Topics Started by broops100

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New light what is it...cos I'm confused??
by Fractured~Mind in
1. jw
2. experiences
ok this is the biggest problem i have ...well one of...and that's the governing body's stance on "new light".

to me its like a dimmer light , whatever subject you have the light on, starting with the lowest setting you can make out the basics.

when the dial is turned up slowly to the brightest setting, you then have the whole, complete,picture...but you don't have a whole new subject matter in front of you.. so i can understand them starting with the basics then later on slowly revealing more and more as it is revealed to them...but i dont understand starting with one idea and completely changing that idea over and over again.. and if the light is not that bright on a subject, isnt it common sense to keep your big trap shut until your sure or the light is brighter, so you don't stumble millions of people in the process??.
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WELCOME to all our new friends @ JWN !
by wobble in
1. jw
2. friends
hi and big welcome to all the new ones posting on here !.

it is really great to have you with us, and i hope you all find time to tell us your story, particularly the one thing that really "woke you up".. please feel free to ask for help, support and friendship here, that is why the site is such a success and so important, it offers those things and more.. love to you all,.

wobble.
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Facebook
by JerkhovahsWitless in
1. jw
2. friends
i opened an alternate facebook account, one that i hope is soon to be infested with ex-jws and demons.. if you'd like to add me, please send me a pm and i'll link you to my page.. thanks .
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Younger JW's Have Never Heard of Jonestown
by WalkTall in
1. jw
2. friends
the other day i was talking to a jw in her 30's and mentioned jonestown and she had no idea what i was talking about.

she had never heard of it.

with all their harping about the dangers of 'false' religion, you would think that jonestown, heaven's gate, and the like would be right up their alley and would be brought up often as examples of why one should never leave the safety of the one true religion.
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How brainwashed were you before you discovered the truth about the "truth"?
by asilentone in
1. jw
2. experiences
for me, i was 100 percent brainwashed.

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The Writing Department's use of "Exclamation Points". Anybody else find their use cheesy? Or motivating possibly?
by miseryloveselders in
1. jw
2. friends
something i've been meaning to ask for a while since coming here, is wsup with the writing department's use of exclamation points?

i'm no literature buff or anything, but to me personally, the exclamation points cheapen whatever they're trying to get across.

here's some examples from the new jeremiah book.. how thankful we can be for the teaching done by christian shepherds!.
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What now....
by broops100 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
october 2009 .

this is the date when somebody, somewhere, somehow, switched the light on and i realised i'd been part of a cult.

21 years of my life wasted.... since then i have gone through what i can only compare to losing someone i loved in death.
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If You Still "Had" To Go To Meetings What "Disrespectful" Things Might You Do?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i know some who go to meetings because they feel they have to because of family or other considerations.. imagine going to a meeting and having your iphone with you!.

how would it look if you had a watchtower in your hands along with a tv guide?.

think about going to a meeting with strong booze breath.. any other suggestions?
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Why should I attend the meetings again?
by asilentone in
1. jw
2. friends
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Is Crisis of Conscience a good book for a worldy person to understand JWs?
by asilentone in
1. jw
2. experiences