Topics Started by Jonty Parkin

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Too Good To Be True Yearbook Experiences
by Nosferatu in
1. jw
2. friends
allright everyone, do you remember some of the yearbook experiences, or yearbook worthy ones about how a bible study was started?

then you get jws trying to copy the examples, such as pretending to read an awake magazine on a bus, hoping someone will ask, "what are you reading that's so interesting?

" or leaving tracts in chain link fences, hoping someone will pull it out and look at it.. give some of the lame experiences you've heard, you've experienced, or make one up.
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"Beefing-Up" your "Hours"...
by Jonty Parkin in
1. jw
2. experiences
i never actually lied about the number of hours i put in, but i was extremely creative in how i counted them!

this, of course, was born of an intense hatred and loathing for the "work", coupled with the realisation that if my average did not hit double figures, i might be taken to task over it!

don't get me wrong, i wasn't scared of knocking on peoples doors and being told to regularly to "f*ck off"- i just could see no sense in it.
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discussions with householders
by kj in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm expecting a return visit from 2 nice jw ladies and i'm going to try counterwitnessing to them.

i've been warned about possibly wasting my time, which i know is a possibility.

i'm not afraid of them sucking me in- i know way too much now.
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The Best years of our lives...
by Jonty Parkin in
1. jw
2. friends
hello friends!.

well, i never thought i'd see the day when i was prepared to talk about my 20 plus years in "the truth" (rolls eyes upward in despair)!

in view of what i have to show from it, i cannot help thinking that i wasted the best years of my life!
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Just thought I'd introduce myself, finally!
by TrailBlazer04 in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was never "in" the wts, but my husband's x-wife and children are jw.

he never was...it's a long story, but between the "religion" and other stuff, she's managed to inflict so much damage and pain on him that at one point he was suicidal...so much for "christian love", ya know?.

looking forward to talking more, if that's ok with everybody!.
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Do Jehovah's Witnesses Have the Only True Religion
by Theocrat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
whether you're a doubter or another agitator, just look at what the bible says: .

1- jesus started one true christian religion.

after the christian arrangement had been established for some time, the apostle paul under inspiration further showed at ephesians 4:4, 5 that there must be just one body, or group, of true worshipers of god.
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Return visits
by kj in
1. jw
2. experiences
two nice jw ladies stopped by my house last week and gave me some magazines.

one of them asked if i would mind if she returned to discuss the magazines and answer any questions i might have.

i think i'd like to attempt some counter-witnessing.
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Another newbie
by myauntfanny in
1. jw
2. experiences
i just wanted to introduce myself before launching myself at the various threads.

i left when i was 14 and that was 30 years ago, i thought i was well over it but when i read some of the postings on here they really got to me.

there are definitely long term effects.
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Hi all
by brutusmaximus in
1. jw
2. experiences
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i just thought i should a line and say hello to everyone.. as you may be able to tell i am new to this but i have to say the set up and lay out of the pages is excellent and i look forward to many good discussions and humour also.. take care.

g. i promise to improve my posts in the future by the way.
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My daughter came home wearing a cross...........
by happehanna in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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and it made me feel odd, unnerved.. i haven't been to a meeting for two years now and am quite anti jw but this still felt odd, to see her wearing a cross.

any ideas?