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Going Through A tough time
by Xandria in
1. watchtower
2. medical
everyone seems to be "normal" now.. while all this was going on ( and even now) i have been going through one of the most worse times.

just keep me in your thoughts and if you do pray.

pray...!!!.
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The Last to be Resurrected :-(
by Lefty in
1. jw
2. friends
of course i know that many of you here do not believe in the bible and its promise of a resurrection.

some of you do not even believe in a creator.

but those of you apostates that still do believe in a resurrection back to life, you would no doubt agree that not everyone of those who are resurrected will come back to life all at once.
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my story
by little witch in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi everybody.. this is my first post.

i have been reading the forums for some time, but have not posted til now, as it brings painful memories.. my experience with the jw's began in 1967, when my mother was killed in a car crash, and my father married a jw six months later.

we were a ''blended family''.
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A Time to Weep. A Time to Mourn
by Swan in
1. jw
2. friends
last week my niece died in a car crash.

she was only 18 years old.

i haven't seen her since she was 10. i missed her all that time.
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NEVER MEET ALONE WITH A SISTER!!!
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
do you know why the society says this?

regardless of whether the meeting is for the purpose of shepherding, sharing bible advice,or simply giving encouragement, "she could develop romantic feelings for the elder.it is possible for an elder to develop improper feelings for a sister he is comforting or counseling.

it is especially important never to meet with a sister alone when the sister being assisted has been a victim of abuse, suffers from depression,or for any other reason is in a delicate emotional state.a woman in such an emotional may be more vulnerable and may be prone to develop improper feelings toward an elder meeting with her.
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"Woe is me" -- so say the JW's
by Gopher in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the way we were taught as jehovah's witnesses made us think everyone who didn't evangelize was in deep trouble.

1 corinthians 9:16 was often quoted at us by every travelling overseer who wanted to exhort the congregation, and that verse says in part, "necessity is laid upon me.

really woe is me if i did not declare the good news!".
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Hello, I'm new here
by capbuster in
1. jw
2. friends
hi everyone, i've been reading on this board for some time now because i have some childhood friends that are in this organization, and would like to find out a way i could help them to some how see it for what it really is.

i'm not a jw nor have i ever been.

i truly feel for some of the hurts you all have been through.
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Is it normal to feel jealousy???
by butalbee in
1. social
2. relationships
it's been over between us for months now, didn't end very good either.

i do regret hurting him like i did, but at the time, i needed to be free of him and any/all dubs.

i've finally moved on w/ my life, i have a wonderful new man in my life--who treats me like a princess--and i feel lucky to be w/ him.
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re: question on the magi
by A Paduan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i think that i read somewhere that jws believe that the magi who followed the star were 'evil' .

is that the case - if so how did they figure that?

paduan
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JW Family Tries Black-Mailing Me
by Prisca in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have spent the last week or so with my sister and bro-in-law and my 6year old niece, all jws.

they live in a town not too far away from me, and i visit them every couple of months or so.

my sister and i are close, not extremely so, but we appreciate each other as we have no other bros & sisters, our mother died 21yrs ago, and our father treats us as though we are dead too (due to non-jw issues).. last time i went to visit them, my bro-in-law asked my niece to ask me if i'd go to the meeting.