Topics Started by grey matters

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What big changes made by the Borg bothered you when you were in?
by LovesDubs in
1. jw
2. friends
i came in in 1984. at that time they were beating it into us not to have kids or go to college because the end was soooo near and the generation that saw 1918 was about all dead and we couldnt go much further.

they were touting the whole peace and security cry and then there was the peace and security convention in like 1985 that had us all abuzz after which of course nothing happened.

then they went and changed the definition of the generation in 1994 saying of course since armageddon didnt come after the 80 years had gone by that defined the old one that they basically had to go to plan b...or plan m by now, and that the generation was now everybody since 1918 who has or will live during the time of the end ad infinitum!!!
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JWs: Biggest Turnover Rate of Members! "Masked churn" rate of 2/3rds!!
by Seeker4 in
1. jw
2. friends
an article just out this afternoon said the following.

note especially the second paragraph about jws: .

for some groups, their relatively steady number of adherents over the years hides a remarkable amount of coming and going.
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Are brothers discouraged from using props in talks?
by truthseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
a few years ago in my old hall, it was common to see brothers use props in their talks, whether it was a public talk or during one of the theo.

school talks.. now, noone uses props.. just one of the many things gone by the wayside that used to make talks more interesting..
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Are You Under the Influence of a Destructive Group? Quiz
by grey matters in
1. jw
2. friends
i came accross this while looking for something completely different.

it really jumped off the page at me.

i can't say that i would reply yes to every question.
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As a JW, did you ever stand for the national anthem ...
by Frequent_Fader_Miles in
1. jw
2. experiences
my conscience wouldn't allow me to do otherwise.

after all, this is the country that schooled me and fed me.

i use all the infrastructure here, and am entitled to all rights and benefits that any other citizen was entitled to.
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Download link for the WT 2006 CD ROM anyone?
by nicolaou in
1. jw
2. friends
a direct link is much preferred to a bit torrent if possible.. thanks.
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Not been here for a while
by fullofdoubtnow in
1. jw
2. friends
this is the first time i've been on here in about a month, though trev has been posting some days, so i've been able to keep up with everyone's news.

thankyou all so much for the well wishes you keep sending me, they all mean so much.

apart from my other problems, i've had a really painful back injury for the last few weeks, which has made it impossible for me to sit comfortably at the pc.
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How many people leave the organization?
by indahsempurna in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
does anyone know the stats on how many leave?

my mother told me that only 87,000 got baptized last year.

it seems to me that more would have left then that.
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JW's and the internet
by *jeremiah* in
1. jw
2. experiences
growing up as a jw in the 70's and 80's we didn't have the influence of the internet.

i, of course, believed i was in "the truth" and never heard anything (from the outside) that negative about our jw religion.

of course, now and again, we had some angry people at the door, but other than that i can't recall very many outside negative criticisms.
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Sumatra Earthquake.........Armageddon near??
by KAYTEE in
1. watchtower
2. bible
when we were in the wts, they used to fire up our expectations over the slightest things, earthquakes being one of them.

how we used to latch on to these things very quickly, but if we read the scriptures it doesnt say .

in fact it says the opposite,.math 24 v 4..jesus said "look out that nobody misleads you".