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What Perplexes You About Jehovah's Witnesses?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i'll tell you what i just can't get.. how the hell can anyone cry wolf as many times as the witnesses have without huge repercussions afterward?

i don't get it.. "the end is sooooooooo sooooooooooo close and you better get back to the organization for protection before it is too late!!!".

have they no shame???.
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How did you dispose of all those excess magazines?
by chicken little in
1. jw
2. experiences
we were always told not to throw away literature, so just what did we do with it all?

i know that i would sneak it into the bin for recycling quite regularly.

my parents kept all the magazines for over 20 years in ritz boxes in a cupboard, they all went yellow and smelt wierd.
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The assembly mating game
by mutinyinheaven in
1. jw
2. experiences
i haven't been on the board for a while, but i thought you'd dig this.. it was taped last week at a reading from my novel.

the first part is about the hot girls at assemblies and how we'd sit through doom and gloom talks.

part 2 is a scene where gabe is found out for having a girlfriend.. http://vimeo.com/12066637.
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one flock, one shepard
by make yourself in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did anyone else notice that in the watchtower its bringing out jesus is the mediator only for the 144,00. and where did they get it that jesus didn't partake of the emblems?!?!

it's crazy how true that scripture is that states that satan blinds the minds of the unbelievers.

but what i don't understand is do you think the governing body is doing this type of stuff like putting stuff in the watchtower like this on purpose since they have the issues only for members of the congregration?
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Baptizing in the name of the holy spirit?
by make yourself in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this came across as really interesting to me seeing as how they change up the baptismal questions so many times.but thats a lie as a matter of fact the updated questions look like this: .

1.on the basis of the sacrifice of jesus christ, do you repent of your sins and dedicate yourself to jehovah to do his will?

2.do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of jehovah witnesses in line with god's spirit-directed organization?
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can spirituality replace religion?
by make yourself in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was watching cnn, an d they asked this question and this one lady called in and claimed she wasn't raised in a religious household.

but she remembered when she was in elementary school that this jw girl asked her if she was spritual she said no, then the jw told her she would go to hell.

wow.
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new watchtower, new songbook, new funeral arrangement *gasps*!!!
by make yourself in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok so i went to a jehovah witness funeral last week and i noticed a lot of changes.

first of all it did not start with a prayer, and they had one brother come up in the beginning and talk about the diseased relatives family and their qualities then had another brother come up and do the scriptures and then the brother who came up at the start to close with a prayer and no song.

and also there was only one prayer the whole time and that was at the end.
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Being raised as a witness did you ever get the chance to choose your own personal religion?
by make yourself in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
with me it never actually was the case.all i remember and still hear is make sure you stay with jehovah....sometimes you just get tired of the same terd getting shoved down your throat..
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What was your initial reaction to finding out the religion is a cult?
by make yourself in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
mine was filled with shock and anger but mostly anger.

it made me feel that way because i have never been lied to like that growing up in the religion with it being all you know.

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Exit plan
by make yourself in
1. jw
2. friends
what was your exit plan when leaving the jw?

how did you break the news to your relatives that you no longer wanted to be a jw anymore?.