I find it interesting that your mother committed adultery, and you did as well. Without knowing all of the details, I suspect you have some issues to explore and settle. That being said, you have a legitimate excuse for NOT jumping back on the Watch Tower wheel.
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A "brief" synopsis of my story
by Sheep2slaughter ini wanted to tell my story for sometime.
i've been a member of jwn for a few months and a lurker even longer.
here's my story.
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Anyone here in Edison New Jersey ? I'm visiting for a few days
by cantleave inif anyone wants to meet up for drink i am flying in on the 14th and going back on the 16th, staying in the courtyard by marriott.
would love to say "hi" to any apostates in the area..
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jamiebowers
You're going to be only 35 miles from NYC. Any chance you'll visit th BIG Apple? Kyria Lydia Abraham lives there. Also there are meetup groups there. See this link:
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New JW chain-email going around
by FaithfulBrother inapparently, the society knows exactly when the great tribulation is going to break out, but they're only letting the public know through subliminal messages in their images.
here's a new chain letter that's being passed around between witnesses:.
(daniel 2:34, 35, 44, 45).
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jamiebowers
It hit in 2004, backed off in 2011, and hit again in 2012. What is that supposed to indicate?
Maybe the stone is really a ping pong ball.
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A death in my family (JW funeral)
by fade_away infor the first time in my life i have lost someone close to me that i loved very much.
my brother died last week of an asthma attack.
i just got back from the funeral that was held yesterday.
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jamiebowers
I'm so sorry for your loss! Being an agnostic, I don't have an athiest's answer for you. But all living things that I know of are recycled after death. So why not a person's spirit? No one knows for certain whether there is life after death. So the way I look at it is, if there is, then great! If there isn't, I won't know anyhow. This idea has gotten me through loss. I really don't mean to sound flip.
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jamiebowers
Welcome to JWN, and please excuse the inside joke I'll be sharing with older forum members:
I'm writing a paper on JW for my religion class, and I was thought it would be nice to have input from current or previous members.
Ah, where's Andre when you need him? LOL!
Bold is mine.
But seriously, why not interview exjws first and ask them for examples of Watch Tower beliefs, doctrine, and practices as described in Lifton's Eight Criteria for Thought Control? http://www.cultrecover.com/pdfs/lifton8criteria.pdf
Then, if current jws will talk to you, interview them and ask how the examples given by ex-jws aren't true. It could be the focus of your paper.
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It's been 1 year today we landed in the wilds of PA
by TotallyADD insorry i have not check in the last 3 months my computer was broke.
and my wife and i have been very busy with the new business.
it has been 1 year today we landed in our new home here in wilds of pa. our 22 year old cat is now 23 years old and somedays it acts like it's going to out live us.
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jamiebowers
Glad to hear you two are doing well... continued success!
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I went to the Watchtower Study with the "Selma and Steve" article today, and....
by cedars inno, i didn't really - but i'm anxious to hear from anyone who did!!.
what happened after the paragraph was read?
did anyone try to denounce abusing one's spouse under any circumstances, or were most answers supportive of the "advice" given to selma, i.e.
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jamiebowers
When I was in, I remember a ministerial servant lost his privileges and got a public reproof for having hit his wife. His wife was even a non-witness at the time.
BIG deal...it's just the Watch Tower once more treating crime as sin.
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Inquiry to my website: What to do about 16 yr old converting to JWs? I will send family JWN link
by AndersonsInfo ini received the following email today at my website, www.watchtowerdocuments.com.
please help this loving uncle with some advice:.
hello, i dont know if anyone can help me with this but i thought i would give it a shot.
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jamiebowers
The story sounds like BS to me. I don't like that organization. And I know publishers "do their own thing" alot. But I didn't know of any parents that let their child date at 16. Let alone to a person outside the organization, and then white wash it by having the teenager get baptized.
Wha, maybe the guy is 18 or over. The jw guy that I married was 24 when he pursued me at 16. There was another couple in our hall that had similar circumstances.
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Inquiry to my website: What to do about 16 yr old converting to JWs? I will send family JWN link
by AndersonsInfo ini received the following email today at my website, www.watchtowerdocuments.com.
please help this loving uncle with some advice:.
hello, i dont know if anyone can help me with this but i thought i would give it a shot.
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jamiebowers
The story sounds like BS to me. I don't like that organization. And I know publishers "do their own thing" alot. But I didn't know of any parents that let their child date at 16. Let alone to a person outside the organization, and then white wash it by having the teenager get baptized.
Wha, maybe the guy is 18 or over. The jw guy that I married was 24 when he pursued me at 16. There was another couple in our hall that had similar circumstances.
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Landmark Clergy Sex Abuse Case Now in USA & Sweeping The World
by mind blown inand so goes the selling of more wts properties to cover thier ass........ usa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfbboedwxda.
ireland:.
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jamiebowers
Zid, when a YT video is disabled, just double click on the screen, and it will come up. The Watch Tower wasn't mentioned in either video. But if the law is going after the GIANT, powerful Catholic Church, I don't see why it wouldn't go after a small potatoes group like the Watch Tower.