Topics Started by Cirkeline

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Is worship deserved?
by goddidit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
anyone know the jw explanation for this:.

so supposedly, god exists outside of space and time.

or, god wasn't created and didn't create itself, it just always was, or something.... ignoring any logical issues for a moment, if this is true, why does it deserve any worship for this?.
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Hi, everybody!
by thomyorke in
1. jw
2. friends
i am from russia, and i've ben a jw for a 19 years of my life, since my early childhood.last 5-6 years that i spend my time in the organization, it was only because my family, close friends, and a girlfriend.i've been a pioneer for a 6 years, but my favorite kind of ministry was construction of kingdom halls!

(because there was a lot of humour, creative young people, young and pretty sisters, etc.

;)i still have very good memories about that period...nearly before i finally quit, i was disfellowshipped for a 1 year and 4 months.in that time i 've reed a "crisis of concience" and "in search for christian freedom", and give those book to my mom,she already was inactive, and having a serious doubts.but i was too naive!i decided to comeback into organization- cause of my girlfriend and friends.and remain there as a "double agent" or a spy))i had to pass through all the way to be reinstated...when i 'came back', i had a bad surprise: the elders decided that i need to study some publications again,for my "reabilitation".
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Who went to the meeting today?
by shamus100 in
1. jw
2. friends
had pancakes with tree blood (my favorite!).

sipping coffee, going to the mountains today.

ah, life is good.
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Every day that goes by in this rotten old system is just one day closer to Jehovahs new world.
by life is to short in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i grew up hearing this all the time.

it made me wish my life away, not look at the small joys every day of life brings to all of us.

instead i looked at all the bad there was in the world, my life, etc and blamed it all on satan.
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I need your advice to reach my daughters!
by Cirkeline in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i just spoke to my eldest daughter (i'll name her liv here) on the phone.

i am still shaking all over my body.

partly cause i'm scared to death, partly cause i feel there is a small hope.
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Bloodplates... Can it Really be Justified?
by mrbunyrabit in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i was thinking about something.. getting a blood transfution.. thats wrong right?

oky and theres allot of scriptures supporting that.. so is giving blood at a bloodbank allowed for witnesses?

no, its not allowed.... oky so heres my question.... witnesses are allowed to use blood plates... where does those blood plates come from?.
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Does the necktie have a pagan origin?
by Cirkeline in
1. jw
2. experiences
i wonder if some of you know the origin of the necktie?

i have sometimes heard people saying it's a fallos-symbol, but is there a valid background for this?.

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Anyone have the outline for the 2012 'Special Talk'
by Lore in
1. jw
2. friends
the sunday after every memorial they intruduce a new talk, which is the 'special talk'.. this year it's called: "is it later than you think".

anyone able to provide me the outline?.
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Movies that resonate with you as an ex-JW or awake JW
by RayPublisher in
1. social
2. entertainment
the matrix - "do you want the blue pill or the red pill?

", "all i offer you is the truth", "ignorance is bliss", "the matrix is all around us".

shutter island - creepy, is it real or isn't it, it turns out the whole thing is a dream.
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After Reinstatement
by NewChapter in
1. jw
2. friends
i never had anyone close to me d'fd when i was still in my jw daze.

but i know that once it happens, good friends are crushed and desperately want that person reinstated.

when they are reinstated, there is a lot of (quiet) celebration.