I would not have pushed so hard if I thought it would do damage
Yep - that's the one! A REAL Crisis of Conscience. If KNOWING that you can take someone's faith will ''damage'' them - better to leave alone. Ignorance being Bliss, I suppose.
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my mom stopped going to meetings today
by dh in.
i don't talk about my family very much on here, but today i feel i have to, because today after all the years of pushing, finally there is a result.. thanks to life & the universe and everyone on jwd, who by simply existing have helped in a way that i don't know how to write.. today is the day my mom stopped going to meetings.. i won't go into loads of detail at this point because it's very involved, but it's done.
my dad is an elder and is still going, but my mom is out now.. thanks
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Let the Games begin.......
by Gill inwell, after being shunned by my realtions for the last few years, except for parents and sister i've decided that i will no longer play by the rules of the jw cult game.
i have had contact with several cousins, obviously too gob smacked by my cheek to shun in any way shape or form and have began wriggling my way into their awareness again.
i intend to be like a kill and destroy white blood cell that gradually wreaks havoc with their jw cells and destroys...repeat destroys all that jw crap that is in them.
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Your parents' Wedding Anniversary? WOW - must be a biggie judging by YOUR age!
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Gas prices & JW Conventions/Field Service
by doinmypart inwith gas prices forecasted to reach $2.50 in the u.s. do you think this will impact the district conventions this summer?i hope that either fewer will travel to the conventions,and those that do attend will donate less money to the wts.. and what about field service?
i realize hard-core jws will continue in the "ministry", but in my area we have a lot of driving territory.
not many are willing to drive, they prefer to stay close to the kh and work shorter periods rather than spend a lot of money filling up their gas tanks.. in other countries where gas prices are higher than u.s. prices perhaps people are used to it, but do you think it has a bearing on jw activity?
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Just a point -other charities always pay their ''volunteer's'' expenses.
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Evil SMURFS?
by marked inokay, what's the deal with the smurfs?
i've heard mention here and there about some 80s rumours regarding demonized smurfs (or something) that got jws in a panic.
i remember when i was a kid my aunt telling my mother about smurf dolls with blood on them walking around, i think.
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Lol - I always wondered this too, as I never experienced it first-hand. Found this, made me chuckle -
http://www.freeminds.org/stories/urbanlore.htm
Anyone know what the thinking on HARRY POTTER is??? lol
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Which poster would you like to see a picture of?
by dh in.
seems there are a lot of picture topics flying around lately, so here's another which i often think about when trying to imagine the people behind the posts i read.
is there anyone in particular whose posts you read and would like to see a picture of?
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Englishman - so I can stop thinking he looks like Martin Shaw
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Ozzie's Weekend Poll #128 (Why a monthly Awake!?)
by ozziepost inhow's things with you?
it's been an eventful week for many of us with much sadness for some.
we send sympathy to mulan and big red, steve and princess.
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11. is what I heard from a JW
18. Other - I don't care.
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Is the NWT going to paperback?
by PaganCross inis the nwt going to paperback?
anybody hear this?an ebay seller made the claim.. i noticed that the paper in the publications is so thin its see through and the new books are paperback.. http://http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/ebayisapi.dll?viewitem&category=378&item=4534557826&rd=1.
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if money is tight, why don't they just cut back production?
Good idea Classisist - or better still, just cut out all the Scriptures irrelevant to the Society's teachings.
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The same old lie.....do they really believe it?
by Gill inwhy am i surprised on reading the latest watchtower, the april 15 2005?
i had thought that the wtbts would at least be cautious in making its prophecies now.
surely after over 100 years of failed prophecy you might be a bit more careful, or would you?.
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and where does 2034 come from? Not by any chance 1914 + man's life expectancy of 120 years? (I think I read that somewhere in Bible - correct me you learned ones!)
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The same old lie.....do they really believe it?
by Gill inwhy am i surprised on reading the latest watchtower, the april 15 2005?
i had thought that the wtbts would at least be cautious in making its prophecies now.
surely after over 100 years of failed prophecy you might be a bit more careful, or would you?.
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Jesus indicated that a similar 'day' is coming in our time
There it is again......
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Re: the funeral that I did not want to go to today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by cindykp inthose of you who saw my threads, know that my grandpa was going to die.
you may also remember the fact
that he went from the catholic religion to jw"s, may have had this wrong at first, but in 2003. we discussed the fact
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This is a very emotional time for you - but do what your Heart tells you is right at this moment....and very best wishes