Oubliette

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  On respect for the belief of others. Sorry for the long post

  by StarTrekAngel in

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  i am inclined to start this thread in response to some comments made in other threads.

  i have been coming around these forum for quite some time now so whatever you find in here is not just related to something someone may have said this week.

  it can go months back as well.. i have seen many who claim to respect the belief of others but when it comes down to applying it into practice, things take a whole different tune.

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  PFP: Attacking any aspect of a persons identity, including beliefs, is psychological abuse.

  If someone's beliefs are wrong, they need to be corrected.

  How that is done is another matter.
  
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  The Irony of JW's on Halloween

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  isn't it ironic - the one day of the year you can pretty much guarantee that most people are not only home but anticipating people people calling at their door ... and jehovah's witnesses don't go out that day.. heck, if the householder isn't receptive they even have the get-out option of claiming it was a joke and they dressed up as jehovah's witnesses for halloween!

  :d. of course we know the aim of the ministry for most is to avoid talking to people.

  that's why they do it during the day midweek or on sat morning or sun afternoon when people are most likely out..

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  I actually saw some JWs "out in service" today. I was kinda surprised.
  
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  So this Cute Chick at the KH ...

  by brandnew in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thought she was gonna take a pic of me on the sneak.

  im df'd...been df'd for over 19 years already.

  so she probably would have gotten away with it without anyone knowing.....except that her flash was on.

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  Why would she take your picture without your permission? That's really odd.
  
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  What more do they need to see?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so bethelites are being decreased...bethel homes even sold off.... special pioneers no longer being funded.. magazines getting smaller and published less frequently.. building work stopping or being reduced.. no large conventions and renting of venues.. etc.... so, money is not coming in anymore to cover the "expenses"??.

  didnt the first ever watchtower said that when this occurs, it would be evidence of god no longer blessing the activity....

  oh, and throughout the years, we have constantly been told that the "growth of the org and the projects such as buildings and contributions" etc were evidence of gods blessing.... .

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  Guess Jah is only blessing them 25% of what he used to do.

  Actually, it's down to 12.5% of what it was in the '80s and '90s.
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  "Friends" are gone

  by BeautifulMind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have (well had) an extremely small circle of jw friends.

  lots of acquaintances and associates but 2 or 3 i would consider my true friends.

  that list is now 0. yup, once i told them i no longer believe in the org and haven't for a long time, and their attempts to encourage me thru jw lingo and terminologies to "rely on jehovah" and not to "stray away" failed that was pretty much it.

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  Simon: It's sad realizing that your friends weren't real friends or they are willing to put unknown watchtower writers ahead of their personal relationships.

  Well said.

  If it's conditional, then it is not love or even friendship.
  

  On the other hand, once you leave the cult you are able to make real friends: people that love you for WHO you are and not WHAT you (pretend to) believe.

  It gets better!
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  Where are you from?

  by BeautifulMind in

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  2. friends

  i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

  but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

  i currently live in georgia, usa.

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  SoCal, USA
  
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  Introduction

  by shattered_origins in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i joined the forum yesterday and made 2 angry posts which received encouraging replies.

  i spent a good chunk of time today browsing various posts, and i can't get enough!

  i'm doing things backwards now and taking a moment to introduce myself.

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  Welcome and tell your sister "Thanks!" for unwitnessing to you!
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  Halloween / Birthday celebration

  by River Song in

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  2. experiences

  new to the board, first time posting a topic.

  i just wanted to say how refreshing and sometimes funny it has been lurking here.

  so much so that i decided to sign up to this message board.

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  Welcome and enjoy your day celebrating the people you love!
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  jdub legal page

  by pbrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  was just checking out the jdub website and came across their "legal developements and human rights" page.. http://www.jw.org/en/news/legal/.

  notice the glaring absence of one paticular kind of "legal developements"?

  pbrow.

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  The WTBTS's lack of journalistic integrity is just one of the many things wrong with this organization.

  
  
  
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  CO Comes Up With A New Way To Be Judgemental...

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  at the latest co visit something very strange happened.

  during the meeting with the elders and servants he passed out a copy of a hypothetical publisher card and asked us what we could learn from it.

  upon receiving it i saw that the average hours were pretty good, it had return visits and quite a few bible studies.

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  LTPF: Like John Aquila would say, 'let's review, it's a cult!'

  Ummmm, that's not his tag line!