Topics Started by rickroll

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Did You Think Jehovah’s Witnesses Were Typically “Racists”?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i was a jw from infancy.

we had a melting pot type of congregation.

i grew up with all types of witnesses , all with different backgrounds.
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is Dead
by cofty in
1. social
2. current
the so-called caliph, one of the most evil men in human history, has blown himself up along with three of his young children while being pursued by american special forces.. the ambition of isis was to expand the territory of the caliphate under the leadership of al-baghdadi to whom individual jihadists swear allegiance.

now isis have nowhere to call home and no leader.

what a pathetic bunch of losers.. they will of course appoint a new caliph and reprisal attacks will no doubt follow in western capitals by christmas but the more contemptible they appear they less likely it is that young men and women will join their delusional cause.. respect to the elite forces who hunted him down - those on the front line and the many intelligence specialists who made it possible.
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Did you EVER falsify your report card ?
by Chook in
1. jw
2. experiences
every single watchtower soldier lied to god out of fear of the brooklyn popes..
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Good memories of full-time service?
by fulano in
1. jw
2. experiences
perhaps not a topic for everybody... mine.. in both sp service in a foreign field in europe , the freedom and helping people to read and write in spanish .

doing a lot of work in the congregations.. in missionary-service.. helping congregations in a third-world country and see good results in family relations.

and the siestas from 13:00 to 15:00..... who has good memories of bethel?
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What happens to Bethelites?
by rickroll in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so if someone puts their life into serving the cult for free at bethel, then say after 25 or 30 years they are not able to for one reason or another such as illness, or family issue or old age, does the cult have any safety net for these people or is it you serve until you can't and when you can't you just go away?

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Did you have a Narcissistic JW Parent?
by Butterfly607 in
1. jw
2. experiences
did anyone else have a parent who could be described as highly narcissistic who was a jw?

how was that for you growing up?

which was worse - the narcissistic religion or the narcissistic parent?.
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WTS No longer "welcoming" people to Brooklyn
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
https://www.6sqft.com/welcome-sign-will-soon-replace-the-iconic-watchtower-sign-in-brooklyn-heights/.

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Letter Detailing My Latest JW Encounter
by Roger Kirkpatrick in
1. jw
2. experiences
to whom it may concern: .

i am writing this letter in the hope of reconnecting with two jehovah’s witness elders whom i met at a literature display in downtown new braunfels, across the street from krause’s.

i explained to them that my daughter is a jehovah’s witness and, therefore, i am somewhat familiar with their beliefs.
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As a JW Did You Prefer a “Stricter” Congregation or a More Liberal One?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
in my experience, there were three types of witnesses.

some were barely witnesses while others were extremely conservative types who followed the letter of the law.

and then you had those in the middle who just went with the flow.. i knew many witnesses who “felt safe” being in a stricter environment.they were actually proud that they belonged to such and such congregation because it was filled with strict bethelites..
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The Watchtower stole from me and you too
by rickroll in
1. jw
2. experiences
think of how much time and money the tower stole from any who were in the cult.

think of the vacations as a child you could have taken with your families the memories you could have made instead of sitting in a hot bs week of echo talks and propaganda.

they stole so much from us.