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  advice please

  by susank in

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  hello.

  i am not and never have been a jw, but have recently become involved with a man who is, and i hope some of the people here can help me because i'm confused.

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  Erratic jw dogma virtue or vice?

  by greendawn in

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  the jw dogma makers have tacitly admitted that numerous of their interpretations of the bible are erroneous, by bringing in new ones to replace the previous.

  in fact they keep shifting their positions on most issues over the 130 years of their existence.

  they try to present this as a kind of virtue: they admit their errors and humbly change them.

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  Feeling sooo isolated.....

  by Michelle5480 in

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  hello to all, i was raised pretty much as a jw and became one of the super goodie two shoes type, you know......didnt even swear when i was alone.. im now disfellowshipped and since i followed the guideline of not having friends outside the organization i now find myself completely alone, my friends are all jw's and none of them can talk to me.

  so now i feel lost....on another planet almost .

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  Can JW beliefs contribute to suicide?

  by TD in

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  it may sound like a strange question, but aspects of jw behavior that are incomprehensible to outsiders actually make a morbid kind of sense when viewed through the lens of jw doctrine.

  for example, about 10-12 years ago there was a single mother in my wifes congregation.

  during the course of conversation, she learned that my wifes grandmother had recently passed away.

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  Ever feel like the Odd one out?

  by Jordan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, there's major drama going on in my family at the moment.

  personally i've been trying to keep well clear of it, but there's all hell breaking loose with members of the extended family, and my mum's been called in as peace keeper.

  anyway, several members of the family were discussing something, (i won't go in to details, it's not my place, and i just didn't pay that much attention) anyway, i'm going about my business in the kitchen, then i wander through to the living room, where someone mentions the possibility of a family member getting dfed, anyway, i make my first comment in a long time and say "so what?

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  S. Assembly Day St. Louis 10-16-05

  by jeeprube in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my wife attended the special assembly day this last sunday.

  here are some interesting points.. 1. attendance was 700.

  (typically, attendance tops 1000).

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  Were you ever "caught", then lied to the would-be tattle tale?

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can just imagine the scenario.

  you're a jw, but you're waking up to it all.

  you know your eternal salvation doesn't depend on obeying every 'particle of a letter' in the law of the watchtower.

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  ~*~*~*~Horrible Life! Its your Birthday~*~*~*~

  by misspeaches in

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  2. friends

  to dear horrible life.

  jwd's ever reliable birthday greeter!.

  here is wishing you a splendid birthday.

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  Chaperones

  by Gretchen956 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  richie's thread got me wondering what ever happened to the practice of chaperoning???

  i mean really, was this just a regional thing where i grew up?

  we had to have a chaperone always with the opposite gender even if we were old!

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  Life Sucks!!!!

  by Tez in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  aaaaaagggghhhhh!!!

  thats how i feel at the mo!!!

  why is it that no matter how hard you try life still sh**s on you!!!!!

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