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  What happned to the Quick Builds

  by blownaway in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so the qbs were huge in the 80s and 90s, now i hear nothing.

  have they stopped?.

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  blownaway

  So the QBs were huge in the 80s and 90s, now I hear nothing. Have they stopped?
  
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  Tattoos

  by new boy in

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  2. friends

  i don't really have an opinion on the them one way or another.. when i was growing up the only place you saw them were on old ex military guys.

  they had eagles with american flags or a heart with a knife through it.

  some were so old and faded out you didn't know what they were supposed represent anymore.

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  Tattoos are a personal choice. As a JW it was a big nono. Now I have Three and looking to get a 4th. I do not judge anyone for getting or not getting one. I have seen ones I like and ones that make me cringe but its not my place to judge.
  
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  Kingdom Hall shot up in Washington state

  by Crazyguy in

  1. social
  2. current

  a kingdom hall near a small community called yelm was shot up.

  yelm is where two kingdom halls where set on fire about a month ago.

  i think someone, exjw, in that area is really pissed off..

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  blownaway

  No one needs to create sympathy for the cult.
  
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  Governing Body Just got Spanked

  by Bill Covert in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  yesterday in watchtower documents there was published "flawed decrees conceal criminals.

  barbara anderson examined the rnwt revision of lev.5:1 and revealed the wtb&ts to be deceptive as to applying it to congregation members being required to "tattle" on their brothers to expose sin.

  she shows that is just not so as lev.5:1 has nothing to do with tattling.

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  blownaway

  I see no end to JW pressure. Keep it up run them to ground.
  
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  Ever notice a lot of JWs stay off the grid?

  by blownaway in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  every now and then i look on line for people i knew in the kingdum hall.

  some are on social networks to a limited deg.

  but a lot are not on the web at all.

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  blownaway

  Every now and then I look on line for people I knew in the Kingdum hall. Some are on social networks to a limited deg. but a lot are not on the web at all.
  
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  Do you miss that initial "high" ??

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  do you remember the first time you found out "the truth about the truth"?.

  yes, it was confronting, shocking and life altering.

  yes it was hard to deal with.. but, along with that, many have said that they experienced a sense of thrill, euphoria, or joy when realising the facts about the religion that held us captive mentally and physically for so long.. it was liberating to learn some of the controversial teachings etc.

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  blownaway

  There was no high for me it was just the Bull shit I was raised in. The high came when I found the internet and others like Randy Waters and crisis of conscience that told me what my gut had been saying years before.
  
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  Famous last words spoken by every jdub at one time or another

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "oh i'm not going to worry about it, armageddon will be here by then!".

  -including me.

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  blownaway

  One of my Wifes old JW family friends showed up and you could tell she was bursting to talk about the cult to get us to go back. She worked in this old system sure can go on much longer. I had to bite my tongue you mean since 1874?
  
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  I sometimes wonder what the world would be like if "Religion" had never reared it`s head.?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  can you imagine what the world of mankind would be like if their was never any concept of a god or religious beliefs ?.

  for the love of me i can`t ,maybe i don`t have an imaginative mind equipped well enough to do so .. how about you guys ?

  any takers ?.

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  blownaway

  It had to. People are hard wired to want to know. Religion gives them the answers. It was just going to happen.
  
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  My impressions of the cart witnessing

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have watched tons of youtube videos of our exjdub friends approaching and talking to the jdub manikins at their carts as they give a great witness to the world by sipping their hot lattes, updating their social media, chit chatting to each other, and the most important thing of getting their time in, counting their hours.. when the jw's see someone approach with a camera they do several things, they will turn their backs on the person, or look at the person with a frown and act like the person isn't even there.

  the witlesses refuse to answer simple, clear, and precise questions.

  when i was an elder i loved to get into discussions and debates with trinitarians, priest, clergymen and those who were born again.

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  blownaway

  I remember talking to my great uncle who was around in the cult when they used phonographs. He would brag about putting his foot in the door and the house holder was going to hear the sermon one way or another. That carried down for a lot of years and even the persistence of the going from door to door knocking on the same doors over and over took a lot of energy and determination. Now they roll out a cart sit there like a bump on a log and play on their smart phone. They are getting fat and lazy. The preaching work is dying off the way I see it.
  
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  What is the strangest book or craziest book the JWs have ever printed?

  by blownaway in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what do you think the crazies or strangest book they ever printed is?.

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  blownaway

  What do you think the crazies or strangest book they ever printed is?