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  My Story

  by objectivetruth in

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  2. experiences

  i'm 30 years old, and i was raised in the organization, my parents and grandparents are witnesses.. i grew up in a small town, and due to boredom or adhd or rebellion, i never took 2 minutes to look into the religion.. i always went to meetings and field service.

  my parents were regular, but never "super-witnesses" so it was always the thing we did (meetings and service) not much more and nothing less.. the congregation, that i grew up in was for the most part friendly and enjoyable.. small towns, are very unique and they cannot be compared to larger city congregations.. i honk that they are a living and breathing organism, depending on the coordinators personality, so goes the personality of the congregation.

  thi king back, most of the people in the town that i grew up were good people, just simple hard working & honest people... i really long for the innocence, of the time when this was the truth, and there were no worries.. driving to the conventions at 3 am with my dad and another brother, them slicing meat, me sneaking around the halls of the college, getting into all kinds of things.. conventions were a really special time for me... when i was young me and my friends would run around, messing around, pulling pranks on people, getting into forbidden areas.. running in the hall ways.

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  will-be-apostate

  Objectivetruth and snare&racket I enjoyed reading your story as well.

  but I detect a hunger for a perfect world, with a paradise earth that you just don't want to let go of

  Accepting the reality was the hardest thing in finding out TTATT. I'd lie if I said that I don't wish it was true. I wish it was, i wish we could live forever but there's nothing I can do about it, but to accept and try to get the most out of my life. I appreciate life much more now then when I beleived the jw doctrines.

  I do agree when you say small towns are different. I couldn't imagine though that such parties you described would happen here in my country. People here are generally more 'moral' let alone a jw having oral sex at a party. We don't even have parties here. No dance at getogethers, and I couldn't imagine more then 10 young jws throwing a 'party' without at least two ms present. Now I'm from eastern europe, things are different.

  The moral of the story: jws are not that united nor such saints they say they are. Young jws from the US must be a pain in the ass for the GB.
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  New to The Jehovahs Witness Faith and need some help

  by jnjburkett in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello there i am new to the faith and have been studying for about a month.

  i am very excited and hungry for the truth and have not missed a meeting or study since the memorial.

  we do about 2 bible studies a week.

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  will-be-apostate

  And there goes another wasted life.. To the op: you'll need every last part of your critical thinking skill. Don't rush anything, just ask and question everything jws tell you. They forced me not to talk to my mother for 3 years when I was still a kid. Because that's their policy. QUESTION EVERYTHING THEY SAY!
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  Did other JWs judge you? What for?

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some judged me for going/having gone to university.

  some judged me for being 'too smart.

  ' some judged my non jw brother for being in the army.

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  will-be-apostate

  I'm growing my beard now, krejames. I'm curious what there reaction will be once it's more 'manly' like.
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  Did other JWs judge you? What for?

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some judged me for going/having gone to university.

  some judged me for being 'too smart.

  ' some judged my non jw brother for being in the army.

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  will-be-apostate

  Same thing here. Judged for attending college, judged for talking to my df-ed mother, judged for having a unique hairstyle (lol, yes). After a while you get fed up and ignore them totally.
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  What does money represent to YOU ?

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for example does money represent to you power, love, joy and much more or does money represent to you feelings of worry, guilt, anger, sadness.. for myself i have always enjoyed living largely on little, and i can appreciate that the best things in life are free.

  having said that i am glad i have been fortunate and sensible enough with money to never have exsperienced the anxiety of debt.

  and it may sound silly but i dont think winning it big on the lottery would improve the quality of my life nor my family.

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  will-be-apostate

  Like right now money for me means that I can pay accomodation bills at the university and having some food in the fridge. Survival, i guess.. But it's also fun, being able to be independent it's like a real life video game
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  C.T. Russel IS burried UNDER the pyramid

  by FFtruther144 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  russel is burried under the pyramid.

  according to none other than frederick franz himself, in his own words!.

  i read some wt trolls on here trying to say that he is under the marker a few feet away.. that is not true.

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  will-be-apostate

  Man, this Franz has got a very annoying voice. Pbrow, I know what you mean but it's illegal to pee in public. I know, I know, childhood dreams ruined
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  Sister kills a boy in an accident! A sad, sad story in more ways than one.

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.kansascity.com/2014/03/22/4909006/youth-struck-killed-in-kansas.html.

  a buddy of mine told me about this story.

  a sister driving through a neighborhood struck two children, killing one.

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  will-be-apostate

  Oh come on Found Sheep, that was just unfair. Who wouldn't help a poor children who was just struck by a vehicle? Your question implies an assumption that witnesses let people die without blinking an eye. Let's not try to use any situation to blame them. The kids too should have been more careful. Streets are not for skateboarding purposes.
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  WITNESSES FEAR THE TRUTH - WIKIPEDIA

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  every time i submit the following update to wikipeda - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kingdom_hall#funding - some poor deluded individual/s keeps deleting.. i wonder who it could be?????????.

  "as of may 2014, the funding of kingdom hall construction around the world has changed, as per the instructions of the governing body's letter to all congregations, downloadable from this link - http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/279067/1/2014-03-29-boe-confidentials-pdf-adjustment-to-financing-kingdom-hall-and-assembly-hall-construction-worldwide.

  the previous form of funding was facilitated by entirely by voluntary donations.

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  will-be-apostate

  The problem is that you're being subjective, you let your opinion in the article. Omit the "if not more" and the last phrase about them reading only the first page and not the entire letter. Or try to rephrase it in a way that it sounds more objective.

  Give this a try and let's see how it works out. If i'd be a beleiver witness I'd definitely delete what you wrote or at least edit it just because of what I've mentioned above.
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  Ancient Aliens, Cosmos, Through the Wormhole...Oh My!!!

  by HeyThere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am so intrigued by all of these science and history shows.

  with the universe being so large, with the fact that we have ocean floors we cant even get to, with all of the amazimg artifacts...isnt it possible?

  there is so much we dont know.

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  will-be-apostate

  Except for Cosmos, those shows 90% consist of ifs and maybes. Please don't, i had enough of that in the kh.
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  2014 April Our Kingdom Ministry

  by WatchTower87 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2014 april our kingdom ministry.

  pdf version : press next and download.

  http://adf.ly/dr101.

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  will-be-apostate

  Thanks man. I've been missing out the midweek meetings for a while but my parents always check on me whether I attend or not so I need to be up-to-date with the talks and programs.