Topics Started by CandleSurgeon

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Ex-Circuit Overseers Write Books about Jehovah's Witnesses
by cabasilas in
1. watchtower
2. bible
some of our new members may find these online books of interest.

two former circuit overseers (both of whom "served" in the uk) have published books about jehovah's witnesses.. the first was a circuit overseer in the early 1960s by the name of william stevenson.

he published his book shortly after the watchtower society started promoting 1975 as the date for the end of 6,000 years of mankind's existence.
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Watchtower is kicking people out again, in the name of LOVE?
by Bethelite Elder in
1. jw
2. friends
right now at bethel, they are laying off and reassigning again.

if you have cancer or some other illness, you are a liability and it's time to pack.

i remember the night when we had the special talk about there being a great need in the field and some would be sent out.
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Unconfirmed Issues at WT HQ and Chicago
by yadda yadda 2 in
1. jw
2. friends
saw this on the paradise cafe forum.

anyone know if there is any substance to these rumours?:.

unconfirmed issues at wt hq and chicago.
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Atheists - Please answer this
by Nellie in
1. jw
2. friends
i guess i lean more towards an agnostic point of view; though if asked, i will still identify myself as a christian.

why, i'm not really sure if i'm honest with myself.

it all boils down to how i feel about the earth and all of the inhabitants thereon.
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Does a Cult Background Assist Atheists?
by Perry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the march 2009 american religious identification survey from trinity college and the march 7, 2009, national journal article on "rise of the godless" present the following data: .

when asked for their religious affiliation, 15 percent of americans say none, but only 0.7 percent say atheist ..... .

i present the above info just as a reminder that very, very few people consider themselves atheist despite decades of "scientific" propaganda suggesting otherwise.
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Building new friendships
by troubled mind in
1. jw
2. friends
on the thread about 'moving on after leaving the witnesses', it brought to mind how hard it is to build new friendships .. for me i have been out for a little over three years .

i knew before i quit that it would be important to fill the void that would be left when old "friends" began dropping us .

lucky for me i worked with some very fun out going people at my job .
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Does staying in touch with family depend upon you?
by compound complex in
1. jw
2. friends
if you didn't initiate contact with children or other relatives, would there be no communication whatsoever?

i realize that estrangement over jw-related issues is a huge factor.. i have friends whose grown children call daily.. does other's failure to stay in touch indicate indifference or simply sheer busyness, in your humble opinion?.

coco .
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Hello
by CandleSurgeon in
1. jw
2. friends
hello, some of you may know me by my screen name others probably don't.

so a friendly hello and a quick bio for those who don't know me.. .

i am 25, d/a'd when i was 22. i was a born-in, my family shuns me because of my d/a'ing.
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If You Were Ever An Elder...
by Henry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what about the responsibility of being an elder did you dislike the most?

i served from september 2003 - june 2006. there were two things that bugged me the most the first was i got sick of the bickering amongst the body.

we had 7 elders and in nearly every situation, big or small, there was some division that got personal.
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How many Witnesses would stop going to meetings if..............
by TooBad TooSad in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
how many witnesses would stop going to the meetings right now if they were not tied to the.

organization due to family members who are active and are blinded by wt teaching?.

how many husbands, like myself, go to meetings so as not to destroy their marriage?.