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  Exposing The WT Lies Worldwide In Other Languages

  by frankiespeakin in

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  i am very curious about the progress we xjw's are making on the internet in exposing the wt in other languages,,i know the french, german, english, and spanish, are well represented on the net,, but what about russian, polish, greek and all the others.

  if you have any info on this please share i'm sure all xjws would be happy to know more about this on a world wide scale.. i just have a feeling that this expose is building up momentum, and that the wt is in it's last days which should cause the gb considerable stress.

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  my homepage - exjt.tk , jehovatanujavoltam.tk - contain a lot of important infos to JW-s

  Zoli, nagyon koszonom! (sp?) I've been finding so much great information for ex-JWs in English, which is great for me, but for the most part useless for my parents. If/when I can tell my parents that I've "left the truth" your site will be invaluable! I can speak to my parents in Hungarian about every day topics, but I'm not fluent enough to communicate on an intellectual level. Im so excited now! Maybe there's truth to the belief that information comes to you when you need it most.
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  TO ALL NEWBIES,,,,,

  by kls in

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  please except our welcome to you all.

  sometimes we may miss your intro posting but know that you are all welcome.

  just jump right in and answer a post or start a new one.

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  Thanks for the welcome

  Though I'm no novice to the internet, I don't know why it took me so long to search for sites like this, but it really helps to know that there are others who have gone through similar experiences as me. I haven't posted much, but I wanted to let people know that I really enjoy all of your posts. Thanks!
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  Curious.......

  by cameo in

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  don't know if this has been asked before (and sorry if it has).

  this is for all the "born-into" former witnesses:.

  if you hadn't been born into the religion, do you think you would have become a witness sometime in your life?

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  The vast majority of people on this earth are the religion they are because of accident of birth - nothing else - no matter which way you put it. If you were born into a souther baptist family - it is extremely likely that you will grow up to be a southern baptist

  I wonder if JWs who grew up with it are more likely or less likely to continue being a witness in adulthood.
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  Curious.......

  by cameo in

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  don't know if this has been asked before (and sorry if it has).

  this is for all the "born-into" former witnesses:.

  if you hadn't been born into the religion, do you think you would have become a witness sometime in your life?

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  senselessly sane

  No, too much of it makes no sense to me.
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  Make Love Not War -- the PETA way!

  by Country Girl in

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  they need more peaceful demonstrations such as this one.. <leers>peta stages vegetarian 'love-in' in idaho .

  fri jul 23, 6:12 pm etadd strange news - ap to my yahoo!.

  boise, idaho - the people for the ethical treatment of animals staged a 'live make-out tour' on friday to promote vegetarian eating.

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  I like the sense of humor PETA shows with this type of protest; this reminds me of their ?I?d rather go naked than wear fur? campaign.

  Anyway, I?m vegan myself and support the work they do.

  Nosferatu, I?ve heard those very arguments before, but they aren?t very effective against vegetarianism/veganism. Yes, field animals are sometimes killed by farming, but unlike factory farming, it isn?t intentional slaughter of thousands of animals. Furthermore, plants must be grown to feed the cows, pigs, and chickens we keep in captivity for food. So if people stopped eating animals, we would need less grain to feed them, and thus would kill fewer field animals.

  This is a good link for more info about vegetariansim: http://www.vegsource.com/veg_faq/
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  What caused you to get out?

  by Country Girl in

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  for me it was that i knew it was lie from a young age.. cg

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  I was already growing away from it, but one thing that really helped me was taking two history-based religion courses on the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament (I go to a Catholic college that requires us to take two religion courses). We studied the political and social influences behind what was written; this was in sharp relief to the frequent use of out of context scripture by the WT.
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  How Many Here Are "Technically" Still JWs???... Who's Not??

  by minimus in

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  what i mean is according to the society, there are a number of persons that are "technically" "inactive" yet are viewed as jws still.

  i'm sure that i'm viewed as a witness still because i am not df'd or disassociated.....what about you??

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  I'm not sure what they'd call me, since I was never baptised, but I was raised in he "truth", though by my last years of high school we weren't going regularly and never did field service. In college, I mostly distanced myself, with spurts of regular Sunday attendance when the guilt woudl hit me. This was the first year I didn't go to the Memorial. My mom called me that night to tell me my dad had partaken - and I do wonder at the eyebrows that must have raised, since he doesn't attend very regularly, and no one else in his family does either.

  Anyway, I'm guessing I'm either inactive or no londer considered a witness.

  -Naomi
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  The Lyrics That describe your life right now the way it is.

  by Stefanie in

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  november rain

  when i look into your eyes.

  i can see a love restrained*.

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  Let It Go, by Morcheeba

  I?ve had enough of all this tension
  Don't you know I'm worried sick
  Now I?m in the right dimension
  No escape route does the trick
  
  I hear my heart is on rotation
  As other people take their cut
  And I can?t bear to stand and witness
  So I just keep my wide eyes shut
  
  Let it go before it kills you
  Let it fall and the fade away
  Let's have fun and do what thrills you
  Please don't waste another day
  
  Why do I cause myself this trouble
  When all around me things are good
  If you could look into the future
  Maybe I'll be understood
  
  Let it go before it kills you
  Let it fall and fade away
  Let it go let it fall let it fade away
  Let's have fun and do what thrills you
  Please don't waste another day
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  Do your acquaintances know you?re a JW (or former witness)?

  by senselessly sane in

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  i remember deliberately not telling people when i was growing up, and cringing when my mom made an effort to tell my teachers.

  although i no longer hide it, there are still people i consider friends who do not know i grew up jw.

  sometimes it?s just that the subject of religion does not come up often, and when it does, it would be weird to say something now after i?ve known someone for years and have never mentioned it.

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  I guess I didn?t really explain myself well, but I did so partly on purpose cause I wanted to hear some general answers.

  What I meant was, when I meet new people now and religion for some reason comes up, I have no problem telling people about my past. The thing is, in the past I have discussed religion in some depth with friends and even some of my professors, while not disclosing the fact that my parents raised me as a witness. Now, I just don?t know how to gracefully provide the information.

  In retrospect, I think it was cause of some kind of shame left over from childhood that I initially hid it.
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  Do your acquaintances know you?re a JW (or former witness)?

  by senselessly sane in

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  i remember deliberately not telling people when i was growing up, and cringing when my mom made an effort to tell my teachers.

  although i no longer hide it, there are still people i consider friends who do not know i grew up jw.

  sometimes it?s just that the subject of religion does not come up often, and when it does, it would be weird to say something now after i?ve known someone for years and have never mentioned it.

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  senselessly sane

  I remember deliberately not telling people when I was growing up, and cringing when my mom made an effort to tell my teachers. Although I no longer hide it, there are still people I consider friends who do not know I grew up JW. Sometimes it?s just that the subject of religion does not come up often, and when it does, it would be weird to say something now after I?ve known someone for years and have never mentioned it. I?m not quite sure how to handle the awkwardness.

  Does anyone else have a similar experience?