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  Jehovah's Witness warning: "Watch out for the movie Avatar".

  by Cindi_67 in

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  this is an email i received from my brother in law:.

  after discussing with our family and several friends about the popular movie avatar, and the prevalence of "avatars" on the internet, we thought that other friends might be interested in what we found in our family worship research, tell us what you think:.

  merriam-websterdictionary - avatar: the incarnation of a hindu deity (as vishnu).

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  Found Sheep

  i think they are so superstitious it is sick!!
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  Jehovah's Witness warning: "Watch out for the movie Avatar".

  by Cindi_67 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is an email i received from my brother in law:.

  after discussing with our family and several friends about the popular movie avatar, and the prevalence of "avatars" on the internet, we thought that other friends might be interested in what we found in our family worship research, tell us what you think:.

  merriam-websterdictionary - avatar: the incarnation of a hindu deity (as vishnu).

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  Found Sheep

  wow!!!! why? that reminds me of the Titanic... our CO gave a talk that made anyone that watched that movie feel like they sinned!!!! what right do they have?
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  How long before you stopped believing armageddon was on your doorstep?

  by bubba flavel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was born into "the truth" back in 1964. i made the big mistake of getting baptised when i was about 14 or so, purely to please my father as i saw how proud he was when my brothers were baptised....didn't work.. we moved to a new congregation when i was about 8, he introduced all my brothers to the congregation by name, a short bio of thier endearing qualities and how proud he was of them, when he introduced me it was "and this is our black sheep of the family, steve".. i remember living in fear at the fast approaching 1975....actually, living in terror is probably a more apt desciption.

  all of you will full well know how it was instilled into us at every meeting and assembly how we are living in the last days.. as a 15 year old, a brother dobbed me in for kissing a worldly girl at school.

  went through the marked process, judicial committy, disfellowshipped and the shunning which continues to this day by what's left of my family.

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  Found Sheep

  Even if they are right about a world "change" I can't believe THEY are the chosen ones.... I just try to be a good person and I'm learning to LOVE others...
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  Jehovah's Witness warning: "Watch out for the movie Avatar".

  by Cindi_67 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is an email i received from my brother in law:.

  after discussing with our family and several friends about the popular movie avatar, and the prevalence of "avatars" on the internet, we thought that other friends might be interested in what we found in our family worship research, tell us what you think:.

  merriam-websterdictionary - avatar: the incarnation of a hindu deity (as vishnu).

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  Found Sheep

  i thought it was thought provoking. I encouraged an elder to watch it....
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  Have you Been Shunned Even Though Just Considered " Inactive " ?

  by flipper in

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  2. friends

  many of us here on the board are " inactive" , myself included.

  have not attended meetings or gone out in service for years.

  i haven't now for 6 years + .

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  Found Sheep

  wow I'm glad I read this... I've been shunned!!! a few will do small talk but most treat me like I am dead... The whole "sad" look when they run into me... Yet I am happy so not sure why they act so sad.... Some will turn around when they see me or not give me eye contact!!! oh I feel the love!!! I think this has been what opened my eyes!!! being shunned and no one seems to care why I didn't go back!!! Being shunned and not df'ed... It hurts!!!
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  Did you suffer from panic attacks in the borg?

  by highdose in

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  i can certainly say that i did and that i knew alot of others that did too.

  i can also say that i don't any more, i left my panic attacks in the km!.

  what about you?.

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  I did and now only do when something about the JW's comes up... I was constantly doing things I didn't want or feel good doing, and it was ok that it was difficult because serving the borg is hard because the devil makes it hard....
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  What Cong you from???

  by fluke in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hey guys.... .

  just wondering what kh you guys attended and or congregation you are from?.

  me, i'm from hayes cong london and golden ash northants... spent time in others too but mostly those... oh, also a short spat in kempston cong bedford... all in england... :).

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  Found Sheep

  shokan ny come get me all you walkillllites
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  Your worst field service experience.

  by littlebird in

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  2. experiences

  my worst field service experience was this.. i didn't have a car at the time and so a pioneer sister was picking me up of service every couple of days.

  she was my partner and i got a door where the woman was clearly not interested.

  as i am stepping away the pioneer sister starts in with all the objection stoppers.

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  Found Sheep

  about 12 and my dad and i were walking around an A Frame home... It was going to be my door but at the last second I saw someone and said I wanted him to take it... "A frame" home BIG WINDOWS!!!! as we get closer a woman starts screaming and a very naked man comes running out screaming at us... he picks up stones and throws them at us.... large man!!!! he calls the police, but the police threatened to press charges on HIM cuz I was a 12 year old and he came running out naked and "large" throwing stones at me!!! WE went home after that.... he becamed a DNC
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  CONGRATULATE ME.....

  by troubled mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i sent my son a link to the thread about facebook sex because i thought it was so funny ..... today he sent me an email and told me he has joined the forum !!

  i haven't told him my name on here yet, i want him to see if he can figure it out first .. .

  someone else should start a thread for me and ask : " crux have you found your mommy yet ?

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  congrats!!! happy family reunion!
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  How many of you were baptised at a young age?

  by lepermessiah in

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  2. friends

  one thing this site has made me reflect on the baptism practice in jw land.. many of us were raised in the religion, thus you were given the pressure early on to shoot for baptism as a goal.. i remember feeling bad because i waited until the ripe old age of 14 to take the plunge.. looking back, i realize that when i was 14, i didnt even know what my favorite color was, let alone have enough knowledge to make a life altering decision.

  yet, growing up in that climate, i would say anyone who waited past their early teens to get baptised was viewed with great suspicion and was likely to be viewed as "bad association".

  kids who took the dip at 8-9 years of age were viewed as "wise beyond their years" and the like.. how old were some of you when you were baptised, and what are your feelings on the matter?.

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  Found Sheep

  12 to ease my guilt... worked for a week then twice the guilt