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  What are some of the 'good' things you learned during and after being a Jehovah's Witness?

  by Dune in

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  2. friends

  my problems with the wtbs have always been their doctrine and their absolute control of the rank and file, not the principles that they and most mainstream religions teach.

  i grew up in a predominantly black urban metropolitan area that had a high crime rate and drug usage.

  when i go back to my old neighborhood, i always hear about how some of my peers are drug addicts, incarcerated or dead.

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  I am so sick of hearing the word "soon."

  by TooBad TooSad in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the use of the word "soon" at the kh is used so much by jw's.

  that it has almost turned into a "soon" doctrine.. i counted the word soon 15 times at the meeting yesterday during the.

  public talk and wt.

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  Mennoite Article (about SHUNNING) now on watchtower.org

  by V in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.watchtower.org/e/20050901/article_01.htm.

  we cannot do as you ask, replied one of the family heads.

  those people came to teach us the bible.

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  How did you feel about attending another church?

  by digderidoo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this question is for those who have attended another church since leaving the jw's.. i have considered attending a local church, firstly out of curiosity and secondly because i do enjoy discussing the bible with people and learning new thoughts on scripture.. the only thing that stops me though is crossing that line.

  i guess it was a bit like when i first posted here, it took me ages to pluck up the courage and now what was the big deal?.

  did anyone else have this feeling before attending another church, that feeling of crossing the line of no return.

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  Told 3 Teenage Witness Girls in Grocery Store about JW Child Abuse Suits

  by flipper in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i was in the quick check at the grocery store today and 3 teenage witness girls in service dress came behind me in line.

  i asked them, " are you ladies dressed up for a graduation or something ?

  " they replied, " no, we're in our door to door ministry.

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  Do you think JW's really know the "Truth" about the "Truth"?

  by Quirky1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with the many threads surfacing here focusing on internet access opening eyes of beleivers and the unsuccessful d2d work, how many do you think really know the truth and are just going with the motions?

  and if so, what is there reasoning?

  family, freinds, etc...

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  New anointed rejected by the WT-society

  by Kosonen in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  new anointed rejected by the wt-society.

  i listened through the lates download wt, june 15, 2009. www.jw.org there is an article: the faithful steward and its governing body.. this article makes it clear that new anointed will not be consulted in preparing spiritual food.

  other sheep are also told in other words not to listen to the opinion of new anointed in the congregations.. .

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  A belief in an afterlife is the most dangerous of all beliefs

  by Awakened at Gilead in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is an essay i am posting on freeminds... i'm posting it here too for good measure.... it is well known that the 9-11 attackers had a belief in an afterlife.

  as the story goes, apparently they believed that after they would die gloriously, having killed thousands of american infidels, they would be taken into paradise and would enjoy the company of 72 virgins.. .

  i think it is quite easy to see the connection between the belief in such an afterlife and the nefarious deeds that these men committed.

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  How Long Have you Been Out of the Witnesses ? Have you Moved On ?

  by flipper in

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  2. friends

  i have been out over 5 years now.

  i feel we all start healing at different speeds depending on how much hurt we went through in exiting ; and how much we've educated ourselves about how and why we were sucked in by a mind control cult.

  at first i felt anger towards the organization , but after learning about mind control within 3 years of leaving the cult i felt sorry for those who are still trapped inside the witnesses being deceived.

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  Big Love - temple scene and Barb's excommunication

  by undercover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  who saw big love last night?.

  ...and here i thought jws were fucked up.... the whole temple thing was just surreal.

  i've always liked barber's adagio, but that music made it even creepier.... jws got nuthin on their temples and ceremonies.... jws are cult lite compared to that shit.... but.... the disciplinary meeting that barb went to with the elders...how deja vu was that?

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