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The Best Response To Memorial Invites?
by dawn27 in
1. jw
2. friends
they will not give up!!

i live a ways away from my old congregation and i work with a couple of active witnesses who know i'm inactive.

so, i've been bombarded with phone calls and asked by my co-workers to go to the memorial.
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Wife joining, but I don't want the kids to get all brainwashed
by Check_Your_Premises in
1. jw
2. experiences
my wife is joining.

she feels that the choice is between nothing and god, and that the only way to have a relationship with god is through these people.

i have accepted that.
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The Social Structure in the Congregation
by Mary in
1. jw
2. friends
ever notice how the "happiest people on earth" are also the most class-oriented?

to say that jesus said his followers should all be on equal footing, it's incredible how much the r&f witness is not on equal footing.

the social structure in the congregation is more complex than the blueprints of a nuclear warhead, but just so that you "remember your place", see if you can find where your niche was/is:
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Describe The Life of a Jehovah's Witness
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
typically, what life does a jw lead?

witnesses relish the thought that they are "different" from the rest of the "world"......how so???

?
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Why the WTS hates the Internet
by doinmypart in
1. jw
2. friends
the wts & its various corporations are a behemoth, rudderless ship with no one at the helm; only concerned with self-preservation.

the result is an inflexible organization slow to make change and not interested in the welfare & rights of individual members.. the internet and boards such as this allow for excellent communication and freedom of information.. because the internet is free and provides relative anonymity it has proven to be one of the greatest threats to the wts.. the wts leaders could be proactive and act in an ethical way, but they'd rather react when a perceived "threat" arises -- telling members to avoid the internet, shun family members, do more/stay busy, and so on.. as jt used to say, "i love this 'net thang".

dmp
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I debated with my "devout" JW mom and her JW elders for 5 hours
by booker-t in
1. jw
2. friends
as most of you know by now i have told you that my mom has been a "devout" jw for over 40 years and i can't get her to budge.

well the last time we debated she left me totally confused and in a daze.

i did some fast research and this past sunday we had a free-for-all debate that lasted 5 hours.
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My mothers unbelieving mate :( WT kids)
by Brummie in
1. jw
2. friends
this is a long post, i dont usually post in these lengths so bare with me.

i wrote the following letter some years ago for someone who was battling to see their children, parts of the letter became used in court cases, a lot of info is deleted but i have kept the drift.... .

dear ***.
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How did 1975 affect you?
by AK - Jeff in
1. jw
2. friends
i lived thru the 1975 fiasco.

many here did too.. on another board there was discussion about the way the congregations were before 1975. some thought that they were like small country churches in some ways.

we did our own work on repairs at the kingdom hall, like a family.
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Brought up as a Witness
by newbie-australia in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm a newbie to anything like this.

are most people here ex-jws?.

anyone brought up as witnesses from birth?.
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High rates of depression in Org.
by chuckyy in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i noticed after being a jw for a while that many members of my congregation were having to take antedepressants.

(i counted at least 30 out of 100).

after a few years i too began to have bouts of depression and problems with anxiety.