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  Man, they just wont listen!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by ButtLight in

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  i, for the first time, talked to my jw family!

  mostly my sister in law!

  she got really pissed with me for what i brought up!

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  Personally I think that in many instances it's fear that keeps them from listening. 
  Fear that they might find out that what they have believed all this time isn't true, fear 
  of losing everything that has become so important to them. 
  They have built their entire lives around this belief system and it is so encompassing,
  it involves every aspect of their lives that to give voice to anything that shows the 
  WTBS in a bad light would simply destroy them, or that is how they feel. It's easier to 
  just blindly close their eyes to it, and repeat what they have been told. It is never easy
  to go against the tide, instead it's much easier to go with the flow, and just continue to 
  ignore any little bits of doubts that might arise from what others have brought to their 
  attention. 
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  Back from the DC

  by jula71 in

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  first they should have changed "godly obedience" to "society obedience".

  i have never heard obey the gb pushed so hard in all my years as i dub.

  it was amazing.

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  I am curious. At these conventions, do they talk about the bible and what it teaches or is it more along the lines of the WTBS script and what they want?
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  What Kinds of Jobs Do JWs Have That You Know Of?

  by minimus in

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  i was thinking that most jws that i personally know have jobs that they really aren't happy with.

  almost no one is a professional except for one cardiologist that got baptized a few years ago.

  there's no one that's been raised in the "truth" that has a college education that i know of except one 22 year old young man who has done nothing to seek employment since he graduated.........any witnesses that you know of with great jobs?

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  No one mentioned janitor?

  LOL, well of the two JW's that I know personally, one is a glorified janitor (he cleans up businesses after hours) and the other is in IT. The guy in IT didn't go to college, and struggles with work at times (finding it). Both were born and raised in the truth. The 'janitor' is a 20 year old who still lives at home and only works part time.
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  shunned from the congeration

  by raisedinthetruth in

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  i was just wondering if anyone could give me the proper procdure on throwing someone out of the hall?

  i recently found out that a good friend of mine was basicly kicked out of the hall.

  she was raised in the truth but then decided not to go to the meetings anymore.

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  People that behave in that manner have no idea what real love, kindness, warmth and understanding towards another human being is, and therefore have no clue as to what God is about.
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  Are all sins "equal" to the JW's.

  by JH in

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  if a witness plays lotto, and doesn,t repent, he is disfellowshipped.. if a witness steals, and doesn't repent, he is disfellowshipped.. if a witness fornicates, and doesn't repent, he is disfellowshipped.. does this mean that the jw's consider playing lotto being just as bad as stealing or fornicating or even killing?.

  how about you, in what order would you class sins?.

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  Out of curiousity, what if you are a witness who fornicates, repents, and then continues to repeat this pattern of behaviour? What happens to you then?
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  Campaign to stop pro-JW documentary

  by Grace in

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  2. friends

  i have been concerned since i read on a couple of posts about the pro-jw documentary which is in the works to be publicly aired on pbs.

  this is the website: http://www.knocking.org.

  i studied the website, and it looks extremely favorable to watchtower.

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  In doing a search of the names of the two gentleman who are behind this documentary, I found that Thomas Sheppard can be contacted
  Phone:(619) 231-0996 Fax: (619) 236-0683 SnailMail Address: 610 West Ash Street, Suite 1401, San Diego, CA 92101
  email : [email protected]
  

  I could not find any contact info for Joel P. Engardio, but did find that in 1995 he helped write an article regarding the Watchtower, with Kenneth L. Woodward which can be found on the Watchtower.observer.org site (link included here) titled "Apocalypse Later"

  Excerpt of that article:

  Jehovah's Witnesses decide the end is fluid
  
  «THE THIRD MILLENNIUM is just four years away, and you'd think that Jehovah's Witnesses would be ecstatic. Ever since the movement's inception in the 1870s, the Witnesses have insisted that the world as we know it is about to end. According to their unique Biblical calculations, the countdown to Armageddon commenced in 1914 -- the first world war was a major sign -- and Christ would establish his millennial kingdom on earth "before the generation who saw the events of 1914 passes away." For countless Witnesses, this prediction was good reason not to save money, start a career or make burial plans. As one of their leaders famously preached in 1918: "Millions now living will never die."
  
