Topics Started by Epsilon

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The first thing out of a JW's mouth
by Nosferatu in
1. jw
2. friends
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although i like to keep the afterlife unknown..... what do you think the first thing out of a jw's mouth would be when they discover they went to heaven (or hell) instead of paradise erf?
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Do You Still Think & Act Like A Witness??
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
one of the criticisms i see on this board, especially if one points out a similarity between jws and jwd or other similar discussion boards, is that a person is still seeing things in the eye of a jehovah's witness.

what's your take on that?

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NEWS WORLD WANTS TO BROADCAST A SEGMENT ABOUT THE WTS - PLEASE HELP MAKE TH
by SHUNNED FATHER in
1. jw
2. friends
as you may know by now, i have filed a civil suit against the wts.

there was a tremendous amount of media coverage.

the story was on the national news for three straight days.
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I just finished Crisis of Conscience...
by Badger in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
thanks to ray franz for writing it.

parts of the book have been talked about on the board before, but holy $#!+...seeing page upon page of evidence kept my jaw in a constant drop.... a few thoughts.... >franz seems to have little malice for the org, and it shows in the book.. >i looked at it with a very skeptical eye (as i do everything) and tried to see it from the perspective of a witness who sincerely believed.

i was still floored by the callousness of the comments of these people.. > control really does seem to be the watchword for these folks, and they've trained the rank and file well.
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Hi
by Logicandreason in
1. jw
2. friends
i am not a former jw, but my mother has been one for years and as you all know, that affected me as well.

i was raised catholic in a nice part of queens ny, and for the most part i never had a problem with my faith.

when i turned ten or so, my mother became entrenched in the jehova witnesses, and has not looked back since.
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How many on this board vote?
by Netty in
1. jw
2. friends
i cant bring myself to get into voting.

i am registered, but when its time to vote, i just really never fell the urge to get there and get it done.

my husband is very political, and is always talking politics and about the importance of voting.
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Hi everybody! ^^
by Epsilon in
1. jw
2. friends
i must say that i have been lurking around this place for a good long while.

to know that you are not alone in your quest to escape the watchtower is one of the best ways to actually do it.. right now i'm 18, but became an unbaptized publisher at 12. i blew those elders away with my skill at parroting back the wts doctrine, and for a while, i was faithful enough in service, which i didn't really enjoy, but i had to do it to live, right?

we went to meetings regularly, even thosugh i simply dreaded the boredom and the inevitable guilt i would feel.
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Do you like your name?
by Xena in
1. jw
2. friends
desib77 started a thread about changing her name.

made me think about my name, i've always liked it.

i doubt i would ever want to change it....so would you ever want to change yours and if so, to what?.
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Saturday morning house to house not good enought anymore!
by XQsThaiPoes in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just came from the assembly.

they critisized us for going house to house implying that it was cheating the system and just a way to get fs hours with out talking to people.

now they want jws to do mostly bus and business witnesses in the afternoon during weekdays.
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Why no going out to lunch at convention??
by Pistoff in
1. social
2. family
i asked the wife today, at the district, what the reasoning was for asking the rank and file to stay in for lunch, and not purchase the lunch elsewhere.

she stated that the reason was that some venues want the witnesses to purchase lunch from their concessions.

anyone else heard this??