Topics Started by B_Deserter

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disfellowshipping procedure
by Hangin_on in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i don't understand the whole disfellowshipping procedure, i thought i did at one time but now i don't.

i was df'd for leaving my wife and taking someone else as my wife so i am in an adulterous marriage.

that is a prime example of an action that requires dfing.. however it has been 3 years, i have written 3 - 4 letters.
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Why did you leave the org?
by A-Team in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
were you dfed, did you find out some lies about the org?.

what was the last straw?
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Is it easier for a witness (vs Christian) to stop believing in God?
by Guest with Questions in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i dont have any statistics but am curious if there could be any truth to it; that it might be easier for a witness to stop believing vs a christian.

i dont see this at any of the churches i have attended; people leaving in droves with some totally discarding any belief.. 1 the jw org is the only truth.

you question its authority, then you question god.
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How much control does the WTS really have?
by dozy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a theme regularly running through ex-jw / apostate posts is their conviction that the worship of jws is at best of a high control basis or at worst exhibits cult-like tendencies , so they often delight in the freedom that they now enjoy.. but in reality , how much control is exhibited on the average witness?

to take one example , at least 40k are dfd in an average year , and one would assume 3 - 5x this figure are reproved privately or publicly.

that means that over a 10 year period 20% - 25% of jws are seriously flouting the strongest moral code of jws , usually for immorality , emphasized in wt after wt , meeting after meeting.
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Bethelites - humbler than thou!
by B_Deserter in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm new here and don't know if this has been posted.

have you ever noticed that when a lot of young men return from bethel they have this air of superiority with them?

i've seen people almost literally worship the ground they walk on.
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The Smashing Pumpkins are back!
by nvrgnbk in
1. social
2. entertainment
the new cd is called zeitgeist.

german for "the spirit of the age".

it's to be released in july of this year.. of the original members, only corgan and chamberlin remain.. sounds decent.. worth checking out..
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Latest Society edict: proper dress after conventions
by B_Deserter in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i left the organization in my heart a year ago, i stopped going to meetings a week ago.

this was recently announced for the upcoming convention.

jeans and t-shirts are not to be worn in public after each day's convention program.
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How did bible story pictures affect you?
by unique1 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
edited because someone came through with the picture and i think this deserves it's own topic.. i am deathly, i mean deathly afraid of snakes.

most people don't understand or grasp the exent i am afraid of them until they see the ultimate reaction.

my husband witnessed the worst one since we have been together the other week.
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How did you feel when first posting on JWD?
by R.F. in
1. jw
2. experiences
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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DO THE MEMBERS OF THE GB BELIEVE THEIR OWN PROPAGANDA?
by nvrgnbk in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs