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  "Snare and a racket", you gotta be kidding?

  by Fatfreek in

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  "religion is a snare and a racket".

  two questions:.

  1. can someone source that quotation?

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  sweet tee

  Those people back then were stupid, they were being used, and they didn't even know it!

  --VM44

  That's funny VM44 - Hey wait a minute, I didn't know I was being used by them either. OMG - HOW STUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPID of me
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  The Big "A" is 5 Weeks Away

  by LouBelle in

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  so we have about 5 weeks left.

  ja i couldn't believe it.

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  sweet tee

  That "Keep on the Watch" brochure was left with my children by my ex-dubby. Actually, its the only piece of WT litter-ature that I have . Even though I haven't been to a meeting since '98, its the same ole chicken-little-the-sky-is-falling-serve Jehovah-now-before-it's-too-late full blown bullS**t I remember from my 12 years of cult indoctrination. I hate it. And I'm so glad I don't have to study it .

  es - I wonder what she'll have to say when August rolls around? LOL

  sweet tee of the 'no faith in predictions made by false prophets' class
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  Hi everyone! I'm new Lana (Ellicott City) Maryland

  by lanagervais in

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  2. friends

  i studied under a sister a long time ago and i want to know where i can find a kingdomhall near ellicott city maryland.

  many thanks

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  sweet tee

  Hello - and welcome to the board Lana .

  Becoming a JW is a life-changing commitment to be sure. Take the advise offered here and do your research 'apart' from the Witnesses before you make any drastic decisions, like baptism. They demand way too much from converts for you to take the decision to 'study' with them lightly.

  An organization that claims to be THE TRUTH must be able to substantiate those claims apart from it's own recent & current literature. JW beleifs have changed a lot over the years. Do your homework.

  Hope you stay around. There are a lot of good researchers on this forum who can direct to various sources, some non-watchtower related, others directly from their own publications.
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  JW terminology really gets my goat

  by Ellie in

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  i don't know if its just me or if anyone else feels the same but it really annoys me when jehovahs witnesses use their terminology when speaking to a non jw.. for example, a jw woman is talking to a collegue who has never had a bible study and knows nothing about jws.. instead of saying "i have a friend coming for tea tonight" the woman says " one of the sisters is coming for tea tonight".. or, instead of "i was talking to a friend on the phone last night" she says "i was talking to an elder on the phone last night".. it just really winds me up, i think they do it to seem important and mysterious but it only leaves the other person confused.

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  GBL - Your mom hit the nail on the head with that one! ROFLMAO

  When I was in high school I had a "worldly" girlfriend that came over to my house and overheard my mom and her friend talking about some "sister" who was "new in the truth". She asked me what "the truth" was and I told her it was our religion. She replied, total deadpan, "You guys are f**king nuts".
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  Young JWs-living a lie

  by Jez in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for the past year, i have been observing the jw kids that i know.

  i am in a unique situation as i work at the local high school, therefore see many of them on a daily basis.

  let me tell you, 80% of them are totally undistinguishable as jws.

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  sweet tee

  The more I learn about JW's here on the forum the more they (we) seem/seemed like everybody else.

  I can remember 'church kids' in school doing the same as everyone else - Witness kids are probably no different today.

  The 'troof' is a lie ... period. And the more they say about how 'pure' and 'clean' they are the more evidence piles up against them.
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  What do you see?

  by Blueblades in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the cup is half empty or half full?

  the negative aspects or the positive aspects?

  the ugly or the beautiful?

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  sweet tee

  I see the cup half full, yet still try to hold onto a realistic perspective. Just because the world is a happy place for me doesn't make it so for everyone else - compassion = balance.

  I learned critical thinking skills in college and apply it to everything I read but being a former dub makes the process a little slower for me because I was accustomed to accepting everything they printed ver-batum. Now I read critically, asking questions along the way before forming an opinion; then to, I am free not to form an opinion, just let the information sink in until I have something else to compare it to.

  Being open minded makes the world much less frightening as I am hopeful that there are other compassionate, intelligent persons trying to make a difference in the lives of others. That's one of the greatest freedoms in leaving the dubs., being free to really love and care about people everywhere, and doing something to make a difference be it through voting, charitable donations, activism - all doors are open.
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  Without the Internet. Would you still have been a active believing dub??

  by Samuel Thorsen in

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  perhaps i would.. struggeling with doubts of course, but going to the meetings and turning in 2 or 3 hours on my report every month like i used to.... what about you guys?

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  sweet tee

  I had been out for several years ... still somewhat guilt ridden and very angry at the witnesses for whatever reason. The internet (along with Amazon.com and the COC book) helped me begin to let go of the fear, guilt and pain being a watchtower slave produces. Now I know for certain I will never go back and I feel more pity than anger toward those still enslaved because I have a better understanding of cult tacticts.
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  What's The Most Unreasonable Thing You Did As A Witness?

  by minimus in

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  looking back at all the sacrifices that you had to make to be a jehovah's witness, which one was the most unreasonable??

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  sweet tee

  Leaving a well paying job with opportunities for advancement because it interfered with the meetings

  I did a lot of unreasonable things, but had I kept that job I'd be a well paid exec. right now.
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  what matt got me for my b-day!

  by kittyeatzjdubs in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i asked the guys what they thought matt was getting me for my birthday.... http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/90192/1.ashx .

  sooooooooo....you were all wrong....he got me a black fender stratocaster.

  rock!!!!!!!!!.

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  sweet tee

  That's da bomb kitty. Your man seems very kind and considerate. That's special .
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  who can you trust

  by joelbear in

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  2. friends

  you must first build a strong sense of trust in yourself.

  sparingly trust what you read and what is said to you.

  test it over and over again.

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  sweet tee

  I wholeheartedly agree.