Topics Started by zaphod

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What were your reasons for not liking the ministry school?
by LongHairGal in
1. jw
2. experiences
i dropped out years ago because i couldn't stand getting together with sisters i didn't like to do a talk.

i hated it with a passion!!

i do realize that you did learn but what i resented was that the sisters were inflicted on each other in a way that i don't think the brothers were.
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Who Was Shocked By the Watchtower UN NGO Scandal?
by AlanF in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
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i'd like to get comments from people about whether and how much they were shocked, surprised, or otherwise bothered by the watchtower society's becoming an associated non-governmental organization (ngo).. note that i'd like to see these comments because they might lead to some interesting publicity, so please comment accordingly.. alanf
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What does it MEAN, to be Baptised....
by LittleToe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a few years ago, while i was still a jw, i started a topic on baptism:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/14060/1.ashx.

i wasn't aware of the in's-and-out's of the subject, just that i felt that my own baptism as a jw was somehow invalid, and wanted to do it properly.
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How do the Kigdom Melodies compare to Christendom's Songs?
by Honesty in
1. jw
2. experiences
i just have to comment about the canned wtbts music on cd the local congregations play on $150 cd players through $20 speakers set in the foamboard ceilings at their sales meetings worship services.

what a joke the music is that they use to sing praises.

the lyrics remind me of a high school pep rally with all the emphasis on 'we're joe hoba's witnesses and yada-yada-yah preaching from door to door and from house to house' or 'life everlasting in the pair-o-dice' crap that just tickles the dubbies ears so much they get all pretty and pink.
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JW related movie titles
by Markfromcali in
1. social
2. humour
i think there was a thread on this at some point but search is not working, wouldn't know the keywords anyway.. but like i just thought of escape from brooklyn bethel - instead of escape from new york.. it would be cool if someone can write little blurbs for these too.

anyone have/remember others?
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Dr. Phil's show on Cults....
by Will Power in
1. jw
2. friends
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this is due to air on tuesday.

did any one write in?.
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Do you like your given name?
by Outaservice in
1. jw
2. friends
the bible attaches importance to your name, do you like yours.

if not, what would you change it to?.

i always hated mine, outaservice smith.
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Parenting - strict or relaxed
by TheListener in
1. jw
2. friends
this was inspired by satanus' thread about how can people leave the truth when they've been raised in it.. i was raised in the truth, or as some say i was raised around the truth and made it my own when i was baptized.

i know typical doublespeak from dubs.. which method of parenting will most likely result in your child being a stronger jw?

a strict parent who enforces family study, meeting attendance regardless of health, regular service, constant spiritual talk inserted into daily life, having dub families over a lot and creating situations for regular association with dub kids of a similar age and not allowing association with school and neighborhood kids.
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in about fifty-two minutes time...
by zaphod in
1. social
2. entertainment
...my gran, who has been a jw since the 1950's will be reproved publicly for speaking to her grand-daughter who is disfellowshipped.

she is 77 years old and i am worried that it will be the death of her.

the"truth" has been her life for nearly fifty years and she is still a regular publisher.. if she continues to commit this gross sin she will be disfellowshipped.. her daughter and son in law are to be disfellowshipped for the terrible sin of allowing their daughter to live under their roof since she left her husband.
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I have the BEST Avatar! Don't you agree? lol
by whyamihere in
1. jw
2. friends
ha ha ha i am naughty!.

i am having one of those naughty days!.

brooke