Topics Started by trujw

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is it a forgone conclusion?
by cptkirk in
1. jw
2. experiences
that this jw religion was infiltrated by high ranking members of other religions at high levels?

(no real point in infiltrating at low levels that is why these hearings especially crack me up)...as if some local person says something omg i was stumbled cover their ears so so so fu#$in stupid.

can you imagine?
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What Made You Question "The Truth"?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
in the the early 1970's, i used to enjoy going to assemblies, conventions and hear special talks given by bethel heavies.. in those days, we were believers and we applied ourselves as "ministers" with pride.. once the "end" was obviously not within our "generation", many of us started losing interest.. we started to think more critically.

it took a long time but once you start recognizing the bullsh*t, it's hard to stay in and truly believe at the same time.. .
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How did you feel when you first celebrated Halloween or Christmas
by trujw in
1. jw
2. experiences
with the holidays amongsts us how did you feel the first time you celebrated the holidays?

the first time i felt like i was in north korea trying to slip pass the secret police.

how weird a wonderful family holiday and i was acting like i just stole the mona lisa..
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Lets Insult Christmas Public WT Now Up on jw.org
by LostGeneration in
1. watchtower
2. bible
might need a vomit bag as your read through this one..... http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/.

one gem on page six where we have "helping the needy" as the headline - i wonder which "organization" they might be referring to?.

could you set aside, or budget, some money.
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Did You Know A Lot Of Elders That Simply Weren't Too Bright?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i did.. most of the elders were decent men but i'd say a third weren't the brightest bulbs in the sky..
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Showed Spouse A Quote In the Bound Volume
by turtleturtle in
1. jw
2. experiences
as part of family worship last night, i pulled out the bound volumes i have been harvesting from different sources lately and showed my spouse the following quote:.

awake!1969 may 22 p.15 .

"if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.
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Inside Australia's chilling new cult, an xJW is the leader
by finallysomepride in
1. social
2. current
in a 10 month investigation, sunday night infiltrates one of the worlds most worrying new cults.

but most chilling, this cult is australian, spreading and described as worse than waco.

we go inside the cults headquarters to meet the leaders and their followers who claim their lives have been changed forever.. http://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/features/article/-/10276027/inside-australias-chilling-new-cult/.
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Most Ridiculous Thing You've Ever Been Counseled On
by MrFreeze in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm sure topics like this have already come up but they tend to get hilarious with the absolute absurdity that goes on in the kh.

i was once counseled for not shaving after two days.

i was also counseled by a sister for eating lucky charms cereal.
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What will the JW religion be like in 2015?
by JimmyPage in
1. jw
2. friends
over 100 years into the reign of christ and six more years of damage from the internet.

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what do you envision?.
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Virgin Birth Claim Disproves Biblical Inspiration
by AlanF in
1. watchtower
2. bible
many bible believers claim that the old testament contains over 300 so-called messianic prophecies.

however, a careful look at such claims shows that at least 80% of these have absolutely no connection with jesus, or with events beyond what the ancient writer was concerned with.. take, for example, the famous example of the supposed virgin birth of jesus.

this is based on the text of matthew 1:18-23 (nasb):18 now the birth of jesus christ was as follows: when his mother mary had been betrothed to joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the holy spirit.