Joliette

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  How can I stay motivated for field ministry?

  by jgnat in

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  thus asks my beloved and slow-on-the-uptake jw hubby, who is finding it increasingly difficult to drag himself out the door.

  so far, i've tried to avoid sarcastic comebacks (i'ts boring and useless!

  duh!

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  Joliette

  I cant believe that three plus years ago I would have taken that question seriously. Thank GOD I am out of that cultish new world order religion.
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  Is the WTS backing away from "Bible Tall Tales" ?

  by Simon in

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  when i was a kid, it seemed like not a meeting went by when you didn't hear about jonah or sampson and other tall tales from the bible.. now though, they seem to have been sidelined.

  i guess the rest of the world caught on to the fact that these stories couldn't possibly be true and were so far fetched (yeah, even by bible standards) that they are just treated as 'stories' like aesop's fables.

  saying that you believe in them as genuine accounts just makes you look like a crazy zealot.. but the wts is different.

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  Joliette

  Sometimes I wonder.
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  Wife and kids are officially OUT!!

  by Oneoutallout in

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  my wife has told her jw best friend and jw sister that she is givng up the religion!!

  and there was i worrying about losing her when i left the cult.

  and, to top it all, my 15 and 13 year old children are using their critical thinking skills and can see it all for what it is.

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  Joliette

  So happy for you. Wish it was my family.
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  People okay with being mind controlled/brainwashed?

  by Joliette in

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  i have actually heard of people saying that they are okay with being brainwashed and/or mind controlled?

  does this make sense to you guys?.

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  Joliette

  Great replies. Thank you guys.
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  People okay with being mind controlled/brainwashed?

  by Joliette in

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  i have actually heard of people saying that they are okay with being brainwashed and/or mind controlled?

  does this make sense to you guys?.

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  Joliette

  I have actually heard of people saying that they are okay with being brainwashed and/or mind controlled? Does this make sense to you guys?
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  New Bible Release At Annual Meeting

  by lambsbottom in

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  talked to a congregation literature servant's close friend today.

  i asked him what he thought about the "no bibles" situation.

  he said the literature servant told him that there will be a new bible released at the annual meetin.

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  Joliette

  My mom and aunt was talking about this. You woulda thought that Jehovah himself came down from the heavens and gave a public talk. Aunt was talking about how the governing body is so 'down to earth.' Whatever that means.
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  What Was Your First Experience In Exposing Yourself To "Apostasy"?

  by minimus in

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  as a young teenager, i would look at "apostate" books at the city library.

  i was always intrigued as to what was sooo bad and other than a few writings of some that seemed like they hated the witnesses, i would clandestinely look at literature, especially in "christian" bookstores.. it took years for me to finally disconnect.

  i will say that ray franz' books enlightened me the most!.

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  Joliette

  I ran across this website called 'Watch the tower' my first year in college. OMG, I was so scared. I quickly clicked off of it. I thought it was ran by satan himself. Now when I look back on it I just laugh.
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  Average JW's response to new light

  by WrongweektostopsniffingGlue in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwcbag-s7ua.

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  Joliette

  My mom and aunt said that the light is getting brighter...and brighter...and brighter. Its like a song that wont stop. Like a broken record. Every year.
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  Women are NOT allowed in the faithful & discreet slave class!!!

  by bytheirworks in

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  if the "faithful & discreet slave" are no longer the 144,000 but only 8 men... isn't this a huge stepback for jw women's rights?.

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  Joliette

  That is very very sexist. I dont understand how any woman could stay in this religion. Only men can go to heaven?
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  JESUS' 100th ANNIVERSARY on the throne... Only (1) ONE MORE YEAR TO GO...

  by Calebs Airplane in

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  i wonder how many jws have realized that yesterday was the 99th anniversary of jesus' rulership.... what of our time?

  on friday morning, october 2, 1914, charles taze russell, who took the lead at that time among the bible students, strode into the dining room at bethel in brooklyn, new york.

  good morning, all, he said cheerily.

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  Joliette

  Yeah its pretty sad. They'll just think its another year and the end is so close...