Topics Started by sickandtired

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Do You Ever Doubt Your Efforts Are Futile?
by Elephant in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
...hello folks.... ...i've read countless of posts, ideas, opinions, etc here and i'm interested in your response.... ...there is a whole gamut of feelings here from individuals that are simply annoyed with the wt organization, to those that come off as hellbent on putting the org out of comission.... ...others yet seem to have made it their mission in life to eradicate the concept of god himself.... ...to any of these, what is your motivation?

and do you ever doubt that these efforts are futile?

do you feel that you posses the power/ability/means to change the convictions/faiths of the masses?
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Captain America and The Avengers!
by Cold Steel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
does the wts oppose movies such as thor, captain america, and the avengers on the basis of thor/loki's godhood and captain america's patriotic bent?

or do they let artistic license slide for such movies?.

how about super hero movies in general?.
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Does anyone have official confirmation of new GB member?
by Open mind in
1. jw
2. friends
about a month ago on this jwn thread,.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/235284/1/new-gb-member-mark-sanderson.

the news of a new gb member, douglas mark sanderson was announced.
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The New Diary of Winston Smith
by WinstonSmith in
1. jw
2. experiences
we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.
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What's The Worst Thing About Being A Jehovah's Witness?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
for me, i think it's that the witnesses teach they are god's spokesman.

they represent his "faithful & discreet slave"....and that they alone are expounders of the only truth and that if you disagree with anything they teach, you are considered worse than vomit.. it's unbelievable because these people are wrong so many times, it cannot be excused!.

as a witness, you must accept every viewpoint and if you (and your family) do not accept it all, hook, line and sinker, you are "apostates"!!!.
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Social Media is the answer...
by Momma-Tossed-Me in
1. jw
2. friends
social media has and will continue to hurt the watchtower, please keep up the effort to reach people via the internet.. watch this video it is great:.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvvck3_regc.
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They STILL might be DFing me soon for apostasy...
by RayPublisher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
big news - i met with the elders last night.

they were not arrogant and they were not mean spirited, but of course we all know they also would not budge from the jw brainwashed beliefs they are sworn to uphold.

i let my light shine, and within two minutes of sitting down with them was no longer nervous.. .
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Why Elders leave the Organization and why their Wives stay.
by stuckinamovement in
1. jw
2. friends
i have talked to quite a few brothers who have served as elders and servants and left the organization.

in most cases their wives have remained in despite the husbands best efforts to persuade his wife that the organization is wrong.

even though the wife can see problems within they continue to press on in service to the society.
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I have a question on the Circuit Accounts Scam thread
by gubberningbody in
1. jw
2. friends
i didn't want it to get buried and i'd really like to know.. so i knew pretty much what he was saying was true, but what i don't get is how the creative accounting works.. i mean you have to show expenses on the ledger - and i mean real expenses, like the co/do expenses along with receipts.. you have actual costs for the power coming into the building.

the paper supplies and cleaning supplies.

the vacuum cleaners and mops and other sundry items, and you have to have receipts for all that.. i also know that when you made a "donation" it was off the books at the circuit level as far as accounts were concerned.. but how is money not being accounted for?.
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New here - hello!
by sickandtired in
1. jw
2. experiences
i can't believe i'm actually posting here.

i've been lurking for a while and i've been having doubts about this being the "truth" for years and sometimes feel really stuck and hopeless about my situation.

i'm married to an elder (who is 110% jw) and i was for the most part raised in the "truth".