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  My Mom's Challenge to Me

  by lriddle80 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my jw mom messages me on facebook last night and says she wants me, for a month, to read the bible, but first pray using the name jehovah and in jesus name and then read it with an open mind.

  she is so ridiculous!

  first of all, i do pray but i usually just say father and i always pray in jesus name and i find it ironic that she is saying i should have an open mind when hers is closed.

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  The Memorial

  by lriddle80 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, i went to the memorial to honor my mom.

  i got interested because they were going to talk about how jesus saves.

  but, they never really told anyone how to be saved.

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  Proof they are not a cult??

  by lriddle80 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the following is from a facebook post and..maybe i am missing something, but none of these items disprove them being in a cult.

  jehovah's witnesses are often mistaken to be something else.

  some say it a secret cult while others believe something else.......i'm very proud to tell you my readers that i'm one of jehovah's witnesses.. below are 17 facts that shows jehovah's witness is not a cult..... 1. there are currently about 8 million jehovah's witnesses around the world.. 2. an average of over 800 people become jehovah's witnesses daily.. 3. we keep coming to your doors even though we have regular jobs and family like you because we are admonished to do so by jesus christ.. 4. we do not participate in wars and for this reason more than 1600 jehovah's witnesses were killed by hitler.. 5. there are currently over 300 jehovah's witnesses in prison in south korea and egypt because they refused to stop preaching or enlist in the military.. 6. we don't salute the flag or say national anthems because we pledge our allegiance only to god.. 7. yes we have fun and party too so don't get that twisted.. 8. not many of us know the name of the president of our headquarters because we do not pay any reference to him he is a fellow servant of god just like the rest of us are.. 9. you earn the privilege of becoming a jehovah's witness.

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  Perfectionism

  by lriddle80 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  do any of you suffer from perfectionism?

  i do and it may be the message that jw's put out there.

  growing up in that religion, it's all about doing more, field service, meeting attendance, study, conventions, etc.

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  Daily Text calling themselves out!

  by lriddle80 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, my dad posts the daily text everyday on fb.

  this seems like hiding in plain sight to me!!

  thursday, february 25 from among you yourselves men will rise and speak twisted things to draw away the disciples after themselves.—acts 20:30. sadly, the original christian congregation gradually became corrupted.

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  The Memorial - New Covenant

  by lriddle80 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, i went to the memorial tonight.

  i've been out for about 10 years, but i went at my husband's suggestion to placate my parents.

  i listened to the talk and about 90% of what they said, i agreed with.

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  I had an encounter today...

  by lriddle80 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, i had an unexpected encounter with a jw today.

  she was the caregiver who came to work to relieve me and she pulled out a jw.org tract and i told her i knew all about it because my family were part of it and i see it everywhere on their fb.

  i, without thinking about the consequences, told her that i used to be one and now go to a baptist church.

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  So my mom called me out on Facebook today

  by lriddle80 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my dad posts the daily text on facebook everyday.

  today's text had to do with disfellowshipping and this is what my mom commented on it:.

  mom: i have a daughter also who is baptized but not disfellowshipped but doesn't want to learn about jehovah i pray that she see's soon before jehovah closes the door!.

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  The Shunning

  by lriddle80 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, i am not df'd or da'd at the moment and my family knows i attend a baptist church.

  recently my husband and i were asked to give our testimony in our sunday school class.

  i mentioned the scripture in.

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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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