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  Why the meetings are boring and uninspiring

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  each individual may have their own views as to why they feel the meetings are boring and uninspiring.

  in my case i find the midweek meeting so, because of the constant emphasis on pitching watchtower literature.

  its just monotonous and one big yawn.. i watch other christian faiths where they open up a chapter of the bible and discuss it's contents.

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  the PT and WT study were always mind numblingly boring, 2 hours of utter drivel and the PT generally given by a very poor public speaker, at least the TMS and SM had more sections to it, to think I've not had to endure one for 25 years
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  The new world we live in

  by JaniceA in

  1. social
  2. family

  so, i'm in a starbucks.

  it's 5:45 pm.

  this kid who is maybe 6 years old yells, "mom, my tablet is fully charged any my phone is at 84%!".

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  jookbeard

  6 year old kids shouldn't have smartphones, the world has gone mad
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  my 25 year anniversary of life after the WTS

  by jookbeard in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  its been a hell of a journey and not one i regret, i've had my testimony featured in free minds, married divorced, married again had 2 children, survived a very serious illness and come out just about unscathed.

  it all started sometime in the early 1990's around the time of the waco siege, i just couldn't accept these crazy doctrines anymore of the belief system i was born into, the death and destruction of billions, the big a, the restoring of the earth to a paradise and the even bigger lie of a resurrection of billions, come early 1993 i had decided to fade, i attended the memorial of that year and decided never ever to return and i never did, come 1994 i had really hit rock bottom, divorced the following year, moved away,started a new career, a new life, the rest they say is history, anyone reading this and having similar thoughts, go for it!

  you wont regret it..

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  Stan; late 1970's after the 1975 fiasco?
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  UK - please post names of congregations being disbanded/merged

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i will soon be done with my jw charity analysis project.

  can we make this an official thread for uk congregations being merged/disbanded so i can update the list.

  i will post the results when finished.. truthseeker.

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  my ex wife's former cong Worcester Park was disbanded many years ago and merged with Sutton, my old cong still exists Wimbledon
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  my 25 year anniversary of life after the WTS

  by jookbeard in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  its been a hell of a journey and not one i regret, i've had my testimony featured in free minds, married divorced, married again had 2 children, survived a very serious illness and come out just about unscathed.

  it all started sometime in the early 1990's around the time of the waco siege, i just couldn't accept these crazy doctrines anymore of the belief system i was born into, the death and destruction of billions, the big a, the restoring of the earth to a paradise and the even bigger lie of a resurrection of billions, come early 1993 i had decided to fade, i attended the memorial of that year and decided never ever to return and i never did, come 1994 i had really hit rock bottom, divorced the following year, moved away,started a new career, a new life, the rest they say is history, anyone reading this and having similar thoughts, go for it!

  you wont regret it..

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  Phizzy; it was'nt so easy visits to the library where I found a wonderful little book on jw's by Alan Rogerson, the evangelical christian outreach groups such as Reachout Trust were very helpful as well even though I was a pole apart in wanting to accept their religious standpoint but they were very helpful in supplying resource materials and books, and the jw newsletters Comments from the Friends and the Free Minds journel which I looked forward to seeing when they were issued

  Good JW, good advice!
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  my 25 year anniversary of life after the WTS

  by jookbeard in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  its been a hell of a journey and not one i regret, i've had my testimony featured in free minds, married divorced, married again had 2 children, survived a very serious illness and come out just about unscathed.

  it all started sometime in the early 1990's around the time of the waco siege, i just couldn't accept these crazy doctrines anymore of the belief system i was born into, the death and destruction of billions, the big a, the restoring of the earth to a paradise and the even bigger lie of a resurrection of billions, come early 1993 i had decided to fade, i attended the memorial of that year and decided never ever to return and i never did, come 1994 i had really hit rock bottom, divorced the following year, moved away,started a new career, a new life, the rest they say is history, anyone reading this and having similar thoughts, go for it!

  you wont regret it..

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  its been a hell of a journey and not one I regret, I've had my testimony featured in Free Minds, married divorced, married again had 2 children, survived a very serious illness and come out just about unscathed. It all started sometime in the early 1990's around the time of the Waco siege, I just couldn't accept these crazy doctrines anymore of the belief system I was born into, the death and destruction of billions, the Big A, the restoring of the earth to a paradise and the even bigger lie of a resurrection of billions, come early 1993 I had decided to fade, I attended the memorial of that year and decided never ever to return and I never did, come 1994 I had really hit rock bottom, divorced the following year, moved away,started a new career, a new life, the rest they say is history, anyone reading this and having similar thoughts, go for it! you wont regret it.
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  Since leaving the JW Organization, who is believing?

  by Issa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i left the jw organization last year during summer.

  maybe some of you can relate.

  who of you are agnostic or an atheist?

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  kind of kept some sort of theist belief after I left for the first couple of years, but an atheist now and proud, there is nothing out there, you live and die then return to dust thats it!
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  St Petersburg Assembly Hall to be given to Russian scientists

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://realty.newsru.com/article/26dec2017/iegov_med.

  (the following article is translated using google translate).

  the building selected in "jehovah's witnesses" in st. petersburg will be given to scientistsdecember 26, 2017 publication time: 09:42. in a building selected from a banned organization in russia, "jehovah's witnesses", will soon be able to read scientific lectures.

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  great news, best place for it
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  JW's on my front sidewalk

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so last weekend, the jw's ring the bell and my wife answers.

  we live in a heavily spanish neighborhood but don't really speak spanish.

  i thought my wife was quite clear that she is a "sister" to them, but maybe the one in charge of the group didn't get the message.

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  always great to anti-witness, never miss the chance
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  Crisis of conscience

  by Jrjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi everyone.

  what does anyone think of the crisis of conscience book?

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  jookbeard

  a deal breaker, the so called GB are nothing but the wizard in the movie when the curtain is pulled out, I used that example in my JC, a group of institutionalised pathetic sexual deviant OAP's who have as much insight into biblical prophecy as a man sweeping the streets