Topics Started by 9thWonder

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Watchtower and UN?
by rambaldi in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
is this issue of the watchtower being part of the un department of public information of any significance?

at the district conventions of jehovahs witnesses there are flags of the united states and other sovereign government such as states or other countries hanging from the buildings.

the governing body and the watchtower society rent buildings which become the equivalent of kingdom halls for the weekend.
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How do you feel, relieved or sad?
by jula71 in
1. jw
2. experiences
ive been doing a bunch of reflecting and pondering> im just seeing if anyone else has been feeling this and/or if its common.

relieved that i have a new found freedom, free to pursue goals and dreams i never could as a dub.

free from the guilt, always feeling god is watching waiting from me to screw up so he can erase my name from the book of life.
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Need clarification on communication with a disfellowshipped person
by jostes in
1. social
2. family
was wondering the clarification of a relationship someone can have with their mother if they have been disfellowshipped and the daughter is in good standing with the congregation?

the daughter was baptised after the disfellowship.

does this mean the daughter is not to have a relationship with the mother.
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Was there something you could not explain on the doors?
by badboy in
1. jw
2. friends
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i heard from someone that they asked about the bible and dinosauros,the jw didn't believe and talked about whales in reply!.

was there something you couldn't explain on the doors?
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Welcome 9th Wonder!
by misspeaches in
1. jw
2. friends
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hi 9th wonder and welcome to jwd.... hope you enjoy your stay and looking forward to your posts.. miss peaches
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Birthdays
by 9thWonder in
1. jw
2. friends
i have been df'd for over 3 years (for the third time... you know it's the charm).

i have an 8 year old who is being taught by my parents the same things that i was taught, including how we can't celebrate birthdays.

i have been doing a little research on the origin of worldly customs, such as weddings and birthdays only to find that there are many wedding customs that witnesses have adopted that have pegan origins.
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Is College now wrong for Jehovah's Witnesses again?
by booker-t in
1. jw
2. friends
i have been out of the jw's for many years now but i still have devout jw's family members.

and i am attending college now at 40 yrs old working on my ba degree.

i was so happy a few years ago when my jw mom told me that the wt is slacking off on telling jw's teenagers that college is bad and it is ok to attend college and universities.
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Can JW's take vacations.....from the truth?
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
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when jw's want a vacation, they have to go someplace to justify that they aren't at the hall.

so often we hear that brother of sister "x" went to hawaii for 3 weeks, and everybody is happy.. but, if a jw doesn't have the money to take a real vacation, but just wants to take, lets say 3 weeks off, and stay at home without going to any meeting, can it be done without questions asked, just like the couple going to hawaii?.
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Hello
by Amionne in
1. jw
2. experiences
i just joined here so i'm not completely familiar with the forum code.

well, i'm going to be baptized in less than a month and i was wondering if i can find any friends among my peers or anyone around my age.

you see, my congregation was split up almost three years ago.
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Do you think of yourself as an apostate
by barbar in
1. jw
2. experiences
many of the people on this site say that they are apostates.

but that is not the way i feel about myself.. i am not angry with the "witnesses" or the organisation, i don't feel that i wasted my life.

i just think that i was stupid to believe it for 30 years (well sort of believe it, i did have severe doubts on and off).