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Needed.
by dfrizzy in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i was raised a witness, and was one for 18 years of my life.

now at 21 i'm very much out of it (the organization that is).

i still have a few friends that are in the organization.
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JEHOVAHS HOLY SPIRIT!
by daydream1900 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
hello darlings.

well one thing that i don't feel stupid for is the statement- owww did you feel jehovah's holy spirit!

i don't know about you but i have never felt jehovah's spirit while i was in the org, .
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Did anyone really buy into the "Universal Sovereignty" issue?
by loli in
1. jw
2. friends
i am new to the forum, but not new to jw indoctrination.

even as a child, i would ask myself, "why would the almighty creator need to prove anything to anyone, including him/her/itself?

really, one of the few scriptures that i do actually agree with is that 'god is love.
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JW Definition of "Spiritual Activities" - Ridiculously Narrow
by Seeker4 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the thread on jws and hobbies got me to thinking about this, one of my basic disagreements with witness thinking.

the wts always seemed to be dividing activities into those that were "spiritual," and those that weren't.

in witness-land, going to meetings, praying, going out in field service and personal bible study were basically considered the only "spiritual activities.
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Jeff Foxworthy....You might be a JW if....
by Lady Liberty in
1. jw
2. friends
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hello all.... sat around the campfire this weekend and laughed our butts off coming up with jeff foxworthy type humor.

it was so funny we thought it would be fun to run a thread here... i'll start.... "if your only yearly vacation is a "trip" to the district convention...you might be a jw.".
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What kind of personality does the organization attract?
by The wanderer in
1. jw
2. friends
personality types

what kind of personality does the organization attract?

nice, gullible, under educated, naive?
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But what if they're right............still the Truth?
by ScoobySnax in
1. social
2. family
this will probably apply to few here, but to me it'll always be that way.

it's the what if syndrome maybe, but it's always there.

i still think that as a core belief system the jw's have it right, even if their delivery isn't always right.
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MY SON'S LEAVING HOME!!!!!!!!
by Dansk in
1. jw
2. friends
my older son, karl, is leaving home.

it could be this coming sunday but, if not, definitely sometime during next week.. karl has been a wonderful son and friend.

leaving watchtower was made so much easier because of him - and his decision to exit undoubtedly prompted my wife, claire, to take a look at the damning evidence herself!
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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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YOUR LAST MEETING.........................
by vitty in
1. jw
2. friends
........................at my last meeting, the elder was talking about 1975 and said "it never happened, it is appostates using a time when (some) brothers took the info in the wt wrong"...................i just blinked and finally woke up.. i had been on this site lurking for a couple of weeks, and realized thing werent right, but to have some creep say on the platform " it didnt happen"............when this ruined my and my siblings childhood, just made me snap.

on the way home, i told my hubby "that was the last meeting im going to"................boy was he pleased.. .

so if you didnt get df ......................what happened at your last meeting.?.