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  On A Scale Of 1 to 10 How Much Knowledge Does A Jehovah's Witness Have About Their Religion?

  by minimus in

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  years (many decades) ago, most jws knew what their religion taught.

  they could go toe to toe with a minister or priest and make some good points.. i believe today's witness knows little about most of the convoluted teachings and revisions of the "truth".

  yesteryear's witnesses got a 9/10.

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  In my experience I'd give em a 1. In my neck of the woods their so hung up on "the truth" phrase that once they here/accept that they don't look into the doctrines or history of the religion any further. peacetoall paulnotsaul
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  Trying to Salvage a Friendship

  by Quendi in

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  my friends,.

  i need your counsel on a personal matter, and i hope you will give it in love.

  as some of you know, i was disfellowshipped six years ago, but it wasn't until june 2010 that i made up my mind never to return to the wts.

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  Quendi, I know you care about your friendship. Please, go to your friends house. Make him see your face. Let him here your voice. If he rejects you after that than I say you did all you could do. I lost a best friend because I refused to reach out face to face. My best friend died. You know how the ORG. is. Go and try to salvage your friendship. paulnotsaul
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  JW directives you thought were downright stupid

  by fallen_princess in

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  i remember one time when i was about 17 years old, i wanted to arrange a costume party for the young brothers in the congo around my age.

  i suggested it to one of my friends and was told that the elders had advised against it because it could be construed as pagan and masks have their roots in demonism.

  of course, i was never shown any biblical proof of this but just that response took the wind out of my sails and i decided to just not go through with it.

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  How about not supporting christedom. You know, can't go to or join the Y.M.C.A. Buy anything from church based stores like salvation army or goodwill. Donate any money to help anybody thru church organizations. Candy bars, etc. I guess if it does'nt benefit the ORG. you better not support it! OHTHEGAUL paulnotsaul
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  JW directives you thought were downright stupid

  by fallen_princess in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i remember one time when i was about 17 years old, i wanted to arrange a costume party for the young brothers in the congo around my age.

  i suggested it to one of my friends and was told that the elders had advised against it because it could be construed as pagan and masks have their roots in demonism.

  of course, i was never shown any biblical proof of this but just that response took the wind out of my sails and i decided to just not go through with it.

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  In two sentences: What I learned during my exit from the Watchtower

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

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  To quote the Sex Pistols: "have you ever felt you been cheated?" and "It's a swindle!"

  peace to all. paulnotsaul
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  Paradise Earth for JW's the same as Heaven for other Christian groups?

  by punkofnice in

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  2. bible

  i've often thought it weird how jar hoover was going to lovingly murder all non jw's soon (terms and conditions apply and are subject to 'overlapping').

  then the good ones would live in paradise happy that their family, friends and loved ones all died because jar hoover would mess with their minds.. recently i've been worshipping in a church but the same scenario has posed itself in a different way.

  if good christians go to heaven whilst family, friends and loved ones who don't believe go to hell...........what's the difference from believing that to believing the jw nonsense???????.

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  The org.'s mindset seems to only deal in certainties and definets. I now wish to worship by faith in wich I don't know exactly what will happen but I hope through my faith what ever the new heavens and earth bring it will be worth the wait. Its a new concept for me. Peace to all paulnotsual
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  Guilty Association

  by paulnotsaul in

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  does anyone still sometimes get that guilty feeling?

  you know, be honest, whenever a certain day comes around you felt like you had to be somewhere?

  like for me: tues,thurs, & sun.

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  Hi everyone. Does anyone still sometimes get that guilty feeling? You know, be honest, whenever a certain day comes around you felt like you had to be somewhere? Like for me: tues,thurs, & sun. Kinda hard to exercise freedom in christ when the org. demands all your freedom! Peace to all. paulnotsual
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  Hi everyone.

  by paulnotsaul in

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  sorry it took so long to introduce myself.

  my name is eric but i go by the handle paulnotsaul.

  like many in this forum i also had to admit i had a problem with addiction.

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  paulnotsaul

  Hi everyone. Sorry it took so long to introduce myself. My name is Eric but I go by the handle paulnotsaul. Like many in this forum I also had to admit I had a problem with addiction. My addiction problem was "the truth". I just couldn't get enough of it. As long as I went to my dealer (the WTBTS) thru their supplier (the FDS) I could get all "the truth" I needed. All I had to do was be loyal to the organization and they would'nt cut me off from "the truth". Cause its said that once you have "the truth" were else could you go? So here I am after being hooked on "the truth" for most of my life. I hope you can help to ease the pains of my withdraw from "the truth". I pray with each others support we can beat this addiction and break free from this demon they call "the truth". Oh, one more thing Belief beyond proof is Faith Belief in spite of Truth is Folly. Not my words but makes sense though,right. This is only part of my story but if you have the time I'd like to tell more of it someday. Peace to All paulnotsaul
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  Demos on the platform versus actual reality in FS

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we've all seen these demos a million times... perfectly rehearsed mini-dramas at the end of the theocratic school and during the service meetings (usually played by the same "exemplary" publishers and pioneers of the elite congo clique).

  you know what i'm talking about... the ones where they always speak the right words and cite the "appropriate" proof texts in perfect harmony with borg guidelines.

  so much so, that new "studies" or visitors who are unfamiliar with these "elite" brothers and sisters are completely awe-struck by their enthusiasm, "spirituality" and eloquence displayed on stage.. but then an inexplicable "phenomena" unfolds every saturday at 9am.

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  It's probably good that as a kid in field circus I never laughed or rolled my eyes when a householder said "I am catholic" or some other religion. Because that's exactly what happened at every demo. I guess when your "in the truth" everyone else is a joke.
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  Do you have ...

  by talesin in

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  an inspirational quote or saying you would like to share?

  i have a little book that i write stuff down in,, some funny, some serious .... .

  here's one i stole from a friend's f/b feed..... .

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  paulnotsaul

  A co-worker the other day said: " They treat us like mushrooms. They keep us in the dark and give us a bunch of sh*t! "