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  Being a JW Used to Be Fun :-)

  by snowbird in

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  we found some people who were happy to welcome us into their homes, even offering us food and drink.. sometimes, they would flag us down and ask for the magazines, walk miles to the kh meetings, come to our defense if someone got ugly or rude.. now, jw's are either routinely ignored or outright vilified.. no one respects them anymore.. sad.. .

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  InquiryMan- what part of Scandinavia are you in? Norway?
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  Being a JW Used to Be Fun :-)

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
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  we found some people who were happy to welcome us into their homes, even offering us food and drink.. sometimes, they would flag us down and ask for the magazines, walk miles to the kh meetings, come to our defense if someone got ugly or rude.. now, jw's are either routinely ignored or outright vilified.. no one respects them anymore.. sad.. .

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  Magnum,-

  thanks for your post! Things were so different back then. It truly was a different religion than it is now. I also enjoyed the deep books on prophecy and doctrine. They don't publish books like that anymore as you noted.
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  New "theocratic history" book for witnesses?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  so i have heard a few of us talking about a newly released book to replace or add to the proclaimers book?.

  is that correct?.

  if so, i wonder how much they have re-written history to cover the real truths?.

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  prologos- thank you!

  I am interested in reading that. Does it discuss the expansion of the printing operations in Brooklyn, Wallkill & the branches and include photos?

  Thanks!
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  Being a JW Used to Be Fun :-)

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we found some people who were happy to welcome us into their homes, even offering us food and drink.. sometimes, they would flag us down and ask for the magazines, walk miles to the kh meetings, come to our defense if someone got ugly or rude.. now, jw's are either routinely ignored or outright vilified.. no one respects them anymore.. sad.. .

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  snowbird- I'm sorry my post almost made you cry.

  It is sad though that what we thought was the truth and that we were part of God's organization and the security it gave us, was in fact just another made up religion.

  And we can't go back even if we wanted to. THAT religion is gone. What passes for it now is nothing like it used to be.

  Reading the posts, so many had good times as witnesses-it was not all bad.

  I remember the cheese danishes and pudding cups! And the REAL food at the circuit assemblies! When they used to prepare the food in the kitchen at the assembly hall.

  The cake nights after the book study. There WERE good times.

  The jw religion now is horrible, run by egotistical, control freaks.

  But it was nice, at a time long ago.
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  New "theocratic history" book for witnesses?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i have heard a few of us talking about a newly released book to replace or add to the proclaimers book?.

  is that correct?.

  if so, i wonder how much they have re-written history to cover the real truths?.

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  prologos- how is the chapter on producing literature?
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  August 2014 Kingdom Ministry (KM - 08/2014 PDF)

  by WatchTower87 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  our kingdom ministry august 2014 - special number - :-p. .

  instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.

  no virus ;-).

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  Thank you WatchTower87!
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  Being a JW Used to Be Fun :-)

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we found some people who were happy to welcome us into their homes, even offering us food and drink.. sometimes, they would flag us down and ask for the magazines, walk miles to the kh meetings, come to our defense if someone got ugly or rude.. now, jw's are either routinely ignored or outright vilified.. no one respects them anymore.. sad.. .

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  I agree with the above posts. Being a jw WAS fun for about the first 6 years or so.

  I looked forward to the conventions, especially the new books and the dramas. I looked forward to the assemblies till the tone began to change in the late 80's-90's when the talk of the immenent paradise earth was more and more replaced with we are not doing enough. It got depressing going to assemblies, hearing their condemnation of us, making us feel guilty and worried we would die at armageddon. Assemblies USED to be encouraging! Not anymore.

  I looked forward to recieving each new magazine in the mail and the annual yearbook.

  I had lots of friends among the witnesses and I enjoyed working with them in fs, seeing them at meetings, assemblies and get togethers.

  It was exciting being a witness, we were blessed by God and very soon armageddon would come and we would be living in paradise.

  But yes, then things began to change. Years went by still no armageddon. GB members died, being replaced with stricter ones.

  My friends moved away, I saw corruption among elders in the cong.

  I saw more & more statements in the publications which did not match the scriptures cited to support them.

  Meanwhile, my wonderful Mom got ill and after several painful years died. I felt Jehovah had betrayed me. Little by little my eyes opened wider and I saw more wrongdoing and inconsistancies.

  Then I found out about the UN/NGO thing and my faith in God's organization was shattered. The explanation I recieved from the society was not completely satisfactory. Things in the congregations changed. The warmth was gone, the love was fake and conditional.

  I remember back in the 70's you DID meet people at the doors who listened to you and gladly accepted the literature. Of course here in NJ we did not have people invite us in for food or drink, but there were people who listened.

  It is a completely DIFFERENT religion now. This new gb is driving everything to the ground and any possible ounce of happiness of being a witness has been stamped out.

  The publications look nice but are written for children.

  I did have happy times back in the 70's, and early 80's when I believed in "the truth" and things were so much different.

  I have no idea how anyone could be happy being a witness now.

  And I agree with Magnum too- after seeing behind the wt facade the magic was gone. God's organization is fake. The magazines are not spiritual food from Jehovah, just writings from a religion, a cult.

  The religion is totally different from when I began to study.
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  New Tract for August 2014 - Scan

  by BluesBrother in

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  if someone has done this before , i apologise but this was new to me.....struck me as strange that nowadays, the answers to life's problems are found on the internet .

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  very good one clarity!
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  GODS KINGDOM RULES... MY A**

  by OneDayillBeFree in

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  loecsh just announced a new publication called god's kingdom rules.. looks like crap.. will probably be old light by the time i submit this post.. i feel like i'm live-tweeting an apple event..

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  prologos- it was printed in Germany? same as the Imitate book last year.

  I wonder why they are no longer printing them in Wallkill?
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  GODS KINGDOM RULES... MY A**

  by OneDayillBeFree in

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  loecsh just announced a new publication called god's kingdom rules.. looks like crap.. will probably be old light by the time i submit this post.. i feel like i'm live-tweeting an apple event..

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  The new book at 240 pages will be a less comprehensive than the 752 page proclaimers book.

  I would like to get a copy of it.