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My (JW) dad called.
by SPAZnik in
1. jw
2. friends
for the 4th time in 6 years.

who is this man and why do i feel obligated to talk to him .

just because he and my mother eff'd each other over .
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People turn back to the religion they know best, when in distress.
by free2beme in
1. jw
2. friends
as a teenager, i was not real into the religion.

i went to meetings, lived by my mothers rules, and had a lot of witness friends.

on the flip side, i had dated nonwitness people in high school, was sexually active, drank and partied on the weekends and hide it well from my mom.
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It just seems that Witnesses are less active these days.
by free2beme in
1. jw
2. friends
i remember being a teenager and being at friends home on saturdays, and every time you turn around there was a witness knocking at the door.

my non-witness friends would be nice, and say no, as they did not want to insult me.

even though, as a teenager, i was not a witnesses (baptized) and did not make a public show of my connection to people outside of the congregation.
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Racial/Religious hatred laws
by KAYTEE in
1. jw
2. friends
with the interest in racial / religious hatred laws.

(im talking about the laws that exist or soon will do in the u.k) i wonder if some of the magazines that we have seen over many years could be viewed as breaking this law.. to name just a few of the points.

encouraging their members to shun ones, who may for various reasons, have stopped going to their place of worship.by inciting their members to view these ones as "apostates", and thereby doomed to die at armageddon.
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I am so angry
by hambeak in
1. jw
2. friends
my partner hambeak is a great guy.

i have known him over 20 years.

he is the most kind and gentle person i know.
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would you call someone or go to their house to discuss concerns with WT?
by truthsearcher in
1. jw
2. friends
i wonder would you call someone or go to their house to discuss concerns that you are having with the wt?

is that a scary thought?

under what conditions would you consider it?
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Reflectionslooking through the mirror of time
by The wanderer in
1. jw
2. friends
 reflectionslooking through the mirror of time looking back in retrospect to the person that i once was, there.

were a number of things regarding my past witness life that.

were disagreeable to me.
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Did you ever think you'd stop being one of Jehovah's Witnesses?
by sandy in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm sure this question has been asked before .

i've come a long way in my thinking.

a very long way!
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In the beginning ... was the Watchtower Society
by The wanderer in
1. jw
2. friends
 in the beginning ... was the watchtower society after last night's thread concerning whether or not individuals on.

this discussion board hated jehovah's witnesses, it was found.

that the vast majority did not.. .
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Breaking it to my grandparents
by AirDuster in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so i've been deciding for the past year or so whether or not i want to stay in this religion, and i have decided that i do not.

i plan on telling my grandparents (whom i live with) this very soon, possibly tomorrow.

of course i can't be just like "i don't want to be a jehovah's witness anymore", but rather "i don't believe in this anymore, and here are the reasons why".