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My Letter To the Watchtower
by AiAi in
1. jw
2. friends
this is an exact copy of my letter to the watchtower.

it never recieved a reply (i did not include 'attn writing committee' in the address however).

please keep in mind that when i wrote this i had just started my intensive research into their beliefs/history, and despite my agressive tone i really did expect a satisfactory answer.
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As a woman in the truth what went through your head when you realized that us sister had to cover our heads?
by life is to short in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok i was raised in the "truth" but no one ever studied with me.

my parents were abusive and i got nothing from them or anyone in the "truth" no bible study any attention nothing from anyone.. i read the great teacher book to myself at the age of seven, and when i was in my mid teens i started studying on my own with no help from anyone nor any answers my questions expect to be rebuked if i asked the wrong question so i quit asking it was god's chosen religion after all who was i to question anything.

i conducted the sort of study and this elder looked at me and said where is your head covering.
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Are they really that bad???
by anonymous4 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
had a good look into the doctrine, beliefs and practices of jws and to be honest, i don't really see anything wrong with it at all.. it's biblical and i've had such an eye opener the past year or so reading some of their books and magazines .

is there really any real reasons why i shouldn't want to get involved further?

:-).
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GB Member Barr dies
by Red Piller in
1. jw
2. friends
heard this today from a reliable source.
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Bethel Speaker / GB Talks
by eric356 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
back when i was in, i remember that a lot of the "friends" used to pass around bootleg cds or .mp3s of talks by bethel speakers and such.

does anyone have any of these that are relatively new or know where they could be found?

there's some on http://www.jwbrothers.org/ but i'm looking mostly for recent stuff.
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As a JW, what did you do on Christmas Day?
by Magwitch in
1. jw
2. friends
growing up a jw, we always had family from out of town visit or we would go visit family.

it was fun to get together with my other jw cousins over christmas.

(however, it was hell going back to school in january as the only girl without a new sweater).. as a married jw though it was a different story.
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Atheists don't have no songs!
by Outaservice in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/11/08/steve-martins-gospel.html.

outaservice.
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Why Jehovah's Witnesses Are Discouraged From Using the Internet
by AllTimeJeff in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
at a recent series of circuit assemblies, the governing body put out warnings on what in their view is the latest danger from satan, designed to break the faith of jehovah's witnesses everywhere.. facebook.. yes, thats right, apparantly, the gb is concerned because a lot of people are having "facebook sex".

they are meeting old friends who aren't jehovah's witnesses and getting it on with whomever would willingly sleep with them.

evidentally, the gb would like their flock to believe that when jw's get on facebook and other social networking sites, fornication happens.. now, this is news.
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beards are from satan!
by Adrianoblue in
1. jw
2. friends
it is illegal to wear a beard.

(matthew 24:45-47).

but it is legal to wear a mustache.
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My Kingdom Hall Beard
by Amazing in
1. jw
2. friends
in mid-1975: i grew a mustache while i was a ministerial servant (california bay area).

i recall being asked to conduct the book study while my hair was growing.

several acted odd toward me because there was still an ongoing argument about whether having such facial hair was appropriate for men of good example.