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  In your own thoughts.....

  by JWinprotest in

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  2. friends

  don't you just love watchtower study questions that start by saying "in your own thoughts....." or "how do you feel about....", and then they still give you the answer in the paragraph, and the audience of course always gives back the approved answer from the magazine rather than expressing their own thoughts.

  this used to irk me as a kid as well..

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  Why do I still feel guilty?

  by JWinprotest in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  yesterday as our family entered the parking lot of our kh, we realized it was not our congregation entering.

  soon afterward we remembered that this week was our co visit and we had missed the tuesday night meeting.

  i think it's the first time in over 20 years that i missed a meeting with the co. tonight is our bookstudy/co talk, i wonder if anyone will ask where we were (not likely, everyone is so over us).. it's weird though because a large part of me could care less, and we were laughing about it all the way home.

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  This drives me crazy

  by JWinprotest in

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  2. beliefs

  i can't stand it when they say certain things are up to your conscience and they tell the rest of the cong not to judge your brother for a decision they've made based on their conscience, and then the elders will take away your priveleages based on that same decision.

  by taking away your priveleages are they not demonstrating to everyone that the decision you made is wrong?.

  sorry i just needed to vent after this weeks bookstudy on blood fractions.

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  Does anyone ever fail their baptism questions anymore

  by JWinprotest in

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  it used to be a lot more common when i was a kid, but you don't hear about it anymore..

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  I wonder if this would work

  by JWinprotest in

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  2. friends

  my wife and i were discussing yesterday the pros and cons of fading vs disfellowshipping.

  my wife mentioned that it would be extremely difficult to fade because we live so close to everyone and with two small kids it would be difficult to avoid members of the cong or ignore them when they come to our door.

  so i came up with an idea and i wanted to run it by you first to see if it has been thought of before and if you think it can work.. here it is.

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  No difference between Jonestown massacre and WT teaching

  by JWinprotest in

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  2. friends

  can someone tell me what the difference is between jim jones convincing 900+ to kill themselves by injesting poison and the governing body convincing 7 million to die should they need blood to save their lives.

  i don't get why government doesn't put them both in the same light..

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  I've noticed something different at this years district convention

  by JWinprotest in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  not sure if this was the case elsewhere, but i noticed that the contribution boxes with the people attending them stayed out in the hall ways throughout the entire session.

  they used to be set up only before and after sessions and during lunch......times are tough!

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  So my mom now knows I'm apostate

  by JWinprotest in

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  2. friends

  i finally broke my silence yesterday in a discussion with my mom.

  for months now i have been dropping hints here and there that i am not pleased with many things happening in the org, but i would always present it from a concerned jw prospective.

  my wife wants us to remain closet jw's because she has bigger reservations of displeasing her family than i do, and wants to continue playing the game.. yesterday however my wife wasn't around, and for the 100th time my mom was ragging on me for attending one of my best friend's weddings because he was marrying a non jw, and the fact that his df'd brother was there.

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  Portuguese get jipped

  by JWinprotest in

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  2. friends

  not sure if anyone else has heard, but here in the portuguese district that covers southern ontario and montreal had their convention cut from 3 days to 2 days.

  when it was announced they told the congregation that they would be getting the same program in 2 days......but weeks later they were told that they could not take part in the invitation campaign because the theme of the public talk was printed on the flyer and they were not having a public talk.

  does anyone know the reason why they would do this to just this one group?

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  Long time reader.....first time poster

  by JWinprotest in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello everyone, my wife and i are currently associated with jw's.

  my mom converted when i was 3 years old in 1975, my wife was born after her parents converted.

  about 4 years ago however, my wife and i have seen many things that have discouraged us enough to start doing some research into the validity of this religion.

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