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  I know this sounds crazy but, what if?

  by earthfire in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i've been thinking about my jw family members a lot lately, especially since i just saw them a couple of weeks ago at my youngest sisters wedding.

  with all the current animosity towards apostates that seems to be more aggressive than usual it hit me when i saw this posted on fb today.

  would it be possible for the gb to demand that jw's kill apostates?

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  Odd KH Wedding

  by earthfire in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my youngest sister was married last sunday and i was actually invited.

  not to the reception of course but all of us ex-jw relatives had our own party so it was still a great family reunion!

  i'm one of 6 siblings (2 step siblings, 1 half, and 2 whole :-) anyway, this was not my first time going to a wedding of a sibling and being an ex-witness.

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  "Change"

  by earthfire in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is vague but i was wondering if anyone has heard about the word "change" being used lately in jw circles?

  my brother (an elder and devout jw) used it in an e-mail a couple of months ago and it seemed odd.

  he said, "you like change".

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  Long Overdue Observation

  by earthfire in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i just thought this was funny when it popped into my head this morning.

  funny because i should have thought of it long ago and i'm sure that i'm not the first to think this.

  the big point comes after my little spiel.. so, god tells noah to build an ark because he has a lot of killing of the wicked to do and only noah and his family seem to be good enough.

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  Snarky Question

  by earthfire in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i have a question that's been bothering me for years.

  i know this is extreme but i think you'll see where i'm going with this.

  so ex-jw's are evil we're on "satan's side" as my dad told me and we aren't worth a hello.

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  The Annointed

  by earthfire in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so a question i always wondered about growing up was how do the annointed know that they are annointed and how does that conversation go down when you approach the elders about "being chosen".

  how do they prove that they get to taste the wine and eat the bread?

  i knew two sisters who were "annointed" and now that i've been out for quite a while i look back and think, did they know that they were lying or did they truly believe?

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