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Has the rules changed?
by pratt1 in
1. jw
2. experiences
a relative of my wife, just got engaged to a "worldly guy".. the young lady is a baptized publisher, and i am shocked to hear that no one has made a negative comment about her future husband not being an dub.. even her mother who is a pioneer has not made an issue of the engagement.. has things changed?.

are the elders easing up a little on the rank and file?.
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i was born into a violent abusive JW family
by ania in
1. jw
2. experiences
the abuser was my father, we were all (7 children) abused severely (including our mother) as a child i did not understand what exactly was going on but after many years of councelling and so-forth (my counceller tells me, my case is the most severe she has had in her 12 years as a counceller) i discovered that my father was (is) a sado-masichist.

he got sexual enjoyment from beating us all.

i already knew this to an extent i just never realised there was actually a name for what he got out of it.. after 20 odd years of this abuse, my mother had tried to go through the right channels (the elders, in several congregations we moved to etc) in order to get permission to take her children and live separate to her husband who was a constant threat to our very lives (he was a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic & incrediably unpredictable) she was however told time and again that if she left her husband she and her unbaptised children (under 18) would most certainly lose out on everlasting life.
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Did You Know what You Were Getting Into?
by Honesty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we as jehovah's witnesses do not allow people to become baptized prior to gaining accurate knowledge of what we believe and teach according to the bible.

if someone wants to join with us in worship and become baptized, they must also demonstrate that they know what they are getting into.

that they agree with what we believe and teach.. .
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My story, i'm 23 and [edited]
by Greenleigh in
1. jw
2. experiences
hey all, .

i was raised as a jw, did what my parents who have been in it since there teens.

got baptized at 15, pretty much my whole only child witness life was spent alone, i never had any close jw friends, because everyone in our congregation were so cliquey.anyways i stopped really attending meetings at age 19, when my best friend got df, i had already gotten privately reproved and i was upset and how they handled things with me, so i just told my mom i wasn't going to be a hyprocrit, and go to meetings and pretend to be happy, and agree with them... anyways long story short, i'm 23 now, and of course i got very depressed in 03, for about 6months, and just went through the mill, to be freaking around witnesses who i knew were fake drove me crazy, when u only ask how i am doing after not attending for months at a time, u are not my friend!.
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What affect did the Watchtower have on your emotional health?
by The wanderer in
1. jw
2. friends
untitled document  watchtower arouses emotions how much of an affect did the organization have on you deciding to become one of.

jehovah's witnesses or staying within the confines of the organization?.

did the artists rendition of paradise earth pull you into the "truth"?
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THE JW MALE
by Dansk in
1. jw
2. friends
i honestly believe most jw males stay in the orgnisation because they are given control, i.e.

married males have ultimate control over their wives and children.

i know a woman who was married to an elder and who said that prior to becoming a jw she would never be submissive to her husband.
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Why no Kingdom Ministries???
by mama1119 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when i was disfellowshipped, the elders told me i could have copies of the watchtower and awake and any publications for bookstudy etc, but could not have a kingdom ministry...does anyone know why that rule???

?
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How good does if feel to you not attending meetings anymore?
by ex-perfectdaughter in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have been in the truth my whole life and tomorrow i turn 32!

the last year i have been fading and haven't been to the kh since the memorial.

i can't tell you how it has been such a heavy burden lifted off my shoulders not to have to worry about so many meetings!!!
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How much truth is there within the Watchtower Society?
by The wanderer in
1. jw
2. friends
how much truth within the organization?

often times, having spent so many years as being one of jehovah's.

witnesses, the question crosses my mind, "how much truth was.
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I got a letter this week from an old friend
by nsrn in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm musing over a letter i received in the mail, from by childhood best friend.

it's a brief newsy letter asking about my parents, recalling some fun times, and recounting her happy 23 years of pioneering.

her 14 year old son stays busy with preparing for meetings..... we were best friends from age 6 or 8. we spent every weekend at each others' houses.