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positive role models for ex dubs?
by highdose in
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by which i don't mean people to exactly copy, but rather inspirational ones who dispite the jw's have made a success of their lifes.. any suggestions?

examples?.
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Where did these unoffical beliefs/standards come from?
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i've been doing some reasoning about all the jw teachings i've been taught as i grew up.

one of them was the belief that if you were baptised young that it would be a protection for you.

i questioned this at the time as i thought that instead it would make you prey to opposition from satan at a young age.
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cheeseist chatup lines from JW's...
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my 2 personal favs are :.

" i'd love to take you on a date sometime, your so cheap and undemanding!

i'd take you to a macdonalds, order 2 cups of tap water, you'd have 1 sip and the date would be over!
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Finding Men in the Territory
by WTWizard in
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just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any worse, along comes the august 2009 kingdumb misery.

therein, "meet the challenge of witnessing to men" comes along.

they are whining that there are too many women and not enough men (i wonder if they are hearing about "sisters" not finding mates within the cancer, or just because they need men to run the show because they do not want women running it).. they continue with a couple of stock examples of reaching men.
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did you find JW's expected products/services for free from other JW's?
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just wondering if i'm the only one whose experianced this?.
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my road to recovery, step1...getting my tits out!
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...hahaha...not quite what you think;).

after the lovely encouraging posts i got yesterday.

i decided to take their advice and start bit by bit exploring my new free life:).
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two witness ruling ?
by KAYTEE in
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if a paedophile commits a crime against a junior there has to be, according to the watchtower two witnesses for action to be taken.. if one party of a marriage commits adultery, does there have to be the same, (two witnesses) before action is taken?.

if not........................ kt.

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newbie needs help
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this is a first timer posting.

heres my story which im hoping you guys can help me with, even if its just support ( i could sure use some!).

brought up in the truth, i spent 20+ years of my life having trauma after trauma in it.
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The Social Structure in the Congregation
by Mary in
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ever notice how the "happiest people on earth" are also the most class-oriented?

to say that jesus said his followers should all be on equal footing, it's incredible how much the r&f witness is not on equal footing.

the social structure in the congregation is more complex than the blueprints of a nuclear warhead, but just so that you "remember your place", see if you can find where your niche was/is:
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South East England - love of the greater number cooling off
by truthseeker in
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hi everyone, in the congregation i grew up in, it was very cold and unloving.

circuit overseers would come and go, they would give counsel and nothing changed.

at one time even the do came at the same time as the co and gave counsel to 'widen out'.