I know a former gang member that is studying with the JWs and is making "great progress." He is actually a really nice guy; other than him, I don't know any reformed criminals in the Org.
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Do you know of any criminals that became JW?
by Iamallcool inthere was a convicted murderer that became jw in my old congregation.
actually he committed manslaughter, he killed another guy in a bar fight.
i think he served 15 years in prison.
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Another Newbie?
by DJS ini guess i'm a newbie.
i've been reading (lurking) for a looooonnnnnggggg time, but have finally joined and this is my first post.
my story is of course very similar to all the others.
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Sparlock the Wizard
Welcome to the forum DJS!
Looking forward to future posts and thanks for dropping by
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Jws and urban myths!
by Julia Orwell injws sure love urban myths.
the jws have their own collection built up over many years, part of their own unique worldwide jw culture.
i've come across the same ones in america that i've heard in australia, and they pass from legend to myth and finally reality as quoted from the platform.
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Sparlock the Wizard
I had heard the first story about the serial killer being visited by a couple sisters before...wow didn't know the Mormons had their own version. I wonder who invented it?
I've heard similar versions to some of the other urban myths on here
EDIT: woww LOL @ Buddha conjuring up demons, I'd never heard that one before
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Being a jw almost killed
by moley inthis is the first time i've commented on this site, but i do enjoy to come here just to help clarify myself in times of need, ie when those wretched teachings resurface.
a bit about myself.. i was born in 1970 into the wonderful happy organisation (lol) and had a unremarkable childhood or so i thought (apart from being abused by an ms), all i can remember is being terrified of dying at armageddon.
attending 5 meetings a week and being used to preach as people wont shout at a child, studying the literature, not being able to watch popular tv shows, no xmas, birthdays the usual shit.. fast forward to age 16 and i fell in love with a worldly girl (the horror) and got her pregnant, my parents were devasted talking all the time how people in the borg would view them, nothing about what i was going thru, 16 and becoming a father, quite a big thing to me.
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Sparlock the Wizard
Wow, sounds like you've been thru so much but I'm glad everything has worked out for the best for you.
Thanks for posting an intro and welcome to the forum
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Governing Body on a roll, claiming more territory in spiritual paradise?
by prologos inas reported from a recent co visit talk: .
the man with the inkhorn is picturing the governing body, who has the task of marking people for salvation ezek.
9:2,4.. it used to be christ's brothers, the remnant, the anointed, and you better help them* or be a goat as per the math:25 judgement.
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Sparlock the Wizard
Welcome to the forum, Moses
I definetely agree with you, the average JW will not question new doctrinal changes. The organization replaces the adherents' own consciences, so that they simply drone on without realizing the implications and illogical claims that their leaders are making.
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One of the actor's from "It's Always Sunny" appears in a JW publication.
by MrFreeze innot sure which publication it is (i think it's bible teach), but if you watch it's always sunny in philadelphia..... .
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Sparlock the Wizard
LOL this is hilarious...hadn't seen before
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Over 184 million served ...
by Simon intopic pages that is (not counting home page, active or subject pages).
holy crap, you lot like to talk and read a lot !.
we're currently getting about 1.8 million page views (across all pages) and ~ 150k unique visitors (275k visits in total) per month.. glad i have a plan to move things to the cloud soon!.
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Sparlock the Wizard
Someone probably already posted this but...
NORTH KOREA
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What's new for 2013 - lo nuevo de 2013
by oppostate inthanks to adam at the spanish language exjw forum for the news.http://www.extj.com/showthread.php?23065-lo-nuevo-del-2013the information of the above link is translated here below in bold serif font type.. lo nuevo del 2013what's new for 2013publicaciones nuevas 2013. new publications for 2013. .
5 tratados - 5 tracts.
2 libros - 2 books.
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Sparlock the Wizard
Interesting...I wonder if they really think they can convert a significant amout of Jews now lol
I gotta say, it does seem like more literature than they normally put out each year; not that it's too difficult to re-hash old WT articles but whatever.
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Hello
by Seraphim23 innot sure if this is the place to say hello and im new but hello and im new here.
i was a jw years ago but not for many years now.
i joined here because i was kicked off the last jw related board i was on.
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Sparlock the Wizard
Welcome, Seraphim23
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HOT OFF THE PRESS: ZO talk in Japan
by WinstonSmith inthis is literally hot off the press as in from about half an hour ago.. we have a friend from nz (who is wavering and knows our situation) and he is on holiday in japan at the moment.
today there was a zone overseer talk that he went to in nagoya (southern japan) and it has just finished up.
straight after the song and still in the stadium he emailed us the info below.
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Sparlock the Wizard
That's odd, I wonder why just Matthew....
Very interesting tho, thank you for posting.