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  So where is all this supposed worldwide persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by Reality79 in

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  for years, it was drummed into our heads that the whole world lies in the hands of the wicked one who hates us and a result, mankind particularly hates the jws with a passion.. now that i think about it, i've seen very little evidence of that.

  i mean yes, in places like malawi, germany and some other countries the witnesses have been through real persecution - not the type that the average dub would call it like doors being slammed in the face.

  but what have they experienced that many other religions in other countries haven't?

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  New members who are still active, what do you think?

  by OccupyJehovahsWitnesses in

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  hey everybody!

  i was curious, as i've seen several new members on the board who are still active, what do you think about the topics you see on here?.

  i'm very interested to know what your experience has been like, finding the site, signing up, engaging in conversations.

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  OccupyJW - You have a PM
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  Why did you pick the name you have now

  by label licker in

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  just wondering if your name describes what you saw, how you were treated when you were "in" or now "out", maybe your personality, ect.... i'm label licker and the why i picked this name was because of all the licking up one side of elders and down the other to either be an elder or ministerial servant.

  one time i was standing right in front of this brother who wasn't made an ms yet and he totally ignored me and talked right over my head speaking really loud trying to catch the co's attention.. got sick of watching the poor elderly sitting all alone or standing against the wall like a wall flower with noone to talk to and yet all these label lickers would take turns picking up the elders elderly parents and take them shopping and do their groceries at least four times a week while out in service, yet, there was noone there to take a meal to a sister who just got out of the hospital with a heart attack.

  when i had shown up at her apartment with a meal she asked if i could wash her private and change her bandages.

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  Because I Love this movie...

  

  And thats how I felt when I first left. It all happened so fast I felt like I was in a Daze but I wasn't confused with what I had to do.

  
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  What religion said the following in this months Magazine and I quote.

  by trujw in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "the word trinity is not used in the bible that is because god is not a trinity".

  "normally the holy spirit is referred to as it".

  "this christian counterfit is actually the source of the trinity doctrine".

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  Yes Blondie is correct.

  
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  What religion said the following in this months Magazine and I quote.

  by trujw in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "the word trinity is not used in the bible that is because god is not a trinity".

  "normally the holy spirit is referred to as it".

  "this christian counterfit is actually the source of the trinity doctrine".

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  Playboy!
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  yet another newbie..

  by ragnarok75 in

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  2. friends

  i've been lurking here for some time and now that i've registered here's a little bit about myself... i'm in northern europe (so english is not my own language,but i have indeed studied it for more than 18 months) and i was born into this hateful cult in the "momentuous" year of -75.good that my parents stayed alive till then!.

  as far back as i can remember i had doubts both about the doctrines and the whole existence of god.however,i instinctively knew that these doubts are not to be mentioned.so i learned to be a fake at an early age.though having read many other stories here i realise how easy i got it.i now understand that we lived in a rather liberal area and also my family was quite liberal eventhough my dad was an elder since mid -80 and mom was really "strong in the truth".i never brought up the religion at school or with friends and was never bullied or anything.it helped that i was good at sports,especially football (soccer for americans) and football is also the source of my biggest hurt in childhood.i know it may sound very trivial,but the fact that i wasn't allowed to join a football team felt just so unjust and painfull and it lasted all through my childhood.whenever we had a new gym teacher,the first thing he asked me was which team do i play for.i was too embarrased to tell the truth and i just gave the impression that i only wanted to play for fun and not join any team.oh,how badly i wanted to!.

  somehow i managed to silence all those doubts and got babtised as a young man.very soon after the babtism i knew that it didn't have the hoped for effect of making me more spiritual and meetings and field service still felt an absolute bore.now began the long years of just "going through the motions".all my family (parents,many brothers and sisters,uncles and aunts,nieces and nephews) and most of my friends were in.i never reached out and attended only one or two meetings a week and penned my hours.i kind of liked my congregation (also,the seats at our kh were really comfy,so i often slept through the meetings) and made some very good friends.friends that - as you all can guess- didn't turn out to be so good in the end,but with whom i nonetheless had some good times and felt a strong connection to.. for a long time nothing happened that would've disrupted my rather non-eventfull life as a lacklustre jdub with at least another foot in the "world".i'd done many things that would've gotten me d'fed,but i never had any intentions of going to the elders about it and i had no pangs of conscience about it either.it was just a matter of convenience..i liked my witness friends,wanted to hold on to them and not to lose my family.. however..there was this girl... a (worldly,of course) girl that i had absolutely fell for and had a brief romance with many years ago.now she was back in my life.i must omit the proceeding turns of events for the sake of anonymity,but the end result is that i'm a proud father of a lovely baby girl.well,not so much baby anymore as she starts school soon.i love her so much and it gives me great satisfaction that she is growing free from any influence of vicious cults or of any gods for that matter.we live now in different countries but i see her often and there's always skype.. her birth also acted as a catalyst for the change in relationship between me and the society.i decided that i wanted to share the joy of her birth and existence with my family,eventhough i also knew that that would mean i'd have to go the elders too.if i didn't,they would,and that would result in automatic disfellowshippping.. a jc was duly formed and i had decided that i'm not going to go there and tell them that i regret her,as having her is the best thing that's ever happeded to me.

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  Welcome
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  did I see jesus?

  by Tylinbrando in

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  2. child-abuse

  so we have had a bit of rain today.

  but the sun peeked out and was setting to the west.

  i stepped out to the front yard and saw on the top of the foothills at least 10 miles away what appeared to be a burning cross.

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  You in Colorado? It sounds like your describing the foothills along the Rocky Mountains and today we had rain and then it cleared up before sundown.
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  Ohh the memories... Memorial of Jebus...

  by dazed but not confused in

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  2. friends

  i don't miss this.

  i feel so sad for those of you still going thru this.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75tfwzx4b5y.

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  Glad I could help!
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  Love Thy Neighbor? Not my JW neighbors.

  by jws in

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  i live next to jw neighbors.

  i was a jw 1000 miles away over 20 years ago, never here.

  as far as i know, nobody here knows i once was, including the neighbors.. so there wouldn't be any reason for them to shun me.

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  I would ignore my neighbors when I was a JW. I think it was because I didn't want to become overly friendly with worldlies. I don't know why. Just a wierd quirk. Now I talk and laugh with my neighbors. They tend to isolate themselves from anyone not a JW. But yeah, If a neighbor did this for me I would definatly have told them thank you at the very least.
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  Love Thy Neighbor? Not my JW neighbors.

  by jws in

  1. jw
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  i live next to jw neighbors.

  i was a jw 1000 miles away over 20 years ago, never here.

  as far as i know, nobody here knows i once was, including the neighbors.. so there wouldn't be any reason for them to shun me.

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  Backing away slowly....