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  need help please with letter to my dad

  by atpeace in

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  2. experiences

  i haven't been posting lately - work is busy and all that.

  so i get a letter from my dad yesterday.

  he and family just recently visited.

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  Being told what to say in Convention interviews

  by passwordprotected in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone else heard tell of interviewees in convention parts being told what to say?

  the way i've heard it is you're contacted to be interviewed in a convention talk because you've had a great experience in some form or other and they need you to boast about it.

  so, you meet with the brother handling the assignment and you go through your experience with him (boast about it).

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  could jw's prove their beliefs without watchtower literature?

  by atpeace in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was pondering this question today.

  i thought it might be an interesting tactic to use with my family.

  if i simply asked that they prove all beliefs by the bible alone.. growing up - every time discipline or counsel was given - it was based on getting out the bound volumes.

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  Hi I'm new here - a bit about me

  by Fishbulb in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well where do i start?

  i am 34, male and gay.

  when i was about 15 i was exposed to the witnesses teachings.

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  What are some of your memories pre 1975?

  by karter in

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  2. experiences

  going to an international assembly 1974 and one of the gb leo greenlees saying"this will most likely be the last international assembly this side of armageddon".. poeple selling their houses.. storing up food.. wondering what went wrong on dec 31 1975!.

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  I think I just need to tell the story to someone who will get it?

  by aimless in

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  2. experiences

  hi everyone, im new.

  i've been feeling a burden on myself for the years that i have been out and i just don't know how to ease it.

  i can't talk about the organization or the people in it to anyone... if i try i immediately feel sick and want to close up and just disappear.

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  jw history - please clarify

  by atpeace in

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  2. beliefs

  i was having lunch today with some co-workers and my jw past was brought up.

  always a facinating subject!.

  i would love some clarification - i understand how russel was the first president and was calling himself and his followers bible students - was judge rutherford also calling himself a bible student?

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  Anyone saw "Iron Man"?

  by Reverend Warhawk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it rocked my world for a couple of hours.

  great movie!

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  New Here

  by LearningMore in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been lurking here for a couple of months.

  i was born and raised as a witness, and am a little weirded out to even be posting on here (you know the paranoia).

  anyway, i faded about 10 years ago, and after reading so many posts, i am so happy that it was a pretty uneventful experience.

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  Why to people give thanks (prayer) to god for their food?

  by sinis in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i find it completely ironic that people thank god for food and clothing, when if you look at the ot in genesis you see how yahweh curses the ground and tells man that he will work his ass off for food, shelter, daily life.

  why are people giving thanks to a god who knowingly made life hell to begin with?

  couldn't it be said that man works for his own food and that he should be thanking himself?

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