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If I'm so intelligent how did I get drawn in to it all?
by Lozhasleft in
1. jw
2. friends
i consider myself an intelligent woman...maybe not strong on the 'common sense' front, but academically i've done pretty well...so...how on earth did i not see through it all when i was studying in the beginning???.

i remember worrying about their 'sales pitching' styles and their arrogance of believing they had the 'truth' ...but still i got involved and became totally immersed in it all.

i feel like i sacrificied our whole family to them, who now shun me.. yesterday, my new son in law, he's a lawyer, asked me how i could have believed it wasnt a cult (topical word this week here) he said he didnt understand how i could have been persuaded to believe it all and trust them with so much and for so many years...... i feel ashamed of myself that i did and that i brought all this upon our family...anyone else relate?.
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Was any of you leading a bible study when discovered the truth about the "truth"?
by Desilusionnee in
1. jw
2. friends
i ask because i'm confronted to that and i really don't know what to do.

i always pointed out that the bible and not the book we are studying together is god's word, but now i really don't know any farther.. the 2nd problem is that we don't only study the bible she is now a friend of mine, our children are of the same age?

were some of you in the same situation?
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How Long Did It Actually Take You To Leave The Organization?
by minimus in
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2. friends
i started reading "apostate" books when i was a teen at the library.

it was more curiousity than anything else.

at home, i used to read all the old publications and i'd notice how beliefs had changed.. with ray franz's books that i read clandestinely, i started to realize the truth about "the truth".
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 05-30-10 WT Study (ONE FLOCK/SHEPHERD)
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
remember the point they make here that people were were not born israelites could become israelites as converts or proselytes and were to be treated as brothers.

we will now consider the answer to this question.. comments.

11:25) are all christians included in this new covenant?
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Ray Franz has had a stroke
by coffee_black in
1. jw
2. friends
just setting the record straight.

there is another thread that notes a claim on wiki that said that ray has died.. he had a stroke yesterday, and is in the hospital.

he is still alive.
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Progamme for 2010 "Remain close to Jehovah" District Convention
by iknowall558 in
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2. entertainment
lorraine catherine barriehttp://stuffofinteresttojws.blogspot.com/2010/05/program-for-2010-draw-close-to-jehovah.htmljehovah's witnesses: program for the 2010 "remain close to jehovah" district conventionstuffofinteresttojws.blogspot.comthank you for this post, reading through it this morning, shows what timely reminders we need and intensifies the anticipation of our forthcoming convention, it was a real lift for me this morning.
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World of Warcraft Players - Looking for feedback
by sabastious in
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2. friends
i have been working on a site and i want it to eventually become my day job.

have been working tirelessly for two weeks on it and am dying for feedback!.

http://www.pvptracer.com.
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The stupid "ants" at the Watchtower Society!
by somebody in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for those who haven't seen the video yet on youtube of ciro's ( a bethel speaker?

) sick talk given in, i believe, 2007, i provide the link:.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwa9kx5wjtm.
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Was There Anything You Liked About Being A Jehovah's Witness???
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
anything at all???

?.
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Fun and Games in Field Service
by Backspacer in
1. jw
2. experiences
come on guys... it wasn't all that bad was it?

there were some fun times and some very funny things that happened in those car groups.

please share.... my favorite story comes from my daughter.