I was 12 years old. I can't remember the date. When I saw your thread I remembered that was supposed to be the most important day of my life. I've had way more important days since then.
Hermano
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I can't remember the 'Most Important Date of My Life!' Can you?
by Diest ini honestly cant remember the exact date when i was baptized.
it does not bother me one bit.
i didnt have it stamped in that shitty reasoning book/babel that i got at the time, so i guess the only place i could find it would be my cards, which are far away..
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Talking Points for when Witnesses Come to your Door
by truth_b_known ina few weeks back i came home from work and found the latest copies of the watchtower (armageddon fearmongering) and awake!
(social media site nonsense) lying on the counter.
it was obvious witnesses had stopped by the house.
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Hermano
I was just thinking about this over the weekend. JW's came to my door and I didn't open. But I wish I could've opened and been prepared to sow some seeds.
Many of us have relatives that are stuck inside, maybe one of you out there with a carefully thought out question might help one of my relatives open their eyes. And maybe I could do the same for one of your relatives.
How many of us who know the truth about the truth are out there? What if each one of us we were prepared with a mini-intervention (a thought provoking question, or comment, something to make them THINK and get past the stock answers) everytime they knocked on our doors?
Good suggestions so far. I might just print this thread out in a few days and keep it handy for next time....
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Hermano
It's obvious that the flood DID occur and it wiped out the first page of this thread. Seriously though, great thread. It's interesting to me that when I read my kids a Bhiddist story with all sorts of fantastical events they know it's JUST a story to help teach a lesson. Why can't we read the Bible as we read every other book, and then based on merit decide whether the stories in it are fictional or real?
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The Governing Body is so old jokes
by JimmyPage inwho's game?.
the governing body is so old their idea of cybersex is tapping out "who's your daddy?
" in morse code..
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Hermano
What, nothing? Is this thing on.... Mike check, one, two...
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The Governing Body is so old jokes
by JimmyPage inwho's game?.
the governing body is so old their idea of cybersex is tapping out "who's your daddy?
" in morse code..
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Hermano
The governing body is so old, Russell's buried in a pyarmid!
ZING!
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Pros about being a jehovah's witness
by raxxxx incan you personally think of any pros of being a jws?
anything that you have experienced that was and still is beneficial to you now from when u were a jw?.
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Hermano
Oh, one more, I did gain a bit of sales skills.
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Cons of being a jehovah's witness
by raxxxx inwhat could u list as negative things as being a jw/ex jw for example when u were growing up etc that still affext u now?.
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Hermano
Very rigid lifestyle, very pessimistic world view, way too much guilt which led me to internalize the view that nothing I did was ever good enough. Fear of people, sense of not fitting in with others, and lack of social skills.
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Pros about being a jehovah's witness
by raxxxx incan you personally think of any pros of being a jws?
anything that you have experienced that was and still is beneficial to you now from when u were a jw?.
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Hermano
In my case, there were some pros. For me it was a very disciplined lifestyle. So I learned discipline. There was a lot of reading and "studying" of Watchtower literature. Even thought the "studying" was little more than regurgitating what you had just read, it did enhance my reading and comprehension skills. I was a troubled teen, I think the phobias kept me from doing things which may have gotten me in serious trouble, i.e., drugs.
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What made me take "The Red Pill"?
by God_Delusion inwhat made me open my eyes after 30 years and smell the coffee?
and why did i accept the red pill, but my parents and everyone else is content with the blue pill?.
has anyone done any research as to what wakes us up?.
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Hermano
Good question. I often wonder about that myself. You mentioned how you were like them, how zealous you were. I was like that too. But I've also always been brutally honest with myself. The kind of honesty that makes you abandon your entire life if you realize you've been wrong about your beliefs. For some people, that's too much to give up, so they rather not risk it by looking into the possibility that it's all a lie.
Another possiblity: maybe some people are really Ok with that type of life. I don't mean that they don't dislike field service, or they don't experience personality clashes, or just plain @sshole elders/COs/DOs. I mean, that in spite of those things, they are for the most part OK with the life of a JW.
I was never Ok with it, but didn't realize it until I was in for about 27 years. I kept getting into trouble and thought it was because I was evil. I finally realized I was trying to live someone else's life. A life that didn't fit me, so I always felt uncomfortable in it, even though I tried like hell to make it fit, because I didn't want to die. My siblings on the other hand, never seemed to get into trouble. And they are still in. My wife is still in, and she swears she's happy and likes her life. If they are overall comfortable with their lives, why risk realizing that it's all a lie?
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Born in or Converted to JW? What are the stats here? and why....
by oompa incan't everyone just put this one item on their profile before posting.
it seems like most posters have no profile, but this info could help in several ways.
i am just guessing, but it seems like more here were born in.....your thoughts on this?......oompa.
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Hermano
Born in.
Just updated my profile.