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  The First Young People Ask VHS

  by Cimarrona in

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  do y'all remember the young people ask tape that came out in the late 90s about "bad association"?

  i was a fairly small child with teenage siblings and watched it often (with family and alone cause i thought it was the inside scoop on older kids).

  that was back when worldly was still very much so a part of dubspeak (i think they started encouraging people to stop saying it in the mid to late 2000s).

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  The Ever-Changing Song Book

  by Cimarrona in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the songs in the old brown song book were way better than these new ones.

  had they not changed the songs, i may never have left (halfway joking).

  they gave no feeling, no soul (but of course there's no such thing as soul or whatever)!

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  Being Disfellowshipped + On-Going Cycle of Depression

  by Cimarrona in

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  2. experiences

  i've been disfellowshipped for six years, since i was 18. i struggle with depression and self-destructive habits (minor in comparison to the suicides, substance abuse, risky sexual behavior of others i've grown up with who have left or were too afraid to leave).

  i'm fairly successful for my age - respected in my field, i have an extensive curriculum vitae of published writing, presentations, and other projects.

  yet, i often feel worthless and unloveable.

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  AGM - Are they now teaching predestination?

  by Doubting Bro in

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  another agm thought.

  in tight pants tony's part, he mentioned several times that jehovah draws those he chooses and only those rightly disposed would come in.

  and individuals that liked the literature but made no progress towards becoming jw were a "waste of time".. was he setting the stage for them introducing the thought of predestination?

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  Did anyone here ever meet Stephen Lett?

  by The Real Edward Gentry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what is he like in person?

  he seems deranged.

  do people get irritated at being spoken to like a 3 year old when they hear him speak?.

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  What was the biggest thing that convinced you that

  by Ponyo in

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  .....the truth was not the truth... ?

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  How Are Ex Elders Treated In The Congregation?

  by minimus in

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  are they pretty much left alone?

  are they respected for their having been elders at one time?

  are they treated like crap?.

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  It's about progress, not perfection...

  by scratchme1010 in

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  2. experiences

  i guess at this point in time and space i'm ok if there's an indication of things going in the right direction.. my jw father, who joined the jws in 1973 when i was 8, has always had all the characteristics of the stereotypical brainwashed born again weirdo.

  as a jw he always felt the need to show that he was more devoted than the rest of the crop.

  to him, life became very easy from that point on: "the bible", interpreted by the millions of wt publications, along with the information in the meetings and getting involved in all jw activities, were the answer to everything and anything in his life".

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  Your worst convention experience.

  by zeb in

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  by a split second rescuing our handicapped son from being pushed down the stairs by a flood of sisters rushing out to see as the drama had started.. the main offender being a special pioneer..

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  Watchtower Society Embarrassments.

  by Vinny in

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  " {ga jul 14 1926 644} .

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  " {awak jun 22 1982 25}?

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