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  Are You A Screwed Up Adult Because You Were A Witness?

  by minimus in

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  or did it not matter that you were ever a witness---you're a bit screwy, anyway?.

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  exwhyzee

  I think there were some benefits to being a Witness but then I realize that it's the residue of Witness logic that is causing me to think this.
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  Is there ANY JW belief/doctrine that has remained the same from start to now?

  by journey-on in

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  i was trying to think of one teaching or doctrine that has remained consistent from the society's inception to now, and couldn't.

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  can you give me one?.

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  exwhyzee

  We're right....everyone else is wrong because they are being led by Satan. Any time we change a belief, it's because God in his infinite wisdom, didn't want us to know the real understanding until now. Even if we change our beliefs in the future, you must not have doubts, you are to go out and teach it to other people whether you understand it or not.
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  is jws really growing or only natural increases from kids.?

  by mP in

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  firstly yes we all know most jw bornins leave but a quarter give or take continue.

  im going to argue that this is the only source of any increase.

  those that leave are barely replaced if at all by new recruits in third world countries.

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  exwhyzee

  The Congregation I attended split 3 times remodeled once and built a new hall once, because of growth. Everyone new to the Hall was raised in the Truth and newly married with small kid(s) of thier own. There was only one (never been a JW) new person in our Hall who was brought in because he was married to a DF'd JW girl who was reactivated when someone found her at the door. It was a big deal when he came into "the truth" He cut his hair, became a MS etc. Sadly, two months ago, he committed suicide.

  When I look at the facebooks of the Witnesses I know, all the kids who left the truth still keep in touch with eachother as well as the ones that stayed in. It doesn't seem to matter to the young ones whether they are DF DA or whatever, they still keep in contact. Things are really getting lax...not that I'm complaining. I think in another decade, this religion will just sort of fizzle out.
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  Phone call from the local JWs this evening...

  by Jim_TX in

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  gosh i wish i was better at having religious discussions with jws.

  this evening, as i am at home trying to relax, i get a phone call from the local jws who are evidently sitting in their kh dialing out.. i got this man who starts off by asking me if he can ask me a question.

  "okaaaaay..." i say slowly.... "do you think..." he starts... and then stops... obviously losing his place in his pre-prepared sermon....

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  exwhyzee

  You should have said

  "There's no way you can be one Jehovah's Witnesses ! Don't they pride themselves for being the only ones who go from door to door. They would never be stickin' up for Jesus over the phone like this....are you prankin' me ??? "
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  Two new experiences.....

  by Momma-Tossed-Me in

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  all of you share your experiences about encountering jw's and i enjoy them so much....here are two that just happened over the weekend for your enjoyment.. so as you all may know last december i was officially labeled by the borg.

  so now all jdubs must shun me who have known me since birth and thereafter.. i had a booth at a local festival this saturday and a jw was the chairman of this years deal.

  so he is also a photog and he was going to each booth and taking a picture of it.. he did the one right beside me and then did a wide half circle to get to the next booth on the other side so as not to get to close to the new town apostate.

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  exwhyzee

  Romans 12:20 Instead, "If your enemies are hungry, feed them. If they are thirsty, give them something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals of shame on their heads."
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  Today he's a man...

  by mrsjones5 in

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  ...well that's what the law says.

  to today is my oldest son's 18th birthday.

  part if me is slightly incredulous cuz it really doesn't seem like 18+ years, they've flown by.

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  exwhyzee

  Shawn Jones is a nice name...if he were to become famous, he wouldn't have to change it .

  I have two Sons who are over 18. You'll enjoy it when he comes to see you also as a friend, especially after it dawns on him how much you did for him and how much you love him.
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  convincing someone to live

  by emanresu in

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  2. medical

  i was wondering if you could help me out.. tomorrow, i will be visiting a jw and i learned that she has anemia and has been given 4 months to live.

  i really care for this person who i've only seen about 3 times.

  on every visit i've made, she seems to be drunk (probably because of all the stress) and she has mentioned a couple of times that she "wants to die for god".

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  exwhyzee

  Maybe she's got some kind of Leukemia that requires a blood transfusion so she figures she's dying for God since she will have to refuse treatment.

  If not, maybe the old Cliche's will appeal to her.

  Ask her if she believes that life is a gift from God. If it is, wouldn't it be showing a lack of regard not to do what is within her power to preserve it so that she can use her life to further his interests?

  God want's us to be courageous like a Lion but dead Lions are of no use to him.

  i have an old friend I knew in Bethel who I recently got in contact with. He is only my age but is suffering and in need of a major surgery or he will die in a short time. He is of the Annointed and is living for the day he can be with Jehovah. I told him he has all eternity to be with Jehovah if that's whats going to happen. Why not for his Mother's sake and the sake of his family, stick around awhile. His mind is made up.
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  Just about to leave. Did what anyone in my possition would do. Moved to Guatemala. Please, need your help.

  by Jboth89 in

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  so wrote out my whole story here, then somehow my ipad deleted it.

  don't have the patience to rewrite it.

  just need suggestions and encouragement.

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  exwhyzee

  Take things one day at a time....there is no emergency here, no need to rush into anything. Your relationship with God if you choose to have one is yours and his...you owe no one an expalination about your personal beliefs nor do you have to plan an escape. The confines and obligations you feel upon you are only as real as you let them be. Relax....make the best of each day as it comes. Make a plan to do positive, healthy, and good things for yourself and others. Time has a way of sorting things like this out.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Die In Bus Crash On Way To Meeting

  by JW GoneBad in

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  sad indeed!

  i was searching online when i came across these headlines.

  early reports say that as many as 27 jws died in a bus crash in ecuador while on their way to a meeting a couple of weeks ago.

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  exwhyzee

  Very sad....but it does make you think about all the experiences that make it to the yearbook about the JW's who were spared from some disaster because they were at the meeting or an assembly. They almost indicate that you are protected by Jehovah more so if you are involved in a Society sanctioned activity. However when something like this happens, they put it down to time and unforseen occurance befalling us all. This probably won't make it to the yearbook....no way to put a spin on it.
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  DF'd man tries to poison the Elder that DF'd him.

  by cantleave in

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  http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/church-leader-poisons-rival/story-e6frea6u-1226288214719.

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  exwhyzee

  This is exactly why "unlettered and ordinary men" should not be put in charge of counseling troubled individuals. JW Elders often have no idea what is going on in the mind's of those they dicipline. Counseling people should be left to highly trained professionals....not high school graduates who have read a few Awake articles and think they are Sigmund Freud.