Topics Started by Lost in the fog

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New Light
by Lost in the fog in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
am i the only one who can't reconcile new light with the light gets brighter?

if it matters at all.

i bring a candle into my house and light it.
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What’s The Strangest Belief of Jehovah’s Witnesses?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
there’s a lot.

i think one strange view is how only 144000 go to heaven.

since the number is mentioned in the symbolic book of revelation, you would expect that the number would be viewed as figurative, but jws say otherwise.
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The end of an era ......
by snare&racket in
1. jw
2. friends
i have written some time ago, about how the religion i grew up in no longer exists.

i was an 80’s jw kid who became a pioneer then a bethelite.

they have new meetings, new elder roles, new acronyms, new core teachings, new songs and even a new bible.
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Higher Education
by Brian J in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just spent 8 hours in a 1 day elders school last weekend.

clarification given: "moving forward any elder, ms, or pioneer who themselves or someone under their roof enrolls in higher education, may no longer qualify for privileges in the congregation.

their qualifications will have to be reviewed by their boe.".
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Jehovah`s Witnesses / Governing Body Claim To Abhor Child Sexual Abuse Within Their Congregations /Members who are victims.?
by smiddy3 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
so my question to them is why have they continually failed to report incidents of child sexual abuse of child members in their congregations to the appropriate authorities ,either police or child protection agency`s, when they are holding judicial committees into these allegations in their congregations when they occur or even some time after ?.

they have consistently failed to do so.. and this failure to do so is not confined to one country ,it is a pattern that is repeated worldwide ,in one country after another country .

(worldwide where they operate in ).
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Books I read when I deprogrammed
by OrphanCrow in
1. jw
2. friends
blondie suggested someone start a thread with a list of books that are valuable to read when exiting the jws.. i will start.. i left the jws way back in the early 70s and didn't actually deprogram until into the 80s.. one of the first books i read was "the orwellian world of jehovah's witnesses" by gary and heather botting.

canadian exjws from calagary.

an excellent book and one that still resonates with young people today.
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I Waited Until My Wedding Night To Lose My Virginity And I Wish I Hadn't...
by Divergent in
1. social
2. relationships
i found this article interesting & just wanted to share.

after going through my teenage years trying to be the perfect jw, i realized that trying to live up to the standards imposed on me have been for worse & not for better.

i was feeling miserable, repressed, unfulfilled, with a great lack of self confidence & self esteem.
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Female Perspective about WTS, marital relationship & control
by Muddy Waters in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
despite my user name, am female.

i was not born-in, began studying when i was around 20, am 50 damn years old now and have spent almost the last 30 years in that stupid religion.

but here are some observations, make of them what you will.
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Anyone know of specific subliminal pictures?
by cognac in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the only one i know about is the big jesus in the revelation book.. know of any specific other ones?

i want to show hubby....
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Fear Of Demons:
by Englishman in
1. jw
2. friends
there was a time when jw's wouldn't buy anything that wasn't brand spanking new.

it might be a way for the demons to enter your home!.

this is from the wt, dec 15, 1966:.