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new in aposto-land
by cameo-d in
1. jw
2. friends
hello.. i landed here because of a magazine i found in lobby and wanted to ask question.

i am reading some here now.

i am interested in talking about bible scriptures and i hope it will be ok to do that here because i think a lot of people here are still digging for what is really true.. i want to tell you all some of what i am seeing.
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I just came from my elder's meeting
by BonaFide in
1. jw
2. friends
just to review, i had my meeting today with the two elders who say a sister has accused me of "grinding" with her and thus porneia.

so i printed out several of your comments on how to defend myself.

i felt good about standing my ground, and repeating that i had not "grinded" with this ex-friend and that she wants to ruin the relationship i have now with the sister i am dating.. however, the two elders today really tried to pressure me.
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My story
by Newborn in
1. jw
2. friends
dear all, thank you for your warm welcome!

this is my story in short (pls excuse wrong spellings, english is not my native tongue and that it still became quite long).. i'm 34 and was born into the truth by parents who in their turn were baptist in young age.

i have one older sister who is currently serving at bethel with her husband and a younger brother who never embraced the truth (which was my big sorrow for many years).
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Current Affair Report on Cult Christian Fellowhip
by brinjen in
1. jw
2. experiences
aired just tonight, it's a five minute clip with former born-in member relating his experiences on his time in this cult.. http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=sinxlhpsvv0.

the similarities, how can anyone not see it?

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Who am I, Who would I be???
by sparrow in
1. jw
2. experiences
this is not to take away from the hardship a lot of people had due to abuse and other things inhumane people had to suffer as a result of growing up a witness that i have never have had to deal with.

however, nearly all of the bad experiences i have had growing up that i can recall are a direct result of doing the wrong thing against "jehoober" and the guilt that goes along with it.

man made rules, forced confession, missing meetings, not good enough, natural experiences growing up a dude - all bad/demonic, etc etc.
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Big brother winner returns to JW
by InquiryMan in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
a former big brother winner in sweden returns to jw.

excerpt from article:

_ i have always been a believer.
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Need new friends? Buy a Harley...so simple!
by oompa in
1. jw
2. friends
yes i have a big metric cruiser and i stinkin love it!

but in the last two years of growth, which included my bike....i have come to appreciate that hd is a heck of family!

there is some very serious camaraderie among harley davidson owners.
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Veil
by brofromzion in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
matt.

' the man was speechless.

then the king told the attendants, 'tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'..."?
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YOU WANNA SEE SOMETHING FUNNY???
by Mary in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok, i was working on my project about "new light" and i came across a very interesting statement that was made 24 years ago via the wt:.

december 1, 1984 watchtower:.

"....have apostates who claim that "the last days" began at pentecost and cover the entire christian era promoted christian alertness?
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Have you found a new bible translation you like?
by New light for you in
1. jw
2. friends
i know, it seems like half of everyone that leaves turns athiest.... but for those of us out there, who figure on still being christian, have you found a translation of the bible that you belive lives "up to par"?

i'm really trying to research, but there's so many, i wondered if you had any input!.

thanks!.