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  Odd experience today

  by krejames in

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  2. experiences

  ok just thought i'd share this odd experience that happened while i was responding to perfect1's thread "did a householder at the door ever cause you doubts?

  " (apologies for the bad typing in that btw - was on my iphone and in my work-break).

  was just relating the experience of a householder who caused me to question my beliefs.

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  chrisuk

  Great news Krejames! Thanks for the update.
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  WATCHTOWER IN A PANIC!

  by JW GoneBad in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  jws are in need of more kingdom halls in many major u.s. cities.

  at this years agm where it is expected that most of the faithful will be able to listen to the meeting (being tied in by video), dont be surprised if the wts 8 gb members take part in a symposium delivering some long winded appeal, petition, plea, proposal, proposition, solicitation or otherwise hit-on the masses for $$$ in order to lighten the burden and overuse that many kingdom halls are experiencing.

  an acquaintance from the west coast mentioned to me that in late august thru early september of this year that a number of pow-wows involving close to 5,000 elders from numerous areas (riverside, los angeles, ventura and orange counties) took place to drum up financial support from the 800+ (not sure) congregations in those areas.

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  I can't believe they're doing this. Surely JW's will see something's not right here?
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  Was I too harsh?

  by chrisuk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello, first let me apologixe for both my spelling and my grammer in advance, both are not my strong points.. i'll keep this short.

  since i've been a child my mother has studied on and off with jw's ( i'm now 34) so i've been around it most of my life, i studied on and off myself for around 10 years.

  thank's to this site and jwfacts i'll never study or step foot inside a kingdom hall again.

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  Thanks Black Sheep I'll try that one
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  Was I too harsh?

  by chrisuk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello, first let me apologixe for both my spelling and my grammer in advance, both are not my strong points.. i'll keep this short.

  since i've been a child my mother has studied on and off with jw's ( i'm now 34) so i've been around it most of my life, i studied on and off myself for around 10 years.

  thank's to this site and jwfacts i'll never study or step foot inside a kingdom hall again.

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  Thank you Rebel8. That should definitely do the trick
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  Was I too harsh?

  by chrisuk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello, first let me apologixe for both my spelling and my grammer in advance, both are not my strong points.. i'll keep this short.

  since i've been a child my mother has studied on and off with jw's ( i'm now 34) so i've been around it most of my life, i studied on and off myself for around 10 years.

  thank's to this site and jwfacts i'll never study or step foot inside a kingdom hall again.

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  Thanks 3rdgen. I know sending them facts is pointless and dangerous, but I get frustrated with them. Today I was walking my dog and 2 female JW's from the same cong I attended as a study approached me and offered me magazines. That got on my nerves as I clearly stated I didn't want that to happen in the e-mail I sent to the elder. I think some of the frustration is also from my own thoughts, Sometimes I think perhaps they have got things right and I could have a nice life if I joined them. I think that perhaps if I could get back to studying and keep to it that things could work out rather well. Then the logical part of my brain kicks in and I remember all their false teachings, and their controlling ways and I also think how they go against Jesus' commands.

  I know all that sounds weird but even though I was never baptized I guess I'm still indoctrinated to some degree.
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  Who Really Is The Faithful Slave? Really? W-7/15/2013

  by apocalypse in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  who really is the faithful slave?

  i have, for some time, related to my family the underlying reason why the governors at headquarters (pg22p10) say what they say & do what they do.

  simply put, they need to make themselves big.

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  They do seem to have gotton themselves into a right old muddle.
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  Manage inbox?

  by Dis-Member in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  am i just missing it or is there actually no way to manage your pm's?

  how does one delete messages for example?.

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  I can't even see my pm's. I've got a notification informing me I have 1 pm, but I can't see it.
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  Was I too harsh?

  by chrisuk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello, first let me apologixe for both my spelling and my grammer in advance, both are not my strong points.. i'll keep this short.

  since i've been a child my mother has studied on and off with jw's ( i'm now 34) so i've been around it most of my life, i studied on and off myself for around 10 years.

  thank's to this site and jwfacts i'll never study or step foot inside a kingdom hall again.

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  Thank you for the replies, it's good of you all. I've been thinking one sure way I could get rid of the JW's is to email a few of the elders a boat load of information off JWFacts.com & Also email the same information along with my address & the cong I attended to the London headquaters. I figure that would keep them away, but then that could also cause them to turn my mom against me.
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  Was I too harsh?

  by chrisuk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello, first let me apologixe for both my spelling and my grammer in advance, both are not my strong points.. i'll keep this short.

  since i've been a child my mother has studied on and off with jw's ( i'm now 34) so i've been around it most of my life, i studied on and off myself for around 10 years.

  thank's to this site and jwfacts i'll never study or step foot inside a kingdom hall again.

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  Thanks again for all the replies. Just an update: The elder I studied with came round yesterday, I invited him in for a coffee and we had a chat about life in general, then! He offered me a watchtower, I can't remember which one, and he also offered me an awake about halloween. I said thanks but no thanks and explained if I wanted read on any given subject I'd research it my self on the internet. He then told me I was always welcome at the KH and told me that people still asked about me and sent their regards, I really can't believe all this shit after the email I sent. Anyway I told him that I still stand by the email I sent and nothing has changed in that regard, I also added that with the amount of things I've learnt about the watctower and it's history even if I wanted to go back to studying I wouldn't be able to, he promptly said "well I'm not discussing anything you may have learnt on the internet unless it's bible based, I'm only prepared to discuss whats in the bible" Which I thought was ironic.

  He left and that was that, well until next time! I'm thinking of emailing him a link to combating cult mind control on amazon, is that a good idea?
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  The "SCHOLAR" mentioned in this Sunday's WT Study

  by RagingBull in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  july 15, 2013. pg.

  16, pp.9... steven j. lawson (from book famine in the land: a passionat call for expository preaching).

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  chrisuk

  Stllin: "Sounds like a "scholar" to me.."

  I was referring to the first name given Steven J Lawson.