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  PROMISES with a CATCH!

  by Blueblades in

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  people are often willing to endure great sacrifices in order to obtain what they have been promised will be theirs in the future.the wt.society promises people that if they become faithful jw's.and endure to the very end,they will then live on a beautiful new earth.the pictures in the societies publications can be very attractive and eye-catching.but with every promise there is a catch.even if this promise were true ( and it is not),in order for you to have even a chance of obtaining entrance into this new earth you must sit through five boring meetings every week,spend at least ten hours every month in "field service"(that is going from door to door),be in complete submission to the vast control the society has over every part of your life, absent yourself from any family gatherings at holidays or birthdays, not be involved in competitive sports,hate everyone else in the world as being evil,and never question anything the society does---even if the society changes its doctrine to just the opposite of what it use to teach.worse yet ,the society never informs you that the new earth they promise is something which,to be realized,you must spend one thousand years in strenuously building it by manual labor.yes," promises with a catch",start out with an attractive bait attached to its hook.most people, including myself, do not realize or have not realized that, promises with a catch are very easy to get caught up with and very difficult to get out of.do you find this to be true?has it happened to you?for most on this board i know it has.i want to thank all of you for helping me and my own to come out from under the societies "promises with a catch".

  blueblades

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  Have you joined another religion?

  by freedom96 in

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  i don't think i will never join another organized religion.

  that being said however, i have enjoyed going on occasion to non-denominational churches, watching the band play music, and the speaker.

  if you did or would attend another church regularly, which one would you go to and why?

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  I did it, I did it, I did it! Yah, yah yah!

  by COMF in

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  i've been on vacation for the past week.

  i elected to stay home and devote my time to getting several projects accomplished around the house.

  i made myself a solemn vow that come what may, i was absolutely going to get a table built for my patio this week.

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  Northeast Ohio?

  by The Firm in

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  2. experiences

  my first post :-).

  wondering if anyone here is from northeast ohio.

  not necessarily looking for any specific reunion, but really anyone online here that may be geographically available to discuss jw matters.

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  I hate being a phoney!

  by Matty in

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  i need a vent guys, i hope you all don't mind!

  i'm not sure what has happened to me today of all days, but i just can't fight back the tears.

  i guess it must be the pretence fatigue kicking in.

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  Joseph Moore

  by obiwan in

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  i am looking for my father in alaska,if you read this please reply to.

  me.. wow it's a wide open world,use your.

  own thoughts.

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  "All of them witches"...

  by Preston in

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  2. experiences

  "all of them witches" was the name of the book that mia farrow read in in the film "rosemary's baby" which eventually lead her to believe that ruth grodon, ralph bellamy, and several other actors from the 40's and 50's rooming in her apartment were satan-worshippin' wiitches.

  in this day in age i think people who are witches in real life have to live with various stereotypes permeated from movies, t.v.

  shows, and whatnot.

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  Satan Mounts Attack

  by tdogg in

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  united states-.

  satan the devil, the wicked one, launched an extraordinary offensive tonight against jehovah himself.

  after taking control of the souls of nbc dateline reporters, the devil made a vicious and unprecedented attack against gods own organization.

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  About Daniel Fitzwater-Exposed on Dateline

  by LFitzwater in

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  2. child-abuse

  this is a very long story that i will try to condense.

  it will still probably be too long.

  life is good for us now that we know the real truth.

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  Dateline---That was It?

  by Lindy in

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  well, i am bucking the general consensus here that everything went well on dateline.

  i thought it was fine as far as it went but looking at it through the local jw eyes it will not get what you all and i hoped for.

  the show didn't put proof on all the cases we all know about.

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