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  What was the EXACT exJW website you first visited and why EXACTLY did you visit it?

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  i had two episodes of visiting exjw websites:one time around 2007 when i just googled "jehovah´s witnesses" and dared to look at those sites.

  i was scared and i promised myself i would never come back to them.

  however, that one didn´t really count.the moment that woke me up was this:i got to know that whitney heichel was a jw and murdered by another jw, because i overheard that conversation in a kingdom hall.i looked up the news and in one of the news comments, there was one where an exjw was complaining that they were hijacking her funeral and they were really trying to downplay the fact that her murderer was a jw... and then it said "visit jwfacts.com"... which i did.and the rest... is history.what exactly got you onto an apostate website when you woke up?

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  I happened upon Danny Hazzard's site and Rick Fearon's. I thought they were crazy. Still do. It didn't help me to wake up...just the opposite.

  But I would say this website was the first one I considered. I was trying to verify information in the October 2011 Watchtower about 607 BC. And this discussion was going on at the time about that very subject. I wanted to avoid "apostate" information to the best I could. So when I did start reading the discussion, I read it with skepticism. I assumed I would have to weed out misinformation and half-truths, but over a few weeks, it became apparent that Watchtower was not only wrong, but were the ones being deceptive.

  It took time to understand things like what "lunar threes" were and other technicalities, but the skycart someone posted of "Saturn in the Swallow" on VAT4956 sealed the deal.

  Back then, I feel there was more in-depth posting and less foaming at the mouth, especially politically. That stuff would have scared me off back then.
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  Has Your Political Views Affected Your Buying Habits or Entertainment?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  will you avoid nike or tend to not buy apparel because of their support of colin kap?

  would you stop doing business with anyone simply because you disagree with their politics?

  in california, in and out burger, democrats were being told not to support the chain because they donated to republicans.. will politics affect your spending habits?.

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  Oh...open a can of worms, eh? LOL. Fair enough.

  Basically it portrayed gun control as anti-gun. It lacked the nuance in understanding the other side.

  But I enjoyed the series nonetheless. I hope there is a season 2.
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  Has Your Political Views Affected Your Buying Habits or Entertainment?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  will you avoid nike or tend to not buy apparel because of their support of colin kap?

  would you stop doing business with anyone simply because you disagree with their politics?

  in california, in and out burger, democrats were being told not to support the chain because they donated to republicans.. will politics affect your spending habits?.

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  Londo111

  I really enjoyed the Punisher series on Netflix even though I didn't agree with the underlying strawman messages at all.
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  Developments in the India Branch

  by MaxPayne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the following letter was read in the congregation today.

  it's for all the congregations in india.

  i have pasted it as it was.

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  Londo111

  If you take into account how other denominations measure membership and apply that to the JW, I would think double would be accurate. Take in the Memorial figures, which includes the inactive or the unbaptized family members who were raised JW and attend at least that one meeting a year.

  The Watchtower measure of membership is much more stringent. At minimum, a person has to report an hour (or 15 minutes for the elderly and infirm) in "field service". To be a full member, there are superstrict standards that many people have a hard time meeting. Some, like Serena Williams, float along the periphery. In other denominations, they'd be counted and there wouldn't be the high barrier keeping them from membership.
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  Amway founder dead at 92

  by neat blue dog in

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  https://www.snopes.com/ap/2018/09/06/amway-founder-magic-owner-richard-devos-dies-age-92/.

  i've heard people say amway was a little culty for a business, and reminded them of jws in some ways.

  i'm not familiar with amway myself, can anybody here elaborate?.

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  Londo111

  They served a pot luck...there's a big difference there. There is rarely food at Kingdom Halls.
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  coughs colds and respitory ills

  by zeb in

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  2. friends

  do stil in jw attend the kh when they have the above?.

  some years ago it was the norm-meetings are sooooo important.

  whats the position these days?

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  When I was a kid, I got sick. My parents said, "You'll be just as ill at home as at the meeting." So they dragged me to the meeting. They regretted doing so and decided never to do that again.
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  Sisters handling mic's

  by I Faded Twice in

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  i saw a topic on another forum where a sister was supposedly carrying the mics.

  i was curious if this was even possible?

  is it new light or just a lie?.

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  Londo111

  If the males in the congregation are low-hour publishers or inactive, or they've gotten into trouble, say looking at pictures of nude women on the internet, they will lose their microphone privileges.

  The standards are so high that Watchtower gets itself in a bind of not finding 'qualified' males.
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  Developments in the India Branch

  by MaxPayne in

  1. watchtower
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  the following letter was read in the congregation today.

  it's for all the congregations in india.

  i have pasted it as it was.

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  Londo111

  So much for the whole "never beg nor petition men for support" thing.
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  2018/19 new light

  by Ray Frankz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi guys, long time without paying a visit to this site.

  today i returned to check a 'gossip' that is running around in brazilian exjw forums.. they are stating that is almost certain they will make a big change in their doctrine maybe this year yet in the annual meeting.

  they say people in warwick were commenting on this.

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  Londo111

  I think this rumor happens so often because it's the one change they could pull off without too much fuss.
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  How many JDubs would believe this ridiculous statement?

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a circuit overseer or a member of the gibbering body is giving a talk about demonism and he says the following, "there was an elder in a congregation in california who let his 8-year-old daughter watch disney movies that involved witches, gremlins, magic, and sorcery.

  many may feel that they are harmless movies and are just entertainment.

  well, the 8-year-old daughter actually brought a blue smurf doll to the public talk and watchtower study.

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  Londo111

  I knew people who said they knew the person who saw the Smurf run out the Kingdom Hall.

  I scoffed at it even then.