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  Are you sure leaving the JW religion has made your life better?. Lurkers think twice

  by mankkeli in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  on this forum, i have carefully read most of the experiences of those who left the jw religion, i have even read experiences that have dated back to 2001, i have read the different circumstances surrounding their exits and what ensued upon leaving.

  for the majority, i observed they are better remainning in the religion than leaving.

  what benefit is there to strain family relationship because you want to be free?, please tell me, of what value is that freedom?,.

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  Alfred

  Sizemik... Mankelli really can't substantiate anything...

  Mankelli... all baptism surges were due to fear of Armagedon... Ray knew this all to well and was not at all confused or sickened by it at all... I think you might be though...
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  Are you sure leaving the JW religion has made your life better?. Lurkers think twice

  by mankkeli in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  on this forum, i have carefully read most of the experiences of those who left the jw religion, i have even read experiences that have dated back to 2001, i have read the different circumstances surrounding their exits and what ensued upon leaving.

  for the majority, i observed they are better remainning in the religion than leaving.

  what benefit is there to strain family relationship because you want to be free?, please tell me, of what value is that freedom?,.

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  Alfred

  I'm 100% sure that leaving the JW religion has made my life (not better) MUCH better...

  I now have peace of mind, tranquility and much happiness. I've also learned to be much more tolerant of others (regardless of religious beliefs or sexual preferences), less judgmental and a lot more loving (than when I was a JW)...

  Lurkers... Do you really want to live a liejust to maintain friendships that would turn their backs on you in a second simply because you have discovered the truth about "The Truth" while they continue to have a twisted reasoning of the Bible? Do yourself a favor... Read Deu 18:20-22; Acts 1:7; 1 Tes 5:21 and 1 John 4:1 and then ask yourself... would Jesus turn his back on me for taking these texts seriously???

  Mankelli... you seriously need some help... you are obviously NOT looking at the bigger picture here...
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  9/11 Security Camera Footage Of Plane Hitting Pentagon

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  9/11 security camera footage of plane hitting pentagon.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bezmvmoti7e.

  bangalore.

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  Alfred

  Almost any 10 year-old can fly a 757 into a building the size of the pentagon at any speed...
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  Embarrassed As A Witness

  by EmptyInside in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  even as a witness,i was uncomfortable talking about everything we believed.

  i remember working with my brother out and service and he found an interested person.

  my brother was sharing information out of the bible teach book.

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  Alfred

  I really hated being paired with this particular MS (ex-elder who demoted himself to care for his chronically ill wife)... whenever the house holder mentioned anything that was the slightest bit contrary to JW beliefs, he would get excited and start raising his voice at the house holder... then the house holder would raise his/her voice and all hell would break loose... whenever this happened, I simply could not get a word in edge-wise (to pacify the situation)... it usually turned ugly very quickly... extremely embarrasing...
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  How many ex-JW's are musicians on here?

  by NoRegrets in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  just wondering how many of us on here are musicians, what we play, and if we had witness bands and/or performed.

  i have had quite a few funny moments of being in bands that wanted to be cool, but always had to nerf the edginess of any songs we played and watch the noise!

  i played with different elders who loved to rock out, but when they played at a congregation party didn't even want to use overdrive of any kind!

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  Alfred

  I'm not really a musician but do enjoy playing my bass guitar once in a while... it's quite relaxing...
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  Do the Governing Body members ever go Door-to-Door?

  by 00DAD in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in his book, in search of christian freedom, ray franz wrote that that gb members for the most part never participated in door-to-door work.

  they were "too busy with more important things.

  " (gee, how come that excuse wouldn't work for the rest of us?

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  Alfred

  Don't know the answer to the poster's question, but...

  ...who is that guy grabbing Sam Herd's ass?
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  December 18, 2011, a member of the GB will be in South Africa at last year's Soccer World Cup Final stadium...

  by african GB Member in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...soccer city stadium.. they are selling tickets to go and listen to a gb member talk for about 3 hours.. they price them at r20.00/ $2.40.

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  I also find that hard to believe...

  ...unless they're planning to charge attendees for vehicle parking that is already included in the stadium rental (as they've done in the past)
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  WT Funny Slogans

  by fedup in

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  generations are forever.

  good to the last flip-flop.

  we love to see you cringe.

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  Alfred

  Stay alive 'til 2075...
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  Why is the "Faithful and Discreet " parable literal when others are not?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the 10/1 1998 watchtower study article titled,''jehovah,a god merciful and gracious'' there is a footnote that reads:.

  parables and other illustrations related in the bible did not necessarily take place in actuality.futhermore,since the purpose of these stories is to teach a moral lesson,there is no need to seek a symbolic meaning in every detail.. matthew 24:45-47, in the new world translation, reads "who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?

  happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.

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  Alfred

  Excellent question
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  How would you assess the intelligence level of the individual GB members?

  by Alfred in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know there's really no way to tell who has the highest or lowest iq of those on the current governing body or even who exhibits more thinking ability or more knowledge of wt bs.

  but many of you have heard talks from these clowns at district assemblies throughout the us and abroad over the years... others here have seen the 2010 dvd "faith in action" or have seen youtube videos of gb members dispensing meat in due season... so i'm curious to know what your personal assessmenment is of the 7 stooges currently living in brooklyn heights.... here's my personal assessment... (from dumbest to least dumb).

  guy pierce (completely clueless)anthony morrisgerrit loschstephen lettsam herdgeoffrey jacksondavid splane (knows enough wt bs to hold his own)again, i know this is a subjective assessment, but i would really like to know your opinion on who you believe has been dumbed down the most by the wt and who has been dumbed down the least.... thanks!.

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  Alfred

  I know there's really no way to tell who has the highest or lowest IQ of those on the current governing body or even who exhibits more thinking ability or more knowledge of WT BS. But many of you have heard talks from these clowns at district assemblies throughout the US and abroad over the years... others here have seen the 2010 DVD "Faith In Action" or have seen YouTube videos of GB members dispensing meat in due season... so I'm curious to know what your personal assessmenment is of the 7 stooges currently living in Brooklyn Heights...

  Here's my personal assessment... (from dumbest to least dumb)

  1. Guy Pierce (completely clueless)
  2. Anthony Morris
  3. Gerrit Lösch
  4. Stephen Lett
  5. Sam Herd
  6. Geoffrey Jackson
  7. David Splane (knows enough WT BS to hold his own)

  Again, I know this is a subjective assessment, but I would really like to know your opinion on who you believe has been dumbed down the most by the WT and who has been dumbed down the least...

  Thanks!