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  The Dangers of Reading books

  by Giordano in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the great bugaboo ( something that causes fear or distress out of proportion to its importance) of the jw’s is that you are wasting your time reading books..... and beware of what your reading.

  after all you have the wt publications to read and study.

  in a world of absolutes most of the jw teachings from it’s onset has been trashed by the wt society itself as old truth........ unfit for modern ‘new light’.

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  JWdaughter

  Not to be obvious, but reading the WT literature ,from the early 1900's influenced me a lot. I always ask "Why". There is a LOT to ask about in WT history. I also read 1984. That really got me wondering why my questions were being shut down rather than answered.

  Reading this forum has made me recognize a few other triggers. One was very recent. Someone was joking about how they thought it was fun how we never quite knew what we'd believe after the next meeting, assembly, or book. Really, that's the crazy truth. I think stayed in for 2years for the drama of seeing what the next dropped shoe would smell like. I lived through 1975 as a young impressionable girl of 9. I left in 81 or 82.
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  Have you ever known a holocaust denier? How did you feel about them?

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i sometimes did work for a lovely old couple who at times needed repairs done around their home.

  my wife and myself spent time with them, having tea and crackers from time to time.

  one day the husband and myself got into a conversation and he clearly showed himself to be a holocaust denier.

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  Ex jw who left wt after researching stuff for them got on an Anne Fran denier kick. Ditlieb Federer.
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  Does anyone have any fashion sense? Getting Married. Help?

  by RavenPearl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am a man and i have roughly 10 months to prepare for my wedding (including raising the funds etc... my fiance is caught up in her affairs associated with the wedding.

  now i do have a pretty good sense of fashion when it comes to 'dress to impress' when required.

  however, i'm not familiar with specific clothing lines.

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  Make a case for everyone going personal/comfy after ceremony and pics.She might actually enjoy complementing your look.. Some surprises are more welcome than others.
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  The con is completed - comments from the US branch's LDC chief

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently attended a special assembly day.. guest speaker was thomas chicky, a member of the us branch committee and the head of the us ldc (which has replaced the rbcs).. the last talk of the day is scheduled for an hour.

  it was the usual boring mumbo-jumbo.

  he appeared to have blasted through his hour-long outline in just about 45 minutes, so he "treated" us to informal comments on recent developments.. he commented on the new wt complex in fishkill ny.. then he dropped the bomb (well, to anyone with ears and at least 2 functioning synapses).. the following is not a word for quote, but presents the gist of his comments:.

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  JWdaughter

  And this is different from PTL?
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  Greetings and would like some advice about a potentially fun idea

  by towerwatcher in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello fellow apostates!

  my first post and a long time lurker here.

  i would like to thank all of you for the existence of this board as this has been instrumental for me in leaving the place i once knew as "the truth".

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  JWdaughter

  Titles are not copyrightable, but the typesetting may have something proprietary about it.

  I would check with a business attorney before doing anything if you are still so inclined.

  I will agree however though, that it is a pretty limited market and the irony (?) would be lost on most.
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  My real name (and a shameless self promotion)

  by schnell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my real name is benjamin heath, i live in southern oregon, usa, and you can always reach me on twitter @ben_heath_.

  i have also rebooted my blog at benheathonline.com which is linked with my twitter.

  i intend to write about experiences at work and in life, as well as whatever it is i'm reading about at the moment.. i'm a programmer by hobby, a truck driver by profession, an atheist by education and reasoning, and an ex-jw by choice.

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  Hi Benjamin! Im Michelle. We like having you here.
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  Article: Jehovah’s Witnesses Holds Women Back

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.fairobserver.com/region/europe/jehovahs-witnesses-women-religion-serena-williams-news-81664/.

  by lydia segebrecht december 16, 2016. an open letter to serena williams about jehovah’s witnesses’ treatment of women.. dear serena,.

  i want to start by applauding everything you said in your open letter that was reproduced on the guardian website last week.

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  JWdaughter

  I wonder how many JW men would dare utter the words "weaker vessel" after playing a set of tennis with her? She is very strong, very fit and very skilled. Probably much more generous, too.
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  You're welcome ...

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  i figured i'd shut the site down for a couple of hours to encourage everyone to do their xmas shopping.

  the error message was a subtle hint, that's what "500 error" means ... go shopping.. whatever rumours you hear, it definitely wasn't that someone deployed a quick update before going on a 1.5 hour car ride to pick someone up and didn't think that the page they tested, to check it was all working after the update, happened to be cached.

  no siree bob, not that, na hah.. anyway, you're welcome for the extra chance to, erm, shop..

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  JWdaughter

  I got some cheeze itz since I don't do much Christmas. And made cookies. So. . . thanks so much! Like peanut butter cookies?
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  Learning Other Languages

  by Disassociated Lady 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the jw org keeps its servants busier than ever these days so that their minds are occupied 24/7.

  they ensure that there is no time for anything "worldly" to distract them.. in last week's watchtower article on spiritual health they are putting pressure on the congregation to learn other languages on top of everything else they do.

  they allude to the fact that their spiritual health will suffer if they cannot understand the talks and publications in other languages.

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  Yeah, but I've had folks at door more than once who were so intent on using their second language that they passed up the opportunity to speak with a person who spoke the same language as they did from birth..
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  How long until some of the Biblical apocrypha will be inserted into the WT teachings?

  by nonjwspouse in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have read through some of these, though not in complete, but enough to see some of these writings could fit into the wt views, such as arian beliefs of jesus.

  it would also help separate themselves quite a bit from "christiandom" and their bible.

  the "new light" of books not accepted in the canon.

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  JWdaughter

  I need to find a reference, but one of the NT teachers or Jesus made reference to things that were only taught in an apocryphal book that is not accepted by the WT but which were considered authoritative enough to use it for teaching, reproving or setting things straight in the NT.

  So, it's already in there.