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  You guys are just really awesome

  by ilikecheese in

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  2. friends

  i know i don't post much or anything, but i have nothing to do at work (i use the term "work" loosely; no one really does anything in radio.

  ) and i spend hours a shift reading everything.

  i don't know if i'll ever get my boyfriend out of the jws or if i'll even be with him in a few years, but all the stuff you guys post totally solidifies my stance on never getting into this religion.

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  How many new baptisms are family members?

  by ilikecheese in

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  i don't know if there is any hard evidence on this or anything, but about how many of the new baptisms each year are children of jws, other family members of jws, or acquaintances?

  how many are actual new people who have no ties to them at all?

  it seems like the largest number are kids who are sort of pressured into it.

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  Jehovah's Witness Radio/TV Station?

  by ilikecheese in

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  in terms of christian ministries, radio and tv stations/shows are such an effective tool.

  i've worked in christian media, and i can see the impact that it has on people.

  if you have a pastor who knows their stuff, is crazy passionate about it, and is a little less loony and more empathetic, they can really get a lot of people interested.

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  Really random... wisdom teeth

  by ilikecheese in

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  i'm kind of freaking out because i'm getting all four of my wisdom teeth pulled in a few weeks.

  two of them are completely impacted, and one is partially impacted.

  fortunately, they're not oddly aligned.

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  "You should never look for/expect happiness in this world"

  by ilikecheese in

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  2. friends

  my jw boyfriend says this all the time whenever i'm venting about life and some of its disappointments, career aspirations and how hard they are to make happen sometimes, problems with friends/family, or just random stuff that gets to me.

  i'm not a negative person or anything; i only get moody occasionally.

  i am a woman; it's kind of required.

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  Matthew 24:45-51

  by ilikecheese in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm sure this has been brought up before, but how can anyone claim that this is establishing some sort of organization?

  it's beyond out of context, if you just look at verse 45 or 45-47. it's clearly about the contrast between people who are always behaving themselves and people who will only behave themselves when they think jesus will return.

  among all of the stuff that i've learned after the bf tried to get me interested in jw-ness, this is one of the dumbest bible quote mining or scripture twisting i've encountered.

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  It is SO depressing when you just can't get through to someone

  by ilikecheese in

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  i have been hitting a brick wall trying to pry my boyfriend away from this stuff.

  it just makes me cry that it's so obvious to me how wrong it is, and he's not even batting an eyelash.

  he knows about all of the scandals, all of the false prophecies, the coverup of sexual predators, that elders tell abuse victims to stay with their spouses, that they dishonestly use sources, and he just doesn't care.

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  Why don't JWs do much in the way of charity work?

  by ilikecheese in

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  so i argue with the boyfriend a lot about the fact that i think charitable work is every bit as important as preaching when it comes to serving god.

  every church i've ever gone to has some sort of community outreach, if not several outreaches, that have little or nothing to do with preaching.

  and i made the point that if these people know you're affiliated with a church, they'll think a little more kindly about christians, too, which would help in the whole witnessing arena.

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  JWs are the Modern Day Pharisees

  by ilikecheese in

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  i've been reading the gospel of matthew a bit lately, and it kind of strikes me how much the pharisees seem to resemble the jws.

  i'm sure this topic has come up several times before, but i've been thinking about suggesting this topic to my jw boyfriend to see what happens.... probably nothing good.

  i'm up for a good whiny argument.

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  Which Beliefs and Doctrines Helped Push You Out?

  by ilikecheese in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  okay, so this is my first post, but i've been lurking here for months and months.

  i have to say this is a very informative and hilarious site.

  you guys are great to read!

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