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  by tazchick55 in

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  i am new to jwn but have totally enjoyed many of the posting but without a doubt the discussion regarding cats absolutley floored me.. i am a 5th generation jw now not in the "flock" i rember brothers having the elders with a ruler measuring side burns and god forbid you have a mustach sisters hvving to kneel on the stage to be sure their skirts reached the floor but cats really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  whathappened

  There are many satire posts here, some are absolutley hilarious. Simon should put them all in a special section. Check under Humor for more.
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  Getting really for three days in hell

  by cookiemaster in

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  hey guys, there's another thing i wanted to share with you.

  i know this topic has been discussed over and over again, but it's just so fun to complain about it.

  we're going to the district convention this weekend.

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  whathappened

  So glad I am out and free from all of the nonsense. Sounds horrible...I don't know how I lasted in this religion as long as I did!
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  G.B. TALK URGING CHILD BAPTISM!

  by The Searcher in

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  the introduction & conclusion to this video is in german, but david splanes' words are loud and clear in english - get your kid baptized asap!.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h33pwdsuvlq&feature=youtu.be.

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  whathappened

  I was baptised at 17 after having been raised in. I realize now that was way too young (besides the fact that I was lied to by the Society's propagandisized publications).

  JW kids know what bad things will happen to them if they question Mom & Dad's beliefs, they are stuck!
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  This new JW video is so stupid that it has to be a troll

  by Pacopoolio in

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  recently, my mother, who had stopped talking to me because i was 'apostate,' started speaking to me again.. (note that i successfully faded as opposed to ever being disfellowshipped due to dodging every elder question with "i'm not sure, i'm still searching and trying to find the answers.").

  the reason why?

  at the international convention this year, they receieved a new video called something or other.

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  whathappened

  This video is just to highlight the beauty and simplicity of cult life.
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  How We Come Across On The Board

  by minimus in

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  most people here have never met you.

  we converse, discuss, argue, laugh, agree, question, share our lives..... quite often, you kind of get to know what a person is like.

  some people, we tend to gravitate to and others, we shy away from.. how do you think you come across to other people?

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  whathappened

  I am a typical sweet little 60 year old gramma from the midwest USA. No surprises here!
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  org is dying

  by lambsbottom in

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  i don't understand why so many ex jws and faders think that the jws will continue to grow and thrive as a religion.

  i still attend a meeting once a week and you can smell the death of the religion creeping up when you hear the talks, read the study wts and hear the letters from the gb.

  the way the organization has changed is a sign that it reached its peak (in "healthy" membership) long ago.

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  whathappened

  Remember what is most important to the Watchtower Society is "unity." They must have everyone unified in the same beliefs, the same rules, the same treatment. If they allow blood transfusions, then the ones who would have proudly and gladly died refusing blood transfusions will be stumbled. If they stop shunning, some will say, well I shunned my own child for 30 years and now you tell me it's OK to see them...then they will be stumbled. If they don't constantly have "new light" people will stop believing the Society has any "inside" connections with God, and so on and so on. They can't do much to save this mess they have gotten themselves into with their "teachings unique to Jehovah's Witnesses" that ALL MUST profess belief in.

  A lie just gets messier and messier the longer it goes on and the more people start questioning it.

  The Watchtower organisation is in serious trouble if you ask me. They cannot win for losing.

  My sister and I left in our late 50's after being raised in. What a dramatic and sudden shift this was. It will be repeated thousands of times over until there is no one left but the try hard/die hards.
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  received text from my mom

  by GoUnion in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so my wife and my parents are at their convention today.

  this will be the first time in my life that i will not have seen a drama or baptism.

  i will miss the public address, i will not see many of my lifelong friends that i have moved away from.

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  whathappened

  You are between a rock and a hard place. Unfortunately, people you love are going to be hurt. Just keep telling them you love them and hopefully you can get them out of the cult in time also.
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  Thread Envy

  by snowbird in

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  transhuman mentioned that someone on the board suffers from thread envy.. are you jealous of other posters who just seem to be able to generate responses to their threads?.

  lol..

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  whathappened

  Some threads get hijacked and end up talking about a completely different subject from what the original poster was talking about. It can be frustrating when you want to see responses to the original post, but then the thread ose off in a different direction.
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  Question for Faders

  by Daniel1555 in

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  hi friends.

  i have some questions for all who are fading.. .

  do your friends in the old congregation know, that you maybe don't attend the meetings in the new congregation?.

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  whathappened

  Make a break for it. I quit old turkey and am loving my clean conscience...not living a hypocritical life anymore.
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  Freudian slip?

  by jean-luc picard in

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  so why is it that twice in the last week, when writing the date, i wrote 1914 instead of 2014?.

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  whathappened

  I have done it also. It must be a JW thing.