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  WAS THERE ANY MENTAL INSTABILITY IN YOUR CONGREGATION?

  by badboy in

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  any takers?

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  HELP!!! I am new to this and not quite sure how to get started

  by hambeak in

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  i have 2 jw's coming every freaking saturday to my auto repair shop (going on for about 9 weeks now) trying to get me to come back into the organization.

  any suggestions on how to let them down easily?

  a lot of them are my customers.

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  Who Pioneered?

  by sass_my_frass in

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  my two sisters did the right thing, pioneering straight out of school, janitoring to pay for the petrol (one didn't even bother with her final year of school).

  it was this kind of fine example that got me guilt-tripped into auxiliary pioneering just after getting baptised at age 20. i only lasted six months; i took a holiday in queensland and returned not knowing much more about life but at least that it's bigger than my little congregation.

  i despised the field service, i dreaded the daily schedule and every morning i was on my way out there was this awful countdown from the alarm going off to the first door opening, knowing that it's just a big setup to another depressing humiliation.

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  Jesus said his load would be light, the Witnesses made that load very heavy

  by free2beme in

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  i always remember being told that the load jesus expected of his people was not something that should be a burden and basically if you think about the core to christianity, it is not.

  basically, jesus said to love one another and to treat others how you would want to be treated and to respect the life you have.

  i don't ever remember jesus saying, "have 5 meetings a week, two assemblies a year and one convention.

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  What is all the buzz about some talk at the DC about the xjw?

  by hambeak in

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  Anxiety symptoms

  by Silvia Plath in

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  ever since i stopped my study i have gotten completely depressed, unable to sleep, i really depended on my study group to keep me sane and give me purpose but now my bi-polar symptoms have come back with a vengeance.

  i thought about going to another church because ruminuating on a creator did help me sleep at night and now i have not slept for four days.

  i never realized how much i was becoming dependent on the religious structure.

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  The fallacy of 'spirituality'.

  by nicolaou in

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  leaving the watchtower does not mean leaving god.

  many here have been able to maintain a relationship with god without the need for a set of beliefs or a creed or any organised system of worship at all.

  no churches, meeting halls or study groups are necessary just a deeply held conviction in the goodness of god and the value of a personal relationship with him.. such believers often stress 'spirituality' over religion.. now i don't mean to denigrate anyone's beliefs and no offence is intended but really, is a 'spiritual' approach to life any better for our mental and emotional well-being than being part of an organised religion?

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  Which avatars are your favorites?

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  some people's avatars make me smile, others make me think.

  there are some that i just love to look at.

  here are some of my favorites off the top of my head.

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  You Will Know By The Love They Have Among Themselves

  by Corvin in

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  the organization of jehovah's witnesses boasts of having true brotherly love for one another.

  i always believed they did, although i never felt it growing up in it.

  i reckoned that there was something wrong with me since i never felt that "joy" and "spirit of love" that supposedly permeated the congregations.

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  RAY FRANZ--You Are Appreciated Very Much!!!

  by minimus in

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  after coming home to read what has happened today on this board, i would just like to say that no matter what differences anyone has ever had with ray franz, i, for one appreciate what he has done for me.

  ray has helped more people to look at their spirituality over the last 2 decades.

  he is not perfect, but he has been a voice of reason and a man of integrity.

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