Topics Started by Igot2bme

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How do Smart people create so much STUPID??
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
looking back on my life i just have to wonder: what was i thinking?!.

how did i get involved with a religious cult in the first place???.

i am embarassed, frankly!.
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Worst Night of the Year
by Quendi in
1. jw
2. experiences
well, it's that time of year again.

the memorial season is upon us and jws the world over are getting ready for the celebration which this year falls on 17 april.

for the first time since 1975, yours truly will not attend and i couldn't be happier.
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A lightning fast POLL: Two questions about CONVERSION
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
1. were you yourself converted from a religion other than jw to becoming a jw by door to door work?.

2.did you succeed in converting somebody in your own door to door work causing them to change religions to the point of baptism?.

quick answers, please.. .
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Malawi Party Card, Scans and comment
by BluesBrother in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am indebted to marvin shilmer for the info, on his excellent site.. link .http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2011/03/malawi-savage-betrayal-by-watchtower.html.

i was so pleased to see the actual cards that caused all the trouble, after wanting to see it for so long, that i post it today.. first, the background in case anybody does not know the terrible events that happened.

in the late 1960's to early 1970's jehovah's witnesses were cruelly persecuted and subjected to the worst possible beatings, rape torture and death.
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Hello to all from Walk On
by Walk On in
1. jw
2. friends
just joined up on this site, left the publishing company last year... been so eye opening to read this site and others, can't believe i was held like that so long.

embarrassed but hopeful and loving life!.

from british columbia, canada!.
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Did you Fade Gradually or Stop Attending Meetings Quickly ? Reasons ?
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
been thinking about this and curious about what makes us all come to the decisions we came to in our fade/exiting the jw organization.. i think for myself having been born-in & raised a jw my doubts about the generation doctrine had simmered for years within me quietly and by the time i finally left in 2003 i had reached my breaking point.

also seeing unjust treatment of rank & file witness ( myself included ) just propelled me into my decision even quicker.

so - one day after meeting with 3 elders in a back room before a meeting and seeing their judgmental aggression towards me - i just told myself " enough is enough ".
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What if... The Governing Body promoted online preaching
by pirata in
1. jw
2. friends
imagine this scenario:.

step 1) the governing body produces a brochure entitled: "addressing misconceptions about jehovah's witnesses".

it brings all the apostate arguments out of the woodwork and addresses them (whether or not the answers make sense doesn't really matter).
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"Something in the congregation is hindering the flow of Jehovah's holy spirit" - witch hunt JW style?
by slimboyfat in
1. jw
2. friends
has anyone else experienced something like this?.

in my mother-in-law's congregation a special pioneer was recently moved to the congregation and he gave a talk where he said he and the other elders felt there was a bad spirit in the congregation and there must be something going on that is preventing jehovah's holy spirit from operating properly.

but he didn't state explicity what the problem might be and now gossip is rife in the congregation about whether there might be a sinner or a traitor in their midst.. for many this is just the excuse they need to gossip and bad mouth others.
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JW suicide vs Non-JW suicide
by Nosferatu in
1. jw
2. friends
this is a bit of a spinoff of these two threads:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/61698/1.ashx.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/69308/1.ashx.
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2 Elders steal 6 million dollars
by outoftheorg in
1. social
2. current
the missoulia montana paper of 12/30/02 carried the following news report.. two jehovahs witness elders, dale a. erickson and darryl k willis pleaded no contest to charges of fraud, amounting to 6 million dollar theft from an aged lady, una anderson.. it is the biggest single theft case in the history of montana, according to the prosecutors.

this is quite a long interesting news release.. it can be found at "missoulian.com" http://www.missoulian.com/display/inn_news/news01.txt.

this theft occured over a seven year period.