Topics Started by OutsiderLookingIn

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Finding love as a witness
by RawrSaysTheLion in
1. social
2. relationships
hi i'm new.. i'm going on 2yrs as a baptized witness although i've just received a reproval on the grounds of living with a wordly man unmarried for 6 months.

long story short it ended messy and i ran straight back to the witnesses because i do love jehovah and i missed my family.

my issues were only with the actual organization.. i desperately want to find someone to share my world with but i feel like i'm too tainted to be loved by anyone worthy in the truth and my morals are to high to love another boy from the world.
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My boyfriend is thinking of becoming reinstated
by gypsyvine in
1. social
2. relationships
i'm not really sure where to post this.. i've been with my boyfriend for 4 months now and i've really never been happier.

i was brought up in the church of christ with an elder father and i really believe in my religion, although i will admit to being a lousy christian at times due to sheer laziness (not wanting to get out of bed on sunday).

my boyfriend essentially lives with me.
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Why would anyone choose to support Jehovah’s Witnesses?
by Half banana in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what is the point of supporting a belief which began as a bronze age ox-headed idol called yahweh... in a religion designed for illiterate peasants now appropriated by a money-driven cult with a one hundred and forty six year unbroken record of total failure of its bible based predictions?.

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Exactly where is the expansion?
by NeverKnew in
1. jw
2. friends
there is a thread that i'm really enjoying discussing the consolidation of congregations into existing kingdom halls.

i'm realizing that the only threads that have spoken of building were related to branch offices.

we know the wts's consolidations and reopening a are a shell game of sorts but i'm wondering... is anyone seeing an increase in kingdom halls in their part of the world?
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whats so bad about believing people go to heaven?
by sowhatnow in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it occurred to me today, that so often, my mother will make the comment that .

"those false religions teach that everyone is going to heaven when they die, oh sure, .

all you have to do is be a good person, and off you go to heaven.
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inquiring mind has 3 questions
by OutsiderLookingIn in
1. jw
2. experiences
just a few questions from a newbie.

answer one or as many as you want.

1. why cleaners?
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The Heresy of Neutrality
by Perry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the one thing that keeps jw's worshiping the watchtower corporations more than (or as much as) anything else is the issue of neutrality.

neutrality is such a benign sounding word isn't it?

it even sounds religious.
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Non JW friends don't understand
by kozmo in
1. jw
2. friends
it never ceases to amaze me that your personal friends have no clue what it is like to have been one.

i was speaking with a friend the other day about having been a jw.

she said, oh i have a dear friend of 30 years who is one and she is so nice!
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What is the alternative to JW?
by Formerbrother in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i mean this with all due respect, i would like to hear from genuine people who think jw have it wrong and then what is the truth?.

im not talking about silly little quibbles here and there.. is jehovah real?

the the bible is word?
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The End of False Religion Is Near! HAHAHA
by tootired2care in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
memories!

i remember a few years back being involved in the campaign work, and having the distinctly awkward experience of having to hand the householders this piece of sh1t tract "the end of false religion is near!"..

i recall the discomfort i had trying to get into a conversation about this nonsense.