Most unmarried couples I knew did pretty much everything except have traditional intercourse.
Franklin Massey
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Premarital sex--how prevalent?
by wafflesandpancakes inin my old congregation, everyone seems clean.
mostly chaste courtship, kingdom hall wedding, blah blah.. well there are lots of cases of fondling but they were soon forgotton.
when my husband and i confessed to sex before marriage, the elders were disgusted.
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Symposium: Beware of Apostates! - 'God's Word is Truth!' District Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses 2013 - not on JW.ORG
by mindnumbed insymposium: beware of apostates!.
satanhuman apostates also of interest ..... the truth brings "not peace, but a sword" .
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Franklin Massey
I've been away from the Org and away from this board for quite some time. Although I'm not going to DC this year, I wanted to jump on and see what was released and discussed so that I could have a couple of talking points if/when my family calls to check in. After reading this, I'm even more happified that I'm not going this year.
Also, not sure how I missed the letter to Germany but...wow. That's disgusting.
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Absalom prefigured young JWs who fist bump, play video games, and take pictures of themselves with the opposite sex
by JimmyPage injehovah's witnesses top the list in not being able to hold on to their younger members.
so what do they do to combat this?
do they go out of their way to change things to keep the next generation, their only real hope of long run survival?
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Franklin Massey
Fighting gargantuan space crabs in video games may lead an immature teen's heart to long for similar experiences in real life.
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They will be DFing me soon for apostasy...
by RayPublisher inwell i figured i should give you all an update.
they will be dfing me soon for apostasy.
it is not a huge surprise and i am not afraid nor "shaking in my boots", however i will admit it is stressful right now.
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Franklin Massey
@RayPublisher - No, no. This round is on me. I've been doing better financially ever since I stopped donating to Watchtower Inc.
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They will be DFing me soon for apostasy...
by RayPublisher inwell i figured i should give you all an update.
they will be dfing me soon for apostasy.
it is not a huge surprise and i am not afraid nor "shaking in my boots", however i will admit it is stressful right now.
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Franklin Massey
Here's to your newfound freedom.
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Latest May 2012 Watchtower: "JW wives must be more lovable"
by cedars inyes, the latest watchtower is upon us.
it opens with a typically outlandish article on marriage.
here are a few of the headlines:.
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Franklin Massey
At a WT study about sex a few years ago, several members of our congregation took the comments on a wild ride to "SEX-IS-ONLY-FOR-PROCREATION-VILLE." I was shocked that so many felt like one should only have sex if they are trying to conceive.
Then there were the "oral sex is gay even if you are straight" people, who posit that oral sex grew (no pun intended) out of the homosexual community, you know, just like colored dress shirts did.
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Hi! Newbie here. :-)
by Roamingfeline injust wanted to introduce myself.
this board looks very interesting.
i look forward to getting to know everyone here.
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Franklin Massey
Haha!^
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Why Does God Have an Organization?--Article in the Public Edition--Feb. 1, 2012 Watchtower!
by sd-7 ini'm very surprised to see an article like this in the public edition of the watchtower.
it seems as though they are specifically trying to address the ex-jw criticisms, though of course, in their own limited way.. lies abound.
page 26: "jesus organized his followers to witness about jehovah and to make disciples in all nations.
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Franklin Massey
God's organization will evident by the tendency of its followers to gather at either McDonald's or Tim Horton's on Saturday mornings.
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When you were active, did you feel you would survive Armageddon?
by Band on the Run ini am curious about this issue.
personally, i never felt i would be good enough for a split second.
one would think that knowing you can not be good enough to survive would it make it easier to leave the witnesses and live for the present.
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Franklin Massey
Alias and Clarity, I'm glad you brought up that "probably" scripture. This was read during a public talk last week. The "probably" was glaring to me. But the speaker, after reading the scripture, said, "Here we have a promise of Jehovah's protection." Of course, everyone nods in agreement. I wanted to stand up and say, "What kind of God says, 'I'll probably take care of you?'"
It's like God is the flaky friend who borrows money on the premise that he will "probably" pay you back. You almost have to assume that you are not going to see that money.
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When you were active, did you feel you would survive Armageddon?
by Band on the Run ini am curious about this issue.
personally, i never felt i would be good enough for a split second.
one would think that knowing you can not be good enough to survive would it make it easier to leave the witnesses and live for the present.
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Franklin Massey
No. For a while I thought I could, eventually, be worthy if the system was allowed to continue on. But when I made a mistake, more than the feeling of guilt, was the feeling that Armageddon could come before I could demonstrate repentance. Armageddon wouldn't come and so I would go back to the quest of being a better JW. Then it hit me that no matter how hard I tried, I would never reach a place where I felt I was good enough for God.