Topics Started by IronHill

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Videos you had to get rid of
by White Dove in
1. jw
2. friends
i bought then got rid of my 'r' movies when i was in because my conscious bothered me after a while.

then, guess what?

i bought them again and got rid of them again for the same reason as before.
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The desperation of JWs hoping the end comes "soon"
by sir82 in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm starting to sense a certain desperation among jws, that they feel that the great tribulation must start soon.

i think this is due, in many cases, to their own personal situation, financial or otherwise.. if the gt doesn't come soon, and these guys really start to suffer - what then?

the watchtower's promises that "jehovah would not forsake them if they put kingdom interests first" by skipping or dropping out of college, turning down promotions, "simplifying" their lives by selling their homes and moving to the hinterlands...will all prove to be meaningless.. if the gt doesn't come soon, and "jehovah" doesn't bail them out...then what?.
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As a Child, Which Did You Think About More?
by BabaYaga in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
petting baby animals in paradise, or the fiery rain of armegeddon?.

i can tell you which one i thought about every single day.

armegeddon absolutely terrified me.
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The Last Warning
by cameo-d in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did i read somewhere that wt is putting out "the last warning"?.

was it assembly topic or something?.

does this mean they will shut up now?.
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When Did You First Get Exposed To "Apostate" Info? How Did It Affect You?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
as a kid, i used to read all the watchtowers of the 40s and 50s to see how the present day information developed from its original "thought".

i was exposed to many eye opening statements but i swept them under the carpet (although it stayed in the recesses of my brain) until the time was right.. so for me, it was a gradual thing.. how were you affected by your first encounters with "apostate" material?

?.
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Hello there...
by IronHill in
1. jw
2. experiences
hello everyone.... honestly i dont know how to start my first post.

i have been an avid reader of jwd for some time now, and now have decided to say hello.

i was raised as a witness, and have been baptized for 17 years.
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WTS causing more anguish
by GapingMouth in
1. jw
2. experiences
i don't really know where to start on my first post; i feel i have so much to say and yet i am so emotionally tired that it is hard to go through it all again in my head.

but, i do need support and advice and so i will make the effort.. i started having doubts about certain beliefs of the witnesses about 2 years ago and did research since that i now come to the belief there is no god, and witnesses definitely are a cult.. at first it bothered me more on the god issue, but now i am more bothered by the cult issue, mainly because it dictates my life even though i am aware of it.. when i was a child, my mother and father divorced and my mother told me i will live with my father because she was going to die at armageddon being a non witness.

i think, as well as many other pressures i cant list for fear of a very long post, this was the main pressure that made me get baptized even though i wasn't that happy being a witness.
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Insane Email From My JW Mother
by daniel-p in
1. jw
2. friends
she starts out with some banal stuff about where they want to move, etc, then, she launches into this:.

that brings up something i wanted to tell you in person but itseems that i am not going to be able to do that very soon.

i amhoping to throw some light on what has happened within our familyesp during the time we were over there.. it has become very apparent to us now that during that time period from early spring on, in 200[x], satan launched an all-out attack on our family, son.
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By their deeds you shall know them - aka JW's who aint that christian
by LaniB in
1. jw
2. experiences
firstly some background.. when i was 21 i went to live in sydney and left my congregation in tasmania.

until then i had never seen the bad side of the borg.

being new in town and staying with my non jw sibling i immediately checked in with the local congregation and soon found a fellow witness to share an apartment with.
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You know your an Apostate when
by pleaseer2001 in
1. social
2. humour
ok jesika and i started this in chat so here it goes,.

you know your an apostate when..........worldy is a word used for your friends.

you now your an apostate when ............your parents call after five years....and say anything new!.