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  Humourous DA letter

  by besty in

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  2. friends

  right- we've been thinking about this.. .

  it seems that most da letters are: doctrinal, personal, emotional or or major issues such un etc .

  and completely understandably so..but.. .

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  Out of the Family...

  by saywhat29 in

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  2. experiences

  literally and figuratively.... if you don't know my story, its the basic "i'm gay and from a family of jws" and lately it hasn't been going well.

  i'm still saving up to move out, but that "meeting" i was suppose to have with the elders is scheduled tonight.

  it was scheduled tuesday night but i dodged that bitch hard.

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  Who is SATAN to you?..............

  by passive suicide in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  does he/it really exist to you?

  since i've become more empowered in my fade.....i've been realizing satan is just a huge guilt tool used by religion in general.

  at this point i believe 'he' doesn't exist...........

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  How did you feel when first posting on JWD?

  by R.F. in

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  i was in heavy doubt about the organization, but still in the back of my mind i was a bit hesitant of posting because it was the "unforgivable sin".

  i think it took me 20 minutes to type my first post.

  i still felt that once i submitted my post that a bolt of lightning was going to come down upon me, so my hands were shaking as i was typing.

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  Hate crime affects everyone...

  by avishai in

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  a few weeks ago, i was coming home from having a beer with my bro.

  when i started having a minor seizure and he had to hold me up.

  5-7 guys in the parking lot started calling us faggots.

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  Did you make a new religion for yourself?

  by White Dove in

  1. social
  2. current

  i'm associating with a church that i like very much, however, i find some things hard to digest, like jesus resurrecting himself.

  i think the father did that, not him.

  anyway, i am thinking that i can just keep associating for social reasons and some religious ones while reading the bible and having my own beliefs based on how i understand the bible and not blindly believe doctrine just because a big church teaches it.

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  The world IS getting worse!!

  by themonster123 in

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  i'm telling you- i honestly think people are getting more immoral!!

  i saw something on the news last night where some bicycler got hit in the middle of the road in the middle of a huge intersection and people were slowing down to go around him.

  that was at some urban centre in tel aviv, israel.

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  GAY WOMEN

  by Dansk in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  please bear with me on this as this is a genuine attempt by me at greater understanding.. recently, a young woman i know has come out and stated that she is gay.

  this is the second time i have been shocked - yes shocked!

  - because neither woman fit what i used to consider was the "typical" gay woman profile (i am not using the word lesbian in case it causes offence).

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  How the Internet Means 'The End' for Apostates and Opposers of the Society

  by slimboyfat in

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  2. friends

  the received wisdom is that the internet has dramatically damaged the ability of the watchtower society to gain and retain followers.

  there was a very eloquent article to that effect written some time ago by a commentator who attempted to buttress his argument with reference to the postmodern condition and the breakdown of metanarratives in todays secular society, nay, even the come-back for enlightenment notions of truth.

  in the 1970/80s there were major challenges to the watchtowers theology (great crowd in heaven) and chronology (1914) in norway, alberta canada, dublin ireland and in the newyork bethel itself: but the damage caused by those involved in the dissent was limited because knowledge was dispersed merely through personal contact and minimal use of obscure publications that seldom met the eyes of witnesses innocent of the watchtowers doctrinal and chronological vacillations in any case.

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  And when I'm dead...dead and gone....

  by hillary_step in

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  2. friends

  i was having one of my daily discussions about death ( happy soul that i am ) with mrs. step at breakfast this morning and asked her a profound question:.

  one month after i have died, how will people describe me.

  this is the answer that i was expecting :.

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