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more dump questions - do JWs pray to Jesus?
by new22day in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm confused on this... do jws only pray to jehovah?

is the gb the mediator between jesus and the people?

i got the impression that for jws praying directly to jesus is not cool but i don't understand why?.
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recent convo. re: pedophiles and JW practices
by new22day in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so my former jw bf, now just an ex and only a friend (thank god!

) is visiting and mentions that he has been bothered about points i made in the past about pedophiles in the congs.

he says he asked "an elder" at a dc about it and he said there is no tolerance for pedophiles and they advise people to see their doctor when these things come up as they are not equipped to handle it.
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The cherry on top of a crap year
by new22day in
1. jw
2. experiences
a self indulgent post - just need to vent.

i've had a year... spent two years dating my ex jw bf and spending way too much time trying to get him out.

read way too many books, i.e crisis of conscience, freedom of mind, i'm perfect you're not, and even the damn bible, blah blah blah.
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JWs suck
by new22day in
1. social
2. relationships
sorry for the inflammatory header but jws suck.

they live a lie and live in a self-imposed bubble judging 'worldlys' as less than.

fine if they want to be in a cult and judge fellow cult members but if they are going to step outside that cult and live among worldlys than they need need to follow the moral compass of society and be held to those standards.
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Confused about Satan's plan according to WTS
by new22day in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my rudimentary understanding of jw beliefs is that satan is leading traditional christian religions and the wild beast of the un is his tool.

is the wts concept that the un will eventually ban all religion and this will start the big a?

wouldn't satan be working at cross purposes if 'he' is leading the false religions too??
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Foot in mouth again - sigh
by new22day in
1. forum
2. suggestions
my ex bf, newly reinstated jw, was texting me that his 75 year old parents (uber dubs) are giving him grief about taking on some debt to buy a new truck to invest in his new job.

they thought he should just resume his old window cleaning biz.

so i told him just to tell them not to worry about the debt since it will be wiped clean in the new system, which is right around the corner.. whoops -- i thought i was being clever but apparently my comment offended him.
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Christian and a Hindu prayed for me today
by new22day in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i had an accident wed. night and dislocated my knee while walking the woods.

took the paramedics 45 minutes to find me in the bush.

friggin' hurt but i learned morphine is your friend.
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New Pope about to come out
by new22day in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
maybe she'll be really progessive..
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Could the JWs sway you back...?
by new22day in
1. jw
2. experiences
op based on mr. freeze's topic - could attending the meetings/studying again sway any of you back to the org.

hearing the propaganda over and over again is pretty powerful i'm sure.

(i'm a non-jw, non-christian (no offense), stubborn as a bull and even i had moments of pause based on some of the doctrine (lasted 30 seconds) but i never had family/friends at stake or a background in this.
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Jack JWs - is this common?
by new22day in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i've heard about jack mormons.

are there jack jws (folks that partially believe but their lives are pretty worldy) ?

what are your thoughts about these peeps?