TR-thanks for the position, i'll try to fill it to the best of my ability. i'll keep the dogs for emergencies and ship, shall we say, 9 dogs to you for your own use after they are trained. i'll get in touch w/your firearms man, but, do you have a hookup for finding the "gestapo" type people i'll be needing? they must be completely devoted to the cause and can't have any compassion or conscience. i'll give them all the "conscience" they need. every org. must have a dark side, i'm happy to be on it. cheers to all the "believers"-nate.
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NEW RELIGION! NEED INPUT!
by TR inthis is sort of a take-off of the "what should the wt do" thread.. i need to get together a board of directors and elect a president and officers.
we need to figure out a doctrine, a manifesto, and a set of disciplinary rules.
we need to figure out a way to fund our new movement.
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What would you have done without the WT?
by expatbrit inimagine that you had never heard of the watchtower.
imagine that your life and that of your families had never been influenced by wt teachings.. i know for a fact that the wt's philosophy on further education contributed to my not achieving what i should have at school.
this is not to shirk the responsibility for my grades; ultimately they were my responsibility.
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prince-did you have any idea what you were getting into w/your post? i think LDH just ripped you a new one.
LDH-i'm usually into the idea of being nice and not "getting into it" on the DB, but this time, i would be lying if i said that i didn't enjoy your response to prince:) way to take it to the hole. that might make me a hypocrite, but, i was trained by the WT, wasn't i?:)
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trying to understand
by DixieDarlin07148 ini'm 18 and my boyfriend is 16 and an active jw.i'm a baptist and very stong in my belief and love of god.my boyfriend and i haven't been together that long but were very serious and plan on getting married (when the time is right).we both know that we have no intentions of raising our children jw but as baptist and he tells me that he wants to get out of jw but right now its very hard for him because he still lives with his parents and his mother and oldest sister are very active jw.and i understand all that its just that because i love him so much i want to understand about his life and the way he was raised and what he was raised to believe but hes made it very clear that he doesnt want to explain it or talk about it hes told me some stuff but very little.i'm just wondering about their beliefs and what the jw's have to say about us dating and just any information anyone can provide!!!
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dixie-just by reading many of the posts here you can learn a lot about the jws(albeit from a sometimes biased perspective). many different views are expressed here. IMHO at just 16, your boyfriend will have to make a lot of decisions-the decision to stay with or leave the witness org. being just one.
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NEW RELIGION! NEED INPUT!
by TR inthis is sort of a take-off of the "what should the wt do" thread.. i need to get together a board of directors and elect a president and officers.
we need to figure out a doctrine, a manifesto, and a set of disciplinary rules.
we need to figure out a way to fund our new movement.
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okay, i'm coming in on this pretty late, but please sign me up. after going through all the posts, i think i've found something that's missing. violence. every good religion need's a hefty amount of bloodshed or bloodguilt to get a good number of people behind it. what would christianity be w/out the crusades or the inquisition? if you wish, i will begin training large packs of canary island fighting dogs that will attack and dismember all who oppose us, thereby filling the streets with the blood of the unbelievers, and striking fear into the hearts of our enemies as well as the rank and file. no religion has ever had the sucess that those who use fear to rule do. i'll do this myself if you want, but the dogfood will get pretty expensive(because it will have crack in it, to make the dogs meaner) so i may need some funds from headquarters. don't worry-if you use me for this, all the "faithful" will be spared.:)
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What would you have done without the WT?
by expatbrit inimagine that you had never heard of the watchtower.
imagine that your life and that of your families had never been influenced by wt teachings.. i know for a fact that the wt's philosophy on further education contributed to my not achieving what i should have at school.
this is not to shirk the responsibility for my grades; ultimately they were my responsibility.
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princecharm-so, you've been lurking for awhile and have finally decided to post. thank you so much for showing us all what you have been waiting to say. your encouraging words will be duely noted, and i'm sure all of us will stop whining.cheers from a big whiner.
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Angels and the Preaching Work
by Focus inthe following idiocy may be found at http://www.cinternet.net/~rsmith/pages/illlink4.htm.
angels and the preaching work.
angels are busy today as before (acts 8: 26; rev.
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thanks for the laughs, focus. if i had written the article, i might of added "you turn in your field service record for the month, proud because you spent 20 hours preaching and placed 30 magazines. the angel watching you wonders why you have placed so much importance on such trivial matters. he comments that you have missed the point of the bible completely."
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What would you have done without the WT?
by expatbrit inimagine that you had never heard of the watchtower.
imagine that your life and that of your families had never been influenced by wt teachings.. i know for a fact that the wt's philosophy on further education contributed to my not achieving what i should have at school.
this is not to shirk the responsibility for my grades; ultimately they were my responsibility.
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expat-interesting question. it's hard to say where i'd be w/out the WT, it was all i ever knew. i feel there are a lot of things i missed out on, but i try not to think about that to much-it just makes me mad. instead i try to be thankful that i got out by the time i did-before i raised a family and while i still had(have) a few years of being young left. now i can make my own mistakes:)
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memorial: how do you feel?
by unanswered inthis question is mostly for those of you who still believe in the bible to some extent.
my mother-in-law called the other day to see if rileygurl and i were going to the memorial this year.
we told her that we wouldn't be attending.
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thanks to everyone for your opinions and experiences. i appreciate you taking the time to respond. btw, ozzie, i'm half way through COC right now, and while i already feel "deprogrammed" the insight on the true nature of the WT has been very refreshing. i look forward to reading "in search of christian freedom" as well. i don't feel guilty about not attending the memorial, but i think it may be awhile before i am 100% free of the WT "conscience". dark clouds-thanks for the quote,it was very interesting since for a few years now i have been studying the druid culture as part of my distant ancestry. i don't want to leave anyone out, i enjoyed all the responses, so, again, thanks to all.-nate
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memorial: how do you feel?
by unanswered inthis question is mostly for those of you who still believe in the bible to some extent.
my mother-in-law called the other day to see if rileygurl and i were going to the memorial this year.
we told her that we wouldn't be attending.
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this question is mostly for those of you who still believe in the bible to some extent. my mother-in-law called the other day to see if rileygurl and i were going to the memorial this year. we told her that we wouldn't be attending. she then told us that she respected how we felt, but, if we had a biblical reason for it, she wanted to know more about it:). i was happy to be able to discuss this with her and i'm preparing for a future biblical discussion right now. my question(yes i'm finally getting to it) is how do those of you that still believe in the bible but are no longer witnesses feel about the memorial? do you attend? do you not attend, but feel guilty? or do you believe you have no biblical obligation to attend? i'm still questioning what i think about the bible as a whole, and i'm quite through with the WT, but sometimes these questions nag at me, and i would be curious how you all felt.
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So Whats Driving You To Make Posts?
by Englishman inwhy do you bother to post on this site?
what good does it do you?
what do you gain from posting?.
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the biggest reason i am here is that i have, and have had for years up until now, three people in my life that i can freely discuss my feelings about the WT and being a former jw with, who understand what i've been through because they've gone through it too. to now have a whole community of intelliigent people who are open to discussion, and have similar backgrounds, is something i value very highly. i like having a place with no muzzles, a place where i'm not looked down upon for questioning and expressing my views. thanks to simon, and all of the rest of you.