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  When People Ask Questions About Jehovah's Witnesses, I Tell Them The Truth

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  for a while now, when someone asks me why jw's don't celebrate birthdays, i tell them the unadulterated truth.

  i say that in the bible, 2 pagans celebrated their birthdays and 2 people got killed, and that's why we don't celebrate birthdays.then if someone asks about why we can celebrate anniverseries, i tell them that nobody got killed for celebrating one, so it's up to our conscience.

  if someone asks if we take blood transfusions, i say no, but, we will take (and i name the different components) other portions of the blood.

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  The Bible, deceptions, false doctrines and the WTBS Inc.

  by MacHislopp in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  fact that :

  people accept many religious doctrines without testing them

  there is nothing to fear by proving our beliefs by the only standard

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  Are JW's Really Zealous?

  by metatron in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  are witnesses really zealous?

  they certainly claim to be.

  they "turn in" field service reports month by month claiming.

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  The" Letter" returns

  by Yesterdays Child in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  last night when i got home from work low and behold my mother-in-law you know the one who wrote me "the letter" was sitting in my living room eating my food going over my wifes talk with her .

  i went in my room took off my work clothes and came out and told her i have a problem with this.

  you told me you could no longer talk or eat or socialize with me so why are you here in my home?

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  My Testimony

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

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  2. friends

  my testimony

  by undisfellowshipped ( [email protected] ).

  i was born and raised by my parents to believe in the beliefs of the jehovah's witnesses organization.

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  Did you leave the Borg 'in search of truth' or 'freedom from rules'?

  by BLISSISIGNORANCE in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this question is not to offend anyone, it's just that i have noticed people have many different reasons for leaving the borg and i thought it would be interesting to find out why some of you left.. for example:some leave because they want to be free to smoke, drink, gamble, fornicate, grow beards, celebrate xmas, take blood and drugs, etc.some leave because they never believed and now are old enough to do as they want.some leave because they have seen that they can be happy living life free from any religious organization, yet still feel safe in god's love.some have been hurt by the borg and have taken their wounds away to lick them, waiting to see justice.some have trusted the borg with their lives, time and money...........only to discover recently that there has been lies, cover-ups and hypocracy in the borg.

  now they have left but need to belong to another organization to feel happy.. i left the borg because i found out about the cover-ups and lies.

  my family was abused by it, my child was sexually abused and i was df'ed.

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  Elders' kids - special treatment?

  by starfish422 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it seems to be the opinion of some on this board that elders' kids received special treatment, weren't punished for their wrongdoings, etc.. as the daughter of the po in our small congregation, let me tell you that it was much harder for me than for the kids of those who weren't elders.

  our family was expected to be the "model family for displaly purposes" and we were held up to very high standards so that we didn't "stumble" anyone.

  at times i wished my dad wasn't an elder so that i could have a bit more freedom.

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  Is this legal?

  by IronGland in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if a former jw decided to put on a suit and tie and go door to door trying to place old wt magazines and books they had laying around, and asking for a small donation, but using the proceeds to buy beer, is that illegal in any way?

  i figure they at least owe me a beer.edited by - irongland on 4 november 2002 21:28:23.

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  In Case you care..... apostate words for Mum

  by ApagaLaLuz in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my parents kicked me out of their home 3 years ago when i started to question things.

  i was engaged to a ministerial servant and a regular pioneer shortly before everything happened.

  although i haven't been da'd or df'd i have been labeled an "apostate.

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  Apostate terminology

  by Mum in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my daughter and i, fun-loving apostates that we are, have some terms we use regarding the wt organization and other cults.

  i would like my fellow posters here to tell us their terms, buzz words, etc., to add to our list: to get the ball rolling, two of our favorites are:.

  cookie-cutter theology.

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