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  Things to inspire JW Youth...We're rooting for you

  by discreetslave in

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  jehovah's witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any religious tradition.

  only 37% of all those who say they were raised as jehovah's witnesses still identify themselves as jehovah's witnesses.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d2w-enhvdk.

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  Was there anything different about you that helped you escape the WT?

  by Giordano in

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  for me i know it was because i was a reader.. i began reading books at the age of 13, this was in the 1950's.

  because there were some serious family problems i had two escapes i could count on reading and associating with my friends at the kingdom hall.. as i devoured steinbeck, hemingway, wolf etc.

  my world view expanded....it had to.

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  What Stupid Things Were You Counseled For?

  by minimus in

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  i've always been told that i have a very good personality, that i'm humorous, etc.. one elder called me over and said that i was "smiling too much".

  the other elders talked to the elder who counseled me and he came back to say that i should be like i was .

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  Why do good looking people turn us on?

  by free2beme in

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  why do good looking people turn us on?

  i ask this, as the continuation of the species, is not based on looks.

  an ugly human, can produce children as well as a super model or a well built man.

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  How do I get this person off my back??

  by Darkside Blues in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after years of silence (and hence peace) someone from my jw days has decided to track me down in the hopes of "catching up.

  " now she knows where my new house is, and more than likely my phone number as well (makes me grateful for caller id.

  ) this jw did something to me when i was in high school that i will never, ever forgive her for; what's more, i don't even like her as a person - she's overbearing, egotistical and can be smothering at times.

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  Scriptures/Beliefs That Never Sat Right With You

  by minimus in

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  was there anything that you were taught that made you think twice regarding the watchtower's interpetation??

  the scripture about jesus raising the temple in 3 days sounded like he was going to raise himself back to life.

  i never really understood that scripture.

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  lonely...

  by aoxo in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  hello, i am newly dissociated and was wondering how some of you who grew up in "the truth" have started relationships.

  i have never dated for obvious reasons and am now 26 with no experiance and extremely shy about this whole dating process.

  i have tried places of interest like gyms, workout classes and even eharmony with no prevail.

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  Who's your favorite JW celebrity???

  by Donkey Lipz in

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  the king of pop...michael jackson!

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  Please help......I am going to the Memorial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by whyamihere in

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  2. friends

  i am going to the memorial because i am still confused and stressed and discombobulated on the jw issue.

  i know in my heart it is "not" the truth.

  my family keeps stopping by unannouced and seeing if i am going.

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  Education - How encouraging low self esteem creates better witnesses.

  by BigG in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  funny title you might think but consider this point and apologies if i am covering old ground here...its not intentional.. i was raised by my mother who was and is a devout jw and as such until i was 20 (10 years ago) i was the same...trying my best to fit into the social environment i clearly was not made for but benefiting from good wholesome association with fellow brothers and sisters (note the sarcastic tone...make what you will of it).. althought at the time i didnt realise it but i was what others consider intelligent and quite academically able; i had a mind like a sponge and would spend hours in the jw library at the kh (which surprisingly enough contained non jw literature)...it was this that i read and would digest endlessly where i could.. one of those books (why it was there i dont know), was what i later undertood to be criminal law reports concerning cases that had gone before the courts.

  my childish thirst for knowledge was intrigued...(i was then about 12).

  the legal arguments i hadnt a clue what they meant but the facts surrounding these crimes were good reading.. i then knew i wanted to be a lawyer and that was what i said when an elder asked me what i wanted to do when i grew up; i mentioned trusting this man that i had read a book in the kh library and found it interesting...and that i wanted to be lawyer...i remember him smiling and saying that it was better to pioneer rather than seek a highly paid job...personally i didnt know what he meant properly but i felt a bit sad...and demotivated...i later in the week went back into the library and found the book had gone...!!.

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