Posts by stillAwitness

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SELF ESTEEM in the organization
by justice for all in
1. jw
2. friends
did your self esteem increase or decrease after being in the organization for a while?
stillAwitness

Decreased big time.
And must i say Brooke, you're story made me feel bad but I'm glad you're in a good place now. Me and you must PM each other. Gotta "widen out" mom always says!
I got baptized at 14 by force of my deal old mother who was embaressed that "all the other young ones in the hall are baptized but you" I thought after all the attention and congrats I got after it was announced that I would start feeling good about myself but of course after a couple meetings nobody cares anymore and top that with going through being a teenager and you've officially entered hell.
its funny b/c now that I know my position as a witness I don't seek any kind of popularity at the KH. I go in and I'm out before they even say "Amen" I'm twice as pretty than most of the girls in my hall, (sorry if I sound big headed but I swear its true!) Most of the single brothers are always trying to figure out if I would turn them down if they asked me out or not (definetly) and yet people always look at me like I am just a visitor sometimes. All weird and stuff.
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Anyone got their meeting tonight?
by stillAwitness in
1. jw
2. experiences
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well i got mine at 7:30.

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stillAwitness

JH you always crack me up with your posts. LOL!
Ha! Nah, I'm good. My Oldsmobile may be a potatoe bucket to most- but to me she's mama's cowboy. But thanks for the offer.
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Time again for........ Congregation roll call
by Jourles in
1. jw
2. experiences
it's been a while since this topic has been brought up.

use it as a chance to see if there is someone you might know from years past.

1973-1976 --- lakeside, ca??
stillAwitness

I won't get too specific since I still go:
West Palm Beach Fl
Atlanta Ga
Bowie, Md
Boston, Ma
I know, I know fellas. I've been around the block.
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Anyone got their meeting tonight?
by stillAwitness in
1. jw
2. experiences
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well i got mine at 7:30.

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stillAwitness

Well I got mine at 7:30.
Don't tell me I'm the only one who still goes!
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Is this a valid point about Bible prophecies?
by apple78 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok, forgive me if this sounds silly but it came to me today.

people keep talking about the earth and its disasters and the fulfilling of prophecies and end times.

but is there a counter argument to these prophecies?
stillAwitness

Love the pic Van Gogh
Very "Bad Boy Biker Dude."
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My conversation with an elder
by Dune in
1. jw
2. friends
well this happened to me a few weeks ago, but i chose to post it later because i'm paranoid.

anyway, i was riding in field service with an elder and our conversation turned to apostasy.

well, he turned it to apostasy because he usually dominates 99% of the conversations we have.but i digress, this is how our conversation went.
stillAwitness

Thanks for everyone who linked me to specific info. I can recall talks on how those who leave the organization b/c of speculation on so called "failed prophecies" of when the end would come did it b/c of their own imperfections.
I can remember thinking 'what a weird statement to make.' He did not elaborate but I remember saying toi myself 'he must be talking about something or somebody in particular.'
And that info about kids not going to college, how the end is so near and so on. I read that surprised that that was an article written way back in the '60's cause it sounds like the recent WT study we just had a few months back!
Boy, some things never change.
By the way, who loves the new pic of moi?
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The appearance of the dreaded [] brackets...
by AuldSoul in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i present this as a complementary thread to ldh's "eplipsis" thread: the appearance of the dreaded ellipsis [.

ozziepost already posted this one in that thread:colossians 1:16,17 they use it here to make it appear as though god created jesus first, then all other things were created through him.

they have the word "other" in brackets.
stillAwitness

And all this time I thought the brackets were there because no word from the orignal languages had an accurate translation.
I don't even know where I got that idea but I'm glad I'll never look at another bracket the same way again!
Thanx Auld and I did PM u back!
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Panic Crisis after talking to JW
by Genesis in
1. jw
2. friends
it's very strange what happened to me those days.

right now im leaving the borg and moving from my appart(im with a pioneer).

im keeping myself informed and right now im reading crisis of conscience by raymond franz.
stillAwitness

Welcome Genesis!
Don't ever feel alone. Anytime you need to just vent and purge all your emotions there's always someone on here browsing around.
Even if it 3 o'clock in the morning.
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very very important read important!
by iamtherealjesus in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i would like to first off stating that my name is migu jandhiki.

i am the prophet of jesus that u have all been looking for!

i have been fallowing all the studys of jehovah's witness very carefully.
stillAwitness

Yup, thats our Jesus...always fishing for attention.
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My conversation with an elder
by Dune in
1. jw
2. friends
well this happened to me a few weeks ago, but i chose to post it later because i'm paranoid.

anyway, i was riding in field service with an elder and our conversation turned to apostasy.

well, he turned it to apostasy because he usually dominates 99% of the conversations we have.but i digress, this is how our conversation went.
stillAwitness

UNBELIEVABLE!
Does anyone have any WT info concerning this 1975 stuff? I keep hearing so much about it but I would like to read about what all the fuss has been about over it.