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  Witness fear of demons why?

  by donny in

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  2. experiences

  during my ten year sojourn through the watchtower, i was always amazed at the witnesses fear and fascination with demons.

  occasionally at gatherings, they would exchange "demon" stories, which were just a jw way of telling ghost stories, and you would usually hear a few "uhhs" and "oh my's" as the story was told.

  although i had heard folks of other denominations mention demons, it was never with the "shock and awe" the witnesses put into it.

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  What is your strangest "supernatural" JW story?

  by donny in

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  2. experiences

  i had just became a witness and a guy i worked with, who was also a jw, told me a story that actually made me laugh and i think it upset him a bit.

  the storys were almost always in the third person.

  it went as follows.. this brothers wife and him were sitting at the kingdom hall on the end seats of the row next to the back of the room.

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  What determined the path you took once you came to your senses?

  by donny in

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  2. bible

  i have been reading a lot of posts over the past few weeks and noticed how some folks have taken the atheist/agnostic path, while others have replaced their zeal for the society into one of another faith.

  what led you to take the path you did?.

  for me, i just began doing a lot of deep thinking and trying to come to the most logical conclusion based on the facts that i had before me.. as a result, i have taken the agnostic path because it makes the most sense to me.

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  When did the study edition of the Watchtower start?

  by donny in

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  2. experiences

  just curious as i have been out of the loop over the last couple of years.

  when did they start the study edition of the watchtower and how often is it published?

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  Did you work on quick builds or other projects just to avoid meetings?

  by donny in

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  2. beliefs

  i was part of the north texas quick build group for some five years and we seemed to be building a new hall about every six weeks.

  i was also up at the denton (krum) assembly hall for most weekends in 1990 and 91 as the hall was being built.

  how many of you joined these work groups just to get out of meeting attendance and field service?

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  Leaving the Organization but not the teachings

  by donny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i left the witnesses in 1992 after ten years in the orgainzation, i got as far away from the teachings and mindest as i could.

  however some, like my former brother-in-law, also left, but are intent on finding ways to reform the society from within since he believes in the society as being of god, but that it has become misguided and is slowly drifting to "christendom" status.

  one of the things he cites as evidence is the wtbts become aligned with the united nations.

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  Disfellowshipped for Beavis and Butthead

  by donny in

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  2. experiences

  a friend (who no longer attends meetings) told me about an incident about seven years ago in north carline involving one of her male friends.

  this friend has ceased believing the society's diatribe for some time and was only staying in it in order to associate with friends and family.

  he had visited a friend in a town about 30 miles away and heard a sunday talk from one of that congregations elders.

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  Uncaring Attitude of the Society

  by donny in

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  i just read the account of a an elderly lady who passed out in a distict convention in canada today (06/20/08).

  it seems that as some of the attendees were trying to help by doing cpr, the "brother" on the platform a few feet away speaking did not even pause.

  when his talk ended a few minutes later and the lady was still being tended too, the platform folks just announced the next speaker as if nothing was happening.

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  Funny experiences while a JW

  by donny in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  do any of you have any funny experiences while you were part of the jw machine?

  back around 1986 i was the ministerial servant in charge of running the sound board in the kingdom hall for our congregation.

  we were the last ones to meet in the hall on weekdays (friday) and the first ones to meet on sunday.

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  Ex-JW's near Morgan Hill, CA

  by donny in

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  2. experiences

  if there are any ex-jw's in or fairly close to morgan hill, ca please drop me an email at donnyreed!yahoo.com.

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