I left the JW's just over (1) year ago. One of the first things I did was ask as many non-JW's as possible (such as co-workers) what is the first thing they think of when I say "Jehovah's Witnesses". I would usually phrase my question like this: "When you think of Jehovah's Witnesses, what do you know them for?". My point for asking this question was because I wanted to prove to myself that, DESPITE the WT claim that JW's are known worldwide for their love, JW's ARE NOT known for their supposed love by ANYONE that I asked. WITHOUT FAIL, I received three answers from the 30+ people I posed that question to. Answer ONE was: "Waking me up early in the morning". Answer TWO was: "Selling the Watchtower". Answer THREE was: "They refuse to take blood."
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So 'love' is the identifying mark of 'true' christians? Well then..........
by BLISSISIGNORANCE in........................dubs are not true christians.
they use that point to prove they are and it's that very point that proves they are not!.
i was doing a bit of house work this morning when the phone rang.
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Got this email out of the blue the other day
by mkr32208 inmark,.
at one time in my career i was exposed to an apostate tape.
i found it very unsettling and began to wonder about the truth.
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"And don't be too proud to change your mind if you find things are different than what you thought."
Gee! Isn't this EXACTLY what you did? Fortunately, you didn't allow the "pride" of being a JW stop you from changing your mind because things were different than what you thought.
Perhaps your mom should apply this same advice to herself.
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Shrinking Ice Cream RANT!!!
by Funchback ini don't know what brands of ice cream are sold in your neighborhood, but in philadelphia there is a brand called breyer's that is very popular.
ice cream sizes by all ice cream companies used to come in pints, quarts, and half-gallons.
i haven't seen a pint of ice cream (other than ben & jerry's) for many years.
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I don't know what brands of ice cream are sold in your neighborhood, but in Philadelphia there is a brand called Breyer's that is very popular.
Ice cream sizes by all ice cream companies used to come in Pints, Quarts, and Half-Gallons. I haven't seen a pint of ice cream (other than Ben & Jerry's) for many years.
Today, I had a taste for some Breyer's Mint Chocolate Chip. I bought what, I assumed, was a half-gallon. As I am getting a couple of scoops from the container, something seemed peculiar about it. It seemed to be smaller. Lo and behold, I checked to see the size of it. Sure enough, the container is only 1.75 quarts (instead of a half-gallon, or two quarts).
Ice cream prices (and dairy, in general) are OUT OF CONTROL! The 1.75 quart ice cream costs $5.49 (U.S.). That equals MORE than $11.00 per gallon! How can ICE CREAM cost so much more per gallon than, say, gasoline.
I am officially becoming a Water Ice eater!
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Texas Man Who Was Raised a JW to be executed Thursday
by TresHappy inalthough not mentioned in the article, this guy was raised a jw:.
'artistic' inmate is set to be executed.
by maria recio.
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Well, at least he now has the resurrection hope!
Stupid rule! Pretend for a moment that Armageddon will actually happen. Let's say Armageddon comes on Friday (the day after this man is executed). Based on the JW belief, he will be eligible for everlasting life. But, the little old woman who gave to the poor and sacrificed things her entire life, will be DESTROYED at Armageddon because of bad timing (In other words, she didn't die BEFORE Armageddon).
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Letters to the WatchTower Editor???
by Funchback indid any of you ever write a letter to the wts regarding an article, and it got published in the back of the awake!
mostly, they only print letters that are in full agreement with their articles.
' from enland?
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4JWY...
Really? Wow! They used your real initials?
I like the idea of the contest that seattleniceguy suggested. Hmm...What would be the prize?
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Letters to the WatchTower Editor???
by Funchback indid any of you ever write a letter to the wts regarding an article, and it got published in the back of the awake!
mostly, they only print letters that are in full agreement with their articles.
' from enland?
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Did any of you ever write a letter to the WTS regarding an article, and it got published in the back of the Awake!?
Mostly, they only print letters that are in full agreement with their articles. But, were YOU 'J.G.' from Enland? 'D.S.' from United States? 'P.X.' from Japan?
Or, do you think those letters were a load of crap?
I wrote a letter once. I swore that someone committed a copyright no-no because I saw an ad in a newspaper about 'Condoms'. There was a photo in the ad of a woman riding a horse. Just so happened that the same EXACT photo was in the latest WT. I thought the condom ad was illegally using the WTS photo. Turns out that the WTS purchases the rights to USE many of the photos that you see in the WT's & Awake!'s.
Boy, did I feel stupid for believing (at that time) that EVERYTHING in the mags was created by the WTS.
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District Convention vs. Democratic National Convention
by Funchback inwell, this was my first ever glimpse of the dnc.
too bad i was still a loyal dub in 2000 because my hometown of philadelphia hosted the event.
i must say that if the district conventions had live musical guests, or energetic speeches, or if guests were allowed to bring in colorful signs in support of their state and nominee (or, favorite speaker and congregation), or if the brothers giving talks used a teleprompter instead of paper, or if they just made the convention both and educational and fun event, i might just think about going.
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I think the JWDC's should have a live orchestra. Each convention can have a guest Governing Body Composer.
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Learning not to be judgemental
by eljefe inthe other day i realized that i am having trouble learning not to be judgemental.
as a witnesses i was always looking at others and judging them.
now, this is the most difficult thing to quit doing.
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As a JW, I also was judgemental of people. But, after being away from the meetings for one year, I am not judgemental at all. I think this was easy for me to overcome because I never did fully conform to the JW lifestyle. I was only being judgemental of others because nearly everyone around me had this same mentality.
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District Convention vs. Democratic National Convention
by Funchback inwell, this was my first ever glimpse of the dnc.
too bad i was still a loyal dub in 2000 because my hometown of philadelphia hosted the event.
i must say that if the district conventions had live musical guests, or energetic speeches, or if guests were allowed to bring in colorful signs in support of their state and nominee (or, favorite speaker and congregation), or if the brothers giving talks used a teleprompter instead of paper, or if they just made the convention both and educational and fun event, i might just think about going.
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Well, this was my first ever glimpse of the DNC. Too bad I was still a loyal Dub in 2000 because my hometown of Philadelphia hosted the event.
I must say that if the District Conventions had live musical guests, or energetic speeches, or if guests were allowed to bring in colorful signs in support of their state and nominee (or, favorite speaker and congregation), or if the Brothers giving talks used a teleprompter instead of paper, or if they just made the convention both and educational AND fun event, I MIGHT just THINK about going.
But, even if they did all of those things, I'd still choose the DNC over the JWDC.
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Why Don't They Have Windows???
by Sweetp0985 in.
this may be a question that has been answered millions of times but i've seen it in alot of posts lately.. why don't the kh have windows?
what is their bible-based answer for this one?
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No biblical reason. Just for financial reasons.