Posts by FayeDunaway

I'm very happy for you. I hope you have been making friends outside the org. I'm glad your parents are speaking to you. Show them how happy and interesting someone who leaves the JW's can be. Go make something of yourself. Maybe you will be an inspiration for others.

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A New Words With Friends Player Just Told Me That She Was a Jehovah's Witness And That's Why She's So Smart!

by minimus in

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friends

i saw she went under the handle of lovejahforever.....she said she is very smart and had cleaning jobs and was going in the ministry this morning.. when she told me she looked forward to beating me (she won the first game) she sid she was smart because she's a jehovah's witness.

my response was we will see how smart she is.. what next?

any suggestions??

FayeDunaway

I bet she's counting her time while playing, and that's always her line. Heck, her username is witnessing by itself, right? :P

Yep tell her you were an elder but you left because of (the reasons). If you're in hiding be careful tho, esp if your name isn't an alias.

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NEW PEW Research data on Jehovah's Witnesses just released

by Balaamsass2 in

i was expecting people who "identified" as jws to follow watchtower beliefs more closely than these pollsters report.. .

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/26/a-closer-look-at-jehovahs-witnesses-living-in-the-u-s/.

FayeDunaway

The question was not just for Jehovah's witnesses but for people of all religions. Jehovah's witnesses who like to say their 'truth is so simple' actually have very complicated beliefs and it's not easy to get at what they believe through a general questionnaire.

Old hippie, I don't know if you're a practicing witness or not but you're definitely not neutral :).

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NEW PEW Research data on Jehovah's Witnesses just released

by Balaamsass2 in

i was expecting people who "identified" as jws to follow watchtower beliefs more closely than these pollsters report.. .

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/26/a-closer-look-at-jehovahs-witnesses-living-in-the-u-s/.

FayeDunaway

What's interesting to me is the number of witnesses willing to answer the 'ideological spectrum' question but not the 'political views' question. It's very witness if them...obey (pay minute attention to) the letter of the law, not the overall purpose of the law. Maybe they didn't realize having an 'ideological spectrum' viewpoint is NOT staying 'neutral'. I like that they were willing to say it, I would have done it too as a witness...I just think it's funny.

Regarding the 'heaven' question, there was probably some confusion, did the question mean you think you're going to heaven when you die, or that heaven exists?

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Trump or Contested Convention?

by Coded Logic in

for those of us who are hillary and bernie fans, which is the better outcome - to have donald trump as the republican's nomination whose unpopular with most americans?

or are we better off watching the chaos of a contested convention and the party eventually putting up someone weak like john kasic or jeb bush?

FayeDunaway

This convention is going to be fun. News making, for once. For journalists it won't be just the same old grind again, they're actually looking forward to it.

As as I said before, barring a muslim extremist domestic terrorist attack, Democrats win. So this 'who is going to the the Republican candidate??' thing probably doesn't matter that much. Trump fans will be livid if the Republican party ignores them tho...it will make them do crazy things.

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How do you like me now?

by eyeuse2badub in

report in the news today that prince is leaving a large portion of his fortune to the watchtower.

bet the gb loves prince now and his 'questionable' music!.

just sayingeyeuse2badub.

FayeDunaway

How is that possible without a will?

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Has Anybody Hear a Rumour That Prince Died?

by cofty in

why do people care so much about celebrities?

FayeDunaway

(Purple rain!)

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super heros

by Gratefullyunstuck in

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friends

after reading the content of the 1 day assembly on another post, please tell me wt are trying to suggest members cant follow super hero movies/characters etc.

the whole of my ex family wouldnt have a life if this happened!

surely a wake up call for them....... but doubt it

FayeDunaway

How about the utter disrespect we show to Jehovah every time we watch anything about aliens? Um, I can't remember the exact reason but something about disrespect for his creation.

And watching superhero movies is bad because they are basically gods with godlike powers and if you watch them you are glorifying, worshipping!, other gods.

They're just like the Taliban, really. Pick something extreme and run with it, enforce it on others.

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a unique situation

by stuckinthemiddle in

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friends

i think i have a unique involvement with jws.

i'm not a baptized member.

my mother has been devout for over 20 years.

FayeDunaway

Lol @ Barrold