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  Huh? Watchtower necklace charms?!!

  by DanTheMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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  on page 105 of her book awakening of a jehovah's witness, diane wilson writes that she knew many witness women "who wore a charm of a watchtower on a necklace as an outward symbol of the organization, the source of their salvation".. i have never heard of this practice, and i find it difficult to believe.

  can anyone verify that this indeed is true, that at one time it was common for jw women to wear watchtower charms?

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  My JW story

  by Aztec in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i don't think any of this is really all that unusual so i'm sorry if you find it dull.

  i was raised in the jw cult from birth, a third generation member to boot.

  my family was full of elders, ministerial servants and overseers of all sorts.

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  Newbie with question

  by outbackaussie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  been browsing around...and i have to say it is alittle difficult to tell if this is a pro or anti jw site.

  any takers on filling me in on what the attitudes are around here?

  it seems there are quite afew inactive and df or da people but then there seems to be alot of chat about meetings etc.. for the record, i was raised jw from age 5, baptised at 15 and df at 17 and reinstated at 18. i would call myself inactive...most of my family are still active but talk and associate with me.

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  England on the ropes

  by refiner in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  200 behind the ozzies first innings leads, england stand at 2 for 20. .

  trescothic went for a duck.

  butcher lasted about three balls i think.

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  What do you fear the most about the WT cult?

  by Claudia Kittel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i was a jw, i think what i was most afraid of was being hurt.

  i did everything to keep myself from getting hurt.

  i banged on doors with the best of the pioneers.

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  Monty Python and the British

  by thewiz in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  what do you brits have to say about monty python's flying circus and the inidivdual actors?.

  do you take offense?

  are you proud?

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  Youngest df or da?

  by avishai in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

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  what is the youngest you've known someone to be da'd or df'd, and what for?

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  Top Five Forbidden Watchtower Subjects

  by metatron in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you are an 'old timer' and wonder why the watchtower and awake.

  magazines are so bland and lacking in content, it may come as no surprize.

  to you that it's often because a number of topics are 'off limits'.. that is, certain subjects are so troublesome to the watchtower leadership.

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  the ultimate "Question Box" question

  by lastcall in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  july 2002 question box : " what should we bear in mind when using cellular telephones and electronic pagers?

  this in my mind is the ultimate question in the sense that it really shows how rediculessly micro-managed we were in this religion.

  disect this one for a moment.

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  How did you say goodbye

  by simplesally in

  1. social
  2. family

  how did you bring it up?.

  i was nervous.

  but it took about a half hour and then within about 2 days, he moved to his sisters.

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