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21 Years as an Elder, 5 as an MS, I will never be that guy again.
by James Jack in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was deleted as the cobe after i let my adult child move back home and he admitted that he fornicated under my roof while my wife and i where away on a rbc project.

of course the elder mode in me kicked him out of the house.. the elders moved quickly to remove me because i was too involved in "theocractic activities", i had neglected my adult son.. i accepted this primarily because i didn't want to serve with a boe that did not want me.

i was devastated however because it was the only life i knew.
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New BOE letter: Re: Survey on Use of Printed Publications
by pixel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory re: survey on use of printed publications .

dear brothers: .

the branch office is working on arrangements for the 2015 regional conventions.
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I'm at a loss at how to get thru to my parents. I fear they will die before they will stop shunning me.
by cognisonance in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
all i want is this: for us to be a family, to spend time together enjoying life.

i don't wish to debate about their beliefs when together.

they can remain jws for all i care.
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My Memes
by ozbrad in
1. jw
2. friends
i've been using my photoshop skills for good rather than evil.. and it also helps relieve the shunning frustration.. .

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What is "The Truth"?
by EndofMysteries in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
to jw's if you think about it, this is what "the truth" is..... .

"the truth" is that you must be in 'the truth' and spend every waking moment you have getting others in 'the truth'.

anything the governing body says to do is 'the truth'.
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YouTube video: Five Stupid Things About Jehovah's Witnesses
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
great video.

this is how we are viewed by outsiders.

there's no fooling some people!.
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to date JWism has defined my life and i hate that TRUTH
by oompa in
1. jw
2. friends
and i am finding the adjustment to the real world far more difficult than i ever imagined...i f...it has been about five years since i totally woke up to the fraudulant nwt and then all my other doubts i had carried for years were proved true as well.

but almost all of my few friends are exjw or slack jw's and i feel so isolated...my sons friends are mostly exjw too but not their gf's and they have way more normal friends .

how have you done at replacing lifelong friends and family?
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In Search of the Hysterical Jesus
by Bible_Student777 in
1. social
2. humour
it arrived in my email yesterday:.

merry christmas one and all!

the christmas season brings to mind visions of the baby jesus, wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger (a manger is a feeding-trough for farm animals by the way, and i know darn well most of you didn't know that!
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Were you or someone you know sexually molested by a Jehovah's Witness ?
by flipper in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
due to the fact there are about 27,000 members of this religion that are known pedophiles, and the information about it is kept in a secret database file, i wonder how many lurking jw's as well as others are aware of the severity of this problem?

remember, it's 27,000 pedophiles that they know about.

what about the thousands that don't get caught?
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JW 'urban legends'
by Steve Lowry in
1. jw
2. friends
i was thinking about some of the old jw urban legends that we grew up with and believed in as jws.

most of the ones i remember revolved around stories about demons, and jws being "attacked" when they would do something wrong.

some of these legends scared the crap outta me when i was little.