Topics Started by Brigido

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Why is knowledge wrong?
by loosie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok adam and eve sinned by eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and bad.. why weren't they allowed to eat from the tree of knowledge?

isn't knowledge a good thing?.

i am one of those people who can't stand not knowing the answers to everything.
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Barter system?
by looking_glass in
1. jw
2. experiences
does anyone remember jws and their barter system phase?

i was thinking of this the other night.

i remember when i was pretty young, the jws doing the barter thing where a jw would clean a restaurant and they would get their meals covered or they would clean a dry cleaners and they would get their dry cleaning done in exchange.
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1975 end of times i found this link:
by ania in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
someone asked if anyone had a post of one of the awake declarations of 1975 end of times i found this link:.

http://images.google.co.nz/imgres?imgurl=http://www.dannyhaszard.com/danny29.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.dannyhaszard.com/colitis.htm&h=380&w=630&sz=35&hl=en&start=7&tbnid=addhbznxbnrscm:&tbnh=83&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3fq%3djehovah%2bwitness%26svnum%3d10%26hl%3den%26lr%3dlang_en%26safe%3dactive%26sa%3dg.

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Looking for some guidance from those who have been there!
by disowned&alone in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i was so excited to come upon this website today!

it's so nice to read logical, educated voices who have been brave enough to walk away from this organization.

i was raised a jw, and every person that i personally know that has left has ended up miserable.
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You mean to tell me, normal people don't get married at 17 or 18?
by free2beme in
1. jw
2. friends
as a witness, most if not all of my friends were married by 18, with many woman married by 17. it was so normal, that when i left the religion and met all these people married in their 20's and later, that it seemed like they were starting late.

i actually was a late person in getting married, i was 23. i remember being one of the few people my age in the congregation, not married yet.

i actually remember thinking, where am i going to find someone to marry, that is not yet taken.
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Jehovah's Witnesses - Do they really...
by Honesty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
know god and understand the bible or.... do they know the faithful discreet slave and study literature?
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what do you think?
by joanne_ in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hi everyone, i have a friend, who wants me to attend the meetings again.

he has said that the faithful and discreet slave are inviting those that have not attended for awhile, to come to the memorial, and then there is going to be a special talk in april-may, and then they want us to come to the convention in the summer.

which apparently will be about welcoming those who once were involved to come back.
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The end of this system in 2005?
by Brigido in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hey everybody, check this story out.

i got a call from an inactive friend of mine today.

while we were just shooting the breeze, she happened to bring up something she heard at the hall from others.
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Welcome Brigido
by seeitallclearlynow in
1. jw
2. friends
brigido posted this introduction for us:.

hey everyone, i have been reading this forum for about a month and decided to join in...great forum.

i'm a licensed pilot, was an air traffic controller - got laid off, currently work in ground transportation...all of which by the way was frowned upon, mind you...and now i am working towards my certification in it systems technologies.
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How Well Educated Are You?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
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12 years of schooling (and never stayed back, either) for me.....and you?

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