Topics Started by Lumptard

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Does it really happen???
by Lumptard in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm sure it can happen, but how many of you were or know of people who were disfellowshipped for using the wt society's own old literature and under what "bible principle" are they able to disfellowship???

i can't think of any off the top of my head.....
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Dummies.......?
by Lumptard in
1. jw
2. experiences
how many people do you know who were caught and df'd because they bragged about what they did?.

are these people just dummies?

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Does the WTS create victims???
by Lumptard in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
now, i'm not talking about victims of child molesters, i'm talking about the seemingly common thought process among jws and x-jws that causes them to beleive that any turn of events that deviates from their idea of how things should happen is caused by something outside themselves.

is it just me, or do many jws and x-jws tend to put blame on other things/people other than where the blame should fall...themselves or at the very least, circumstances?

blaming satan for hardships, blaming worldly people for the trouble in the world, blaming the wts for various choices that people are "forced" to make).
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Who is your Devil?
by Lumptard in
1. jw
2. friends
who or what is the devil to you now that you are out/fading out of the wts?

has your opinion of the devil changed?

do you still beleive that satan is real?
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Question for Former/Current Elders.....
by Lumptard in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i recently received a phone call from an elder about an alegation that one of my ex-girlfriends brought up to the elders in her cong (the thing that she told the elders about was supposed to have happened 5 years ago when we were still together).

he told me what she had said about me and i said "o.k.

" in order to not confirm or deny that it was true.
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Playing with words...
by Lumptard in
1. jw
2. friends
i was talking w/ an elder last week about whether or not jws have the only correct interpretation of the bible.

me: is there only one correct interpretation of the bible?.

elder: yes.. me: if there is only one correct interpretation, then why does each religion that is based on the bible have a slightly different interpretation that coincides with what their leaders require of the religion's members?.
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Letter to the WTBTS...
by Lumptard in
1. jw
2. friends
anyone know how long it usually takes to get a response from the society?

i sent a letter about a month ago....is this standard time?.
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Hmmm...
by Lumptard in
1. jw
2. friends
just got this email this morning...anyone know if there is any truth to this?

haven't been to an assembly in a while, so i can't say that i've heard one way or the other.

normally i'd just disregard this as someone talking blarghey but it came from someone who usually doesn't send me that kind of stuff.... .
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WT CD ROM Old info
by Lumptard in
1. jw
2. friends
does anyone know if any of the older wt cd-roms have wt info from before 1950?

i have 2003 and i can't get any older.

if not, does anyone know of a way that i can get ahold of some older issues?
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Socially Stunted?...you betcha.
by Lumptard in
1. jw
2. friends
my apologies if this has been done to death, but i was just curious how many of you feel that you have been socially crippled as a result of your association with the jws?

granted, this probably affects people who were raised as jws more than those who chose for themselves, but i just wanted to see if anyone else has had the same experience...also, how did you work through it if you were able to?