Topics Started by Robert7

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Obsessed Ex-JWs----Are You One Of Them?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
are you consumed by your having been a witness?

are you very angry all the time because of your jw past?.

have you ever thought about recieving professional therapy?
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Well, The Elders & Circuit Overseer Came By Tonight To See If We Are Celeb.
by Lady Liberty in
1. jw
2. friends
hello dear friends.... well..the saga continues!!

as many of you know last new years the jws attacked our "frosty" and egged our home.

" the co said, "so you are both not willing to meet with the elders..?".
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I think I am an Atheist (current JW)
by Robert7 in
1. jw
2. friends
i am writing this group to discuss a topic that as you can imagine i really cannot discuss with too many people, at least as of now.

i am a married male jw, married to a another jw, and she's content with being a witness, and in fact, i don't want to change that if she's happy.. for a very brief history, i was baptized at 19, and have been a jw for 10 years.

fact is, i 'believed' in everything in as much as a lot of it 'made sense' and i was wrapped up in the whole thing.
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What Was Your Standing In The Congregation?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
were you "loved"?

well respected?

considered a "loser"?.
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Feb 15th Watchtower Study Edition - NEW LIGHT - Article in PDF
by AlphaOmega in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the generation seeing the sign .

' previously, this journal has explained that in the first century, "this generation" mentioned at matthew 24:34 meant "the contemporaneous generation of unbelieving jews.

not the whole magazine, but this is the new light article.. .
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Those REVELATION BOOK changes in full
by AlphaOmega in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
a recent thread ( http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/139118/1.ashx ) raised the issue of charles taze russell not being the first president of the watchtower... it appears to be an argument of semantics because the society had a different name (as one poster pointed out in the thread).

the watchtower society obviously has some embarassment over this issue because the amendments to the revelation book dealt with this :.

full size scans here :.
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Assembly Hall shakedown - Columbia SC
by sir82 in
1. jw
2. friends
from someone who attended:.

there was a big elders meeting in columbia sc on saturday june 9.. around 240 congregations, 2000+ elders.. the society wants to build a brand new assembly hall in columbia, sc, to handle the huge influx of jws moving to the us southeast from up north.. they expect to have it done in 34 months (finished by april 2010).

total cost estimated to be approximately $8 - 9 million.. they want to have the whole thing paid for by the time the building is done - no long term loans.. they "strongly suggested" that each of the 240 congregations commit to supporting "their share" of the expense.
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Were YOU a JW Who Was Always Afraid, Depressed or Ill?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
while i was an elder (in 2 congregations), over the years, i saw most witnesses that suffered from s o m e t h i n g.. either a witness had chronic depression, mysterious ailments that were never clearly diagnosed by a doctor, or were in fear.

afraid to offend another brother's conscience.,afraid to upset the elders.

afraid to grieve the holy spirit.
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Did You Ever Think That The Demons Were After You?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i know so many jws that love to think satan and his demons are after them.

if they were being "persecuted", it was because of the devil and his demons.

if they got an ache or pain, it was because satan was trying to "discourage" them.......did you think the demons were trying to get you, too?
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Stupidest thing a JW ever told you
by Nosferatu in
1. jw
2. friends
what is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?

we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.

for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.