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  JW Phrases

  by Holden Caufield in

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  what some jw phrases that you hate?.

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  smiddy3

  Children addressing adults as brother or sister

  meat in due season

  JW`s don`t have a clergy Laity class : G.B. ,D.O. ,C.O. , Elders , M.S. , etc.,etc.,

  Except in a court of Law. Then they claim Clergy Penitent privilege .
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  Certain JWs

  by Holden Caufield in

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  do you ever miss jw's as an ex jw..

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  smiddy3

  The wife and I did have a good social life with a certain few,camping ( booze) Restuarants (booze) scrabble nights (booze) house get togethers (booze) this was a congregation with Elders and MS which I was one about our own age.

  And I often wonder now if any of them have left
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  Do elders still ask inactive members to write a letter to disassociating yourself from the Congregation?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  do today's elders ever meet with inactive members and pressure them to write a letter disassociating themselves from the congregation stating that, ''you no longer wish to a jehovah witness"?.

  i was baptized at the young age of 16. after turning 18, i stopped attending meetings, field service, and all jehovah's witness activities.

  i wanted to be with my high school friends, go to rock concerts, have a girlfriend, and live like a normal teen.

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  Their must be a few others on here if not plenty of them that must be wondering if they are officially DA ,LOL

  Why ? because when I DA`d myself many years after leaving the Borg I was never contacted back again to verify my action and since i had moved to another state that they knew of I wonder if it was ever announced from the platform.?

  Not that I really give a rats arse

  Just saying
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  Jehovah's Witnesses... Who/What is the Holy Spirit?

  by JW Answers in

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  2. beliefs

  the jehovah's witnesses claim that the holy spirit is none other than a force... however when we compare scripture with scripture, we begin to see that the holy spirit is a person.as the jehovah's witnesses dispute this, the question still remains..."who/what is the holy spirit?".

  the holy spirit can :.

  be grieved.

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  smiddy3

  Says who JW Answers ?
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  New Bethel in Bologna (It.)

  by LaFrancia in

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  the new bethel is in bologna city.

  rome be for sale.

  the new bethel not ready until 2020.

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  JW`s a Real Estate Cult posing as a religion .
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  Do You Ever Wonder Where Certain Posters Are?

  by minimus in

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  do people simply leave because the site has given them what they wanted?

  are they now infrequent lurkers?.

  did they go back to the watchtower?.

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  All you guys are awesome and i appreciate all including newbies that contribute to this site to make it what it is .

  A place where JW`s who have doubts can come and voice their concerns and ask questions without being grilled for having doubts and asking questions by Elders.

  And I`m positive many newbies are a result of sites like this where they can get satisfying answers to questions they raise .

  Kudos to you all .
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  This is the kind of thing that keeps JWs from looking into important matters

  by neat blue dog in

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  https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/respond-to-accusations/.

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  They are masters of manipulation ,sophistry , deception , and obfuscation ,I`ll grant them that .

  however one day that will be their downfall and it will all come back to bite them in the bum.
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  I bought Alexa and she said not to attend the afternoon of the Assembly Day

  by RubaDub in

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  i really like my alexa.

  a little creepy at first, but quite interesting.. i asked her if i should attend the assembly day on saturday.. she said "in your case, just go in the morning, walk around, see everyone, then at lunch walk to your car while talking on your cell phone.

  then just leave.

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  I was confused with your post and then I googled Alexa ,LOL

  You learn something everyday on this site

  Ask her what`s the latest Nu-Lite going to be ? or maybe the next Lotto numbers .?
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  Service experiences

  by former2free in

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  i know what you may be thinking by the title but bear with me.

  have you ever reflected on past service experiences and think wow if only i had listened to a householder?

  two things come to my mind of personal experience.

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  smiddy3

  I read "I Was A WatchTower Slave For Thirty Years" when I was relatively new as a convert, however i was conditioned then that we would be persecuted for the truths sake even by disgruntled members .

  And that`s what I put it down too a disgruntled member .

  At that time I believed what I wanted to believe ,I was disillusioned with where I thought my life was heading.

  So his book made no impression upon me , sad to say.
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  Typical Antitypical and 1914

  by Finally Left in

  1. watchtower
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  could someone help me with this question please as it has been on my mind for sometime.

  watchtower comes along and changes the typical anti typical beliefs and with a stroke of the pen eliminates years of books and teachings.

  why does this not apply to 1914?

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  Thanks johnamos for those clarifications I have been out for so long I wasn`t aware of those changes .

  And it makes you wonder why the old timers aren`t leaving in droves ....or are they ?