and doctors expect him to gain full use of his "new" penis, including sexual activities.

  considering some of the more goofy interpretations of doctrine that the gooberning body trots out that the rank and file must obey under penalty of shunning i wonder if a man had this surgery, would he and or his wife be df'd for adultery?

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  For df: Yes! We're in the mood to ask all sorts of bizarre questions at the judicial committee!
  

  Against df: It's a man's heart that commits the sin.

  Which answer fits best?

  Coming up next: Counting angels dancing on the head of a pin.
  
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  Would You EVER Go Back To Being A Jehovah's Witness?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i could never understand why some people who know the truth about the "truth" ever go back.

  once you understand all the hypocrisy and negatives, i would think it's almost impossible to go back!.

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  Do you find it therapeutic coming to this site?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i read on another thread how this site has helped another user and that for them it has been a form of therapy.. for me yes, jwn has most certainly been a form of therapy.. i recall the days i first came to jwn (in 2004) and couldn't​ believe i had found people who were of the same opinion as myself in regards to the society.

  it was this site that led me to reading ray franz's book 'crisis of conscience' which i read twice within a week.

  it also led me to jw facts that goes into every nook and cranny regarding the society's​ teachings, policies and history.. note: i also visit many other sites and watch you tube videos a lot, but gravitate here most of the time.. coming here to express my inner most thoughts and feelings has helped me no end and allows me to overcome my frustrations.

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  Do you find it therapeutic coming to this site?

  Yes, especially the social/political threads and encouraging posters who have recently come out of the JWs.
  
  
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  Australia Take 5: “I was sexually abused by a JW elder as a child”

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  take 5 is a popular weekly 'women's magazine' based in australia.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/take_5_(magazine).

  the following 1,100 word story is from their website - don't know if it's in the printed version.....take 5, may 5, 2017.

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  “I was sexually abused by a Jehovah’s Witness elder as a child”

  Tara was an innocent 8-year-old when a religious elder abused her.

  Tara, 35, from Queensland shares her story:

  As I browsed the shelves in my local supermarket, a familiar green label caught my eye.

  It’s just a tin of Milo, I tried to tell myself.

  I don't get it. What does a tin of Milo have to do with her situation? How did it trigger her memory?