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  Saturday District Convention notes: Don't research JW's online!!!!

  by truthseeker in

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  with two thirds of my sentence complete, i am almost ready for parole.. there was some unbelievable stuff said today - i think there must be some sort of hallucinogenic gas coming through the ac, because no one batted an eyelid over what was said from the platform.. as usual, i will highlight the main talks.. .

  saturday.

  "deliver us from the wicked one and from every sort of lawlessness" - matt 6:13, titus 2:14. .

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  atypical

  Thank you for your heroic effort TruthSeeker!

  And thank you, Watchtower for the great idea!
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  HELP PLEASE

  by unique1 in

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  coldredrain a long time member of this board and my myspace friend is having a really difficult time and is considering suicide.

  please read his blog below.

  the last hurrah!

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  CRR, I caught this thread late - and I am so glad that you are hanging in there. Don't give up and don't forget how many others need you - there are so many struggling with their exit from the jws, me included. I have been helped so much by the experiences and kindness on this board, reading the words of people like you who can identify with how I am feeling. Please always reach out when you feel low. Take care of yourself and keep letting everyone know how you are doing.
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  Your personality is IN your Blood!

  by gumby in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did you guys know that?

  yes-sir -e folks....says right here in jehovahs word...the watchtower.. "using life in harmony with the will of god" .

  (watchtower 9/15/1961, pages 564) .

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  I heard this many times. A friend of our family when I was a child was hurt terribly in a car accident and and was forced by the court to receive a blood transfusion (thank goodness). It was a fairly famous case in Phoenix and he was featured in Phoenix magazine because it was a drunk driver's fault, plus he was not supposed to live, then he was not supposed to be able to move, then talk, etc. Today he is a functioning adult which is awesome. But I remember my dad saying that he would have a different personality because he was forced to have a blood transfusion. Of course, he did develop a different personality, but that was because he had so much brain damage that he never recovered any memory from before his accident and had to start over.
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  When you receive an ...shepherding visit, why not express appreciation ..?

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "when you receive an encouraging shepherding visit, why not express appreciation for it?

  " wt may 1, 2006, p. 21 pp.

  sorry for stealing your thunder blondie, but this suggestion really struck home.

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  It was total BS. My wife and I felt embarrassed the entire time. We finally admitted our terrible sins - not having family study regularly and not praying enough. We both looked at the floor and felt bad about ourselves while the two "brothers" read us scriptures about how we could do so much better.
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  Dubs and witchcraft

  by kittyeatzjdubs in

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  does anyone remember the awake (or was it watchtower?

  ) article that the borg put out about witchcraft?

  i remember the picture of the women dancing on the front cover in front of the alter w/ the pentagram and everything on it.

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  Wicca is a great encyclopedia which is free on the net. J/K - I laugh because when I told my parents the other day to look something up on Wikipedia they looked at me with horror and I realized what they were thinking.
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  Do you group think or think for yourself?

  by free2beme in

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  as a witness, i was very prone to follow the group of thinking that was in the kingdom hall and not speak out for myself.

  i am sure a lot of us would agree, this is the general pattern of most good little witnesses.

  yet, in my post-witness life experience, i have learned this is about as common a thing in life, as there could be.

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  atypical

  I hate it when I spell wrong. "the knowledge that is available" - there we go.
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  Do you group think or think for yourself?

  by free2beme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a witness, i was very prone to follow the group of thinking that was in the kingdom hall and not speak out for myself.

  i am sure a lot of us would agree, this is the general pattern of most good little witnesses.

  yet, in my post-witness life experience, i have learned this is about as common a thing in life, as there could be.

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  I think about groups by myself. I wonder if I have traded one group mentality for another. My biggest wish is to live based on the knowledge the is available, not the influence of peers or pop.
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  Dubs and witchcraft

  by kittyeatzjdubs in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anyone remember the awake (or was it watchtower?

  ) article that the borg put out about witchcraft?

  i remember the picture of the women dancing on the front cover in front of the alter w/ the pentagram and everything on it.

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  I remember that mag. I remember kind of laughing at the time, even though I was totally entrenched in j-dub land. It was a little over the top - did anyone really think the world was plagued with happy dancing ladies who wore flowers on their heads? I'm sure I put it behind the other magazine I was trying to place at the door.
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  Supernatural experiences

  by catbert in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many ex-jw's experience a new found freedom to investigate and question all the things they once felt were true, and may ultimately come to the conclusion that the bible is just a book of stories and take science as their new "religion".

  it happened to me...) but a question i have is this: are all supernatural experiences hallucinations?

  science would say probably yes.

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  One time, at band camp, the demons hid my keys when it was time for me to drive to meeting. Then, I decided I didn't want to go to meeting, so the demons' work had been done, and they left. Aside from that, the only supernatural experiences in my life have been ones that other people told me about and could not substantiate.
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  Luke 21:8, my discussion with an elder.

  by drew sagan in

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  2. friends

  well everybody, it has been accomplished.

  i have revealed my feelings to the elder i talked about in some of my last posts.

  things didn't go so well, but i dosn't really matter now.

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  atypical

  Good job, Drew! You picked a great point because it is simple and impossible to reconcile with jw doctrine. It's an amazing thing that happens in your mind - the second you realize that the teachings you have always believed were just hand picked and adapted according to the selfish desires of a few men. It hurts, but it's also very liberating.

  Good luck to you!!