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Update on study with Elder....
by shotgun in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i took the advice of the forum and informed him i wouldlike to study the bible.

he arrived case in hand and pulled out the draw close to jehovah publication.. i said i thought we were going to study the bible...he then said well this is a bible publication...i said has not past publications contained errors and changes in teachings while the bible remains true.

he said yesssss.......do you have something inparticular you want to look at in the bible.....i said i thought we could start in matthew and work our way through.
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Why Are So Many JWs Ex-Catholic?
by SpannerintheWorks in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
is it just my imagination, or are a disproportionate of jws ex-catholic?.

were you a catholic before a jw?.

why did you feel that the jw religion was "better" than the "catholic" one?.
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Need Help Witnessing to JWs
by HuskerMike in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am new here, and am a christian.

i had a young man and mother attempt to sell jw to my wife, who agreed to listen but only when i am there.

we are meeting with them tomorrow.
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Poll Result: 82% ex-Dubs are happier since leaving the Watchtower
by ozziepost in
1. jw
2. friends
in a recent weekend poll, in an outstanding response to the question "compared with ten years ago, are you happier or unhappier?

", a staggering 82% of respondents said that they were happier since leaving the watchtower organisation.

when asked if they were unhappier, an overwhelming 100% said a resounding no!
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Encouragement for new members
by hooberus in
1. watchtower
2. bible
there are alot of new members here, and i just wanted to say that although most here don't believe that the wt is "god's organization" there are many such as myself (i have never been a jw) that believe that the bible is inspired scripture*.

loosing faith in a religious organization does not necessarily mean that you must also loose faith in god.

i have a personal relationship withn the god of the bible and can tell you that he is real and wonderful.
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Sins against the holy spirit...
by shamus in
1. jw
2. friends
so, what the heck is a sin against the holy spirit that cannot be forgiven?

they never had a clear answer in the whole time that i was in the cult..... what is it?

any ideaz?
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What if JWs had never been part of your life......?
by Scully in
1. jw
2. friends
prisca's topic about personal responsibility vs blaming the jws (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/56286/824979/post.ashx#824979) got me to thinking..... where do you think you'd be if the jws and the wts had never been part of your life?how would your life be different from what it is now?what do you think you might have accomplished or done differently without the encumberances of the jws in your life?what kind of relationship would you have with your family?who would you be?.

there are no right or wrong answers, but think about those what-i-want-to-be-when-i-grow-up ideas you had as children and whether those dreams could have become a reality.. .

love, scully
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who thinks minimus doesn't have a life...
by christopherceo in
1. jw
2. friends
...and why keep answering his stale questions that have no meaning and promote very little actual thought?
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Witness sayings
by Teela in
1. jw
2. friends
as i was growing up in the troof.

there were sayings used over and over again to control my behaviour.

the biblical on bad associations spoil useful habits and another on just because everyone else does it doesnt mean you have to do it to, would you jump off a cliff just because other people do what were the sayings that bugged you?
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Kingdom melodie haunting me
by Vivamus in
1. jw
2. friends
omg, how horrible is this:.

you know when you have a certain tune in your head, and you just can't figure out which one it is?

well, i just figured mine out, its "hey daar al gij dorstigen, komt en drink het levenswater vrij".