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  why do so many "non witness " jws not bother to find out the "truth"

  by sosad in

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  2. friends

  my siblings who have left (3/7 last count) have no desire to talk about or hear about much less read about what the deal is witht the org our parents decided would bring them everlasting life.

  it is head shaking to me - and i try not to bring it up at all- but when they ask, or it comes up and they are all freaked out about me being interested in it all i just shake my head.

  even friends i grew up with in the org have no desire to know - they are just not interested.

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  Canadian Pedophile Headline - Ex - Elder from local ChurchPleads Guilty

  by sosad in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  it was front page of the saskatoon star phoenix - yes he is an ex-elder and now ex jw but as an elder he admits to "sexual exploitation of a teenage girl who was a member of the same congregation".

  she is now 25 and was 14 - 17 (yup - four years) years of age.

  no mention if she is a jw still.. the reporter had no infomation related to other cases, the two witness rule etc etc - i emailed her some bare bones info related to these background facts as well as the silentlambs name and this web site.

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  My youngest Brother (dfed) is a poster child for my jw family

  by sosad in

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  i have eight siblings - three hang on to being jw but live their life, one is in the circuit work, one is unbaptised, and mentally challenged, two of us are faded for at at least 18 years and one - the youngest has been dfed twice.. he is 25 now, was dfed as a young teenager originally and went back only to get the boot again.

  there was a very definite km a couple of years ago - he had been dfed for a couple of years by that point - and he was kicked out after my parents came home from that meeting.

  the funny this is, they had been separated for a few years and had recently reconciled.

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  would Jesus have celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on his 13th birthday?

  by sosad in

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  i hope this is not stupid question but it struck me talking to a jw friend who was agast that i love celebrating birthdays that as a faithful jew he would have.

  or is this a more modern part of jewish tradition?.

  from a recent thread i had some good points - notably pauls comment to not judge those that keep "special days" and she was a little taken aback by that although she said that applied to anniversaries and not birthdays.

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  is being in love with your spouse a decision or an emotion? when to divorc

  by sosad in

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  2. friends

  i would like some advice from any of you that have been there - a good friend of mine had an affair years ago, ended up working with the same guy and is now in love with her boyfriend instead of her husband ( several kids involved) the affair is now not a physical one but there is no doubt they are dating.

  i wish i was unaware but i am - she says she has picked her family over the boyfriend but he is like a bumble bee around her- walking her dog past her house etc the boyfriend is older, married and has always been a tomcat - now he is truly in love and will wait.

  i have told her it is going to blow up - and i know it is her deal to figure out - but i am from the happily married class and am at a loss.

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  bible students - why does the NWT use imbedded quotation marks in Jeremiah?

  by sosad in

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  2. current

  my dad asked me and i have been trying to research it- my other bibles don't show multiple marks at all....also - when a verse has a hyphen (or dash) and nothing else, why was it translated this way.

  he told me the jw explanation but it didn't make sense to me

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  What do you do when the jw's call?

  by sosad in

  1. social
  2. family

  they left me alone for a long time but the "territory" i live in seems to be more active.

  i am unable to just be the "nice lady" anymore and feel like i have to give them a 'thought for the day".

  i have always been a bit cautious as i am a 'final fade" for the past 17+ years and still have familiy in but the more i know, the less i can just wish them a nice day and respect what they are doing....

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  Need word to a JW Song

  by sosad in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi - i'm not sure which song book this one was from- either the very old pink on or the mustard coloured one.

  it was, i think called "make the truth your own" and the verse i remember goes - make the truth your own- from something something you'll be shown(???

  ) by the way you do conduct yourself you make known that the truth is your own" a scan of the page would be great but any help would be appreciated.

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  Any ex- witness catholics out there?

  by sosad in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm just curious - it seems to me that there was no religion so vilified by by jws as the catholics - most esp pre vatican ii (ie - 50's early to mid '60's).

  are there any tht either returned to their catholic roots, or were raised jw and converted?

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  Elders and MS Meeting that includes Wives

  by sosad in

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  2. friends

  i found this interesting.

  my mom was over today - she tried to steer the conversation a bit but i didn't take the bait (thanks to this board i knew she was gunning for the new tract "bad religion is bad" discussion.

  she had to go home because they were going "out" tonight - of course, i asked where.

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