Topics Started by urbanized

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In which cities do you feel safe / not safe?
by DannyBloem in
1. jw
2. friends
me and my lady friend were attacked in capetown by a guy with a knife.

i was frozen of fear, she kicked him very hard, but became little injured by the knife, he took of injuired also.

i did basically nothing, just stading there.
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How fortunate we are!!!
by gringojj in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
quetzal.

the resplendent bird.

by awake!
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Could we be right, and they be right too?
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
is it possible that just about everything we say about the jw's on this forum is true, but on the other hand they would be the only true religion that god approves, even though they are imperfect and make errors?
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How to reach the naughty dubs who use the internet...
by misspeaches in
1. jw
2. friends
i've been having a bit of a browse around on www.myspace.com looking at the jw groups.. there are so many listed there and heaps of young jws seem to frequent the sites.. how feasible would it be for someone to setup a jw group under the guise of being pro and slowly but surely bring up questions like... 'hey my history teacher taught from <insert publication name here> that jereuselum (sp) wasn't destroyed in 607bce but in 587bce.

is that true?

whats that all about???'.
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JW kids who are currently in college LOVED the convention drama!
by urbanized in
1. jw
2. experiences
here's a transcript of a post about the 2005 godly obedience convention (which i read about on this board and seemed to highlight a drama in which a biblical story was highly distorted in order to discourage higher education) from a jw youth group on www.myspace.com.

posted: jul 5, 2005 6:43 pm.

hey everyone!
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Hi.. I'm also new and wanted some opinion...
by Lynne Y in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi, i'm lynne.. i was wondering about religion for months and found this website.. i was hoping to get some feedbacks... almost everyone in my mom's family is a witness, and i was born and raised as a witness.

and yet, i never really wanted to get baptized, maybe because my father left the truth(?

although i don't like the expression, the truth, i don't know what else to say.. heh..).
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who escapes more often, those born into it or adult converts?
by kid-A in
1. jw
2. friends
what strikes me on this board is the number of adult converts that have left the borg, either fading out or getting df'd.

from my experience (i was born into it, 2nd generation, left before getting baptized) most of the faders or escapees were also like.

me, born into it, never really accepted it and just bowed out at the first opportunity.
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Life Force in Plants never mentioned by Watchtower
by VM44 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the watchtower for decades has said consistently that both man and animals have the same spirit, or life force.

but what about plants?

i have not seen the watchtower ever mention that plants, which are living things, possess spirit, or a life force.. i wonder why that is so.. --vm44
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"TRUE" Christianity? My Thoughts..........
by Sunspot in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the wts takes great pride in announcing that because they go from door-to-door to preach their beliefs, that they are "chosen" by god to represent him--the only ones who have the right to do so.. very misleading advertising, imho.

the facts being, that followers of jesus worldwide are living their lives in the true meaning of his teachings as they unselfishly give of themselves every day.. my understanding of "true" christianity vastly differs from that of the watchtower society.

my reasoning is this;.
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If you were bullied at school for being a JW kid..
by mtbatoon in
1. jw
2. friends
..would you thank the bullies now?.

i must admit that the social pressure was a large factor in my exiting.

though it was hell at the time i'd rather that than life as as dub now.