Village Idiot

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  So getting disfellowshipped sounds kind of great.

  by schnell in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i grew up in this religion, i was baptized at 14, married at 27, and now i'm 31. i'm also evolutionist and atheist.

  i wanted this to be the truth.

  i spent years as an apologist trying to reconcile everything.

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  Village Idiot

  Welcome, schnell! 30 years a Watchtower Slave was the first ex-witness book I read. Don't even bother to talk to them, just ignore them and they will not care after a while.

  What about your relationship with your wife? Would that be impacted?
  
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  Potential Muslim convert

  by StopTheTears in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  about a month ago, i purchased arabic/english gospels of john that contain a commentary for muslims.. .

  i went to one of my neighbors and spoke to him and gave him one.

  fast forward to today, my brakes need done so i took my car to the shop, walking back into my street i saw my friend abdullah outside.. .

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  Village Idiot

  looter,

  His defining characteristic is power and domination but his main one is love.
  

  Defining is the same as main.
  
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  Christadelphians the closest to JW?

  by ab.ortega in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am curious as to what current religion is similar in beliefs and organization to jw's.

  i've only come as far as christadelphians.

  are there any others you know of?.

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  Village Idiot

  ab, knowledgeable JWs are going to claim that other religions that have some of their doctrines did not have "the whole truth". They will also say that all the sects of Bible Students that started popping up during the Rutherford takeover are to be considered rebels to "God's organization" simply for separating themselves from it no matter if they believe in the exact same doctrines.
  
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  Spy camera wanted, motion activated, wireless, etc.

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  okay, it doesn't have to be a spy camera.. it must be something wireless that send signals to my android smart phone.

  and some of those spy cameras seem to have fairly good features but they are also scary.

  their descriptions are obviously translated from some other language and i would worry about decent customer support.. i'd simply like to be notified the moment a certain cabinet door (actually, two doors) is opened.

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  Village Idiot

  Is your child getting into the cookie jar?
  
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  Potential Muslim convert

  by StopTheTears in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  about a month ago, i purchased arabic/english gospels of john that contain a commentary for muslims.. .

  i went to one of my neighbors and spoke to him and gave him one.

  fast forward to today, my brakes need done so i took my car to the shop, walking back into my street i saw my friend abdullah outside.. .

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  Village Idiot

  For a moment there I thought that it was StopTheTears that was going to convert to Islam. Whew.

  In any case, Islam teaches that Jesus will return in the last days to assist the Mahdi (Muslim messiah) in his war against the Muslim boogey man who's the equivalent to the Christian Antichrist. I guess that gives you both some common ground.
  
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  What is meant by the expression

  by poopie in

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  persistent spiritual association?.

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  Village Idiot

  Persistent means continuous. Does that mean that the Watchtower allows for occasional "spiritual association"?
  
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  Have a pretty interesting story to tell.

  by Dexter in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am new to this site, was always told by my elder father if the site accidentally appeared on the comp screen it was satans doing.

  anyways, i am 28 y/m who had the unfortunate life of being the last of three kids to be born ins.

  my oldest sibling lasted about 8 years before she was d,f.

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  Village Idiot

  Welcome Dexter.

  By the way, what happened to your sister after she was thrown out?
  
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  Someone Turned Off the InterTubes

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  just a heads-up in case we disappear too, there's a massive ddos attack happening that has knocked a lot of major sites offline:.

  http://gizmodo.com/this-is-probably-why-half-the-internet-shut-down-today-1788062835.

  things like this can have knock-on effects as other systems become overloaded, so far we seem ok so fingers crossed we stay that way..

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  Village Idiot

  Donald Trump found the "any Key"

  Donald Trump is too stupid to find his own reflection.
  
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  Someone Turned Off the InterTubes

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  just a heads-up in case we disappear too, there's a massive ddos attack happening that has knocked a lot of major sites offline:.

  http://gizmodo.com/this-is-probably-why-half-the-internet-shut-down-today-1788062835.

  things like this can have knock-on effects as other systems become overloaded, so far we seem ok so fingers crossed we stay that way..

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  It's the Russians I say!
  
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  I don't think I will be able to escape the JWs ...

  by nevaagain in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know i will get a lot of backslash on this forum for saying this, but as it looks like, i won't ever be able to escape the jws.

  i have been a born in, third generation jw and awoken in one way or another (i joined this forum 15 years ago) for a very long time.

  but i have adapted to the jw lifestyle to a point where it does not bother me anymore.

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  Village Idiot

  nevaagain,

  So what I am trying to say is, I woulnd't live any different as a worldly person.
  

  Don't mean to be rude but how could you live with yourself if you were to convert a 'worldly' person to your religion? Would your conscience not feel guilty for introducing him/her into a destructive cult?