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  Do you think that the Watchtower and Awake Mags are Idols?

  by MsMcDucket in

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  i remember thinking that the magazines were "holy".

  i was afraid to throw them away.

  isn't this like idol worship?

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  You mean...we're not?

  ::looks all dissappointed:: man...you mean all this time it was me and not the little demon inside of me? rats...there goes my defense.
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  Encounters with Jehova's Witnesses

  by religion_other in

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  2. experiences

  hi, i'm not a jw but i wanted to write about the few encounters i've had with people handing out the watchtower.

  over here in the uk, it's something of a joke, the dreaded knock on the door and aargh!

  it's the jehova's witnesses.

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  forsharry

  We have exorcised the demons! This house....has been cleansed.

  Mmmmm....beeer.

  Handing out those magazines is a real passion-killer. I've read a few of them, and I know, there's not much in there.

  I had to laugh at that...and then something strange popped into my head...I wonder how much of a passion killer it would be to sex on top of a bunch of watchtowers and awakes...and then I thought...nah...think of the papercuts. (I can't tell you how many papercuts I got from those durned pesky thin and sharp pages!)
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  AMAZING Christmas Lights!

  by Billygoat in

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  you guys have to take a look at this.

  make sure to have your speakers on.

  (i hope the link works.

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  forsharry

  This is most excellent! ::headbanging::

  is that the trans-siberian orchestra or something? :)
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  Emotional Baggage.............

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  wifey and i left the dubland fantasy two years back, after a lifetime of that religion.

  we know we have made the right choice.. i thought i was over all the 'stages' of this exit.

  this past week i have been feeling great anger over the loss of my 'friends', and the great injustice of the 'shunning' policies.

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  I'm gonna have to go with Gary on this. Maybe prick is a harsh word...but how can you turn off love, caring, friendship? My father was disfellowshipped...and I still gave him a squeeze or touched his arm in care and affection while in the den of vipers! I'm not gonna get all biblical...just because I remember scripture doesn't mean that I make it up to be a hill of beans. I just think if someone can throw away 35 years of friendship, love, whatever you want to call it, then what kind of person are they intrensically? I think that the JW religion causes psychosis...How else can you explain what is medically considered humanly aberrant behavior?
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  Do you think that the Watchtower and Awake Mags are Idols?

  by MsMcDucket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember thinking that the magazines were "holy".

  i was afraid to throw them away.

  isn't this like idol worship?

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  forsharry

  
  Wow. Most excellent question!

  And absolutely! After all, did we not put the watchtower above even the bible to explain all things "holy" to us? For to read the bible without the accompanyment of the watchtower magazine would cast you back into the ways of christendom. How interesting!
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  Quiz..Which World Leader Are You Like?

  by Legolas in

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  http://similarminds.com/leader.html

  you have to pick how many questions you want to answer, i picked the 45 questions!

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  What Famous Leader Are You? personality tests by similarminds.com

  Should I be concerned?
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  What is on your keychain?

  by lonelysheep in

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  2. friends

  i haven't changed or added anything on mine for about a year.

  so it's the car dealership tag, mario from super mario bros., 7 savings cards for grocery stores and the gym id tag.

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  3 keys for the office I work in, my car keys, house key, mystery key (I have NO IDEA what this key goes to), and a couple of house keys. I also have the snap end part of one of those necklace keychains where you could hang it round your neck, pull the snap off and use the keys and put it back on said necklace...yeah, well I have the small part of it. The necklace is long lost.

  Forsharry "Of the Jingling Metal Class"
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  Do you know of any "baptized" JW's single sisters that got "pregnant"?

  by booker-t in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was just curious about this question.

  when i was a jw i remember a young baptized sister that got pregnant and she was unmarried.

  i was waiting for the elders to either disfellowship her or reprove her but nothing happened to her.

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  I remember a young woman (she was a lot older than me at the time it happened, but probably my age today) got raped and ended up pregnant. I remember my mom speaking about how unfair/unchristianlike it was for some of the elders and Holier-than-thous shunning her and giving her a hard time in the KH. Again with the whole if you don't scream, did you want it kind of mentality I'm guessing. Well I remember she was very sad looking all the time but I would always greet her...I guess a kindred spirit thing? My mom finally got some of the other women together and threw a shower for her. Circumstances or not, she needed baby things to help take care of her newborn.

  It took a long time for the KH to reaccept her back into the flock. Here was a girl who literally did nothing wrong but walked down a street and was attacked. How's that for love and compassion?
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  Starting to write my Witness Story... anyone want to read Chapter one?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  2. friends

  my storychapter one - first contact

  the day was a hot one, july or august of 1959 i think.

  the three of us were out popping tar-bubbles on the street next to our home.

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  It's very good! I enjoyed the read, and you wrote it in such away that brought back memories for me...I remember seeing the nice lady and her husband coming to visit my mom when I was little...I remember the no valentines or holidays and feeling sorry for the kids I was around...everything was so black and white then...it was so easy...reality of the world hadn't set in yet...we were still innocent in those days to what everything was truly like...

  Jeff, again, great read! I'm looking forward to more!

  Forsharry "Of the Gimmie-Gimmie Written Words Class"
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  The Shining Redux

  by Simon in

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  2. humour

  this is very clever ... based on the principle that they can make any film look good in a trailer, someone has remixed a trailer of the shining to show that you can make a film look like anything ... a nice family comedy for instance !.

  quicktime movie: http://www.ps260.com/molly/shining%20final.mov.

  http://www.tatteredcoat.com/archives/2005/09/28/the-shining-redux

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  forsharry

  I've got everyone in my office laughing now. This was really ingenious! I want to see the rest of them!

  Forsharry (Of the Give Me More Class)