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  A snippet from a JW email - what a way to view the world we live in!

  by jambon1 in

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  my wife received an email from her friend, a jw.

  i suppose it is just a small thing but it highlights one of the things that really pisses me off about the jw religion.. after talking about some situation she comments:.

  "i know it's always hard work in this system, totally rubbish.

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  Good post Jambon!

  I was just thinking about how my mother (a life long JW) views the world. Everything that she sees on the news elicits the same response from her...this is proof that the "end of the system" is near. She is incredibly negative, and actually revels in every little disaster or world events. If the stock market drops, she sees it as a collapse of the system; if the volcano spews ash and closes airports, it is proof the end is near; every earthquake is irrefutable evidence that time is short...you get the idea. JW's love pain and suffering...it validates their existence.

  Negativity is the mantra of the average JW!
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  Shot in the ministry

  by dearone in

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  subject:18 year old witness shot while on the ministry.

  dear brothers & sisters,.

  i'm sure most of you are aware of the tragic death of 18 year old.

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  ...he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, time and unforeseen occurrence befall us all jws believe, don't they?

  Nicely said Blondie!
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  Shot in the ministry

  by dearone in

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  subject:18 year old witness shot while on the ministry.

  dear brothers & sisters,.

  i'm sure most of you are aware of the tragic death of 18 year old.

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  Tragic story, but one too often repeated in the cities of the country. I don't mean to be unsympathetic, but how do JW's relate this tragedy to having anything to do with being a JW out in the field ministry? Hundreds of people are innocent victims of drive-by shootings every year...they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. To use this tragedy as a testimony to the flawed blood doctrine of the WTS seems a bit self-serving on the part of JW's.
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  Menfolk....what should I cook?

  by yknot in

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  pretend your wife/girlfriend/domestic partner/personal chef.......came to you wanting to cook nothing but your favorites!.

  what would those favorites be?.

  don't hold back.....suggest any appetizer, salad, soup, entree, side, dessert......anything and everything is appreciated!.

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  I love anything that is stir fried in a wok...healthy and tasty! If you are leaning towards the BBQ, I vote for baby back ribs....YUM!!
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  I have found the truth about the truth now...

  by truthseeker12 in

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  i am a third generation of jehovah witnesses, even if i never got baptized.

  however, they disfellowship me when i was around 15. this was around 1987. even if i have not been in the "truth" for so many years it has affected all my life in many ways not only negative.

  a couple of years ago i thought the events in the world maybe proved to me that they were right after all.

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  Truthseeker...Welcome!

  Have you read Crisis of Conscience by Raymond Franz? It is an excellent examination of the WT Society from the inside out. It might provide some excellent insight into how the governing body comes to its decisions on doctrinal issues affecting all JW's. I would highly recommend your reading this book as part of your search for truth.
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  How many of you were baptised at a young age?

  by lepermessiah in

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  one thing this site has made me reflect on the baptism practice in jw land.. many of us were raised in the religion, thus you were given the pressure early on to shoot for baptism as a goal.. i remember feeling bad because i waited until the ripe old age of 14 to take the plunge.. looking back, i realize that when i was 14, i didnt even know what my favorite color was, let alone have enough knowledge to make a life altering decision.

  yet, growing up in that climate, i would say anyone who waited past their early teens to get baptised was viewed with great suspicion and was likely to be viewed as "bad association".

  kids who took the dip at 8-9 years of age were viewed as "wise beyond their years" and the like.. how old were some of you when you were baptised, and what are your feelings on the matter?.

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  I was 17...don't know why I did it other than I knew it was the only way to get a JW girl to marry me and have sex!...boy, did I get a surprise on that one!! In all seriousness, I think it was more peer pressure than dedication that swept me along...I guarantee that I didn't know what I wanted at that point, but it seemed like a good idea at the time.
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  Dubs - Paradoxes From Hell

  by Farkel in

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  dubs - paradoxes from hell.

  jesus said his yoke was kindly and light.. dubs brag their religion is the "hardest religion in the world.".

  the bible tells children to honor their parents.. the wts tells children to betray their parents.. if dubs really live in a "spiritual paradise," why do their lives have to be threatened to stay in it?.

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  Nicely put...
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  Ah, what awful timing!

  by Psychotic Parrot in

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  trust this to be in the news during the same month as the peace & security-based 'special talks'.

  not a patch on the 1986 year of peace, but still, it'll get some j-dubs murmuring.

  the volcano in iceland doesn't help either, seismic activity has always been a 'sign' for them.. http://news.sky.com/skynews/home/world-news/middle-east-peace-israel-under-pressure-from-us-over-settlement-growth/article/201004315608794?f=rss.

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  Don't see anything Parrot...
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  When you meet up with real life friends who are ex-Jehovah's Witnesses...

  by Quillsky in

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  ....... how much of your conversation is "exie" stuff?.

  for me, i don't have many ex-jw friends, but those i do have are brilliant friends and we entertain our partners a lot with ex-talk.

  the spouses find our history a bit weird but fascinating..

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  I had the great pleasure of reconnecting with two very close friends from my JW youth about 6 months ago! It was great "catching up" on 40 lost years...and at the same time, it was very therapeutic to discuss our experiences both as JW's and the exit from the WTS. I believe that discussion helps to cleanse feelings and remove the feeling of isolation one experiences after leaving the WTS. It also helped to re-establish why we were friends in the first place...without the artificial barriers raised by the expectation and rules of "the Religion". Though we live a bit of a drive from each other, we try to get together when we can and enjoy each other's company with a freedom not available to us back in the day!
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  how do they write new articles/talk outlines?

  by poor places in

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  it really makes you wonder.

  i mean, they're all pretty interchangeable, aren't they?

  nobody would've guessed that today's special talk was new; it could've been replaced by about fifty other talks without anyone catching on.

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  Poor Places -

  I often wondered the same things...then I realized that "perception is reality", especially in the JW world. If you say it is "new", then it must be, because anything the WTS says is true and to be accepted at face value. It is the same way the JW mind blocks out logic that flies in the face of what they are taught as a JW. It is part of mind control techniques, and as such, the pattern will remain the same until broken by some eye opening experience...