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Opus92
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question for theMadJW and other Wt apologists
by isaacaustin inon what basis do you make the claim that the leadership of the jw's, aka governing body, is the organization god is and has been working through continuously since 1919?.
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How Jehovah's Witnesses Differ From Cults
by Bangalore infound this article by some guy named john w scott that says jw's are not a cult.. .
http://ezinearticles.com/?how-jehovahs-witnesses-differ-from-cults&id=3237332.
bangalore.
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Opus92
8. The dogmas and structure of cults tends to be rigid and inflexible, unable to respond to outside criticism or to make adjustments. The doctrines that Jehovah's Witnesses subscribe to as well as the organizational structure and policies tends to be more fluid, able to respond and adjust to changes in society and to justified criticisms.
So now all the flip-flops on doctrine are a selling point?
15. Jehovah's Witnesses are not encouraged to accept everything taught to them, but to study diligently the Bible, to "see if these things are so," as the Bible encourages.
I think Ray Franz would like to disagree...
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Are Your Feelings Hurt By JWs That Come Here And Say Nasty Things?
by minimus insome witnesses come here and try to rebel rouse.
some treat us very harshly and are very judgmental.
what do you say to such witnesses?.
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Opus92
I pity them. They're even more misguided than the average R&F who wouldn't bother with us.
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RECORDED...FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH, THE GB SAYS APOSTATES HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER.
by whereami inhas anyone heard this nonsense before?
see reinea, this is proof that your masters don't want you "debating" on these god awful forums.
but don't worry they're praying for ya .
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We have nothing to offer but honesty about the Witnesses' own true history.
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I'm 'Apostate' now....
by Butterflyleia85 ina new 'apostate'.. according to dictionary.... one who has abandoned one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause.
toward the jehovah's witnesses.. shewww... it feels good.
weird i never thought i'd say that.. as far as my belief system... i realize they are still going to be based on my up bringing as a jehovah's witness (morals included) so i call myself a chirstian.. {gees it feels like i just hopped over the fence or something in the movie "village" haha}.
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Opus92
Bienvenue!
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What do you want for Christmas???
by babygirl75 ini love christmas time and decorating.
so sad it took me 25years to actually get to celebrate it!.
my son is already making his list.
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Opus92
An engagement ring.
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Opus92
Otherwise, I miss the JWs the same way fish miss bicycles.
Exactly. There's not a damned thing I miss about being a Witness.
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Former JW Survey -- This time with results!
by Opus92 inout of the many responses i received, i was only able to use 177.
) responses were tossed if:.
any of the questions were skippedanswers were vague (e.g., "i quit attending at age ###, but i stopped believing at ###.
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Opus92
I was floored by how evenly the sexes were represented. I originally thought there'd be more women since it seems there's so many more JW women than men. Now I think you're right about more even amounts of men and women leaving.
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Former JW Survey -- This time with results!
by Opus92 inout of the many responses i received, i was only able to use 177.
) responses were tossed if:.
any of the questions were skippedanswers were vague (e.g., "i quit attending at age ###, but i stopped believing at ###.
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Opus92
Out of the many responses I received, I was only able to use 177. (This is still more than enough!) Responses were tossed if:
- any of the questions were skipped
- answers were vague (e.g., "I quit attending at age ###, but I stopped believing at ###.")
- more than one answer per question (e.g., answering the "How old were you when you quit?" question with an age range instead of a one- or two-digit age.)
- I just couldn't decipher the response.
I still appreciate that so many people took the time to take the survey. I'm sorry that I couldn't use all the responses.
Demographics
Out of the 177, 88 were males and 89 were females. The average age for all respondents was 42 years. The average age at which someone quit the JW's was 32 years.
The majority of the sample resided in the United States (68%), while the rest were disperesed between Canada (11%), the United Kingdom (10%), Australia (5%), South Africa (2%), Austria (1%), the Czech Republic (1%), Finland (1%), Hong Kong (1%), New Zealand (1%), Puerto Rico (1%), and Sweden (1%).
Education
More than half of the sample (63%) had not earned a degree, but more than half (66%) also had some education beyond high school. (It's not supposed to add up to 100% -- those who had "some college" but never got the degree fit into both groups.)
6% didn't finish high school. 28% did. The largest category was those who had attended some college, but didn't earn a degree (29%). 11% had 2-year degrees; 19% had 4-year degrees; 7% had postgraduate degrees.
Doin' Time
More than half of the sample (55%) came into this world as JW's. 48% entered as children, while 18% converted as teens or adults.
Implications
For ex-JW's? There are none. This is about as unscientific as it gets.
For my class? I've got enough to earn a grade for the project, but I have more processing to do. Thanks again!
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Former JW Survey
by Opus92 ini'm trying to gather data on ex-jws to analyze for a statistics class.
i'd appreciate it if you'd click the link and take my short survey.
it's only 7 questions and is anonymous.. .
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Opus92
Survey is closed! Thank you to everyone who participated!