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Did you ever hear any active witness complain or criticize the Org?
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
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it seems to me that all the jw's i knew while going to the meetings, weather they were spiritually strong or weak, never criticized.

they were like real sheep.. i used to always bitch about the length of the meetings and the time of the meetings and so on.....when i drove the brothers back home in my car or talked to them in private.. naturally i would only say this to my closer jw friends or those i knew wouldn't squeal on me.. .
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Does anyone really have a chaperone when out with the opposite sex?
by WingCommander in
1. jw
2. friends
somehow, i seriously doubt it.

it was spoken about when i was growing up that that was supposed to be the "loving arrangement", but i never heard, saw, or did it myself, nor did anyone else.

since i wasn't allowed out of the house, much less date until i was 16, it wasn't really an issue for me anyway.
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How many 'real" friends did you ever really have in ther "truth'
by The Lone Ranger in
1. jw
2. friends
sure we got to know a lot of people, we knew a lot more people then the average person, but how many real friends did we ever have?

a friend that we could trust, that we could confine in.

i can say i had just one, bro x and even then i still had to be careful, bro x is an elder now and he tells me that im the only real friend hes ever had, he cant freely talk to anyone.
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September KM - 70 alterations in Revelation Climax Book
by dozy in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i can't find a thread on this subject yet - if there is one , please delete this one.. the september kingdom ministry has a 4 page insert detailing the 70 alterations in the revelation climax book which is due to be studied at the book study shortly.

i'll provide scans if anyone is interested.. i will leave it up to more experienced analysts to examine the reasons for specific changes , but just a few brief observations for now:.

p32 box - "they were completely exonerated" changed to "charges against them were dropped" - interesting change of terminology for the 1918 watchtower eight.
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Would you go back if...
by 24k in
1. jw
2. friends
what if the watchtower announced that they are not god's sole channel of spiritual truth?

along with this admission, would come an apology for all of the misleading and damaging predictions and past teachings.

what if they also dumped the disfellowshipping arrangement, as currently practiced, and allowed for respectful disagreement and disent, on issues such as blood transfusions and military service?
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My first blood donation
by sass_my_frass in
1. watchtower
2. medical
... has been scheduled.

i've been to the clinic to watch mr frass donate, and it was pretty confronting.

still i've realised that if i'm happy with taking blood, i should be happy to give it too, so i'm going to become a donor.
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Any more news on the Bethel Elder Ped?
by buffalosrfree in
1. jw
2. friends
has there been any more news out about the rectum circle the caught on 26june06 caneo, manuel something or other?

when this has been mentioned to some it seems that their ears just close off and they can't hear you or doubt your veracity.

it would help if we could get some on line news paper reports of it and copy/download them and show them to them.
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Called JR Brown regarding Cano Pedophile situation
by LDH in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
just called their media line:.

http://www.jw-media.org/contact.htm.

asked a young man named bryce where is the official press release on the cano pedophile situation.
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for the DF'd: did you confess or were you ratted out?
by kid-A in
1. jw
2. friends
looking back at the 10 or so cases of disfellowshipping i recall, i think only 1 was due to the orwellian borg spy system.

he was ratted out.. all the other cases were actually "confessions" by people that otherwise would have gotten away with it.

i am wondering is these percentages.