LT, keep up the fight. Your awesome to be only 18 and using your brain. Don't get caught up on the WTS BS. It will hurt if your pareent stop talking with you but, al least you'll hvae peace of mind.
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LONG discussion with my parents. (long post of course)
by LtCmd.Lore inhere's an update on me... i'm 18. i'm an atheist.
i'm not making much money.
i did something i promised myself i wouldn't do: i work for witnesses.
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NEWBIE- MARKING TALK
by Tallman64 innewbie here.
i feel i will enjoy my stay.
interesting talk last nite on marking.
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thepackage
Welcome!
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Fantastic opportunities for advanced education on line
by restrangled inlsu, california state,, eastern and western illinois among others offer fantastic classes.
harvard even offers a doctorate degree on line, although you will have to attend for a short time on campus.
several members of my family are finishing up degrees or advancing them through clep tests or on line classes through these sites, with testing done at local colleges or homework sent through the mail at minimal cost compared even to your local jr. college.
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thepackage
The CLEP is great. I've taken a few and got serval credits that way. Best wishes on your education.
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How Many Former Elders/MS Taught What You Wanted & Ignored The Rest?
by Seeker4 inthis was prompted by the thread on whether you enjoyed being an elder or ms. some mentioned they taught what they wanted when they were an elder.
that was personally true of myself.
there were some things i stopped teaching over the years, and would refuse to counsel the friends about.
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thepackage
I would leave stuff out of my talks at the Cong. I did not agree with. The highlight of my talks was that I'd sneka in a curese word once in a while.
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As a JW, did you ever stand for the national anthem ...
by Frequent_Fader_Miles inmy conscience wouldn't allow me to do otherwise.
after all, this is the country that schooled me and fed me.
i use all the infrastructure here, and am entitled to all rights and benefits that any other citizen was entitled to.
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thepackage
Always stood up.
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Can some one tell me why
by GODLOVESME inwhen i signed up to post they gave me user name.
i did not pick it.
godloveme some how i have been sleeping better at night.
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thepackage
I picked my name.
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Names of Speakers
by IMHO inwhy is that at conventions and assemblies a big point is made of introducing speakers by name, when the writers of the magazine articles and outlines are kept quite?
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thepackage
My understanding from people I know at Bethel is that some sisters wirte the articles and are only ok'ed by brothers so maybe that's why. Also, I was told by a CO that Assembly Speakers are rated as "A" speakers, that's why they get the parts.
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Did anyone here ever make the truth their own?
by slimboyfat inonly encouraging comments please.
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slim.
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thepackage
For about the first ten years after I got Baptized I really felt like I did make the Truth my Own. I tried so hard to do everything by the WTS book. I even missed my mothers' funeral becasue it was held in a Church. I'd always be out on service, never miss meetings, only hang out with MS and Elders, I'd would not associate with my "wordly" family or co-workers only my spritual brothers. However, once I realized this was not the Truth I dis-owned it. I still fell like fish out of water but I'm working on making my Life my Own.
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are Jehovah's Witnesses a cult? You decide...
by under_believer inthere are no new thoughts in this post, but i felt like this topic was timely, what with it being convention time again, and with the anti-education rhetoric they've been spouting lately.. .
there are many definitions and lists of criteria for the concept of "cult.
" this is only one of them, so your mileage may vary.
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thepackage
I was in for 20 years, they use FEAR to keep people in and you can't ask questions. Committee matters are a Joke, Preaching is a Joke, but they are good at FEAR, how many times did you hear the line "if you want Jehovah's blessing you need to............." Empty promises,they are a FRAUD
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are Jehovah's Witnesses a cult? You decide...
by under_believer inthere are no new thoughts in this post, but i felt like this topic was timely, what with it being convention time again, and with the anti-education rhetoric they've been spouting lately.. .
there are many definitions and lists of criteria for the concept of "cult.
" this is only one of them, so your mileage may vary.
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thepackage
If it smells like a CULT, walks like a CULT, it is a CULT. I'm just waiting for Jim Jones to show up at a KH with the Kool Aid!!!!!!!!