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Converts
by Alive! in
1. jw
2. experiences
i've noticed there seems to be a higher percentage of born-ins here....who are the converted jws?.

does anyone care to share how they got converted?.
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Legitimate copy of elders book, Royal Commission
by Halo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if anyone wants a pdf of the elders book it can be downloaded from the exhibits for the royal commission in australia.

this the link.

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.aspx.
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VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA | The Age newspaper | March 15, 2013 | Jehovah's Witnesses a 'cruel cult'
by jwleaks in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
the age newspaper | fairfax media | friday, march 15, 2013. jehovah's witnesses a 'cruel cult'.

http://www.theage.com.au/national/jehovahs-witnesses-a-cruel-cult-20130315-2g5x3.html.

christian sect the jehovah's witnesses - with 64,000 active 'disciples' in australia - are a cruel religion with no soul, according to melbourne cultbuster raphael aron.. his warning comes as the federal government considers tightening the definition of a charity to prevent some cults and quasi-religions keeping their tax free status.
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What group within the Witnesses has the highest drop out rate?
by Ultimate Axiom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if you could categorise jehovahs witnesses into their various groups, i.e.

publisher, auxiliary pioneer, regular pioneer, special pioneer, missionary, co, do, bethel worker, born-ins, etc etc, (and you can subdivide into as many groups as you wish) what group do you think has the highest drop out rate?

i remember an ex ny bethellite saying that bethel cured him of the watchtower, and after reading the thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/160509/1/warren-schroeder-from-bethel-on-freddy-kline-and-the-apostate-books my guess is that it would be ny bethellites, but i am interested to know if there is a consensus on this, or on any other group, or no group at all..
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My Son and I have about 5 Months Left
by bavman in
1. jw
2. friends
hello, i haven't been on here in awhile and it looks like a whole new crowd.

i disassociated myself about 8 years ago.

went through a divorce and shunning from most my family.
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To circumcise or not to circumcise?
by srd in
1. jw
2. friends
here's a good one for you, looking at gen 17 and paul's subversive interpretive practices.

http://contradictionsinthebible.com/is-the-covenant-of-circumcision-an-eternal-covenant-or-not/.

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As a JW, how did you feel about shunning?
by jwfacts in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am interested in the answers for a new poll.

also, feel free to suggest other options, wording etc.agreed in full with the watchtower guidelinesagreed with shunning in general, but not for familywas stumbled by this practice but shunned as instructeddid not agree with the practice and secretly associated with disfellowshipped people .

for me personally, i did not agree with the practice and secretly associated with disfellowshipped people, even whilst at bethel.
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Jehovah's Witnesses came round to my house
by Chariklo in
1. jw
2. friends
a couple of days ago, jehovah's witnesses came round to my house.

nothing exceptional in that, you might say.

it happens every day, all over the world.. but those of you who know me, or who have followed my story, know how traumatised i was when i finally got away from them, and you'll remember that i wrote a letter three or four weeks after walking away, ending all contact.
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list of apostates published on the net--are you on it?
by bigmac in
1. jw
2. friends
https://sites.google.com/site/silence1492/facebook-youtube.

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Transfusion and Eating no difference?
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. jw
2. friends
transfusion and eating no difference?.

today i added a new article to my blog addressing what watchtower says in public view about transfusion versus eating compared to what it admits in private about transfusion and eating.

its short and sweet, and of course documented.