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PRESS RELEASE
by silentlambs in
1. jw
2. friends
please distribute freely to press.. silentlambs.

tuesday, may 7. .

jehovah's witnesses begin excommunicating child sexual abuse whistleblowers .
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What does everyone here DO anyway?
by In_between_days in
1. jw
2. friends
hi everyone,.

i am a new poster who is putting off their own personal story of finding this site for a while..... i find alot of people here utterly fascinating, and would like to know..... exactly what is everyones professional field of work?.

i would like to be a full time poster on this forum, but alas, the $$$$ are quite light in that field of work.. apologies if this has been asked before.. just curious.
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Announcement
by bchapp in
1. jw
2. friends
to anybody who cares, i have an announcement to make.

after reviewing all the great information on the internet and on this board, and with much praying and bible reading, i have made up my mind to stop studying.

i have written a letter to the sister i have been studying with explaining why (cowardly, i know but that's kinda the way i am)i have packed up all the books i've been given (what to do with them?
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Cult?
by bchapp in
1. jw
2. friends
jw's claim they are not a cult because their kindom hall meetings are open to the public.

what are your thoughts on this?.

~seeking answers
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I'm trying to find a scripture.....
by bchapp in
1. watchtower
2. bible
it goes something like this jesus is speaking "beware of false prophets and those speaking of the "end of times" i read it yesterday but forgot to write it down.

i think it's in john?

does anybody know what i'm talking about?
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WANTING to Believe in God
by dobby in
1. jw
2. friends
has anyone had this experience?.

after letting go of my beliefs as a jw, i felt the only alternative was to be atheist.

or maybe it is just logical to there is no god when i am only listening to my mind and not my heart.
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Answers....
by bchapp in
1. jw
2. friends
yesterday at the book study it was brought out that people simply cannot understand the bible without the societies interpretations.. i have been pondering some scriptures and asked my teacher this:.

who is paul speaking to in 1 thess, and how do you explain chapter 4, verses 13-18. well she answered the first part of my question but waffled on the second.

i'll have to do some research, was the response.
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I've been studying.........
by bchapp in
1. jw
2. friends
i have been studying with the jw's for several years.

they have been pressuring me to become one of them, but something seems to be holding me back, instinct maybe?

i agree a lot of their teaching are good, and i'm sure are the truth but here are a few of the things that bother me: jw's use the scripture hebrews 10:25 not forsaking the gathering of yourselves together...... to justify their meetings.
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How many found the REAL truth from the internet?
by Leander in
1. jw
2. friends
if it was'nt for the internet i would still be stuck in the endless cycle of drone like meeting attendance and field service.

(technically i'm still in but not for long) i'm really glad that some ex-jws took the time to speak about the real truth.

for the longest time i always thought that what i was taught was correct, i never even felt the need to question it or validate it with actual facts.
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Witnessing Door-to-Door
by ozziepost in
1. social
2. current
today's christianity today carries this article about the familiar "house to house".

christianity today, week of april 22. do evangelicals still go door-to-door?.

successful evangelism strategies have added new components to the traditional model of home visitation.. by todd hertz | posted 04/24/2002.