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  new member

  by cyberdyne systems 101 in

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  hi everyone, i'm a newly registered member here.

  left the witnesses coming up to two years ago, got df about 8 months after that, still struggle with life after the 'truth', feel resentful of it all, but know i'd never return to that brain washing.

  anyway hello to everyone one, enjoyed reading posts i've seen so far.. arnie

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  serendipity

  Hi Arnie,

  Welcome to the board!
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  What books are JW's studying in Book-Study and what will they next use?

  by booker-t in

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  2. bible

  a j'w friend of mine told me that jw's are studying the "pay attention to daniel's prophecies" book again.

  isn't this the 4th time they have studied this book since it first came out in 1999?

  why all of the fuss over this daniel book?

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  I think I read on here that the GB are reconsidering Daniel for some 'new light'. If that's the case, they want to clear out the inventory in preparation of publishing a new book. Now we know the REAL reason for studying this.
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  Help! How to find FRIENDS?

  by jgnat in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  this is the start of an article i am writing about the challenges of jw/ex-jw couples face when trying to find friends.

  i need your help, finging me ideas on where to find friends, how to make friendships, and how to keep them.. tetrapod.sapien asked for this topic.

  but i decided to tackle it a little differently than my polls.

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  Yes, I will say that my JW upbringing caused me to be socially-challenged. Oh, and the constant moving around as a kid didn't help. My probem is that I don't have interests that are conducive to groups. I like to cook, read and piddle in my yard. That's really all I have time for. Though I'm still in the congregation, I don't go out in field service and I work, so I don't have that much in common with JW sisters either. I haven't really resolved how to get out more, but I really need to because a solitary life isn't healthy.
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  WAS YOUR JW HOME DYSFUNCTIONAL?

  by stillAwitness in

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  2. friends

  some days are just worse than others: my mother screamed at me for like 10 minutes because i was running late for the bookstudy!

  i don't even wanna go to these things!

  and ever since that damn km that came out a couple months ago telling family heads the importance of having a regular family bible study my father won't even let a week pass by without us all gathered around the living room doing a question and ansewr out of the secret to family happiness book.

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  I guess I was weird. I enjoyed our family studies. We didn't do them regularly for a long period of time, but on and off for 6 years or so.

  My parents became JWs in 1973, and were in fear of Armageddon in 1975. They decided to beat goodness into us so we'd make it through. My dad have up a good-paying job to take a job that would allow him time for spiritual activities. It paid much less and he had less autonomy in the job. I became the scapegoat for his frustrations in life. He always had an abusive streak, but since he was home more, we encountered it frequently. He'd beat me with a rope or anything else for the slightest infraction. He seemed to have a goal to give me a beating after every Sunday meeting. He'd ask me questions to see if I was paying attention. If he couldn't trip me up on that, he'd ask me questions about WT theology in general. Fortunately, my mother saw what was going on and put a stop to it after I said "why bother listening. I'll get beat anyway." My mother was unhappy with my dad being around so much, and took her frustrations out on me. Plus she's just a mean person anyway, a perfectionist, and the standards were higher as a JW.

  I actually loved "The Truth" as a kid, and didn't mind being different. I just didn't like what it did to my parents.
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  What VOICE do Avatars have??

  by hamsterbait in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  looking at the many and varied avatars, what voice would you imagine for the poster?

  some have rumbly "exorcist voices" some squeaky.

  mouthy had a lovely modulated alto - it turned out she did!!!

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  For mine, imagine Nora Jones singing a siren song....
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  4 into 3

  by PoppyR in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so in a town close to where i live there was once 1 congregation and over time this enlarged to 4 large congs.

  i remember about 23 years ago when the one i was attending split.

  over the last 10 years there has been a steady decline, i for one do not believe there is any increase going on in the uk!

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  Our congregation is actually growing slowly. I don't think it's because of new ones coming in - we have at 0-2 baptized at an assembly/DC. I think it's growth from JW families moving into the area.
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  4 into 3

  by PoppyR in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so in a town close to where i live there was once 1 congregation and over time this enlarged to 4 large congs.

  i remember about 23 years ago when the one i was attending split.

  over the last 10 years there has been a steady decline, i for one do not believe there is any increase going on in the uk!

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  I was inactive for 4 years before I got an unannounced, unscheduled call from an elder and his wife. They were in the neighborhood calling on a family and just stopped by. That's the only visit I've received in over 10 years. The same held true in my previous congregation. I thought it was just because I was a sister....
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  Gilead School Speakers 2005

  by Blueblades in

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  2. friends

  david walker, ralph walls, samuel herd, mark noumair, lawrence bowman, wallace liverance, anthony morris, leonard pearson, gerrit losch and fred rusk all had a part on the 119th graduating class of the watchtower bible school of gilead.. who is anthony morris?

  he is on the governing body.

  when did this happen?.

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  Hi Blueblades,

  I'd be interested in seeing your notes on the talks. Thanks for offering.
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  Greetings

  by Justino00 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello, it is a pleasure to be here and read such interesting posts.

  i have had experience with jehovah's witnesses and their current and future events interest me.

  so far i like what i see here, very informative.

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  Hi Justino00! Welcome to the forum.
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  Name products the JW's will regret not having anymore in their new system..

  by JH in

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  i'll start.

  coke a cola

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  serendipity

  I do think it's funny that most JWs think they'll have all the modern conveniences, or even more advanced gadgets than now. Since I still believe in a Paradise, I think that life will be simpler and slower paced, and we'll have an agrarian life style. I don't rule out some modern things, but I'd be surprised if we have all the gadgets we have today. After all, if you live forever, do you need time-saving devices?