Topics Started by longtimeout

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Are You Or Aren't You Still a Witness?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i am technically still a jw but not a believer.
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Wasting Time In The Ministry--How Did You Do It??
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i know of a couple of elders that regularly went out in the ministry throughout the week.

no matter which street they were on, they always seemed to be near the same spot.

someone here talked about the michael jackson moonwalk.
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As a kid how did you survive the meetings?
by Parousia in
1. jw
2. friends
recently my brother, sister, and i talked for the first time about how we survived the meetings when we were kids.

i loved hearing their stories.. i had a whole imaginary world i went into.

once the songs were over and the talk started, i would focus on the speaker to look like i was listening and then zone out.
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As a Dub, did you neglect your health?
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
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when you were an active jw, did you neglect your health because the end was just around the corner.. many witnesses never went to see a doctor for a check up, because they actually believed that the end was a few months away.

we all know that sicknesses are cured if treated early, but you have to see the doctor on a regular basis for that.. did you neglect your health when you were a jw because you felt that the end was too close?
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Jan 2003 KM - "Send us your $'s electronic...
by Funchback in
1. social
2. current
page 3, under 'announcements', last bulletpoint:.

"for those who wish to make donations to the worldwide work electronically, a set of instructions is available to explain this arrangement.

for further information, call or write to watch tower, office of the secretary and treasurer, 25 columbia heights, brooklyn, new york 11201-2483, (718) 560-5000.
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Name Something NEGATIVE About Being A Witness
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
folks.

we did the positive spin about being a witness.

now let's see if we can come up with anything negative about being a jehovah's witness....now, put your thinking caps on!
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What song sums up your JW experience?
by sleepy in
1. jw
2. friends
its got to be rage against the machine, "killing in the name of" .

just had the bassline to this song rumbling through my head, havent heard it for ages though .

you need to know the chorus.
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HOW MANY JW KIDS LIKE SATURDAYS
by calamityjane in
1. jw
2. experiences
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think about it.. we were the only kids that hated weekends, all the other kids got to stay at home and watch cartoons, we had to pound the pavement and get up early sunday for the boring meetings.. any thoughts.
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Serena - Good Dub or Twit?
by Nathan Natas in
1. jw
2. friends
http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,5851242-23216,00.html.

lady who swears by christianity.

by jeff wells.
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Did being a JW stifle your ambition?
by ballistic in
1. jw
2. friends
did being a jw stifle your ambition?

did not needing to plan for the future affect your career choices and your consequent wealth?.

i'm not simply talking about following the advice to not take up an education which has been discused many times, but i'm going further to say that those brought up in "the truth" had their whole philosophy moulded and shaped in a way which never searched for more or wanted more; a non-materialistic outlook.. now some may still say materialism is evil, or that being brought up this way leads to a more content life.. the cynics, like myself, will say that keeping people 'happy but poor' is the genius of the rich.. i've had some success after leaving the org, after taking up education and so on, but it has taken time.