Positives is that I felt superior to worldly people. I also didn't have to work hard and achieve worldly success. I had friends as long as I attended meetings. If I missed two meetings they stopped talking to me, and when I returned I had my friends back. Also, the public speaking was a plus. Field service was good exercise. I learned how to memorize answers, that the holy spirit would later help me call to mind. I learned how to be persuasive and question false doctrine in all religions.
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Is there any good (im serious) in this religion JW
by dugout ini know this has been talked about in the past but im new here..
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how is it that some fade out of the org and others seem to be pushed?
by sowhatnow ini cant figure out how some persons like my husband and son, simply got too 'busy' and gradually stopped going to meetings, and were totally left alone, and yet some persons.
seem to indicate that people were constantly in persuit of them, for a way to disfellowship them.. the ones who fade never get 'disfellowshiped' unless they write a letter formally requesting thier name be of the membership.. just like the jw org tells people who get baptised to do to thier former church,.
i havent been to a meeting in a few months however it is also under a 'remodel' im sure im not missed.
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naazira
No you're not under any obligation to write a letter. I stopped going to meetings because I was physically fatigued. Things went from there.
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Gen 2:17"...,for in the day you eat from it you will surely die"
by bobld intrue they ate,they died,but on the other hand if they never ate from it,they could(would ) of died anyways.. let me illustrate:on a store shelf there are many products.one of them has a label"poison" if eaten you will surely die.if a person consumes the poison he is one dead sob no question.on the other hand if he doesn't eat the poison he will eventually die anyways..
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naazira
@BOBLD excellent illustration!
If my memory serves me correctly wasn't there other trees with fruit they could have ate from?
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World Events bring about A Renewed Zeal!!!
by jk-ton inhi guys!
is anyone sensing an increasingly sanctimonious arrogance in j-dubs recently?
im asking this as i am finding that with the two major news stories in the last few weeks (ie.
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naazira
You could always say, " at least Jehovah will have less people to kill during Armageddon. It will usher in the new system faster. How does that make you feel?"
Jehovah's witnesses are emotionally driven people. Therefore, you must reach their emotions, because they aren't really into thinking. That's why the society publishes so many illustrations in their books and magazines. To Keep them child like. If you create an illustration while providing your counter argument it would be useful.
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LDS.ORG OR JW.ORG PICK YOUR POSION...
by ADJUSTMENTS inmormon or jehovah's wittnesses... lds.org or jw.org... i almost can't tell the difference anymore, i remember saying mormons are crazy... lol i should have looked in the mirror.
just another modern day, western born, religious cult.
someone with a little money started a company.. .
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naazira
I would drink the LDS kool-aid. At least, I would be able and even encouraged to attend college. I would be allowed to vote, say merry Christmas and dress up during Halloween- as long as my costume isn't satanic. I'll be able to go to heaven and become like god, and eventually rule over my own planet. All I have to do is wear under garments, give up coffee, tea, sweets and have lots of children, pay dues and attend service. At least I'm guaranteed an afterlife in one of the levels of heaven. With Jehovah I'm either back on earth or still in the grave.
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Just curious...how did you find Jehovah's Witness Net?
by cultBgone inthe influx of new posters made me wonder if the push to view jw.org is helping curious ones find this support site?.
please post whether you found jwn during an internet search or if someone told you about it.. i myself was directed here by a df'd family member once i shared my doubts with that person..
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naazira
My then bible conductor told me not to read sites talking about jws. My conductor told me the best information that is true was on their former site watchtower.org I was skeptical because it sounded like my conductor was hiding something. So I googled Jehovah's witnesses.On Google, I saw a link to a forum post on here and clicked on it. Here I am
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Life in the new system
by moley inthis always bothered me.. so the dust finally settles and your glad your still alive, so the first thing you do is phone your family and friends to see if their ok. no signal.
ok i'll drive to the kingdom hell to find out what to do.
driving past all the dead bodies you realise your almost out of petrol, stop at the garage cannot get fuel as there is no power.
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naazira
I was really getting into this tell me moreee :-)
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The JW.ORG craziness has begun....
by cultBgone ini guess it was bound to happen..... just saw a facebook post where the user updated their profile picture to be the blue square jw.org logo.. .
don't know whether to laugh or cry.
worship the borg, you people!!!
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naazira
As soon as they get the logo tattoo the Borg will be in the works of creating a new design.Ya know that entire new light stuff. It would be cool to have a ton of tatts of the past-present watchtower logos. It would be like a calendar with days scratched out.
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Just got off the elevator with Anthony Morris
by kneehighmiah inat the international convention here i just got off the elevator with anthony morris.
he was heading to the basement and i was heading up to administration.
i rode one floor down with him before i went up to my destination.
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If you were a snake you could have killed him-I mean bit him. That's very close proximity, without bodyguards.
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Women elders, what difference would they make?
by Freedom77 inokay, let's do a big what-if: suppose the gb for its own unfathomable reasons suddenly got new light (tm) and decided to start appointing women elders and ministerial servants.
they would, of course, refer to the examples of junia (apostle), and priscilla and phoebe (deaconesses in wordlyspeak) in the greek scriptures; never mind what mental somersaults it would take to get them there.
stranger things have happened in wt history.. that being the case, would having women in positions of real authority make any significant difference in the congos or in the borg as a whole, and why or why not?.
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naazira
If women were appointed as elders, there would be a lot of judicial action taking place. I imagine it would be a chance to go after those who pose a threat to ones ego. I think it would also be harder to fade if we had women elders. They will hunt you down!