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  My First Easter in 35 years...

  by TimeBandit in

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  hi folks.

  this is the first time i have celebrated easter since i was a tot.

  i have some vague memories of getting an easter basket way back then.

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  Looks awesome!
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  So what do your Jehovah's Witness friends and loved ones think of the generation teaching?

  by garyneal in

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  2. beliefs

  after the little skit at the last assembly where one brother was asking another for understanding about the generation teaching i thought, "wow, these people will believe anything the watchtower tells them.

  " the 'more mature brother' practically said verbatim everything the watchtower said as his explanation.

  evidently, this is one of the sources of the increased 'murmuring' that the talked warned against.. so, has anyone brought this up to their witness friends and/or family?

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  For the victims of thought reform, the details of doctrine don't matter. Even if this doctrine is clearly wrong, where else can they go?
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  I would like some ideas on celebrating Easter

  by umadevi in

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  hi friends, this will be my first easter and i would like to make it memorable.

  i have a 9 year old son.

  any ideas?.

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  An Easter basket with his favorite candy/chocolates and perhaps a small toy.
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  "Do you still feel Jehovah is directing the Organization?"

  by outsmartthesystem in

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  for those of you with experience being asked this question.....or those of you that are/were elders........ what would happen if you responded to that question by saying "i don't know"?.

  what would happen if you responded with "i choose not to answer that question."?

  and then when they ask why, you say "because i wish to invoke my 5th amendment rights".

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  outsmartthesystem: In this particular case, I would avoid being put into a situation in which you're asked to respond. Refuse to meet with them. Or, just don't show up to the meeting. Call in sick, etc, etc.

  PS: There is no reward for telling cult leaders the truth. Further, you can be DF'd for anything that three elders agree upon.
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  Supreme Court Ruling Allows Strip-Searches For Any Arrest

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  supreme court ruling allows strip-searches for any arrest.. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/us/justices-approve-strip-searches-for-any-offense.html.

  bangalore.

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  This ruling creates the potential for serious abuse. Want to protest or demonstrate? Enjoy your violation by the local cops back at the station.
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  Supreme Court Ruling Allows Strip-Searches For Any Arrest

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  supreme court ruling allows strip-searches for any arrest.. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/us/justices-approve-strip-searches-for-any-offense.html.

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  Anybody given any thought on how this ruling may relate to the court split on the constitutionality of ObamaCare?

  Yes. If Obamacare is struck down, this strip search ruling will (almost) provide free colonoscopies.
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  on the fence - an introduction

  by so confused in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was brought up around the truth.

  my dad was disfellowshiped when i was young, around 6-7. he was a elder and very devoted even going to jail when he was younger for the truth.

  he had a stroke and started preaching things that the society was not teaching and he was disfellowshiped.

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  Welcome!

  Please read these two books:

  Crisis of Conscience by Ray Franz

  http://www.commentarypress.com/Detail/eng_crisis_e.html

  Combatting Cult Mind Control by Steve Hassan

  http://www.amazon.com/Combatting-Cult-Mind-Control-Best-selling/dp/0892813113
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  I Quit Preaching The "Door To Door and Tract Work" No Time For March 2012.

  by Creep Side Congregation in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why i have stopped preaching door to door, inactive now for march 2012!.

  i can't participate in the door to door ministry anymore, how can i guarantee my bible studies won't experience the "dark side"?

  are we providing a spiritually safe environment for new believers, free of sex offenders, thieves, gossiping bitter old women and "rock throwing hypocrites"?

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  Welcome!

  Please read this book:

  Crisis of Conscience by Ray Franz

  http://www.commentarypress.com/Detail/eng_crisis_e.html
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  Are you an athiest and why?

  by LouBelle in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm interested in finding out people's reasons as to why they are athiest.. i have simply through life experience, my research into religions over the years come to that conclusion.

  never thought i would come to a day that i did not believe in a god.

  believing in a god is like believing in super man, it would be great if he existed but well it's just a fairy tale.

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  LouBelle: I'm an agnostic atheist. I'm open to the possibility of God, in the same way that I'm open to the possibility of time travel. The current popular definitions of God and their accompanying sales pitches do not make any sense to me. The essay below, written in 1896, explains it far better than I can. It was written before my grandparents were born, and yet it's relevant today, IMHO.

  Why I Am Agnostic by Robert G. Ingersoll

  http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/ingag.htm
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  An Elder's honest opinion...saw this on another site...thoughts?

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  2. experiences

  by "shadow elder".

  before i express my opinion to the readers and contributors to this website (www.ex-jw.com), i would like to explain who i am and to present my bona fides as someone qualified to comment on this website and jehovah's witnesses in general.. first of all, i am an active jehovah's witness living just outside of new york city.

  being a large metropolis, new york has many kingdom halls located within the city and several more in surrounding boroughs, counties, and suburbs.

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  "trying to help our cause"

  What is our cause?