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  News from Bethel Heavy

  by cinnamon1642 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pioneer hour change is legit.

  letters are being mailed out soon to all congregations for announcement in early october right before the tract campaign starts.. .

  elimination of circuit overseers.

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  I have tried to be an atheist

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have tried to be an atheist- honestly, i have really tried.

  i have most of dawkins books and many others.

  i completely agree there has to be some evolution and obviously the fossil record in the grand canyon plus erosion shows it must be at least 600 million years old.

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  for "born-ins"

  by Mandette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anyone remember being a little kid and being forced to sit through those 2 hour meetings?

  specifically being made to listen to graphic accounts of whatever country that was going through horrific persecution.

  (or any other horrors you might remember).

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  'Paradise Earth' makes absolutely no sense!

  by navytownroger in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the jw idea of 'paradise earth' seems to be full of holes.

  will babies of baptized jws also be in the new system?

  if not, how could the child's parents consider it 'paradise' without their children?

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  How much of a role in Brainwashing did the songs actually play?

  by KW13 in

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  2. friends

  those haunting words...those out of tune dubs...wailing...moanin...then i wake up :p lol i am kidding, but i remember 'snippets' of a lot of songs, all of which focused on me being submissive (for example song number 8, my favourite as a child dub).

  does singing help brainwash sheep?

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  Lurker for a long time, finally decided to take the plunge!

  by Momma-Tossed-Me in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i say this because i have been helped so much by the many posts that represent the way i feel about the wtbts.

  it is good to know that there are so many people that feel this way.

  i am currently inactive and dont comment but do attend meetings for the sake of the family.. my wife is still in and i have a daughter and one on the way.

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  Hi, I'm new

  by Diva in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi, this is my first post but ive been lurking around this discussion board for some time now.

  my husband (the borg) occasionally posts and i had the pleasure of meeting some great people at the apostofest in covent garden, london last year arranged by bestie and sweetpea , hi to you both and hi to freetothink, mr majestic and everyone that was there hope youre all ok.. my story in a nutshell: raised a jw from birth, my whole family, expect one brother and sister (disfellowshipped) are still jws - basically i was raised in a family who were considered one of the pillars of the congregation, we all pioneered and did the whole witness thing, in fact one of my sisters is a missionary.

  my whole jw world crumbled when i learnt about the jw/un connection and from that moment on there was no turning back.

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  "Taking care of a worldly friend isn't as important as the meetings!"

  by Lady Zombie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my best friend, who is *gasp* "worldly" had a semi-major surgery monday.

  she had asked me if she could recooperate at my place.

  it's nice and quiet at my place and besides, she knows i'll spoil her rotten.. yesterday (thursday) i had to take her to her doctor's for a post surgery check when i got off of work.

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  DC Experiences - reality vs. perception

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  at a recent dc, an elderly sister was interviewed.

  she recounted how she endured through many years of her husband's opposition, never giving up, until finally he relented.

  eventually, he bacame baptized and joined her in the full-time pioneer work.. end of experience.

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  The practice of "Shepherding Calls" (attention ex-elders)

  by Lady Zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the practice of "shepherding calls" has always been somewhat of a mystery to me.. growing up, a shepherding call was for jws who were doing something that a few/some/most (didn't matter which) found stumbling or suspicious.

  for instance, i remember my folks gossiping to each other about a jw couple who had been sloughing off the meetings in order to go dancing.

  one of the congregation members (who were absent themselves on a particular night) saw them going into a dance club on a meeting night and promptly ran to an elder.

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