  From Newsweek magazine, December 18, 1995, page 59. Article by Kenneth L. Woodard, with Joel P. Engardio.
  
  Now, it seems, all millennial bets are off. In last month's issue of The Watchtower, the sect's leaders quietly acknowledged that Jesus was right in the first place, when he said that "no one knows the day or the hour." All previous references to timetables for Armageddon, the magazine now suggests, were speculation rather than settled doctrine. The year 1914 still marks the beginning of the last days. But those who hoped to witness the battle of Armageddon and the establishment of God's kingdom on earth will have to wait. Henceforth, any generation that experiences such calamities as war and plagues like AIDS could be the one to witness the end times. In short, the increasingly middle-class Witnesses would do well to buy life insurance.

  http://watchtower.observer.org/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040310/GRABBAGSELECTION/10519018

  Just a tiny bit of extra information on those who are actually doing the documentary. I think it's a good idea to get as many as possible to email PBS to ask that they be fair in their coverage of the Watchtower Society and the JW's themselves.
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  what's your favorite candy?

  by littlerockguy in

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  i just got hooked on those ice breakers sours with little sour crystals in them.

  i love sour candy!

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  Swedish Fish...I could just eat those things till I puke!
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  The saddest song you've ever heard

  by littlerockguy in

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  what is the saddest song that brings tears to your eyes just about every time you hear it?

  mine is harry chapin's cats in the cradle

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  See You On The Other Side ~ Ozzy

  Voices, a thousand, thousand voices
  Whispering, the time has passed for choices
  Golden days are passing over, yeah
  
  I can’t seem to see you baby
  Although my eyes are open wide
  But I know I’ll see you once more
  When I see you, I’ll see you on the other side
  Yes, I’ll see you, I’ll see you on the other side
  
  Leaving, I hate to see you cry
  Grieving, I hate to say goodbye
  Dust and ash forever, yeah
  
  Though I know we mus be parted
  As sure as stars are in the sky
  I’m gonna see when it comes to glory
  And I’ll see you, I’ll see you on the other side
  Yes I’ll see you, I’ll see you on the other side
  
  Never thought I’d feel like this
  Strange to be alone, yeah
  But we’ll be together
  Carved in stone, carved in stone, carved in stone
  
  Hold me, hold me thight, I’m falling
  Far away. distant voices calling
  I’m so cold. I need you darling, yeah
  
  I was down, but now I’m flying
  Straight across the great divide
  I know you’re crying, but I’ll stop you crying
  When I see you, I see you on the other side
  Yes. I’ll see you. see you on the othe side
  I’m gonna see you. see you on the other side
  God knows I’ll see you, see you on the other side, yeah
  
  I’ll see you. see you on the othe side
  I’m gonna see you. see you on the other side
  God knows I’ll see you, see you on the other side, yeah
  I wanna see you, yeah, yeah, yeah, see you on the other side
  God knows I’ll see you, see you on the other side, yeah
  I’m gonna see you. see you on the other side
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  2005 District Convention Reports Begin

  by blondie in

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  the public is welcome to attend and the convention sessions are free.. long beach, california, may 27-29. http://www.presstelegram.com/stories/0,1413,204~21474~2881862,00.html.

  a worldwide organization, jehovah's witnesses link their beliefs to the faith of first century christianity..

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  Themes for the weekend include "Follow the Model in Your Obedience to God' and "What Does the Bible Really Teach?"

  Don't they really mean, "Follow the Model in Your Obedience to the WTBS" & " What do we say the Bible really teaches?"
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  A Friend

  by Quentin in

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  2. friends

  what is your definition of a friend?.

  i believe you have one or two friends through out a lifetime.

  all others are just people you know.

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  You are far from alone. Grab hold of the life raft, we'll make room.

  Thanks! I know I am not alone in this feeling. It's just a tough realization that to find that someone you cared about and trusted with every fiber of your being has fooled you so completely. It also makes trusting again a difficult task.