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  very very important read important!

  by iamtherealjesus in

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  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.

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  Some people don't care about spelling? What people? When you can spell, you don't have to spend 8 hours correcting your grammar, Jesus.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: All About Money

  by joelbear in

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  printing books and magazines over and over again that say basically the same thing.. my newest thought on this.. why not just put the watchtower in pdf format on their web site.

  publishers could download as many copies as they need for their family for the study.. you could hold studies online.. no need to print literature anymore..

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  I can hear it now:

  "PDF's of this kind are often sold for $40 or more. Let's keep that in mind when we are contributing to cover the cost of these PDF's."
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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.

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  Hey, it finally happened - I found Jesus!
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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.

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  I'm not worthy!!!! I'm not worthy!!!
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  SELF ESTEEM in the organization

  by justice for all in

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  did your self esteem increase or decrease after being in the organization for a while?

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  It steadily decreased as time went on. As a male in the org, I felt constantly not good enough. I do not like attention, I suffered from panic attacks and didn't give talks or read or say prayer. That in itself destroyed my self image, because I was constantly berated for the things I was not doing. Plus, I watched guys who I remembered as tiny kids progressing to the point of elder-hood, then looking down at me like I was some kind of loser or slacker.

  I recently told my dad that I feel I was never allowed to have a shred of dignity in the organization, and now that I am not attending meetings, the org seems determined that I can never have dignity even if I am gone.

  That to me seems like enough to prove that it is not the truth.
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  36 years ago today, I was born (PHOTOS)...

  by Funchback in

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  these are photos from my 36th birthday.

  i was born january 1, 1970.. but, we partied on december 30!.

  ps...i'm the man with the leather jacket.

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  Happy birthday, man! I read your old post and I applaud you for being able to hold your head up and not be ashamed of how you feel. I hope someday soon I will be at that point.
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  Do you feel 'Disconnected' since leaving the borg?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  i mean - many of us had a history that was exclusively in the 'truth'.

  nothing else.. now having left, do you long for a discussion with some who share your past culture, understandings, and lifestyle?.

  is that the 'appeal' of this board to many?

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  Very much so. It is getting very hard for me to stand lately. My wife is still active, so I have a constant reminder of all the people that don't hang out with me anymore. Also, I have some very, very close friends who are inactive or df'd, but amazingly they still think it is the truth, so I can't even be open and honest about how I feel with them. One of those friends even started going back to meetings last week after years of inactivity.

  It has been so bad lately that I have even considered going to meetings once in awhile just to ease that stinking line in the sand (I know, I know, it won't make things better, that's just how frustrated I am).
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  Beards are evil, but do you know why?

  by free2beme in

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  as a witness, i knew several men who attempted to grow beards.

  when they did, and attended meetings, it did not take long to be talked to by elders and told, "as spiritual men, they should not display an outward form of rebellion.

  " why was this a form of rebellion?

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  I am fascinated by this topic, as well. Interestingly, I have heard the hippie thing, and like you said, that is no longer valid. I see respected business men all the time with well trimmed beards and goatees. It makes it even more ridiculous to me that the witnesses go ahead and allow moustaches. What's the difference?

  The most maddening part to me is the answer you get from the brothers if you argue this subject.

  "What's more important to you; your personal rights, or how you might affect others? Wouldn't it be loving to consider the feelings of the rest of the congregation as more important than your personal rights?"

  Has anyone else heard this backwards reasoning?
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  Mother violates privacy and gets burned!

  by Darth Yhwh in

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  i started a word document in early october regarding the failed predictions of the wbts.

  i titled it as false prophets and my intent was to have a resource for information regarding wbts publications that verified that they claimed the end of the world was happening on such and such date and they knew about it because of their privileged status of having an open frequency with the almighty itself.

  the document was basically a cut and paste from the quotes website with a little commentary from myself in-between biblical and wbts quotes.

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  Sorry to hear about this, Darth. It is amazing to me that the same exact mindset towards any type of independent thinking exists worldwide among witnesses.

  I would print out what she typed and give it to her. I would politely point out a couple of things.

  If it’s so wrong, then why bother?
  
  
  Why not just let God take care of it?

  If you are so wrong, why does she bother?

  Why doesn't she let God take care of your "wrong" views?

  Don’t you think he can?
  
  
  Do you really think he needs you to help him?

  Ditto to her. Doesn't she think God knows what's on your computer? Does he need her to help him?

  I would then tell her that she is right about trying to see the good in each other, agree that everybody should work on that, and then ask politely that she not snoop around your private stuff any more. I wouldn't even touch any "witness" issues, the matter of her rudeness is the real issue, and it would probably help your side to show that she, the witness, is the one who is out of line.
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  2006 Male & Female Police Officers Calendar.........A MUST See!!!

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  yall've gotta see this one....they're all nude!!!.

  http://www.richstevens.com/naked.swf

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  So what is it? I didn't look. Just kidding; I about peed my pants when the siren went off. Thanks a lot.