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  Show me the STATS!

  by sparrowdown in

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  100yrs of kingdome rule?

  then why is there not 100yrs of detailed, accurate records?.

  maybe it's just me but what were the actual odds of me remaining one of jws?.

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  whathappened

  I had one reservation before I got baptised at the age of 17 as a born in. My concern was that since we were only about 100 yrs. old (that was in 1971), how could JWs be the true religion? How did JWs get started?

  I was told by an older pioneer sister, an elder's daughter, that we started as a bible study group who discovered that none of the churches were really teaching what the Bible taught so they started their own religion and became JWs. That was a terrible over simplification of the true facts. I was lied to by omission. I stayed in until 3 1/2 years ago and was stupid enough to raise my own child in this ridiculous sham of a religion.

  Thank you Internet for helping me out of Watchtower world.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses family struck by lightning in Germany

  by raymond frantz in

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  http://jwdoctrine.com/family-jehovahs-witnesses-struck-lightning-germany/.

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  They should have been in Field Service where they would be enjoying angelic protection???
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  New to The Jehovahs Witness Faith and need some help

  by jnjburkett in

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  hello there i am new to the faith and have been studying for about a month.

  i am very excited and hungry for the truth and have not missed a meeting or study since the memorial.

  we do about 2 bible studies a week.

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  whathappened

  There are so many little unspoken rules in the JW religion that it is difficult to B S anyone who was really a Jehovah's Witness. No JW would ever even step foot on YWCA or YMCA property. They don't even really want you to go to weddings in other religious organisations.

  Yes, this poster is a troll.
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  Great campagne in Portugal (ex-JW)

  by TJ Curioso in

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  i like to tell you what we've been doing these past few days here in portugal (ex-jw).

  we create a brochure and printing, so we can send to the maximum of congregations in portugal.

  some individuals were also covered in this campaign.. the title of the pamphlet is: "when will the kingdom arrive?".

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  whathappened

  Lookswonderful, wish it was in English.
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  My apologies to everyone.

  by DATA-DOG in

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  i just wanted to openly apologize to anyone that i have ever offended on this website.

  i have been thinking about this lately.

  we all seem to go through the same various stages of learning ttatt, anger, sorrow, frustration, bible champion, agnostic, atheist, ect.

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  whathappened

  You are one of my favorite posters...just saying!
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  How has you life changed since leaving the Witnesses?

  by cantleave in

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  other than not wasting hours at meetings, assemblies and doing pointless activity.. for me the biggest difference has been my choice of employment, i could have never undertaken the job i do now when i was dub..

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  I am much happier and at peace with myself. I no longer postpone happiness, thinking my life after Armageddon is all that matters.
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  The GB are really going out on a limb with this DF decision

  by Quarterback in

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  this is how a do explained the family business policy re relatives of df/da members.. he said that the expression, "necessary family business," is really not a scriptural term.

  it is nowhere found in the bible.

  but, out of the kindness of the gb's hearts, they have gone beyond what is written and allowed association among families for necessary business.

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  Makes me want to puke!
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  What role (witting or unwitting) did HAYDEN C. COVINGTON play in the Watchtower DF policy flip-flop?

  by Terry in

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  what if i told you three presidents of the watch tower corporation at one time held the following to be true?.

  excommunication (shunning/disfellowship) is used by false religion to stifle honest inquiry.. ironic?

  well, duh!.

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  whathappened

  I am amazed at how the deeper we look into the Watchtower organisation, the worse it gets.
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  10 Pragmatic facts why Jehovah's Witnesses can't face reality

  by Terry in

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  1.the organization itself denies access to reality and substitutes its own version, interpretations and meanings.. a.only watchtower approved publications are allowed.. b.no higher education is to be pursued.. c.no non-jw friends or associations are encouraged with their "outside" points of view.. d.no free-style questioning of doctrine or criticism permitted.

  curiousity is verboten.. e.threat of being "marked" or disassociated looms over them.

  2.between every real-world event and the rank and file jw's mind is a roadblock.. a.the moment of identifying is short-circuited by an interpretive moment of re-labeling in watchtower-speak.. b.all things happening are forced into a narrow storyline and propagandized as end times happenings leading to armageddon.. 3.social and personal identity is expunged and replaced by a collective persona: "jehovah's witness".. a.private thinking is red-flagged as selfish and sinful.. b.personal improvement, welfare and ambition is crushed and door-to-door ministry substituted as "worthy" endeavors.. c.self-conscious obsession permeates witness awareness as each person is transformed into a public spectacle of performance for judgement.. d.since you aren't an individual you don't really have a right to fall in love and marry or educate or earn.

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  whathappened

  Another award winning post, Terry.
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  Hi Guys, I'm new here...

  by Mikado in

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  been lurking for years, but couldn't log on.

  for some reason, my email spam filter is inaccessable, and ended up having to open another account, simply to become a member... wonder how many others have had a similar problem.. its been an eye opener reading everyones life experiences, often so similar.. i was almost a born in, with a hardcore family.

  abusive stepfather who was one of the original jws in the area, so much so, that it was called the xxxxx family religion.... been out for 25 years, am glad every day for that!!.

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  whathappened

  Welcome to JWN! We love the newbies!