That is one of the articles that kept me from getting my college education. This was the main subject for all my life,,Now I am 67 years old and resenting how much influence the Watchtower and Awake had on mylife. I was neve suppose ty graduate high, but here I am sometimes being hit bt a bolt of lightening how much of my thinking still is JW thinking. Thankfully my two grown granddaughters catch it and we discuss why I have some ODD beliefs.
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You will never grow old in this current system of things... - Awake, May 22, 1969 p. 15
by cappytan incheck this out.
got this bound volume from my dad.. .
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The JWORGanisation future.
by prologos inthis week i saw the organisation's future.
an ueber-zealous elder, field service glorious one, on friday night corralled all the teenagers for a get-together, first wt preview, and then communal watching of the jworg-tv presentations.
( in case they do not do that at home).
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A teen 50 years ago I intensely disliked these type of get togethers. One was all I needed to attend before I and other JW teens avoided. I don't believe current teens would think any differently -
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The Opal Ring: a story based on the true life of Jehovah's Witnesses
by Julia Orwell init's finally finished!
it's a fictional story about an old jw.
it is very long, about 7000 words.. the opal ring.
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Good Read. Thank You.. As a 67 year old born-in it struck a lot of chords in me. -
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JW.ORG sign finally hung on Bonita Springs, FL Kingdom Hall
by HappyDad indriving past the kh in bonita springs quite often, i noticed today that they finally put the blue sign on one of the driveway columns facing the street.
they've blasted religion for years for the cross or whatever else they display, saying it is idolatry.
i don't find this sign any different than christian churches displaying the cross or synagogues having the star of david.
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I also noticed here in Jacksonville FL. put up a JW.org sign. I drove down the same street a few days ago and I didnt notice it. -
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Did You Know Any Bad JWs?
by minimus inover the years, i knew some individuals that were pretty bad witnesses.
they broke more commandments that most.
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Yes many. 50+ years ago my congregation had our very own pedophile. He was a Bethelite so older JWs thought he walked on water. we had a couple who were full time pioneers, not nice to young ones at all. I could go on but I would be writing a novel. -
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Dottie Thomas Sept 18, 1922 - Jan 9, 2015
by JeffT ini was in the house with her for all of the last week of her life.
she went quietly and peacefully and had people that cared a lot for her around at the end.
she and dad touched a lot of lives in very positive ways.
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Jeff so sorry for the loss of your mom. Take time for yourself and let yourself grieve. -
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Moved to Florida panhandle
by MissMyHarley inanybody live in this area.
we have just moved here.
just wondering.
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Surprise ! Surprise ! 2015 Arrives and NO Armageddon or World's " End " - Go Figure
by flipper ini guess 99.9 % of ex-jw's here could have predicted as much .
armageddon didn't happen in 1914. it didn't happen in 1925. it didn't happen in 1975. and it did not happen in 2014. since the wt society first predicted a world's end when their organization started in 1879 - 126 years have passed which according to any dictionary in any human language 126 years comprises of 4 separate generations each totaling 30 years each.
plus 6 years into a 5th generation.
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Flipper my husband thinks like you. He commented on the way to breakfast, the new world looks exactly the same as the old world. -
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Did you know about the organ transplant ban when you were a believer?
by Apognophos inback when i was learning ttatt, i was shocked to read on jwfacts about the organ transplant ban from 1967 to 1980. this was a large piece of evidence for me that the society could not be god's organization.
growing up as an earnest witness, and living near the headquarters, i knew a lot of the organization's embarrassing history, and it didn't faze me, but i'd never heard of this ban before, and it shocked me.
it's gotten me wondering why no one i know ever talks about it, when it must have affected many witnesses during that time (or were they getting transplants on the sly?
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I remember a assembly in 1969 dealing with organ transplants. BEing in my early 20, I bought into this organ ban. They were giving experiences as why organ transplants were bad. There was the experience of a man who had a heart transplant and he showed experiences of this man showing the feminine characteristics of the woman whose heart was transplanted. Unfortunately I got into this until I started lurking on this forum. I am now embarrassed that I took their word as no arguing truth. It takes some of us many long years to question what we were taught yet I left mentally over 20 years ago. Our minds are mysterious to accept carp for such a long time. This assembly was in the bleachers of the Bakersfield Fair Rodeo bleachers. Since I was attending a young baby this I'd all remember of this long hot day.
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Graduation and Pinning
by sooner7nc ingiving my speech.
being pinned by my son.. .
the best day ever.. .
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gma-tired2
Great news may you have an awsome future