I read Kingdom of the Cults when I was "studying". As I recall, a lot of inconsistencies and I still signed up for the WT program. Crisis of Conscience was the main book for me when I left 18 years later.
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Books by Walter Martin
by Bubbamar inhas anyone read any books by walter ralston martin?
he's written the kingdom of cults and jehovah of the watchtower.
i saw an ad for his book on someone else's post and it looks pretty good.
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A Parody of a typical Watchtower Article for your amusement: enjoy!
by Terry in(matthew 24:14).
[matthew 24:14]
but, does this lead to true happiness?
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Glenmore
Brilliant! I'd love to see a series of these, bind them up into a magazine and stick 'em on the windshields of the cars in the KH parking lot on Sunday mornings. I'd laugh until the tears went down my trouser legs!
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Service Time Records and Recording
by c5 indoes anyone still have thier old service time slips?
i still have all of mine dating back to when i first started counting my time!
i always kept a copy for myself besides the one i turned in.
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Glenmore
I have my time books (got them from a dub biz in the midwest that sells witless stuff). I averaged 21 hours from 1991-1993. Damn, I was awesome!
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G'Mo's Poll#1-Are xjws more likely to have been "devout" than current jws?
by Glenmore inmy theory is that a lot of us were really into the culture.
in our hey day jill (my wife) and i had two keys to the kh.
she pioneered, i was an ms and aux pio'd.
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Glenmore
So far the Devouts are winning! Say, Randy, is there any way to do some "market research" to see how many of us were very "active" when we were part of The Collective? Glen
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G'Mo's Poll#1-Are xjws more likely to have been "devout" than current jws?
by Glenmore inmy theory is that a lot of us were really into the culture.
in our hey day jill (my wife) and i had two keys to the kh.
she pioneered, i was an ms and aux pio'd.
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Glenmore
My theory is that a lot of us were really into the culture. In our hey day Jill (my wife) and I had two keys to the KH. She pioneered, I was an MS and aux pio'd. My gut feel from collecting time reports is that 20% of the dubs do 80% of the work. Based on those that post and tell their stories most seem to have been pretty "active" once. So if 50% of us were "strong" members in our congo's then the effect of our departure is much much greater. Were you a shining example or did you skate by?
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"We miss you" experiences
by Nosferatu ini have a couple.
the elder that used to study with me came to my door one day.
he reminded me of all the wonderful times we had out in service (i really couldn't remember any).
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Glenmore
They know where I am but no one gives a rat's arse. Fine by me.
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If you had to change one thing you did while being a JW, what would it be?
by MelbaToast in.
i have seen so many stories here that invoke guilt and shame on innocents, what one important momyumental thing would you have changed if you had it to do over?.
mine would be not getting baptized.
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Glenmore
1. I would have gone slower getting baptized, and maybe I would have read Crisis of Conscience and backed out while I could - it came out just a few months after I got dunked. 2. When we left in 1985 we should have stayed out. 3. I should have left slowly in 1998 and told the truth about the truth to as many who would listen.
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How a JW treats a friend
by Sirius Dogma ini have been thinking lately how being raised a jw taught me to be a terrible friend.. to a jw friendship is completely conditional.
if you don't share the same beliefs as me, you cannot be my friend.
if you offend my conscience, you cannot be my friend.
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Glenmore
Hmmm, good insight. I do recall as a "convert" that those that were raised in the WTS were "friendlier" to each other than to me. I thought it was me.
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What Was The Stupidest Rule In Your Hall?
by minimus in....or even, "what's the stupidest organizational rule that you know of"?
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Glenmore
There was a young brother who was arranging Wt studies on a Weds for the younger ones going from one home to another. It was fun for the kids. They got to color in the Wt and then listen to music, play games etc. I thought it was a great idea. The E-team stopped that.
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Do you remember ....
by RR in.... the very first jw related forum?
as i was browsing the web, i've notice the firums are a lot like the churches, with all their splinters and offshoots.
i believe obed "obie" fernandez (hey where is he anyways?
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Glenmore
Supportxjws was my favorite. It's still around at http://www.network54.com/Forum/128637