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  Great Educational Tool for those studying or thinking of studying with JWS

  by sf in

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  i was doing some web surfing and catching up on my reading and came upon a post i hope may help some lurkers and seekers understand better what they are getting themselves into or may have already gotten into, by studying the bible with jws.. i surely hope it is not going against any rule to copy/paste this.

  i will not include anything but the text.

  i will say though that it is from a longstanding exjw support board that can be found here:.

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  What are the new release's for the 2006 conventions?

  by The Lone Ranger in

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  2. friends

  i beleive the conventions have started in the usa, in australia they won't start for a few months yet, and i want to show-off to others and show them how spiritual i am hehe.

  isn't it stupid how some of them actually think they're more spiritual just because they know the new relelases before others, what a joke!.

  thanks in advance people!

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  Took my mom to lunch the other day...

  by tall penguin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you've read my previous posts you'll know that my relationship with my mom has had its ups and downs since i left the org.

  while my parents (both jw) still speak to me, the relationship has been strained.

  well, this past week i got up the courage to call her and invite her to lunch, something we haven't done since i da'd last august.

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  as a jw..did you ever have a REAL theological discussion with anyone?

  by candidlynuts in

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  2. friends

  this came up in a conversation with a non witness friend lately.

  he said its like i thought i was having theological discussions all the time but from what he could tell...i would go to the door with prearranged comments, which would illicit one of a few comments and my response would be as programmed as the initial comments.

  i'm no brainy person.. and freely admit i'm not the sharpest tool in the shed.

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  The great pyramid

  by OneLord in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  most people would consider it very wacky to connect the pyramid of gizah with the bible.

  russell's claim was that the pyramid, the 1.st wonder of the world, was a witness down the ages containing god's plan.

  the teachings and ideas on this seem to be so complex, that few people would spend / waste the time required to study these things.

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  any of you been treated like this?

  by bluebeads in

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  i'd have to say at least 80% of jw's in my area are related in some way or another...kinda makes me feel sick thinking about it.

  talk about reproductive anomalies with the gene pool getting so concentrated.... anyways i've noticed that families such as immigrant families or "new" ones who are not related at all to anyone are pretty much left out.

  i know family is family... but in the truth isn't every one a "brother" or a "sister".

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  Jehovahs Witnesses - The Peter Pan religion

  by truthseeker in

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  first rutherford said that "millions now living will never die".

  then he tells parents they should not have children as the end is so close.. the awake!

  1969 says that "young people will never grow old in this system of things.".

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  How do you break them from the mind F**king

  by oldflame in

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  2. friends

  i have a tenant, who is a single mother of two in her mid 20's.

  i found out the other day that she and her children are studying with the witnesses.

  i felt compelled to tell her that i too was an unbaptised publisher but had researched the religion just weeks before baptism.

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  Post your JW demon stories

  by M.J. in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it seems that for jws, the demon thing is one of the few "eyewitness" confirmations of what the wts says.

  there seems to be such an atmosphere of confirming testimonials that the jws relate back and forth to each other...but are they factual accounts or simply recycled "urban legends"?.

  interestingly, the most dramatic demon stories are nearly always something that happened to someone else.. why is it that jws have seen more "demons" than anyone i've ever known in my life?

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  I disassociated myself today....June 8, 2006

  by arwen in

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  2. friends

  i wrote a letter to some personal friends in the congregation and enclosed the letter from the un.

  i also wrote a short disassociation letter to four elders and enclosed the un letter as well.

  i delivered them to the mailboxes and also mailed a couple.

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