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  I am still a JW, what shall i do?

  by nevaagain in

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  hello, i know this board for about a week but didn t dare to register and post something, to let the cat out of the bag ... i am a jw :) i was shocked after i read through some of the topic here.

  honestly, i haven t seen any apostates in action until i started visiting this board.

  a little bit information to my person:.

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  pettygrudger

  What is it that you want? What would it take to be better? Is there a specific question within your post that could be answered?

  I guess I'm just a little confused. Everyone on this board has left for different reasons - some more traumatic than others.

  I left because I never was "good enough". My self-image was so low by the time I left, it took years to even begin to think of myself in a positive way. When I had finally scrounged up the strength & mental stability to begin once again looking at my spiritual side, I took a long hard look at the JW's - the good and the bad - the truth regarding this organization. What I discovered astounded me.

  I still believe "some of it", but am slowly filing it in with any other religion that uses the bible to control its people. All their false predictions, their lack of love, the mind control about what their members can even read, it all adds up to something other than what Jesus said to expect.
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  philosophy

  by msil in

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  if this is a post, then answer it...

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  pettygrudger

  lol safe!

  sex=====NOT AGAIN!
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  Steve Bates Article on UN/WTS in Tablet newspaper

  by hawkaw in

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  steve's article has just been released.. i have posted the particulars and links on the big un thread and linked below.. ( http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=13530&page=22&site=3.

  the tablet is a clergy newspaper that is read by a lot of high up people in both main churches in britian.. congratulations steve.

  his article is front and centre.. .

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  pettygrudger

  Excellent article - will this also be published anywhere an "average" person (perhaps a JW) can read it (i.e. in the Guardian)?

  Beiing in this forum will not give much coverage to average people I suspect - especially JW's who won't read this type of "apostate" material. But, a regular newspaper - this article would slam it home!
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  anybody see the new JW-commercial?

  by Moxy in

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  on whtv upn 18 (channel 5) they aired the commercial put out by the congregation of jehovah's witnesses (12:38 am on monday night).

  it is only airing in the north east us.. a brother who saw the commercial last friday said it was really nicely done.

  it talks about family life and plays the kingdom songs in the background.. a telephone call to the society confirmed it was a trial, and it was a bonafide jw advertisement.. .

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  pettygrudger

  Actually, I think airing their commercials before Dateline airs might backfire. No one really knows what JW's are all about, and for them to air commercials with the "wonderful family", only for Dateline to air what really happens to families - who are the average joe american gonna believe? Give them alot more to talk about at the door for sure though.
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  Yahoo Clubs - What do you make of this?

  by slipnslidemaster in

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  okay, hopefully this won't start a big riot (like the last time)...here's the deal, my cousin (now, please keep in mind, she is not a witness) had a dinner party at her house last sunday.

  she invited 10 of her closest friends, with one catch, every person invited had to bring one person w/them.

  the person could be male or female and they had to be someone who my cousin (the host) did not know.

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  pettygrudger

  Well, of course it would get out of hand!!!! JW's are so limited in their social contact that they're like tightly compressed springs - give um an inch and boing, boing boing! :)

  This is very sad though, and I remember it all too well. We'll have NO fun here ladies & gentlemen - the end of the world is near!
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  Funerals

  by Xena in

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  i haven't been to a "worldly" funeral...well ever that i can remember.

  all the funerals i have been to have been jw ones where they use it as another opportunity to preach to everyone in sight.

  they usually make a token mention of the dead loved one and then begin with the resurrection and earthly paradise and how you have to be a jw to get there.. today i went to my aunts funeral.

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  pettygrudger

  I know what you mean Xena. I just recently attended a funeral for my sis-in-law, and it was beautiful. 10 people stood & read her favorite poems and told stories that showed what kind of person she was. The priest while doing some religious speaking (Catholic) also spoke of his experiences with her and the whole service was about "Katie" as well as hope for the after life.

  Definitely not at your typical JW ceremony and thats too bad. Even in death, one isn't allowed to even be talked of highly - its a shame.
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  JDub love

  by Yerusalyim in

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  my wife's exhusband garry, called last night.

  he's is kicking his 18 year old son out of the house at the behest of his new wife,yvonne.

  sean is 18 and is autistic.

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  pettygrudger

  Yeru - again I'm sorry - but this might be a blessing in disguise as you have mentioned. Perhaps will make it easier to get custody of the 13 y.o. with the whole family on your side.

  It also makes more "witnesses" of this religion. this is so typical such as Tina & Mommy have pointed out - they are very good at casting out ones who make life a little difficult (and what teenage boy doesn't?).

  Garry will have to live with his decision - as these boys get older & start families of their own - who's gonna want to share their lives with him? You reap what you sow - so I hope da "p" was worth it.
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  Something Sinister About JW Books?

  by Englishman in

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  when i was a little lad of 7 years old, my parents would drag me - literally kicking and screaming - to the kingdom hall.

  i used to hate it with a vengeance.. it wasn't just the weird language that i detested, but there did seem to be something of an evil aura about the place.

  i recall the chap who took my parents bible study telling them that satan was working through me to try to stop them attending meetings.. it was around this time that i started to become fearful of being alone or in the dark.

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  pettygrudger

  Explorer - as far as mass destruction & horror on t.v. - simple, let them watch things as they're old enough to understand. I certainly wouldn't let a 5 y.o watch a horror movie, and I most certainly would not drum into him over & over again that was reality & his fate. Evening news - not watched in our home until jr.'s gone to bed. The 14 y.o. - news makes interesting conversation.

  There's plenty of things on T.V. that Do not depict destruction - just a matter of being careful about what you let CHILDREN view.
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  Critics

  by abcde in

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  its easy too criticize a religion.any person can do that.trash talking isnt accepted that well amongst the majority of people.why not find something better too offer people.now that would be a better thing too do.this board will probably fizzle out after a while.

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  pettygrudger

  abcde: Perhaps you should send this whole thread to your local elder - and then see what kind of "trash talk" you receive. The next meeting, think about your own words while listening to the sermons and the "trash talk" that is said over and over again about anything that is not JW stamped and approved.

  Its easy to trash talk here - we all learned from the best.
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  Something Sinister About JW Books?

  by Englishman in

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  when i was a little lad of 7 years old, my parents would drag me - literally kicking and screaming - to the kingdom hall.

  i used to hate it with a vengeance.. it wasn't just the weird language that i detested, but there did seem to be something of an evil aura about the place.

  i recall the chap who took my parents bible study telling them that satan was working through me to try to stop them attending meetings.. it was around this time that i started to become fearful of being alone or in the dark.

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  pettygrudger

  English - I understand completely!! When I was a child of 5, we had to watch Nazi movies and listened intently while the person giving the talk about the types of persecution we may face during the great tribulation. To this day, whenever there's a fierce thunderstorm (especially at night) I still want to crawl under my bed and hide (and I'm 32!).

  And the books - all those lovely pictures of mass destruction and horror. I still shudder at the images, and they still haunt my dreams at time.

  Goes to show how well into our sub-conscious these things dig in, and why support boards such as these are necessary to dig them out and rid ourselves of them.