Topics Started by stillstuckcruz

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Are the Witnesses Really Losing Their Young People?
by What Now? in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
that article about jehovah's witnesses having the lowest retention rate for born ins keeps popping up every now again ... i'm just curious if any of you have noticed that this is actually the case.

in the congregation that i grew up in, i'm going to say that 95% of the young people in their teens to mid twenties are either regular pioneering, regular auxiliary pioneering, serving in foreign language congregations or where the need is greater.

both of my younger sisters are regular pioneers - and the young people in their hall even organize 8 pm to midnight service on friday nights of their own accord.
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Why does my family still interact with me?
by stillstuckcruz in
1. jw
2. friends
here was my story posted originally about 2 years ago.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/205854/1/as-a-witness-what-view-of-the-world-did-you-have-heres-my-story.

and my extended story on jwrecovery:.
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New 16 page WT & AWAKE available on jw.org
by St George of England in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
needless to say it's the same old rubbish.

the wt has the usual 'doom & gloom front cover, end of the world, fireball, people running in panic.... george.

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Had a visit on Saturday from 2 JWs
by poppers in
1. jw
2. experiences
in the course of my encounter i let them know how i felt about their shunning policy and how it destroys families, and referenced oompa.

the lady said there would be more suicides if they didn't disfellowship people!

huh?
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The Society debunked the rumored new light on the F&DS in 1973
by Leolaia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this is the summary of the rumored new light from the 2012 annual meeting, as posted by cedars.. the faithful and discreet slave was not appointed at pentecost 33ce, meaning that there has not been a continuous line of members of the slave class on the earth down through the ages.

the slave class was only appointed for the first time by christ in 1919.the faithful and discreet slave is a small group of anointed brothers during jesus presence serving at watchtower headquarters who are directly involved in the preparing and dispensing of spiritual food.

the individual members of the governing body are not the faithful and discreet slave.
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Did God Invent Swords? - Logic Fallacies and Anachronisms
by cognisonance in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we need not conclude that our loving creator was the first one to make what we know as swords.

adam and eve saw turning in front of the angels something that was blazing.

by the time moses wrote the book of genesis, swords were well-known and used in warfare.
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Meeting attendance
by DATA-DOG in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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To Whom do You Belong?
by God_Delusion in
1. jw
2. friends
hi guys and gals,.

lot's of you will know about the old "to whom do you belong" kingdom melody intro sounding just like the australian national anthem.

i wonder if it was just pure coincidence or if the writers ripped it off thinking no one would notice.. i don't know the new songs very well - they changed the song book round about the time i stopped going to the meetings.
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Who Really is The Faithful and Discreet Slave?
by Recovery in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
let's assume, as most of you probably believe, that the anointed christians are not the fds.

if the anointed are not the fds, who are?.
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My own story.
by JoelCW in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm a long time lurker, first time poster.

i think i have a similar story to others who were brought up in the so called "truth" but after reading so many stories i thought i'd finally get around to writing mine:.

like i said, i was raised into it and almost my entire immediate family where (and for the most part still are) serious members.