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  Is it the preaching, that makes JW's believe they have the truth?

  by sleepy in

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  do you think it is the fact that jehovahs witness do a very obivious preaching campian, that convinces them that it is the true religion.when all the doubts you can think off have been raised they seem to just say "well we are the only ones that do the preaching work".

  without the preaching work would it be harder for people to cling on to the religion, what else could they fall back on to convince themselves,it would be very difficult.

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  jaredg

  i think that is one big part of it...yes!
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  I'm thinking about attending a Unitarian Universalist service this Sunday

  by DanTheMan in

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  thoughts?

  opinions?

  experiences?

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  jaredg

  my girlfriend's mom goes to the local unitarian church and she's been asking me to go with her for while now. a former JW also goes to this same church. i soke with her and she really helped me get through some of the harder parts of leaving the JW organization. i think i might check it out one day...but for now i'm just sick and tired of any sort of organized religion.
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  What do you do on tuesday and thursday evenings........?

  by vitty in

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  i`m sorry if its been asked before, but now you don`t go to meetings what do you do.. i thought i would have loads of time, no more rushing around, and going without your dinner till after 10o`clock.

  apart from just being at home which is nice, i`m not doing much more.

  not that i`m complaining .. .

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  jaredg

  i make it to the gym a lot more now, i play sports, i hang out with my friends, i do housework, i run errands
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  BRAINWASHING ON BLOOD ISSUE FROM SUNDAY'S WT

  by tresbella in

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  its funny how when you are someone who has grown up a jw you take everything you read in the wt and awakes as fact.

  you are never taught to discern or analyze what you read.

  and when the society speaks of 'doing research is always in the bond volumes or other lit.

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  jaredg

  you are right....the doctrine on blood transfusion does not have sound backing and is wicked!!
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  my last contact with my mom

  by doogie in

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  i wrote an email to my mom last friday.

  it didn?t go so hot.

  my girlfriend had sent her a pretty harsh letter criticizing my family sharing her opinion about the religion about 2 weeks ago and she had never gotten a response (which kind of surprised me, actually.

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  jaredg

  doogie......i hear you man i'm in the same shit!! i'm 25 and have a worldy girlfriend. i've been df'd for almost 2 years now. i tried to go back and get reinstated just to have the label of being reinstated even though i didn't believe it. it's not possible. i started to live a double life again and it sucked. i finally had to admit that i couldn't do it. my parents asked what issues i had w/ the WTS. i wrote them a long email explaining myself and haven't heard from them since. well i just sent the email this past thursday. i'm going to call my dad today to see what he thought about it. good luck man. if you need to talk or if your GF needs to talk to my GF (my GF has been putting up with this for almost 3 years) then hit me up. i'll give you my cell number.

  later,

  jared
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  ELDER MEETING NIGHTMARES!!!!!

  by tresbella in

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  2. beliefs

  ahhh!

  those dreaded elders meetings!

  was it something as serious as someone heard from bro.

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  jaredg

  man i had so many elders meetings that it was no sweat after a while. i wasn't getting anywhere with them so after a while i just quit going to them.
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  bavman unmasked

  by bavman in

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  seeing how i'm not going to meetings or considering myself to be a jw anymore...& i'm 1 step from being da'd(unless they decided last night to do it).....i'm taking the mask off.

  this really is me in the avatar.

  (i hope i don't lose my special powers).. bavman

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  jaredg

  i've been unmasked since day one..... i don't give a flyin f*%$

  by the way congrats
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  Double standards Re: Disfellowshipping

  by Jez in

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  2. scandals

  i was df'ed for adultry, within 4 mons of 'the act.

  ' my dad left me mom, lived with a woman for 4 years, then married her.

  to this day, he is not df'ed.

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  jaredg

  i hate cheaters, thieves and rapists....but i'm not going to judge here
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  Hello...a familiar story...

  by fleaman uk in

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  hi all,i have been reading the forum avidly for about 6 months,what a great idea it is !

  !ive done the careful fade thing for a while and all is good,i have been left alone,albeit with the usual waffle from parents et al....and now ive decided to say hi to all the wonderful people on the site.......hi!!.

  i was raised in the t***h since 6 and had the hell that is school etc,the crap job etc,but for the last few years,realizing it was a joke,bettered myself (i think)and am having a blast!!.

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  jaredg

  i love every time frenchbabyface makes a post b/c i feel like she is giving me a kiss. here's back atcha baby
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  September 1,2004 WT Beware The Voice of Strangers

  by Wolfy in

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  i managed to get my scanner working on another pc.

  i'm not sure about the policy about posting scans of watchtowers here so if you want me to send you the scans let me know.

  the scans are in a zip file which is password protected.

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  jaredg

  YES!!! it's very [edit] up