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  if you were raised a jdub, what was the first thing that was asked...

  by in a new york bethel minute in

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  from your parents when you got home from service?

  for me it was, "did you place today?

  " pretty much sums up what service is about for most witnesses... i always prefered a good conversation, even at a young age... but the pat on the back always came from making placements... especially if it was a book!.

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  It was mostly about statistics, as you know everyone has to show/report numbers at the end of the month.

  Like any sales employee you had to show you were "selling" 10 mag per month, pioneers 100 to 150 per month.

  Pioneers were something else, selling books and magazines at a 500 percent profit, can you beleive that?

  they were hi up in the pyramid, main recruiters so theywere entitled to some more profit , as an incentive, It was their salary anyway.

  Why dont wt publish everything offered to the public on the net now?

  sorry for taking a tangent... cant help
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  Research Study Proposal: Cults and Psych Disorders

  by kitties_and_horses_oh_my! in

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  i know i haven't been around for awhile, but a main reason is that i'm going to school for my psych degree and it's a lot of work.

  that being said, i have the opportunity to do some undergrad research work funded by washington state university.

  i have to submit a proposal and if it's accepted they'll fund my work to a limited amount.

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  My question, before I delve into this headfirst, is who would be willing to go to a website and fill out an anonymous but highly personal questionnaire about mental health, length of time as a dub, etc.?

  What about those still inside the "cult", how are you going to find out about how they feel.

  How are you going to determine if the illnes was caused by the religion or cult or something else.

  I think that cults are just a magnet for people who are already "confused" to say the least.
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  Is this the mother of all anti-jw discussion boards?

  by truth_about_the_truth in

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  2. bible

  i've seen a few other ones but this one seems to be the most active.

  by far the most interesting and diverse.. there's another one out there on e-watchman but found that one to be quite cheezy.

  everyone overuses emoticons for some reason over there.

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  NO. step-mother, anyway you look at it.
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  An age old mystery has been solved,

  by embeth2525 in

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  when i was a teenager, my father built a wall in the hallway of our house so that he would not have to have anything to to with me.

  i had to do dishes in the bathroom sink and cook on a hotplate.

  i never knew why he did this.

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  I have observed that many "weird" things jw do is just because they had the tendency or were weird even before become wt.

  Weird people join jw religion becasue the group gives them some playground, not easily available somewhere else.

  As jw they can speak and be heard even if a minor participation at meetings etc

  Male weird people may even become elders if they dont initially reflect how weird they are.,

  there is no big difference in the number of weird people out or inside the jw religion, in fact i have seen more weird people in many other apocaliptic religions, that's for sure.

  You have to see those weird religous when they meet and get the "spirit", some even jump like crazy, i have never seen that in the jw religion.
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  An age old mystery has been solved,

  by embeth2525 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i was a teenager, my father built a wall in the hallway of our house so that he would not have to have anything to to with me.

  i had to do dishes in the bathroom sink and cook on a hotplate.

  i never knew why he did this.

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  solved?

  Have in mind, withou tgetting into details, that not everthing negatrive jw do can be blamed on the WT religion...
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  Did anyone watch the latest Frontline?

  by eljefe in

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  here is the link to it.

  it is about "al qaeda's new front" and talks about the radical muslims in europe and terrorism in general in europe.

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  jeanniebeanz ,

  I have seen so many opinions on this, and experts on each side discounting what the others are saying that it makes the head ache.

  Can someone summarize please?

  Who attacked who first?

  What was the response?

  How did that go?

  Finally, what in the blue blazes can someone like me do about it?

  I eagerly await your answers because, Man am I confused!

  Jean

  did anyone answered your question?
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  Are ex-jw's or "apostates" addicted to jw-bashing?

  by booker-t in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this might seem like a funny question to ask but my mom told me that "apostates" are addicted to jw-bashing and cannot let it go and have a life.

  i asked her what she meant by this statement and she told me that all ex-jw's talk about is the wts and jw's and negative things about the jw's.

  she said that we get up thinking about jw-bashing and go to sleep thinking about jw-bashing just like a drug addict.

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  I have never been in a hurry,

  by the way what am i doing here in front of this girl -----i mean in front of this keyboard instead of dancing, well actually my body is asking me for some rest the last 3 nights have been too much
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  Are ex-jw's or "apostates" addicted to jw-bashing?

  by booker-t in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this might seem like a funny question to ask but my mom told me that "apostates" are addicted to jw-bashing and cannot let it go and have a life.

  i asked her what she meant by this statement and she told me that all ex-jw's talk about is the wts and jw's and negative things about the jw's.

  she said that we get up thinking about jw-bashing and go to sleep thinking about jw-bashing just like a drug addict.

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  Hopefully you have better luck now.

  As far as "dancing girls" i can't complaint, but as far as matching in other aspects i am about to give up. The more you know how thing should be, the harder to "find" unless one is willing to lower spectations, which i think i never will, not that Ithink about eutopia either. During the mean time i am extremely happy, it scare me.
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  Do Jehovah's Witnesses Depend on Mental Illness?

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you still go to meetings, take a good look around the kingdom hall next time you attend and think about what you are.

  likely seeing.. many witnesses will sit in a half-awake mode - despite confronting a risk to life or limb in attending, because of bad weather or the sort.

  of neighborhood the hall is located in.

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  Metatron,

  can you simplify, i wanted to reply but there were too many questions and situations to talk about...
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  PROVE That Jehovah's Witnesses DON'T Have The Truth

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  jws are convinced they alone have the truth.

  they are scripturally trained to prove to others why they are "in the truth".

  from your vantage point, how can you show this is untrue??

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  What do yor have to say min?