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Hilarious "wardrobe worksheet" in new YPA book!
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
during a quiet moment i picked the latest ypa book down from my bookshelf.

it's pretty much stayed there since my relatives came back from the latest convention.

i couldn't bring myself to see the extent to which the society is now trying to claw its way into the lives of teenagers.
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JW's and music
by Pink Floyd in
1. jw
2. experiences
i really resent the fact that the wt looked down upon alot of music.

rap was considered violent.

heavy metal was satanic.
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Going back to the hall for the first time in four months
by lohengren in
1. jw
2. friends
four months ago i left home after arguing with my pops.

haven't been to a meeting since, nor have i talked to my father.

tomorrow i'm gonna go see my 8 year old brother give his first talk.
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Watchtower.org Parody Site
by bottleofwater in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm still working on it.... http://antgly.bo.lt/84lvi.
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911 forgotten amongst JWs
by fade_away in
1. jw
2. friends
i noticed over the last 10 years that in every 9/11 anniversary, jws that i know personally don't even mention it.

not a word about the anniversary.

not a compassionate comment, not a prayer....nothing.
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If you believe in the resurrection or reincarnation what race would you prefer?
by jam in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for the past few years i have been asking people.

i have know(blacks) this question.

the results,.
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Awakes left at work....
by charlie brown jr. in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the awake about music was left behind and ended up at the break station... and one of the girls working was reading it and burst out laughing..... are these people serious listen what it says.... after listening to heavy metal music i abused alcohol and started using drugs......... they can't really believe that?

she asked laughing.......
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CO begging for more MS's
by life is to short in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the co is at my husbands hall this week so i tied in to the meeting he was going on and on about how there are 140 elders in the circuit and only 80 something ms's.

of the elders 25 are over 75 years old.

of the ms's it was about 20 are over 75 years old.
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Jehovah's Witnesses are a class A mind controlling organisation!
by TimothyT in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my dad shown me a very interesting article on wikipedia about an american psychiatrist who drew some very interesting conclusions on how to control people's minds.

see if they sound familiar!.

milieu control the control of information and communication.mystical manipulation the manipulation of experiences that appear spontaneous but in fact were planned and orchestrated.demand for purity the world is viewed as black and white and the members are constantly exhorted to conform to the ideology of the group and strive for perfection.confession sins, as defined by the group, are to be confessed either to a personal monitor or publicly to the group.sacred science the group's doctrine or ideology is considered to be the ultimate truth, beyond all questioning or dispute.loading the language the group interprets or uses words and phrases in new ways so that often the outside world does not understand.doctrine over person the member's personal experiences are subordinated to the sacred science and any contrary experiences must be denied or reinterpreted to fit the ideology of the group.dispensing of existence the group has the prerogative to decide who has the right to exist and who does not.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/robert_jay_lifton.
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how do we exdubs deal with family still in?
by bigmac in
1. jw
2. friends
i would be interested in hearing how other ex's cope with family members--still stuck in.. .

example--my 90 year old jw dad--been in 50+ years---continued close ties with me since i left 30+ years ago----yet he says he wont talk to his grandson--age 35 ( my son )--who was df 2 years back.

my never jw (3rd) wife cant understand this.. .