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  I went to church on Sunday, and the world did not come to an end.

  by LisaRose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  back story, i left the jws 13 years ago, just walked away, moved to another state, and married a guy i had gone to high school with 28 years previously.

  at first i was just happy to be away from the dubs and the thought of any organized religion just made me sick, and as most of you know, the dubs do a good job of tearing down other religions, so my thinking was still influenced by the wtbts in some areas.

  i considered myself agnostic for a long time.. i occasionally visited my husband's parents church when we were visiting.

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  Another New Member

  by lriddle80 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been out of the "truth" for about 13 years, but 9 of those years i was someone who was out but thinking i would probably go back at some point...out but not all the way out mentally.

  my family are still active members and i am a little bit shunned, not invited to family get togethers, that sort of thing.

  i was one of those people that left and then did drugs and partied for a while.

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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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  What do they want from me?

  by MrFreeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay, so the jws (and my mom) would be so happy if i started going to meetings again.

  i've made it clear i don't believe what they say so why would they care if i went to meetings?

  do they want me to go meetings and be an open dissenter?

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  Demons and the Witnesses

  by corpusdei in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, this one is a little long, but i think it's worth reading.

  in putting this together, i came across a fair amount of interesting information about the witnesses and their belief in demons.

  there's a lot that i'll be interested to put to the next witness i come acoss (if any of them still quite dare to talk to me after last time.

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  1914 Commemorative T-shirts Available Now!!!

  by 00DAD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jwn member cedars is fast approaching his 1,914th post.

  as of this posting, he is on his 1,909th post!!!

  in honor and recognition of this momentous event, we are very excited to be offering to all jwn members your very own 1914 commemorative t-shirt!.

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  How Many on JWNet are still JWs?

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been wondering about this for some time.

  if there are 60,000+ registered users on here, what percentage are actual non-dfed or non-daed witnesses?

  if it was 1/3, that would be over 20,000 active/inactive witnesses that post and read these pages- and that's huge.

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  The JW Dress Code

  by sacolton in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for the brothers .... suit jacket and pants must always match as part of a complete suit.sport jacket and slacks not permitted.shoes must be polished (i had to go home and change shoes once).shirt should be white or close to white (i.e.

  no dark colored dress shirts).do not wear bright colored suits or suits with more than one color (not including pin stripes).tie should not be bright colored or have too many colors.pants should have cuffs (this was recommended, not a rule).suit jacket must be buttoned up at all times (although you may wait until you begin speaking to button up your jacket).never put your hand in your pocket, even for one second.legs must be close together (his exact words were "do not have a horse stance").heels must be together but toes should be slightly apartif you are holding a microphone, the microphone must be point just above the chin, not at the mouth.if you are holding a microphone, do not put the other hand in your pocket (i cannot stress this enough, they will get you for this).do not lean on the lectern (podium, pulpit).whew!

  strict dress-code guidelines straight from the presiding overseer.

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  Were you or someone you know sexually molested by a Jehovah's Witness ?

  by flipper in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  due to the fact there are about 27,000 members of this religion that are known pedophiles, and the information about it is kept in a secret database file, i wonder how many lurking jw's as well as others are aware of the severity of this problem?

  remember, it's 27,000 pedophiles that they know about.

  what about the thousands that don't get caught?

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  Yesterday's a.m. shepherding call

  by wheelwithinwheel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  painting an empty apartment knock at the door

  ron the elder doing not-at-homes.

  comments on: well how you doing dave?

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