Topics Started by jojochan

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Marriage - Why bother?
by Spectrum in
1. social
2. relationships
yet another friend's marriage has broken down(5th), this one i did not predict at all.

it came as a shock to me.

they got married after 10 years of living together so it's not like they didn't know each other.
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How Many Of You?
by justsomedude in
1. jw
2. friends
how many of you, when you were an active and zealous jw (assuming you were), were motivated by the paradise idea?

i was basically born in, so i wasn't drawn to the religion, it just was.. the whole idea of the paradise never really exicted me though.

i followed the religion and did what i did because i just believed it was the right thing to do and not so i could obtain the carrot on the end of the string.. how many of you felt the same way?
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Did you ever get any "Bad Advice" from Elders or Ministerial Servants?
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
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i remember once, an elder told me that i could become a full time pioneer.

i was working 40 hours a week, and had a seasonal job 7 months a year.. the way he figured it out, i could work 8 hours during my day, then go to my meetings, and still find 3 or 4 hours to preach that same day...... i told him to go climb a tree.
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A Protective Warning To All Witnesses
by ColdRedRain in
1. jw
2. friends
something i got off the myspace.com jw group.

if somebody can tell me the difference between the logic in this post and the logic in an orwellian book, pm me and i'll give you my credit card number.. .

i wanted to mention, to all active jehovah's witnesses, that a brother has called to my attention that he is being harassed by apostates.
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hi everyone :)
by jojochan in
1. jw
2. friends
just wanted to drop a line and say "hi".

i too am a long time lurker that "came out" sort of speaking.

(' bout 2 yrs!
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If you knew....
by BlackSwan of Memphis in
1. jw
2. friends
that your jw family were lurking here, either to specifically to pinpoint you or just to well, lurk.

would that change the way you post?.

what if you knew for a fact they knew who you were and they were tracking you, would it change the way you post now?.
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do you think that JW are brainwashed?
by notmyself in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm d/f for about 2 years and my dad ( an elder ) hasn't spoke with me since, my mom sometimes talk to me , but i always have to call her , just to see how's she's doing, and guess what, when she answer her phone is : oh, i was preeching!!!.

they're always preeching, but my brother contact me today telling me that we can speak again due to the fact that i'm d/f , what do you guys think?

?
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What's The Difference Between A "Worldy Person" & JW???
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
jws tell their flock that they are superior to "worldly ones".

that they're better.

how would you refute that??
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My question of the day...
by DavidChristopher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if jehovah brings a new plan to light, a new idea...does that make him a different god, or the same god with a new plan?

if i start doing things different, does that make me a different person, or the same person with different ways of doing things.. i still have all my past experiences in my memory don't i?

so what i am saying is does becoming "wiser", or growing up, make you someone different?
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When did it dawn that parents are fallible?
by Spectrum in
1. social
2. relationships
how old were you when you realized that your parents were fallible and, that lastest slap you got was unjust?

for me i realised at about 9 years old, neither of my parents understood fairness.

in my family there were the haves and the have nots.