So, for those of us who have been out for a long time, any changes in the last 10 years?
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Question on Teaching UN is Beast to recruits?
by hawkaw inquestion to you intelligent jws and exjws.. does the wt, through its knowledge book or whatever, make sure new recruits know who the scarlet coloured wild beast is or disgusting thing is (ie, the un), who is part of the great harlot etc before becoming full blown jws?.
like should new recruits know this off by heart thanks to the rote teaching?.
hawk
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Stupidest thing a JW ever told you
by Nosferatu inwhat is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?
we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.
for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.
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bsmart
The internet is demonized!
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Did reading Jwfacts help you? Please take a moment to say thanks..
by The Quiet One init seems as though so many of the stories of people who are now mentally free that i read on here involved reading jwfacts.com at some point along the way.. he basically saved my sanity (questionable, i know!
), and was never as sensational and garish as other sites which immediately scared me away.
why not take a minute out of your day to say thanks for any difference that jwfacts made to your life, and tell us what it was that helped you?...
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bsmart
I have relatives still in and my son wanted some info on the wittnesses and I sent him to JWfacts. Good information and presented so well. He hasn't said anything more about having a study.
Thank you, Paul
bsmart
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Getting Your Money Back From The Governing Body For Selling You A Worthless Bunch Goods
by frankiespeakin inwell think about this for a minute what happens when one wills his property or something valueable to the watch tower money grabbing corporation and then finds out the corporation is all based on a crack pot delusion, how can you get your money back if you signed over a deed to them signed a will granting them that.. and what about all our volunteer service to sell books and magazine for them free of charge without any reembersments?.
i mean could this open some interesting lawsuits against them?
and what about all their outrageous lies and horrible treatment they inflict upon the leaveing disbeleiver there might be an angle of some sort of legal action but i'm not a lawyer but i see some legal recousre for money spent while serving the nonprofit corporation because of false advertisements in thier literature..
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Wills can be changed, just don't get a JW lawyer.
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Modesty in Dress and Grooming - May KM
by expatbrit inok you slutty and independent slobs, pay attention.
how many instances of loaded language and mind-control techniques can you spot in the following article from the may 2002 km?
whoever gets the most wins a brown suit from goodwill.. modesty in dress and grooming- km may 2002.
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bsmart
I like to ask about the dress code when God tells you to take all your clothes off.
Isaiah 20:3
Then the LORD said, "Just as my servant Isaiah has walked around naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a warning for Egypt and Ethiopia,
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BOE Letter: Kingdom News No. 38
by pixel into all bodies of elders re: kingdom news no.
dear brothers: .
april 1, 2013. we are pleased to inform you that in november 2013 a month-long special campaign will focus on a wide distribution of kingdom news no.
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bsmart
My memory is not so great, but about 40 odd years ago there were 2 special campaigns a year... I was a teenager and remember the magazines were "special". NOT!
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WAC is Back! Checking in to see old friends on my birthday =)
by What-A-Coincidence inmiss you all!
thank you for your encouragement/advice.
love to all!.
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bsmart
Happy birthday to you two. Its a good day!
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Am I now an apostate ?
by smiddy inmy wife and i never received an invitation to the memorial ,last year we did ,but not this year.i am the only one where we live in this small town who has challenged the witnesses on the couple of times they have called on our home these past 5 years .
my wife has never been confronted with them.my son and his wife both ex jw`s have not had what used to be called shepherding calls in the 5 years they have been here.none of them have ever been disfellowshipped or disassociated themselves from the organization ,whereas i did a couple of years ago.da`d that is.a couple of months ago they by-passed our house in the d2d ministry that i witnessed.so my wife is not worthy of a call?
she has never said a bad word about them .and they have never spoken to her in the 5 years we have been here .
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bsmart
" lower than whale poop in the Marianis trench."
LOL
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in limbo.
by Captain Blithering inyo homies.. .
ltr ftp (long time, first time etc.).
i don't really know where to start, but i guess you've all been here before so you'll know where i'm coming from.
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bsmart
Welcome,
Sometimes one day at a time is what you have to do. A slow fade is fine, even prefered (if you can stand it). If you can bring a few others out at the same time all the better.
Visit the forum often and ask if anything presents a problem.. the members are awesome.
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Disfellowshipping Changes
by UnDisfellowshipped inparaphrase of the watchtower 1955, page 607:.
quote from the watchtower august 1st 1974 issue, page 465:.
quote from the watchtower august 1st 1980 issue, page 19:.
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bsmart
So what is the current LAW acccording to the Watchtower (TM)?