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  Are you now ashamed of how gullible you were as a JW?

  by biometrics in

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  now that you realise how idiotic some of the jw beliefs are/were, do you feel ashamed of how gullible you were to believe them?.

  if anything my past as an adult jw makes me understand how easily manipulated people are by the people and environment around them.

  and that even intelligent people can be influenced beyond what is rational..

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  Very much ashamed and angry at myself. I was a born in but no one held a gun to my head and made me get baptized. That's all on me. No one forced me to be a MS, then an elder. I could have made different choices but I fully believed that even though there were things I saw that weren't right, that somehow it was God's organization and that He would straighten it out over time.

  However, I look at the experience as a valuable lesson that you should never believe anyone that says they speak for God, to beware of those who try to assert their authority over you and to always, always verify any claims. If you make outrageous claims (like you are the restoration of the "true faith") then extraordinary proof is required.
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  Commenting at the Meetings

  by nolongerconfused in

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  so i'm still going to the meetings...my spouse is still very much active...however, after i learned ttabtt...i feel like such a hypocrite in reciting (commenting) the wt writings and teachings at the meetings...in your own experience...how did you handle this situation?...and if you did comment, what did you say?...i still go out to service, however, i only use the bible and do not distribute wt literature...so far nobody has said anything lol.... .

  thanks!.

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  I pretty much quit commenting when still an elder. no one ever said anything. The last time I commented was maybe a year ago something about how to keep a marriage strong. Nothing to do with the bible or wt.

  Just stop. I doubt anyone will say anything. If they do, I'm planning on saying that when I have something to contribute, I will. But it's been almost 5 years and no one has said anything to me yet.
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  Yahweh was a Cannanite god Ashtoreth his wife...before the Jews!! Unreal!

  by Witness 007 in

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  this i did not know till recently.

  buts a whole new meaning to "let us make man in our image.." no wonder all the kings of israel turned to other gods..

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  Doubting Bro

  Mrs Jones, that's a very interesting link! Thanks for posting it.
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  How old are you?

  by sooner7nc in

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  post your age...only if you want to.

  do it anyway.. i'm 42..

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  43 time really flies
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  District Assembly Vehicle Parking Passes: $5.00

  by Calebs Airplane in

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  i've been out for a few years now, but when i was in, we frequently had to purchase "vehicle parking passes" several weeks before the start of our district assembly (depending on the coliseum or stadium being rented at the time).

  it was usually $5.00 and you were given a 10" x 4" (or so) card with the assembly title/theme printed on.

  according to the instructions from a branch letter that was read out loud (usually at the end of the service meeting), this card had to be placed on the right side of your dashboard such that the dub parking attendants can easily see it as you drive through the parking entrance.

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  Doubting Bro

  I remember doing that but I think they dropped it sometime in the early 90s. Can't recall the reasons why but I seem to remember in our area, they claimed parking wasn't part of the deal for the building but later that changed.
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  Blood transfusion: Letter of Understanding

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  blood transfusion: letter of understanding .

  today i added a new article to my blog that to the best of my knowledge is the first publication of a document put together for jehovahs witnesses by medical ethicists in cooperation with watchtower appointed hospital liaison committee members.

  this document is very helpful in medical terms yet very explosive in theological terms for jehovahs witnesses whove been taught to resist blood transfusion as rape.

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  Doubting Bro

  I had a conversation with someone I know on the local HLC a few years ago. His remarks go along the same line in terms of what to do with minors. He told me that there's basically no chance of winning when it comes to refusing blood for minors and the society is simply not interested in getting involved to the degree they once were (his words summarizing the stance). He told me that they will recommend to parents to tell the drs they don't consent to such treatment but won't contest.

  I've also see a consent form similar but along the lines of "we do not wish for our child to have a BT but recognize that the hospital/physician may do so if there is a medical emergency". I don't have a copy of what I saw but remember thinking it must have been drafted in conjunction with WT legal.
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  emailed PDF's count as placements!

  by wallsofjericho in

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  sorry if this has already been discussed.. but at the service meeting this week on jw.org it was clearly stated by our cobe that pdf's from jw.org that are emialed to interested persons count as placements!!!.

  okay folks, next time you get a circular spam email, copy all the recipients and there is your contact list.

  email thousands of people watchtower pdf's and watch the placements soar through the roof!!!.

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  Doubting Bro

  That was mentioned at our meeting as well.
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  Will the 'Make Good Use of Our Official Website' discussion backfire?

  by jw07 in

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  good day everyone,.

  i'm a born in jehovah's hostage, and am still a hostage until i can wake my family up (wishful thinking i know).

  i'll formally introduce myself later.. for now i have some burning concerns about the service meeting part for the week of december 24, 2012.

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  Doubting Bro

  Same amount of gushing over the website took place at my meeting as well. In one demo, the brother texted the URL that pointed to an article he was trying to share with the householder. The problem I see is that people will not just take the url but will goggle JWs and then run across a host of sites that contain TTATT.

  There is no way this is going to help them in their recruiting. I can see why the need to have a web presence and have had one for years. But, to encourage its use in preaching seems to be a bad idea for them.

  There is no doubt in my mind that they are going to discontinue the public WT & Awake in the not too distant future and move to a tract work similar to what the LDS does. At least the LDS has an interactive section on their website that missionaries will engage with people. There's no way the WTS will do that.

  Now, if they really want to make some cash, they need to establish Warwick as the JW version of BYU. Maybe Rutherford University?
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  JW.org reports on the Sandy Hook shooting...

  by cedars in

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  from the official jw website.... .

  school shooting in connecticutdecember 17, 2012 | united states.

  on friday, december 14, 2012, a shooting took place at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut.

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  Doubting Bro

  pathetic
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  The Early Morning Field Service Scam.

  by I quit! in

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  early yesterday morning i was driving through town on a street that rearly has any foot traffic and never at 7:30 am on a sunday morning and there they were.

  a group of jbubs milling about counting time.

  i drove a little further and there was a second group walking slowly down the street in the morning drizzle.

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  Doubting Bro

  I used to do that at least once a month. Start at 7am, ride around to landromats, convience stores, gas stations. Drop off mags. You'd end up getting around 10 placements (depending on how many dropoffs there were). Then count your time straight through the FS meeting at 9:30 and by noon, you'd be setting at a sweet 5 hrs.

  It especially helped when aux pioneering. You could get an 8 hr day in by 3pm.

  What a colossal waste of time!!!