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  Why I get out of bed every morning.

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  because someone needs my help.. as a jw -- you can relate -- i truly believed that what everyone really needed was the kingdom hope and its eventual reality.

  you know, the hope that does not lead to disappointment.

  of course, if anyone needed practical help with a task or getting through some difficulty, most of us realized that was part of being a helpful and caring friend (or family member).. at nearly seventy years of age -- no, i didn't enter the promised kingdom in my healthful and vibrant youth -- my getting out of bed isn't so bad.

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  I'm not surprised that you were able to bring someone back from thoughts of suicide CoCo. You have such a gentle, caring manner, I always enjoy your posts.

  Like you I have only quite recently realised that what we say does matter to people and a casual conversation to us can be something powerful that a person really needed and remembers for a long time. As long as we are authentic and our thoughts are genuinely meant.

  There is such a famous person and celebrity culture that as an ordinary person we can feel we don't matter. We matter, to the people we love and to the people we know, they need us. Good thread, thank you.
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  Do you believe in god?

  by freakyAL in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i used to be a staunch believer in god.

  maybe its technology and science advancing so much thats got me doubting idk.

  do you believe in god?

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  Ah the easy questions first 😏

  I used to believe in God because I couldn't see how else we could have got here. Evolution has answered a lot of that question for me, but not all. How the universe exists I have no idea.

  One thing I do believe is that no all-powerful being who loves us could have sat back and watched the terrible things that have been done in his name and not stopped them.

  I have become sick of people telling me what's true and what isnt. Now I read, study and think for myself.
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  Why pigs???

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  why did jesus supposedly cast the demons into a herd of pigs?.

  (matt 8 / luke 8).

  and, how were there so many demons inside one man, that when "released" by jesus, it took a whole pack of pigs to contain them??.

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  Dogs looks up at you, cats looks down
  on you, but pigs is equal.
  
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  Signing Away Your Hard Earned Cash

  by Disassociated Lady 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  reading the meeting workbook study for this week to see what my family will be reading at their meeting, once again they are asking for members for generous gifts not only from money they earn but also part of any investments they may have and making future arrangements for them to inherit after death through their wills.

  take a look at the lower part of the page on this link, its awful!

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20151115/donations-worldwide-work/.

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  Jewelry, stocks and bonds, beneficiary of a life insurance policy! Wow Jimmy Swaggart eat your heart out. If you take out a life insurance policy the beneficiary is always your loved ones. Are they suggesting people who lived alone take one out specially to make the WTS their beneficiary when they die?
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses and “the Friends”

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i never understood why many jehovah’s witnesses will say “the friends”.

  it seems so mormon like..

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  Never heard of it until I came on this forum, we don't use it in the UK.
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  Are any of the 1st Cnetury Apostles Still Alive Today ?

  by maccauk in

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  2. bible

  the second coming was in the 1st century all things have been fulfilled because jesus told them some would still be alive when he returned.

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  So from your Facebook page that you linked to on another thread you used the term Jehovah Witness so I guess you've never been in that cult? Are you here to save our souls? Thanks, but my soul is very happy, I'm doing good.
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  Worst things said in talks available online

  by usualusername1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hiya peeps.

  in my comedy routine i am keen to add some audio of the worst things jws have said in talks.

  tight pants tony.

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  They said in talks several times children will die at Armageddon because when you poison rats you have to find the nest and kill the babies too.

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  My friend the 'Super-Dub.'

  by joey jojo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i speak semi-regularly to an old friend of mine who i would describe as a super-dub.. he knows i am inactive but over the years i have peppered him with a lot of questions about the org.

  that i hoped would make him at least pause and think somewhat rationally about the reality of being a jw in this brave new- post gb 2.0 world.. we have discussed everything from the generation changes, to the u.n. , failed prophecy, flip flops, the reduction in size of the wt magazine, the closing/ consolidation of bethels including lay-offs, jw broadcasting, cart witnessing- etc, etc.. what do i mean by super-dub?

  he is a born-in, has missionary parents, he reg.

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  I suppose it depends how much you value facts and reality. Whether something is true or not doesn't seem to bother some people, look at gossip mags and websites. I can't believe the rubbish some people read online and when you say but how do know that's true they just shrug. So people stay in the religion because facts don't really matter to them, not questioning anything in their world in more comfortable.
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  Just Bumped Into My JW Sister And Brother In Town

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so im walking through town today on my lunchbreak and spot the unmistakable walk of my younger brother.

  this is the one who left watchtower... well it turns out he's returned to the vomit after stupidly turning up to the 2017 convention and a few elders filling his head with seeing our dead dad in paradise and to "wait on jehovah".. a few meters behind him was my sister.

  she spotted me first, then hurried up her step to my brother.

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  They really believe it's all down to you, they haven't decided to do anything. You have caused this, they've done nothing. Like abusers who say you've made me hurt you, I'm afraid it's not entirely sane, to put it mildly. Sorry you lost your siblings in this horrible way.
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  Why I constantly write letters to the Watchtower Society

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi all.. for many years now, i have been writing letters to bethel in new york and london.

  i have also written to the charity commission, the bbc and more to highlight the harmful teachings and policies of the watchtower society.

  i realise that some may view this as futile and understand why they might feel this way,; especially considering the pharisaical stonewall-like attitude displayed by the leadership of watchtower.. some reasons i do so is because i feel that constructive criticism is essential in helping to bring about change.

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  Trying to make positive change in the world is never futile. We have power, we should use it.