Hermano

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  How Much and for How Long Did You Love Being In The 'Truth'?

  by sweet pea in

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  reading tijkmoo's original post about his experience (well worth a read all you newbies...) it made me think back to my experience of being a witness.

  up until 4 months ago i had spent my whole life loving being a witness (apart from twinges of discontent when a young girl being left out of attending friends birthday parties) and was a faithful sister who pioneered when possible and was a member of the quickbuild team in my single days.

  i felt it was the truth and there was no where else to go.

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  I am surprised by how many were raised in the truth and hated it.

  I liked it at times. I was born in the truth. Came from a good family. Dad was the PO, older siblings were Elders, MS, Pioneers, etc.. I too pionereed. But I could never do good for too long. I always ended up messing up. I tried regular pioneering on more than one ocassion and I always ended up tired and depressed. I could never do enough, and I always felt like I wasn't good enough, and like I was not worthy.

  Then I started hating God cause he required WAY TOO MUCH. And I l realized I wasn't happy with all his requirements now, I probably would not be happy in paradise living under that regime. But I still thought it was the Truth and it was me that was messed up. I browsed the evil internet a bit, which led me to "apostate" sites. I found out about the NGO scandal, and the Mexico/Malawi scandal, etc. That opened my eyes a bit. Then I read Crisis of Conciousness and that sealed the deal. That's when I realized what a big scam it was.
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  Dominican Republic- Does Anyone Live There ?

  by gumby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey folks, i want to know if anybody from here lives there or has lived there.

  photo's?.

  are the witnesses pretty much the same there as they are here in the u.s.?.

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  Hermano

  Quisqueya!!!
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  Master...Master...Where's the dreams that I've been after?

  by Little Drummer Boy in

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  500!.

  woot!.

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  Hermano

  Congrats!
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  What was the ethnic composition of your congregation?

  by badboy in

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  any takers?

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  Hermano

  I went to the Spanish congo, so pretty much 100% hispanic.
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  Meetings v Field Service

  by IMHO in

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  2. friends

  what do/did you see as more important?

  there has been so much emphasis of late (for quite a while really) on meeting attendance.

  if you miss a meeting, it's a big, big problem, yet if you miss field service for a day, or a week or even a fortnight nothing is said as long as you get that 1 hour in / month.

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  Hermano

  Meetings are more important, because at the meetings they can bug you about field service.
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  Necco Opened

  by Necco in

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  2. friends

  i am new to the website and i am witness.. i am astonishingly happy to be here and i wont be going anywhere else.

  it's about time i found a forum with jehovahs witnesses!!

  i'm almost doing cartwheels.

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  Hermano

  Welcome
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  A truly pointless topic . .

  by nicolaou in

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  just wanted to get the 3000 post monkey off my back.. .

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  Hermano

  Congrats!
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  What's your name for 'Watchtower Speak'?

  by sweet pea in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  having put some distance in between us and the wts, i can't read any of the society's publications without feeling extremely uncomfortable and irritated by the tone and language that the society uses.

  it all sounds the same - patronising, guilt-inducing, condescending, intellectually unchallenging, etc.

  as far as i'm aware the term is 'watchtower speak'.

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  Hermano

  It's the pure language ya'll. Lately it's been used to cover up child sex abuse scandals. Aaah, the pure language!
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  I did it! and it's your fault

  by Hortensia in

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  2. experiences

  i went to the grocery store today - no that's not your fault.. it's 103 degrees today, not bad.

  there were three people sitting in the shade in front of the grocery store.

  there was a middle aged woman, an older man in a wheelchair, and a thin man whose frozen smile screams "elder.

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  Hermano

  The witnesses get a taste of their own medicine. Good for you.

  (And I hope they weren't counting that time, cause you walked by them twice and smiled and they said nothing to you.)
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  UN + Watchtower as an NGO + conspiracy theory?

  by cyberguy in

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  2. scandals

  has anyone reviewed this material?

  i think the writer is mistaken on a number of issues!.

  http://www.jehovahsjudgment.co.uk/watchtower-un-ngo/.

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  Hermano

  If you or I were in front of JC we would not be able to make such excuses for ourselves. So why do they get a pass?