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keyser soze
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Hi Guys, I'm new here...
by Mikado inbeen lurking for years, but couldn't log on.
for some reason, my email spam filter is inaccessable, and ended up having to open another account, simply to become a member... wonder how many others have had a similar problem.. its been an eye opener reading everyones life experiences, often so similar.. i was almost a born in, with a hardcore family.
abusive stepfather who was one of the original jws in the area, so much so, that it was called the xxxxx family religion.... been out for 25 years, am glad every day for that!!.
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divorce rate-education level
by doneandout inin the paper a while ago, there was a study done on divorce rate compaired to education level.
basicly they found higher education went with lower divorces, while lower education went with higher diverces.. and guess where jw fall into?.
also, more lasting harm caused by the jw's lack of education besides lost jobs, even if one does leave..
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keyser soze
I'd love to see the source for this.
Ditto. I doubt the better educated have the blueprint for happy, long-lasting marriages.
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From their own mouths.....
by Slidin Fast inpara 19 of today's wt had a good rant about the dangers of the internet.
a footnote directs us to an article in the wt aug 15 2011. this said in part.
"be critical and suspicious of the information.
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keyser soze
Does he supply sources that can be checked?
You mean, as opposed to some vague, unnamed source intended to give legitimacy to absurd claims? Thank god we have the WT to keep others intellectually honest.
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keyser soze
For our prayers to be answered by Jehovah, we have to pray for proper things with a proper motive
Oh I get it, now. You're just more selfless in your prayers than those who ask for the suffering of children to be alleviated. Thanks for clearing that up.
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keyser soze
I can remember God answering my 'prayers' even before I became one of JW's. I guess He knew that if He could keep me alive long enough, I would eventually serve Him.
Or you just suffer from the same delusion as many other believers- that you are somehow more important than the millions whose prayers consistently go unanswered.
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No Memorial invitation for us :)
by truthseekeriam inthis morning as my husband and i were backing out of our garage to head out to the farmers market a jw was walking up our walkway with his invitation.
he didn't see us and we didn't rocongnize him but a brother and sister we knew well actually looked our way.
we decided not to bother and went our way to enjoy a lovely morning picking out fresh fruit and vegetables knowing when we got home the invitation would be stuffed in our door.
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keyser soze
I don't usually get paper invites. I used to get called, and personally invited, by a local elder who got my cell number, somehow. The only time I would be contacted was for the memorial, or if the CO was visiting. I haven't heard from him in a couple of years, though.
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Anyone going to the memorial this year?
by Pyramid God ini was invited by my parents, and even though i have nothing but contempt for this religion, things have been good in our relationship so i was considering going just to appease them.
anyone else?.
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keyser soze
Nope. I have a streak of 9 straight years of not attending that I'm rather proud of.
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Did you REALLY think about the 'Great Tribulation'?
by jw07 inaccording to wt doctrine jehovah's witnesses will be singled out and persecuted during a time described in this way: "for then there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the worlds beginning until now, no, nor will occur again.
" according to the watchtower the devil will turn on god's people will all his might (if he really exists, why hasn't he done so already?
) in an attempt to wipe them out.. also, it's not promised that all jws will escape unscathed during this period of time.. even before i woke up fully to ttatt i really thought about what that meant.
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keyser soze
Definitely, when I was a kid. Much less so when I reached adulthood, and started to take note of serious holes in WT doctrine, and the bible itself.
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A point which virtually every JW will miss in this week's book study
by sir82 infrom this week's book study, the "draw close to jehovah" book, chapter 5:.
biologists have identified well over a million species of living things on earth; yet, opinions vary as to whether there may be as many as 10 million, 30 million, or more.. .
wow!
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keyser soze
"some investigators" = WT staff writers (aka, janitors) making B.S. up off the top of their head....
My thought, exactly. Interesting how there isn't a single actual source listed for people to verify the WT's "facts".
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How did you find the truth about the truth (TTATT)
by Maat13 ini am sure there has been a post about this subject, however being a recent addition to the network i don't know how to do a search.
and i'm sure new folks have joined since then.
i am really curious of how others came to know ttatt.. for me is was a real bad experience with one elder after another.
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keyser soze
I stumbled upon an apostate book(The Watchtower Files by Duane Mangini) in a used bookstore. I was already having serious doubts, so my mind was far more predisposed to reading it. It led me to other books, and eventually this website.