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  It's Going Down: The Family Is About to Go to War Over... Halloween Decorations.

  by Sorry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yup, you read right.

  despite other personal turmoil that needs to be addressed, my family has decided to go nuts over halloween decorations being "too close" to our yard.

  a new family just moved in next door; their kids are super young.

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  Being Disfellowshipped + On-Going Cycle of Depression

  by Cimarrona in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been disfellowshipped for six years, since i was 18. i struggle with depression and self-destructive habits (minor in comparison to the suicides, substance abuse, risky sexual behavior of others i've grown up with who have left or were too afraid to leave).

  i'm fairly successful for my age - respected in my field, i have an extensive curriculum vitae of published writing, presentations, and other projects.

  yet, i often feel worthless and unloveable.

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  A new step in my exit from the WT

  by Skepsis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you remember, i've been posting here my subsequent steps from a regular pioneer and ms at the beginning of this year to a rank-and-file publisher after stepping down as ms two months ago.. during these months, i've been through a difficult way.

  but after every step, i could feel freer and better.

  i've met a person outside the wt that has changed my life forever and i have experienced a freedom of thought and an inner peace like never before.. however, i knew that staying in my hometown would make my fading very difficult.

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  Last Sunday's WT Study re Anxiety

  by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this article could be seen as a nice read compared with the banality and repetitiveness of many articles in recent years.

  however, several areas in the article still troubled me.

  paragraph one externalises the cause of an individual’s anxiety to satan the devil.

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  C.T. Russell animated intro video project

  by TimeBandit in

  1. social
  2. humour

  this is a short video i made a few years ago to be the intro for some future jw parodies i had thought about making.

  i took a picture of russell and animated it and tamed him into being my new mascot.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ghiolgml-g .

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  No Reason For JWs To Go To The MIdweek Meeting (CLAM)

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  everything that is done at the midweek meeting can now be done at home.

  the videos are online, the first talk is scripted, the bible highlights are scripted.

  you could get the same experience by just reading and watching the material from your tablet.

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  Moments Of Clarity As A Born In JW

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  -when i was in my early teens we were studying the revelation book for the second time.

  the first time i didn't understand much but the second time i remember that my family had quite a lengthy discussion about the lake of fire.

  they were trying make sense of the scripture and the jw interpretation.

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  Father's Day is tomorrow (in the US). Why is it wrong?

  by leaving_quietly in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i did an examination of the one single article ever to address father's day since it's tomorrow here in the us.

  the article covers both mother's day and father's day.

  hope it's informative.. examination of “mother and father worship unscriptural”, the only article ever to address father’s day in any publication printed by the watchtower bible and tract society.

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  My son is not sure about what he has been taught about the common ancestor

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this week my son expressed he is agnostic as he is not sure what to believe about evolution and the common ancestor.. i thought any jw hang ups were gone.

  i told him that what they teach in school is trustworthy and he can be rest assured that there is evidence to support that the common ancestor was the real link to the evolution of humans.. he has got critical thinking skills.

  and responded with "for hundreds of years schools have been teaching things and have changed their thoughts".

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  Islam is a religion of peace (2)

  by Coded Logic in

  1. social
  2. current

  in behalf of the horrific events of saturday night, i just wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that islam is a religion of peace.

  it doesn’t matter that the quran explicitly says that homosexuals should be stoned to death (7:84) - it’s still a religion of peace.

  and it doesn’t matter that the scriptures say that all gay men should be killed (sunan 1:152) - islam doesn’t in anyway condone violence.. it doesn’t matter that every mainstream imam calls homosexuality a sin "worse the adultery" - it’s not a religion of bigotry.. it doesn’t matter that 61% of muslims in the uk think gay acts should be made illegal - islam has nothing against the gay community.. it doesn’t matter that countries with sharia law actively persecute the lgbt community - islam is all about peace and love.

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