Topics Started by Spook

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To Brine or Not To Brine
by BlackSwan of Memphis in
1. jw
2. friends
that is the question.. the turkey that is.

i've brined for 2 years now, but am not sure if i want to do that this year.

anyone else brine their birds?.
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"Spirituality" Part of JW Jargon?
by greenie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this is something i've heard lately.

i have a feeling like other seemingly innocuous words, that this one actually has special meaning in jw speak.

or am i wrong?
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I never believed in demons
by drew sagan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for the entire time i was a jw (1999-2007) i never believed in demons.. a few times i remember this getting me into small confrontations with jws.

a jw would talk about how demons were scary and powerful.

i would argue that i've never seen a demon, and that to be affraid of such things was silly.
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Did you Exit the Witnesses Gradually - Or Exit Suddenly - Your Reasons ?
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
i thought it would be good to discuss it to understand what caused some of us to exit suddenly, or some to exit gradually .. myself , i had been in 44 years , had mentally had doubts for years before exiting - but injustices by the elders and my doubts about the " generation " doctrine led me to exit suddenly one night before a meeting.

the elders pissed me off , i went to my seat, picked my books up and walked out - never going back.

so what is your story and reasons ?
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Does anyone here believe that Jesus never existed?
by Newborn in
1. jw
2. friends
if so...why?.

i don't know what i believe so i'm just curious.

/newborn.
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Evolutionists - please help!
by Georgiegirl in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok. (taking deep breath) i am finally at that point in my recovery where i am ready to look at evolution as more than a loose theory which is clearly disprovable by the fact that all the bones proving it could be in a coffin.

or, um, some illustration like that.. i feel like first i have to "unlearn" the jw teaching of evolution to learn what "real" evolution is.

then, learn about that and then see how i feel.
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There's A Ghost At My Place Of Employment
by finallysomepride in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok some of you will laugh at this, but it's true, there is a spirit that haunts the premises where i work.. it has spoken to me once when i was locking up, it was 1 single word "hello", i looked around and saw nothing, i ignored it, set the alarm locked the door & went home.

other times i have felt something brush passed me as i have entered the building early in the morning.

the experience that got to me most happened the other nite when i was called back to the store by security, as i pulled into the drive way there was a man standing at the rear of the building, in the split second of looking away he dissapeared, there's no way that he could have run off the property in that split second.. what do you think?.
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Evidence In Favor Of Bloodless Surgery Mounts
by Bangalore in
1. watchtower
2. medical
evidence in favor of bloodless surgery mounts.. .

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281102.

bangalore.
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How Much of an Impact is Being Made by Young JW' s Leaving the Cult ?
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
we have read threads where statistics show that 2 out of every 3 people raised as jehovah's witnesses eventually leave once they get in their 20's to 30's and out on their own.

my children and my nieces and nephews are between the ages of 21 to 35 .

out of those 8 people - 4 of them have completely stopped attending meetings .
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This is a perfect religion!
by life is to short in
1. jw
2. friends
this is perfect religion with imperfect people.

the elders are imperfect that is why there are problems.

we just need to endure because jehovah is allowing this as a test to see if we will still love him.