Topics Started by joeblow

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When is the Big GENERATIONS WT Study in congregations?
by daringhart13 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
does anyone know?

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My Memories of Bethel in the Franz Era - part one
by Dogpatch in
1. jw
2. friends
food was passed from one side and if you were #10 you may not get too much to eat!

when i finally did, she was not at all interested.

but i was lucky it didnt work out, for she never would have left the watchtower.
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Silly things I wondered as a kid
by exwhyzee in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if god is like a loving father why did he set up a way for adam and eve to possibly fail by putting the "magic tree" in the garden?

if my dad sabotaged his kids this way or felt the need to test our love him he'd be considered an abusive father.. when god put an angel with a spinning sword in front of the entrance to the garden why didn't a&e walk a few miles down from there and climb over the wall ?

was there a wall ?.
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How do you tell the family?
by joeblow in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
moved to a better forum location.

sorry... i'm a dummy... i re-posted in the private forum.

i didn't see a way to delete this thread before someone posted to it :-(.
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THE MOST THRILLING MOMENT of your life.....?
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
here is the most thrilling moment of my life.. i got to meet my film composer heroes john barry and miklos rosza at the beverly hills writer's guild theater for a seminar on filmmusic.. i was 30 years old at the time and going through my "you look like clint eastwood" stage.

(i'm trying to explain my crazy hair!).

i chatted with them and got them to sign my albums.. what was your most thrilling moment?.
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Did leaving the WT build greater appreciation for or kill your reading of the Bible?
by lepermessiah in
1. jw
2. friends
i am really on the fence on this issue right now and would love some opinions.. i find that i dont sit down and read the bible for long periods since becoming inactive, but on the other hand, individual scriptures mean much more to me now.. i will sit down and look up some favorite passages from time to time and feel like its the first time i really "got it" - without the jw goggles on.

i love matthew chapter 23, since i think it describes to a tee the situation in jw congregations.

i think if jesus returned today, he would blast the elders and "leaders" of the borg in a similar fashion (along with most religious leaders) .matthew 24 is actually more interesting to me now, simply because my whole life was waiting for the 1914 generation to end sometime during the reagan era!
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Another newbie... so to speak
by joeblow in
1. jw
2. friends
hey... how's everyone?.

i'm a new guy here... so a bit about me.. i was raised as a jw.

my parents started studying when i was a baby, so it's all i knew growing up.
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What is your race?
by asilentone in
1. jw
2. friends
i am white and i am not prejudiced at all.

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What year Did you Stop Attending Meetings - How Long were you a JW ?
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm trying to compare some statistics and figures on this to share later in the thread to see if more long-time witnesses are exiting- or are newer witnesses exiting after a shorter period of time.

and - are more people exiting in the last 10 to 15 years than before.

so your answers would be helpful in looking into this .
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Did You Personally Know Any JWs That Were Sexually Molested By Other JWs?
by minimus in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i knew of a handful (which is too many) that were molested by a jehovah's witness.

it was not typical in my experience.

what about you???.