Topics Started by AlphaQup2nite

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Are You Afraid To Die Alone?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i know of someone that is concerned that she will be all alone when she dies.. are you afraid to die alone??

?.
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Do you hate God
by Star tiger in
1. jw
2. friends
i beginning to think that this would be a good way of thinking, a totally righteous being would not let all the shit that is happenning to people prevail, this being cannot have the best interests of man as his first priority, it's all about ego and no matter how the human familty suffers, he hates pretty much everyone, as the tv show says, your fired, let's get a better god, one who at least gives everyone a chance!!.

i welcome comments from god apologists, to at least have an argument as to why they put they're faith in someone that does'nt give a shit about them!.

star tiger.
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Hello From a Newbie
by AlphaQup2nite in
1. jw
2. friends
i found this site randomly the other day on an unrelated search, and its nice to find a place where people can discuss a relgion that in house cannot be discussed without either being quoted mantras or a very skewed view of the world.. ok about me.. im a 24 year old taiwanese-american, and i have been raised as a jw from the age of about three to the age of 17, when i unoffically left.

i started to have doubts around age 12, but did what i was supposed to to keep mommy and daddy happy.

my parents are jws, as well as my older 1/2 sister, and my younger sister.
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JWs Depression and Suicide
by 00DAD in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
since jehovah's witnesses supposedly have "the truth" and are part of god's visible organization living in a "spiritual paradise" you would naturally expect that they should be the happiest people on earth!

this clearly is not the case.

wha happened?
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Persuasion Techniques used by JW's
by waiting in
1. jw
2. friends
a study of the persuasion techniques used by jehovahs witnesses and the watchtower.. .

a research report submitted to tabor college, adelaide, by nathan charles beel as the directed study project component for the degree of bachelor of arts in christian counselling--- november, 1997.. -introduction.

-liftons criteria for thought reform.
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I don't like the drugs, but the drugs like me?
by Pathofthorns in
1. jw
2. friends
is it just me, or is there an unusually high number of young ones in the truth smoking and doing drugs like ecstasy and dope?.

is it that these people are doing this out of rebellion or simply that they like to live in a fantasy world?.

i've talked to a number who seem to think that they will live a double life for a while, then come back in five years "because they know its the truth".
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New System Conundrum
by RedhorseWoman in
1. jw
2. friends
does everyone remember the wt stating that in the new system, after everyone has been resurrected, there will be at least one acre per person?.

didn't that seem like a lot of space to you?

i know it did to me, growing up in a typical suburban neighborhood.
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Reasons for becoming a JW?
by Dubby in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm curious about the reasons for becoming a jw.

if you were raised a jw, were you pressured into baptism?

if you weren't raised a jw, what were the deciding factors?
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Blood Transfusion?
by Friend in
1. watchtower
2. bible
considering the latest questions from readers article on blood transfusion, i was wondering what the feelings are among this forums participants about blood transfusion.

over the years the society has been receiving a growing amount of letters on the subject of blood and blood transfusion.

any interesting biblical perspectives here about whether "abstain from blood" means abstain from blood transfusion?