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  What is the oldest witness publication you actually remember?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  not just one you have seen - or even researched since leaving.

  but the oldest one you recall studying when you 'got the truth' or as a child?.

  i remember "let god be true" - 'babylon the great has fallen'- and 'paradise restored - paradise regained' [the big orangish/pink book - hope i got the name right] - all 50's early 60's books.

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  lucky

  I remember studying the pinky orange book when I was little, too. Wasn't it called "Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained"?
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  Brain-type test

  by El blanko in

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  http://brainquiz.uk.openmute.org/

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  lucky

  EQ=51
  SQ=18
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  When you left the JW's, did you keep all your books & magazines?

  by Rod P in

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  i had a collection of older publications almost second to none.

  along with the 30-year publications index, i felt invincible in the research department.. then i got disfellowshipped and divorced, and my ex kept them all.

  " i couldn't tell her "for research" because that would have sounded like i was going to write a book exposing jw's, which would have made things even worse.

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  I threw everything in a dumpster except the Bible with my name engraved on it (and reasoning book bound in the back) that I got from my mom when I got baptized, and my pioneer school book. For some reason, I had a hard time throwing out all those hours and hours I spent cutting and pasting scriptures from an old bible into the margins.
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  What age were you baptised? Do you regret it?

  by doodle-v in

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  i would have gotten baptised at the first "special assembly day" but i got sick just a few days before.

  so i got baptised at the d.c.that same year instead.

  i regret it, but at the time i thought i was doing the right thing, i sincerely believed i was dedicating my life to serving god.

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  I was 16 and I regret it. My mom and I waited until the night before to tell my non-believing father. He was furious. He said he didn't want me getting baptized so young when there was a risk that I could get disfellowshipped and lose my family. I remember feeling proud of myself for coming back with "so does that mean I shouldn't get my driver's license since I might get in a car wreck?" Ah, those excellent witness reasoning skills!! If only I had listened to him....
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  Political affiliation after leaving org.

  by lucky in

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  how long did it take you to decide if you were a liberal or conservative after leaving the organization?

  i find it interesting that even though it took me a number of years to get up the courage to vote, i knew right away i was politically/socially liberal.

  i knew that i had strong feelings about protecting the environment, about civil rights, free speech, etc.

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  How long did it take you to decide if you were a liberal or conservative after leaving the organization? I find it interesting that even though it took me a number of years to get up the courage to vote, I knew right away I was politically/socially liberal. I knew that I had strong feelings about protecting the environment, about civil rights, free speech, etc. Other things like abortion and the death penalty have required more thought, as has becoming educated about the whole political process, but it still seems strange that having spent my life in such a conservative organization being pounded over the head with the need to remain "politically neutral", my political and social leanings seemed to be even more an inherent part of me than the lifetime of witness brainwashing.

  I'm curious about others' experiences, especially those who were raised as witnesses. Did you know right away where you stood politically and socially? Or did it take awhile to figure things out?
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  what was the strangest or wierd thing that happen.......

  by donald in

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  what was the strangest or wierd thing that happen to you in service...or funny....???.

  mine was i went to a door and a very lovely young lady came to the door...nude....man you talk about a hard time giving the presetation....lol.

  then there was the time we drove up to a drive...and this dog on a chain came running out to us full speed...untill he ran out of chain...he fliped head over heals....donald

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  I was working with a pioneer sister and the person who answered the door was in a robe and was obviously in the middle of a sex change. The sister gave her presentation but was quite flustered and kept saying "sir, I mean ma'am".
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  Banned Food

  by Nosferatu in

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  this was influenced by the toy thread, but what were some of the foods, drinks and candy that were banned by the jws (either in writing or hearsay)?.

  black forrest ham (coating is made from blood).

  red skittles (blood used to make the dye).

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  lucky

  Yeah, I remember my mom insisting that we check the ingredients in the cat food, but not having a very good explanation when I asked what we were supposed to do about our cat eating whole mice. Something about BUYING the food making us bloodguilty, even though the cat is the one eating it.
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  Which is worse - the Jehovah's Witness or the Mormons?

  by inquirer in

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  if someone put a gun to your head and you had to choose, which one would you say is the worst?

  also, which religion is more doctrinally incorrect?

  which religion has the most false end of the world dates?

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  Did anyone see the South Park episode about the Mormons? It had the history of the church being sung, along with a chorus of "Dum,Dum,Dum,Dum,Dum". It was a riot.

  When I was 18 I "moved to where the need was greater" to a Mormon community and had lots of experiences witnessing to Mormons. I studied for a couple years with one very nice, intelligent woman with 9 children who had gone to BYU. She was absolutely stunned to learn that Jesus did not speak the English of the King James Version.
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  Anyone Here from No Calif?

  by love2Bworldly in

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  does anyone post here who is from northern california?

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  lucky

  Brother Snow was the CO for my circuit when I was probably in my early to mid teens. Everyone in our congregation loved him.
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  Anyone Here from No Calif?

  by love2Bworldly in

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  does anyone post here who is from northern california?

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  lucky

  I live on the east coast now, but grew up (and spent my witness days) in Marin County.