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  Would you shame someone for going back to the Witnesses?

  by free2beme in

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  2. friends

  i was thinking about this, as i have a former witness friend who is showing signs of wanting to go back, even though they have expressed over the years a lot of frustration and lack of belief for the faith.

  as much as i find their decision to be a mistake, i do understand why.

  after all, unlike myself and family, i have never been shunned by the few family members left in and i moved on over the last decade to build new friendships and hobbies.

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  moomanchu

  Little Toe I'm with you prov 26:11=dogs and vomit come to mind
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  I finally get around to an avatar.

  by Forscher in

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  yep folks.

  after much thought i finally chose an avatar.

  the ugly mug staring at you is that of geronimo, the apache warrior and renegade chief.

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  moomanchu

  Like it

  Indians and JW,s have a common bond they both got srewed over.
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  Would you shame someone for going back to the Witnesses?

  by free2beme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was thinking about this, as i have a former witness friend who is showing signs of wanting to go back, even though they have expressed over the years a lot of frustration and lack of belief for the faith.

  as much as i find their decision to be a mistake, i do understand why.

  after all, unlike myself and family, i have never been shunned by the few family members left in and i moved on over the last decade to build new friendships and hobbies.

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  moomanchu

  I would read Prov.26:11 for them, but still offer to be friends.
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  Another poll: raised in or came in?

  by under_believer in

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  2. friends

  someone asked a question in the "what generation are you" thread:.

  were you "raised in the truth," or did you "come into the truth?".

  i was raised..

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  moomanchu

  In fact, my first recollection of assemblies was when my mother was 8 months pregnant with me and all I could hear was a muffled echo of the big speakers blasting at Yankee Stadium.

  lol it really doesn't change much when your outside of the womb and older.

  Me - razed in it.

  Statistics on this would be interesting.
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  What generation JW are you?

  by crazycate in

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  i'm 3rd generation.

  cate

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  Third,

  I makes me wonder...are most new JWs born into it...or brought into it...

  Cate

  Its got to be 90 % or more that are born into it.

  What a waste of time all that field service.

  Would be an interesting statistic to know.
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  Jewish Holidays

  by moomanchu in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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  since jw,s cannot celebrate "christian holidays" can they celebrate jewish holidays.

  i asked my mom this question never got an answer.. jesus was at the temple for the feast of the dedication for starters.. thoughts

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  I do not want to start celebrating Jewish Holidays, but since I faded I have celebrated christmas and I thought saying that I was celebrating Hannukah would have been a good excuse not to be df'ed.

  They might not like the excuse but at least they can't df you for it.

  I also wondered about saying, I'm not celebraing it but my son is, he's fifteen.

  Thanks for the input .
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  Jewish Holidays

  by moomanchu in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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  since jw,s cannot celebrate "christian holidays" can they celebrate jewish holidays.

  i asked my mom this question never got an answer.. jesus was at the temple for the feast of the dedication for starters.. thoughts

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  moomanchu

  Since JW,s cannot celebrate "christian holidays" can they celebrate jewish holidays. I asked my mom this question never got an answer.

  Jesus was at the temple for the Feast of the Dedication for starters.

  thoughts
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  Anger over disfellowshipping

  by jambon1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i have now spoken with a couple of worldly people regarding the practise of disfellowshipping.

  having been out of the org for a few months i now feel confident enough to expose the things that i knew were wrong.

  d/f was one of the biggest issues i had.

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  My wife and I have told all our co-workers about the JW,s they won't be gettin any of those people !

  One co-worker in particular just couldn't believe that anyone would ever shun their own family just because a religon told them so, it took me awhile just to convince him that I wasn't making it up.
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  Re: NWT

  by A Paduan in

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  2. bible

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  if the nwt was produced by people who can't read and write the translated languages - can it really be a translation ?

  or, is it a transliteration - have they used other bibles (of english) to produce the work - altering the words as they go ?

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  can it really be a translation ?

  Or, is it a transliteration

  I always thought there was no such thing as a true translation of the bible, because of the impossibilty of translating Hebrew into other languages 100 percent accurately.

  That's why all other bibles are called versions. I think the WTBS are the only people haughty enough to call there bible a translation.
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  Newbie question; Why do JW hypocrites PROVE that they're a cult?

  by psycsnacha in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello, i discovered this site yesterday and have been on it for hours!

  i've been studying with jehovah's witnesses for 4 years and quite frankly love it.

  a bit of background, i am a college educated young man (have a bs in psychology) and am currently a medical student.

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  moomanchu

  The fact that lives have been affected is understandable.

  To what point?

  After your dead because of blood doctrines, oh well nobodys perfect they tried there best to interpret scriptures .

  my 2 cents