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Answers to elders who ask " Do you consider yourself one of JWs"
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
or similar questions by the elders?

were you asked something similar and how did you answer?.

blondie.
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Witness Gathering
by Descender in
1. jw
2. friends
well, i went to my first witness gathering i'd been to in probably 7 years this last weekend.

i know, who goes to a witness gathering when they haven't even gone to the hall in 2 years?

well, it was a wedding shower type thing for one of my close family members and i was asked, so i decided since i had nothing better to do, it would be a fun look at the other side, and i wanted to know if i was past all that witness lingo and guilt.. i really didn't know very many people at all there, but i do have to say, i'm past it.
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convention time is here... i can smell it in the air
by in a new york bethel minute in
1. social
2. humour
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intro of me
by candidlynuts in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm a 39 yr old woman who was raised in the truth.

i had a wonderful happy childhood and have the best parents anyone could ever want.

i was one of 7 kids , my parents are elderly now and try to attend what meetings they can i have 2 sisters and one brother still in the truth and one sister on the fringes.
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Will the World ever Die?
by blacksheep in
1. jw
2. friends
during the last few years, i've progressively observed a phenomenon which i hadn't really seen before in my jw mother.

lately she's been talking about her will, about wanting to get long term care insurance for herself and my dad so they won't be a burden on us kids.... it's like she knows she's going to eventually die in "this system.

" what happened to armageddon's right around the corner??.
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Our first birhtday!!!
by beaker in
1. watchtower
2. bible
yesterday i had my kids for the weekend.

it was my 7 year old boy's birthday.

the kids live with the ex who is still a jw so she is still pushing the hard line with the kids.
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New Age Jehovah's Witness Youth
by Obviously Secret in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm new to the forums so i just wanted to say hi.

kind of nervous at the moment.. i'm one of the jehovah's witness kids that is looking for the whole truth.

i go to the meetings and have my own problems with the organization but i do believe in alot of it's beliefs.. since i got that out the way i wanted to see what other people think about the newer jehovah's witness teens.
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Random Act of Kindness
by cruzanheart in
1. jw
2. friends
last year, as many of you know, my dad committed suicide.

a couple of months after his death, i was in our local petsmart and started talking to a really cool dog trainer.

he was bright, loved animals, and had one of his dogs with him (who obviously adored him and did everything he asked).
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What happened to me?
by boa in
1. jw
2. friends
a few years ago....before i went to bethel....i was very troubled in mind and heart and quite fervently prayed to jehovah asking for help.....i really really poured my heart out when all of a sudden...... i went completely catatonic (i was lying down in bed on my back).

i was still concious, but i felt like i was no longer a part of my body and in fact don't think i could've moved if i'd tried to.....it was very strange and i believe its only happened once since then (while during a heartfelt prayer).

has this happened to any of you?.
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i put this in humour, but it makes me want to vomit hard
by in a new york bethel minute in
1. social
2. humour
i receieved this "poem" from some witness chick who sent it as a forward to myself and a whole bunch of other dubs.

my sister received it from someone else and i have other friends who received it from other sources.

im sure every young witness who has email has received it by now, and it's the most sickening, disheartening thing i have seen in a long time.