Topics Started by ChrisVance

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You cannot live forever in paradise on earth
by Gopher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the watchtower society has, for about seven decades, been attracting new volunteer workers for its field ministry with the promise of life forever on a paradise earth.

even the titles of its main study books since 1968 bear the promise: the truth that leads to eternal life, you can live forever in paradise on earth, and knowledge that leads to everlasting life.

how logical is this hope that leads people to entrust the watchtower with their time, energy and worldly possessions?
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Online Petition Re Quotes Lawsuit--PLEASE SIGN
by rebel8 in
1. jw
2. friends
hi everyone and happy new year!

i have an online petition to protest the wt's lawsuit against quotes: http://www.jwinfo.50megs.com/custom4.html .

there are currently 26 signatures from 6 different countries.
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Freedom is spelled Wheelchair
by Lady Lee in
1. jw
2. friends
just before i moved into my little apartment my scooter died.

it was an old scooter and the wires were so brittle that they kept shorting out.

when they tried to put a new motherborad into it the chair fried the new board.
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hello
by force in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i just wanted to say hello.

i am 15 my mum just got baptised a jehovah witness and i am so fed up with life i could scream.

we dont do xmas no more, we dont do birthday no more, we dont have a life no more.
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I got a visit this morning
by Crumpet in
1. jw
2. friends
for the first time in 4 or 5 years i got a visit by the jws this morning.

i wasnt prepared at all and so handled it not so well.

bear in mind the leaflet on display just made me feel physically ill.. the woman asked if i was interested in finding out god's purpose for the future.
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'Gay weddings' are legal in the UK from today. How do you feel about it?
by nicolaou in
1. social
2. relationships
hundreds of gay couples are preparing to form civil partnerships in the coming weeks as the law changes after decades of campaigning.

at least 1,200 ceremonies are confirmed as being scheduled already and registrars are preparing for the first ceremonies, with couples permitted to register from monday morning.

so how do you feel about it?
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Your family still thinks you believe, only you wont admit it to them.
by free2beme in
1. jw
2. friends
my spouses grandfather is in the hospital and only has a couple days left to live.

last night we were there and my in-laws decided this would be a good time to preach to the their fleshly relatives, as they are the only ones in the family that are witnesses.

my father-in-law has not been active in the witnesses, just attends meetings, so his ability to explain their faith is a little on the weak side.
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It Seems That My Children Are Not Trained
by Gary1914 in
1. jw
2. friends
i just returned home from the kingdom hall.

i am an elder.. after the meeting all the elders were called to the back room.

i thought this was an impromptu elders' meeting.
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Did You Know A Lot Of Witnesses That Were A "Little Fruit Loops"?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i did, i was thinking of how many jws are either a little weird, a bit eccentric or even borderline crazy!

we had one man in our hall that used to love giving people he liked duck eggs.

he'd try to get you to eat them before meetings for field service.
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Sometimes I just shake my head
by Lady Lee in
1. jw
2. friends
i just went through the topic that leftbehind started.

i'm almost relieved he didn't come back to read the tongue lashing so many of you posted.. a person comes here and believes all the apostate crap that we used to believe.

his brother has left the jws.