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How/when did you become a jehovas witness?
by Lewis1998 in
1. jw
2. experiences
so i've been a protestant for most of my life, it's how i was raised, but recently i started questioning my faith more and more and now i feel like my beliefs resemble that of a jehovas witness rather than a protestant.

i don't know any jehovas witnesses, so i was just wondering how a lot of you found the religion and adapted to it?.
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Just woke up turn TV on to hear yet another nut case with a gun.
by Still Totally ADD in
1. jw
2. friends
first they said 20 dead with 100 injured.

now i just heard 50 dead and 200 injured.

whatever it is it just another nut case who was able to get a high power gun to kill people.
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Parents who try to make you feel guilty.
by NJ501 in
1. jw
2. experiences
when parents say all the things we've done for you and your not doing anything for us in return like going to meetings, witnessing, answering up etc... how do you respond to parents?.
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JW Elder fired from bank for privacy violation regarding fellow JW employee
by Zoos in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
"thou shalt spy on and report your brothers and sisters to hq.".

https://www.tv6tnt.com/news/local/industrial-court-finds-there-are-limits-to-freedom-of-religion/article_5a485b94-a327-11e7-9c32-57b15184bc6a.html.

editor's note: due to the nature of this story we've changed the names of the parties involved.
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Will Watchtower target the inactive?
by ToesUp in
1. jw
2. friends
if watchtower has no reason to df ones.

they have just become inactive.

do you all think wt will begin a witch hunt (df'ing) for these inactive ones?
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What is sin?
by sinboi in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what do you consider sinful?

okay, i know many of you no longer believe that there is a god.

just bear with me a little, just assumed that there is a creator or god.
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My Father has brandished me with the "APOSTATE" word for talking about the BIBLE!
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so after three years of fading, my elder father has never really asked why we have chosen to stop attending.. today, after a mixed discussion, he starts talking about the "solution to all the world problems" and says "i don't know what you now believe, but i believe gods kingdom will fix everything" i let the comment go, and didn't respond.. then he goes on about the video "remember the wife of lot" because he just came from the convention last weekend.

"don't get caught up in this system...blah blah".

i couldn't help myself, and said one thing "dad, that video failed to show the next chapter of that account.
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Free to sin but still cannot bring myself to do it
by sinboi in
1. jw
2. experiences
have da'd myself nearly 3 months ago.

now i am part of this world but i feel myself the odd one out.

something inside me is still blocking me to do the things i have been longing to do while i was still a jw, such as attending birthday parties, sex, etc.... just last nite, i was on the way to attend a birthday party.
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What changes would JW.org need to make to become a normal Christian denomination.
by UnshackleTheChains in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am interested in getting people's thoughts on this.

on average 40 thousand people leave the organisation yearly for one reason or another.

the experiences all over the media are proof of this.
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Fewer christians (and other religions) and more with NO RELIGION in Australia
by fulltimestudent in
1. jw
2. friends
the results of the last australian census are trickling out, and the results offer an insight into the changing concepts of contemporary aussies.. in 1966 only 0.8 % marked 'no religion' on their census form.. in 2001 those marking 'no religion" had grown to 16%.. and in 2016 those marking 'no religion" had grown to 29.6%.. so more non-believers than any other group.

catholics (the previous largest group) were now only 22.5% of australians.. ________________________.

the other interesting change is language,.