What, is it only 192 paged books that don't show that JW teaching is constantly changing, and could therefore arouse suspicion in the householder?
startingovernow
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Kingdom Ministry ANNOUNCEMENTS September 2009
by RR infor the month of.
november: what does the bible really teach?
if householders already have the book, publishers may offer any 192-page book published prior to 1992. translation: "we have too many old books, help us get rid of them".
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"He was really smart. Smart people leave all the time" <- Unwitting Witness Tells The Truth
by gubberningbody inhow many of you have heard this one, or words to that effect?.
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startingovernow
No, I haven't heard that. The only "smart" people I heard about while a JW were all the ones that were top in their HS class, could have gone to college, could have done anything they wanted in the "world," but instead decided to pioneer, go to Bethel, etc. Guess they weren't so smart after all.
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startingovernow
I have to admit that I laughed throughout this video. The "JW woman" could have been my Bible study conductor. Only with I had had someone like Brenda to help me get out from under the fear that gripped me so much that I did not see the truth behind "the Truth."
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Does my friend need help leaving JW?
by marysue123 ini am not sure if i should be writing this but i'll give it a try because i could use some advice from people who know better this religion.. about 6-7 years ago, when i was in highschool, a new classmate arrived and she was jehovah's witness.
untill that time i had very few knowledge about these people.
she was a kind girl but she wouldn't hang out with us a lot.
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startingovernow
I have the opposite view of many here. I wish anyone of my friends/associates on the "outside" would have pointed out to me the untruth of my religion. I'm a bit angry that they didn't. I truly believed what JWs told me, no questions asked. I would give my friends and workmates our study books in the hopes that if there was something wrong with what they taught, they would show me. Instead, they never talked about it - this reinforced to me that I in fact must have the true religion, since no one was willing or able to disprove otherwise.
You do not have to be her friend on FB to send her a message, so I would suggest sending a message with the names of the 2 most important books for any JW - "Crisis of Conscience" and "Combatting Cult Mind Control." You are right, she is still young enough to change her life for the better. Please keep us posted.
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As a JW Did other Witnesses Annoy you by Condemning " Worldly Music" ?
by flipper ini know i got bothered by all the self righteous music police who would condemn me or others for our awesome record collections from early years as a teenager .
several experiences were really quite odd .
one brother came up to me saying i was wrong to listen to the moody blues " nights in white satin "!
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startingovernow
Condemning worldly music!My study conductor went through my CD collection and made a pile of what I had to get rid of! And being a good girl- I did!Trying to remember what I got rid of so I can get it all back Bloomin x
Bloomin, sounds like you might have the same study conductor I had, or at least someone I used to know
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What is theocratic/spiritual warfare?
by startingovernow inwhat exactly is theocratic/spiritual warfare?.
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startingovernow
What exactly is theocratic/spiritual warfare?
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Is The WTS Getting Desperate for Males? KM Aug 2009
by Hopscotch injust thought this article was interesting in view of what has been said in the last couple of years on the forum about the declining number of elders and servants and those reaching out.
add to that the large percentage of young teenage boys who leave 'the truth'.
i can't ever remember this much space in a km being devoted to converting men.. para 2 states: "when a family head accepts the truth, he often influences others in the family to join him in pure worship".
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Yes, and I hope that any men that are studying or start in near future get a look at this article and see that any niceness shown to them was really about 1. counting time, and 2. finding a potential person to take over or share the responsibilities that are burdening those already in postitions of responsibility.
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As a JW Did other Witnesses Annoy you by Condemning " Worldly Music" ?
by flipper ini know i got bothered by all the self righteous music police who would condemn me or others for our awesome record collections from early years as a teenager .
several experiences were really quite odd .
one brother came up to me saying i was wrong to listen to the moody blues " nights in white satin "!
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startingovernow
Yes, even though I was legally an adult, I had a "sister" look through my music and start looking for something wrong. She just about fell over when she saw the title of Erasure's "Witch in the Ditch." I don't know what makes me more mad, the fact that she felt like she has a right to point out any "bad" music I owned, or that I didn't know enough to say that "music is a personal choice, please keep your opinions to yourself." To this day I don't really know what the song was really about, if anything, and it doesn't really bother me. It's like saying just because witches are bad (if that is what one believes) that we shouldn't even say the word. Trouble is, this sister loved the Disney movie, Alladin. And she loved the Chicago song "Stay the Night" and said it was a "cute" song, even though it is all about being alone with a member of the opposite sex. The more I think about situations like this I'm reminded how far from learning the Bible I got when I was with JWs. It was more about rules - following them, policing them, and hoping one didn't get caught breaking them.
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When Did You First Get Exposed To "Apostate" Info? How Did It Affect You?
by minimus inas a kid, i used to read all the watchtowers of the 40s and 50s to see how the present day information developed from its original "thought".
i was exposed to many eye opening statements but i swept them under the carpet (although it stayed in the recesses of my brain) until the time was right.. so for me, it was a gradual thing.. how were you affected by your first encounters with "apostate" material?
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My first read was CofC - reading it changed my life. Just about all the things that made me miserable as a JW were explained once I realized that the Society is not God's earthly organization and that it was not God I was serving all those years, but rather a group of men who could really care less about me, especially when I started having difficulties that slowed my "service" down.
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Ladies, do you talk too much?
by asilentone inplease do not beat me up for asking that kind of question!
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startingovernow
Oh, sweetface, your avatar is sure to trigger nightmares for me tonight...