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  Did You Ever Wonder What Goes Thru People's Heads When They Realized You Were A Witness?

  by minimus in

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  looking back at it, they must of thought we were really weird!.

  funny story: yesterday i had to pick up meds for my mom and when they asked her date of birth, i couldn't remember!

  the cvs druggist looked at me in a strange way until i mentioned, "sorry, but i was raised a jehovah's witness and i never celebrated her birthday".. she laughed, asked for my id, then whispered what her birth date was.. you gotta wonder what they must be thinking!.

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  I used to tell some people but most did not know. Those that knew were friends who were Jw's that left along with me.Some people would ask and I would tell them and many would be shocked.
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  What's with all the JWs unleashing the hate!?

  by Julia Orwell in

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  most of us here on jwn, while we can get a bit narky at times, can put forth intelligent arguments and sound observations.

  sure we can get bogged down with our opinions, but generally we back up our opinions with examples and evidence, and if someone has a different opinion with examples and evidence, we accept that without recriminations.

  that's what adults do.. so my question is, why in the last week or so, have a couple of posters claiming to be jws come onto this forum and berated, spewed hate and judgement, and in some cases verbally attacked members personally?

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  I feel that if someone has the truth it should be able to take critism. If it can not take critism then it is not the truth.

  People should always question things.
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  From Prison to Prosperity - new JW.org video

  by cedars in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofo9xmhis5c.

  let no one say witnesses don't catch people at their most vulnerable, or use love bombing.. .

  cedars.

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  this tries to appeal to the emotions. I can sense the propaganda.
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  The worst thing to have pride in

  by Rattigan350 in

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  i really hate it when kids on interviews on meetings or assemblies and they state with pride that they turned down the piece of cake or brownie or other birthday treat at school.

  is that something to really be proud of?

  it is not as if the teacher is tempting them.

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  Believing you have the absolute truth and everybody else is wrong.
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  Terry's book: I WEPT BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON

  by tec in

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  i just finished reading this book, by our terry, and i thorougly enjoyed it.

  terry has an amazing gift for words and expression - as most of you already know - and he lured me in from the very start.

  reading this book is an actual experience... and i don't want to say much more than that, because i don't want to color your experience as you read for yourself.. .

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  Can I get it on my Nook book?
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  What Was The Effect of You Knowing Hypocritical JW's?

  by LoisLane looking for Superman in

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  (1) did it cause you to leave sooner than you might have, otherwise.. (2) it didn't bother you enough to do anything about it.

  hey, we are all imperfect.. (3) did you want to prove you were better than they, and nothing they could do or say, was going to stumble you.. (4) they stumbled me, probably as much i stumbled them.

  we all know it's an old boy's club and we are not going to tell on each other.. loislane.

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  It made me very cynical.
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  Are JWs more negative than normal people?

  by Julia Orwell in

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  compare a typical conversation with a jw to one with a random non-jw:.

  run into jw in the shops.. .

  jw:[surprised] julia!

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  yes they are. the Ones i used to be around used to talk endlessly about news and the hardships of life. I felt that this was not a healthy outlook.This used to make me feel stressed and parnoid not today not today I do not have those feelings.
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  Drunkess

  by d in

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  i went with some coworkers to a bar and got very wasted.

  has anybody else experienced blacked out drunkess..

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  I had since used a lot more self control.
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  What's in it for them? (GB)

  by SyntaxError1974 in

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  if the wbts is just another business?

  then what do the gb get out of all this?.

  tim cook (ceo apple) makes around 378 million a year.. donald trump makes around 60 million a year.. i understand the wbts may have vast property holdings, stocks, bonds, and revenue from donations.. but i can't grasp the incentive for the gb to make this stuff up.

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  some people just want the power.
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  Syria limited strike and consquences

  by d in

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  what do you think would be the result if we go the u.s goes thorough striking syria?

  i fear that it will drag the u.s into a vietnam like situation and this will hurt our economy..

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  I also fear that this could result in violence from the border countries.