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  How old were you ??

  by Clambake in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when you had to start dumping your worldy friends ??.

  just curious that's all.

  not being a witness ( ubm here ) i think everyone has known a jw kid and at a certain age " my mommy won't let me play with you ".

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  I had one worldly friend growing up, but he moved away in 3rd grade so I lost touch with him.

  I was friendly with other people at school, but was never friends. I was an outcast.
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  Site Update: Feb 9, 2015 - Vote feedback! (likes / dislikes)

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  i just pushed out an update that should now show post votes and provide some feedback when you click the like / dislike button.

  the votes shows as a +5 / -2 next to the like and dislike options.. i just realize i linked the display to the ability to vote and given that the vote links are hidden on your own posts, that currently means you can't see the votes that others have given you (i'm almost wondering now if that may be for the best, lol).

  expect it to change when i push the next update out.. duplicate votes won't be counted even though they may appear to update in the ui so don't bother trying to go click-crazy - every member only get's one vote on each post.. just a word of caution: i take serious people who try to game the system.

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  Do you see counts for other posts? Quite a few posts on this topic have some - if you see those then it's working and you may just not have any votes on the posts you're looking at of your own, if not then it's likely a script / compatibility issue.

  So, if the count == 0, then display: none?
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  Where did this picture of GB singing come from?

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sorry.

  i see it is on jw survey and from one of their earth shaking, mind bending, nausea producing jw.org broadcasts.. .

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  To answer the question in the OP, this was from the October 2014 Annual Meeting.
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  If this isn't the truth, then what is our hope?

  by Gigi2121 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm new here but not new to researching and questioning the jw beliefs.

  i have quite a story.... one that's been haunting me for awhile... but first, i'd like to hear what people have to say about this topic question, please.. -gigi.

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  I know how it feels to have that question.

  I've become fine with not knowing.

  I had to learn that it's perfectly okay to say, "I don't know."

  You can't be afraid of the unknown. Embracing and accepting the unknown is embracing life, liberty and happiness.
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  Name some "superstar" Elders you know or met .

  by Pitchess Co-Gen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm from the south los angeles area and i was wondring who were the '''star'' elders, ministerial servants, pioneers, in your hometown or area?

  they could be good or bad too..

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  Our circuit had Ed Kretzinger, Danny Diaz, Jerry Brock, Clark Mcgee, there was another Mcgee, can't remember his name, Coorley, Pat Henry. There were others. That's all I recall.
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  Excited about the CO visit

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  during the many years of being a jw, i could never really bring myself to be exited about the co's visit.

  this has been an issue that always kept me wondering back to religions.

  why could not feel the same happiness that made everyone around me cry during the sunday service?

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  No d2d in afternoon weekdays; no Sunday fs after the meeting....unless I was given wrong info.

  Blondie: The CO still goes in service in the afternoon on weekdays. Usually bible studies or shepherding calls if they are scheduled.

  Sunday field service after the meeting is still on, too. I worked in the same car group with the CO's wife on Sunday the last time and he took the group out and then went with the COBE on some shepherding calls.
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  Epiphany moment this morning!!

  by kairos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after all my reading, conversations, study, meditating, video watching, etc.. this for me, could very well be the "end all" topic to clearly define why being a jw is useless.. there is zero scriptural evidence that following the rules of a "governing body" of men is required to be acceptable to god or to gain salvation ( everlasting life in paradise ).. when asked by anyone, this will be my reply.

  "show me the evidence".... i don't care if it cries out, "i'm an apostate"!.

  whomever hears the comment will not be able to ignore it.

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  I really wish I could get some yard signs, print JWFACTS.COM on them and then go at like 1:00 in the morning on Sunday and put them on the streets leading up to our Kingdom Hall.

  I would get a sense of satisfaction out of it, but I don't know if it would do any good. I remember a guy that used to picket our old Kingdom Hall with a sign that said "1-800-WHY-1914." I never called the number and I doubt anyone else did either.
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  Excited about the CO visit

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  during the many years of being a jw, i could never really bring myself to be exited about the co's visit.

  this has been an issue that always kept me wondering back to religions.

  why could not feel the same happiness that made everyone around me cry during the sunday service?

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  NewYork44M: They don't even have the extra meetings anymore. They have a Tuesday night meeting (abbreviated school, service meeting, 1st CO talk) and a Sunday Meeting (2nd CO talk, abbr. WT study, 3rd CO talk.)
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  Update

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so since i blew up at my family for being self righteous hate mongers, my uncle sent me a huge letter calling my ignorant and uncaring.

  to which i exploded back with an email.

  may have gone a bit too far on that one, but whatever what is done is done.

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  I've been trying to put myself in my parent's shoes.

  I really think that apostate's families (and friends) actually would prefer us to fake it. They fear having to make that choice between us and the organization, and they would rather us pretend for their sakes.

  I truly believe that the only thing holding the organization together at this point is fear.

  If all the doubters didn't have the fear of losing their family, they'd come out of the closet. If their family wouldn't be required to shun them, then they'd be able to share with their family TTATT. True, not everyone that hears TTATT will wake up, but I truly believe that without that fear factor, the vast majority would.

  Once you remove that fear factor, more people leave, more people wake up, and the organization starts crumbling.

  That's why I truly believe they will never "repeal" the shunning practice. The reason they re-instituted it to begin with was because of the hemorrhaging losses in the late 70's and early 80's.

  Fear of being shunned is the only thing holding this organization (as we know it) together.
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  Thinking it through and not liking the result.

  by donny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  today at work a co-worker of mine and i were having lunch at a nearby establishment.

  he is what you would call a c&e christian in that he basically attends church only for the christmas and easter services, though he definitely says he believes in god.. he said that he just recently caught an episode of a crime/forensic show that featured a man from new jersey named john list who was also known locally as the "bogeyman of westfield.

  " list became infamous for murdering his entire family consisting of his wife, three children and his mother on november 9, 1971. see below link for more data.. on the tv show the narrator commented there were a few reasons why he did it.

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  Here's how messed up I used to be:

  I actually believed that since the wages sin pays is death, and the only unforgivable sin was 'grieving' the holy spirit, then since I was so miserable I should just kill myself and wake up in paradise. Jehovah would understand. He knows what's in my heart. He knows how I'm suffering and how messed up I am in the head.

  Now that I no longer am a believer, though, I don't even think at all about doing something to myself any longer. Why? Because, since I now believe this is all there is, I don't want it to end before I can experience all that life has to offer.

  I used to think that not believing in God and having no hope after death would make you miserable and want to just end it all.

  For me, it has been the exact opposite.