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  What would it take for YOU to come back?

  by noonehome in

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  2. friends

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  Nosferatu

  For me to go back, I'd need to be dead and have my corpse dragged into the Kingdom Hall by a rope.
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  Happiness/unhappiness

  by lostinthought in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was told by a family member the other day "if you want to leave jehovah, go ahead.

  but don't think you'll ever be happy.

  all the people i know who have left got burned by the world and they come back to the truth".

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  Nosferatu

  Being out of the truth, I can tell you I'm very unhappy with my life. I have lots of worldly friends who are loyal, good-hearted and trustworthy. I want to get back into the truth where I can again be ignored, judged and backstabbed so I can be happy again.
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  NEW BIBLE RELEASE

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  had a brief chat with an elder from a distant congregation today: long story short - he has spoken to "someone" at london branch regarding the 'famine' of bibles within the org, and was told by this "someone" to just wait until nearer the end of this year.. he said it sounds like we're going to get an announcement via the annual meeting!!.

  i said that it was strange that two world wars, the spanish 'flu, the wall street crash & the great depression couldn't stop the society producing bibles, so something major must be causing it now.. does anyone have any more info on the new york court action against the wtbts and the nwt writing committee?.

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  Nosferatu

  a sister in my congregation is still using her 1960 'Green' NWT, full of underlining and annotations.

  When I was a teenage JW, I had picked up a green NWT at a thrift store for sixty cents. I used it for a little bit until I got councelled about using an out-of-date bible.
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  Stuff You Would Lose If You Went Back

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so we know all the things the wts prevents us from doing, but that's much, much different than the stuff we've grown accustomed to.. for those who have been out for a number of years, what kind of things would end up being abandoned if you suddenly started going back to the kingdom hall?

  you know, stuff that you now do on the nights you used to attend meetings, the things you own, the things you wear, etc..

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  Nosferatu

  So we know all the things the WTS prevents us from doing, but that's much, much different than the stuff we've grown accustomed to.

  For those who have been out for a number of years, what kind of things would end up being abandoned if you suddenly started going back to the Kingdom Hall? You know, stuff that you now do on the nights you used to attend meetings, the things you own, the things you wear, etc.
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  We're Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Nosferatu in

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  2. friends

  "ours is the god of true prophecy, what he fortells comes to be".

  i don't know if this song is in the new "scream at jehovah" songbook, but i always found this lyric odd even when i was in.

  it seems to imply that there are many gods and not just one.. anyone else ever think that?.

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  Nosferatu

  "Ours is the God of true prophecy, What he fortells comes to be"

  I don't know if this song is in the new "Scream at Jehovah" songbook, but I always found this lyric odd even when I was in. It seems to imply that there are many Gods and not just one.

  Anyone else ever think that?
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  Why do they use 'human' apostates?

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  with all the threads about the dc, i am wondering why on earth does the wt use the wording 'human' apostates?

  will next year have a 'spiritual' apostate talk?

  i don't get it and no, i have not and will not go to their site and watch the mind numbing video or whatever......

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  Nosferatu

  Well, there's always the possibility of a JW encountering a talking snake or a real live smurf. Satan the Devil sure is crafty!
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  Killing Meeting Time

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i just have to ask... how many of you who are still technically in surf the net on your phone while at the meetings?.

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  Nosferatu

  So I just have to ask... How many of you who are still technically in surf the net on your phone while at the meetings?
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  Return of the Prodigal Son Download Link

  by outinthemeadows in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  new dvd return of the prodigal son download link.

  http://adf.ly/sppiz.

  (click on skip ad at the top right when its finished encounting) click download on google drive.. .

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  Nosferatu

  Yay! I get to finish watching it!
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  Growing up as a JW was a form of mental abuse for me

  by Miss Fitt in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

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  Nosferatu

  Almost sounds like my experience, except I was actually beaten up in school. I didn't fit in, my mother made me wear hand-me-downs that were horrendously out of date because "Jehovah's people are supposed to stand out". And when I wasn't getting beat up at school, I was getting beat up at home.

  As time progressed, I because marked as "bad association" in the congregation. Why is beyond me. So people in the Hall wouldn't talk to me, and I wasn't allowed to spend time with worldly kids. It's the spot where you're truly alone.
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  1969 "fact": You will never grow old in this present system of things

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  awake!

  "if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.

  because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years... therefore, as a young person, you will never fulfill any career that this system offers.

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  Nosferatu

  According to this article, we've been in Paradise Erf for a few years now. Time to go find some lions to pet...