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  ive come to the conclusion that

  by ness in

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  jehovah's witnesses vary a great deal country to country.

  i think it may be cultural or something.... ive been browsing the forum for a few days now and cant believe at times we are talking about the same religion.

  and while i would never want to go back to their way of life, i honestly find it hard to believe that as an organisation they are evil.

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  tragic :(

  I think most JWs are grounded enough to understand that there will be isolated incidences of such heinous crimes. Even I was able to comprehend that. But is it endemic within the org? Thats the crucial question. That is what will change my mind from just disliking JW's to absolutely badmouthing them

  Im inclined to believe that the elders and even higher up the ladder towards the GB are just grossly incompetent at handling cases dealing with child abuse.

  Im still trying to research the recent settlement incident. I cant believe that didnt make a ripple here!
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  SOCIAL CLASS IN YOUR KINGDOM HALL

  by badboy in

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  any takers?.

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  rofls@mary!! (why has that become a hyperlink?)

  Perhaps there was a social/spiritual hierarchy in my congregation. However it wasn't as noticeable as the class discrepancies you could see from one congregation to the other...different demographics obviously had a different socioeconomic levels
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  As a JW were you ever counseled about clothes you wore, or lack thereof ?

  by flipper in

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  thought this could get interesting discussing experiences.

  i for one was trying to reach out for ministerial servant again in the early 90's , had been one before, and was assigned to carry the microphones one meeting.

  had an elder call me in the back room and say , " brother flipper, i noticed looking down towards your shoes that you are wearing white socks today.

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  holy shit, tube skirts!! I remember those!!! bad ass!
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  ive come to the conclusion that

  by ness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah's witnesses vary a great deal country to country.

  i think it may be cultural or something.... ive been browsing the forum for a few days now and cant believe at times we are talking about the same religion.

  and while i would never want to go back to their way of life, i honestly find it hard to believe that as an organisation they are evil.

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  double post
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  ive come to the conclusion that

  by ness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah's witnesses vary a great deal country to country.

  i think it may be cultural or something.... ive been browsing the forum for a few days now and cant believe at times we are talking about the same religion.

  and while i would never want to go back to their way of life, i honestly find it hard to believe that as an organisation they are evil.

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  err, sorry didnt mean to upset anyone :(

  to be perfectly honest all this info about the UN and the child abuse is news to me, I only found out about it by coming into this forum and then checking out Silent Lambs etc. I was mortified. I confronted my mum about it who is an active JW and she got really upset...(mainly because she thinks im an apostate) but when I pressed her on the issue, she knew nothing of it. See thats the whole point. Active JWs outside of the US are sheltered from all the bad press and because they dont use the net to look up 'apostate' sites and whatnot..they'll never know.

  The fact that the Head Quarters is over there is also a major factor as someone else mentioned.

  And I also have a little theory of my own...and I dont mean to offend any of my American friends over there but I find your culture prone to fundamentalism (please dont slap me, its just an observation lol) whereas Australians are not as 'spiritual' and dont really get fanatical about anything except beer and cricket. Now JWs as a religion is fundamentalist enough with its hardcore way of life and major literal interpretations....add a culture of fundamentalism to the mix and you have recipe for disaster. Anyway....that prolly made no sense lol.
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  ive come to the conclusion that

  by ness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah's witnesses vary a great deal country to country.

  i think it may be cultural or something.... ive been browsing the forum for a few days now and cant believe at times we are talking about the same religion.

  and while i would never want to go back to their way of life, i honestly find it hard to believe that as an organisation they are evil.

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  Jehovah's Witnesses vary a great deal country to country. I think it may be cultural or something...

  Ive been browsing the forum for a few days now and cant believe at times we are talking about the same religion. And while I would never want to go back to their way of life, I honestly find it hard to believe that as an organisation they are evil. Controlling certainly, but not necessarily with malicious intentions.

  anyone else notice that the Yanks seem to have it particularly bad over there?
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  How accurate can the Bible really be?

  by Snoozy in

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  how accurate can the bible really be?

  i am losing faith that it is accurate at all.. according to an article i read in our paper today they are now saying in translation there are no english words to match every word...so the scripture that say "peace on earth and goodwill towards all men " should really be " peace on earth to all men of goodwill ".. now if they can screw something that simple up..what else in the bible have they screwed up?.

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  yesh..i too take issue with the bible...particularly its treatment towards homosexuals.

  i believe in a God, higher being/force or whatever title one would like to use, but thats where i draw the line.
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  Has anyone found dating as an EX JW difficult?

  by sweetstuff in

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  just curious as to what difficulties have faced people dating as an ex jw.

  myself, i have noticed the glazed over look in a guy's eyes when you try to explain why your family doesn't celebrate the holidays with you etc.

  new to this board, so if this has been well covered before, please forgive me.

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  when i look at the JW gene pool i was faced with in my circuit i thank my lucky stars i didnt actually date anyone in the truth....like eew.

  and i too totally leave out my JW past when it comes to boyfriends, and will only ever broach it if necessary.
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  I'm shooting for the most petty JW-caused problem/complaint

  by RisingEagle in

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  ok, here's the deal.

  several years ago my brother-in-law (who is also a reformed jw fader) helped us move back to oklahoma.

  while we were taking apart furniture prior to the move we were using my drill and 75 foot extension cord.

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  ex-nj-jw said:

  "I hated overzealous clappers. You know the ones that clapped extra hard, extra long and shook their heads all the while? Yea, those - they pissed me off!"

  this actually made me laugh out loud.
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  As a JW were you ever counseled about clothes you wore, or lack thereof ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thought this could get interesting discussing experiences.

  i for one was trying to reach out for ministerial servant again in the early 90's , had been one before, and was assigned to carry the microphones one meeting.

  had an elder call me in the back room and say , " brother flipper, i noticed looking down towards your shoes that you are wearing white socks today.

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  i was reprimanded for wearing spaghetti straps, oh, and apparently the split in one of my skirts was too high *insert eye roll here*