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  Like Craig's List ... Only Worse

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am currently making a concerted effort to rid myself of all unnecessary/unwanted possessions.

  included in this purge are: .

  *purple triangles (vhs, never been opened, copyright 1991 by some book publishing company in ny) .

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  Beliefs, Honesty

  by Hiddenwindow in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not too long ago, i heard a district overseer say, at a circuit assembly, something astonishing; that he would continue to be a jehovahs witness even if it was proven to him that god does not exist.

  his point was the organization and its moral standards protect people from a lot of trouble and that this by itself is very positive aspect.

  i could not forget such a statement and, just as an exercise, started to pose the following scenario to some of my friends, including several ministerial servants an one elder: if you some how determine that this is not the truth, would you continue to be a witness?

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  HAVE YOU TRULY LEFT THE WITTNESSES OR ARE YOU STILL ACTING LIKE ONE

  by nightwarrior in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  its been a while since i last posted on the site.. as a wittness i was governed by what i said was supposed to do and even act towards other human beings,my sinful life was ripped away by people using pages of the bible, showing what god wanted from me as a person,unfortunately being scriptually replaced by a character that i never realized, nor truth be told acceptable to jehovah god, but under the guise of a christian, we accept all that is brainwashed into our silly minds.

  accepting all and everything without question,therfore this is known as being brainwashed, without you even knowing it iike so many within the congregation, was forced to adapt to a hidden manifesto which was be seen but not heard.

  complain about any of the elders and you will be disfellowshiped, most of my time i was serving jehovah with a muzzle on my face which would only allow me to speak if i agreed with the elders i wasnot blind but what i saw and experienced as a wittness left me cold.

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  Just to let you know

  by Rethinking in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've decided to cut my ties with jws.. i don't post here much as i've stated before, but you all don't realize how much i appreciate this forum and the support it gives..

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  UK- JW MINISTERIAL SERVANT SERIAL RAPIST

  by DannyHaszard in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  man escapes jail for sex attacksbbc news - 1 hour, 42 minutes agoa jehovah's witnesss gets a community sentence for a series of sex assaults on children and adults.man escapes jail for sex attacks porter was put on the sex offenders registera jehovah's witness has escaped a jail term after admitting a series of sexual assaults on children and adults in clevedon.

  michael porter, an elder in the religion, pleaded guilty to 24 counts of indecent assault and gross indecency on 13 victims aged 18 months and older.

  among the individuals were others involved in the faith.

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  Potty training kids and different views...

  by FreedomFrog in

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  2. friends

  when i was growing up, i remember my parents would put those plastic "cover" things over my sisters panties and put those protective sheets on the bed to help them with potty training.

  especially when they were doing great with using the potty on their own during the daytime.. my aunt in texas would beat her kids arses if they wet the bed.

  (now i do not agree with this way).

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  Fun family study? Tolerable?

  by Gopher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  was there ever such at thing in jw families, or is this phrase oxymoronic?.

  sometimes the meetings encouraged "variety" in family studies, assigning certain research projects to different family members, or setting up a bible reading as though it were a play.. none of that happened in my family.

  it was just dry question-and-answer.

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  Ever been completely embarrassed by the householder in field service?

  by fedorE in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i recall i was in service with ken little, the canadian branch committee overseer, and he took the first door.

  the magazines were talking about nuclear war and its impending disaster.

  so ken little introduces himself and says "good morning sir,did you know that every minute they spend millions of dollars on the manufacturing of weapons......" the homeowner looks straight at him and says "yeah?

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  August KM provides solid evidence of declining JW morale

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as you may or may not recall, the february '07 km (for the us) had a huge article, taking up the full 4 page insert, on the "blessings" of auxiliary pioneering.

  the part covering that insert took up the entire service meeting (aside form the announcements).

  the "encouragement" was that the us branch had set a goal of 160,000 auxiliary pioneers for the month of april ("if only one of every 6 publishers signs up, we can make it!")..

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  Writing a letter to JW's stating that you are no longer one.

  by amfree in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'm new to this forum.

  i was raised a jw by 3rd generation witnesses.

  most of my relatives are witnesses.

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