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What do you miss about your pre-JW years?
by ohnightdivine in
1. jw
2. friends
i'll start with my experiences during childhood up to high school years... i was raised in a typical catholic family (not very adherent, just keeping up with traditions but it was all that we knew).. just to let you know, i am alone in the "truth".. 1) short prayers with my mom before going to sleep.

it was short and i think that as a child, god was more real to me than when i became a jw.

i would say, "dear god.
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DEC 2013 WT Article - Slave for Jehovah - warning: ranting ahead
by ohnightdivine in
1. jw
2. friends
this morning's wt study almost made me vomit, stand up, pick up my bag and rush to the door.. of course it never happened.

instead, i was able to make some nice drawings on my tablet and notepad.. if you replace the name jehovah with watchtower, or the governing 8 men, it would really make sense.. what's up with all that nonstop guilt-mongering about education and having a decent job?!.

most people look down on the uneducated, and i remember, when i didn't have a job, nobody cared!.
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Non-Catholic church refuses to shelter super typhoon victims
by ohnightdivine in
1. social
2. current
another mega-church in the philippines, the iglesia ni christo is drawing criticisms due to their alleged refusal to provide shelter to the people knocking on their gates during the typhoon.

http://philnews.ph/2013/11/11/iglesia-ni-cristo-church-iloilo-refused-shelter-typhoon-yolanda-victims/.

now, what do you think would wts do in this situation?
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So proud to be part of an international "brotherhood"
by ohnightdivine in
1. jw
2. friends
.... but doesn't even care about the "lowly ones" in the congregation.

i think it's part of human nature to be interested in meeting people from other lands.

in our case, it's the international assemblies.
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While out "preaching"...
by ohnightdivine in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've been missing a lot of meetings and field service so i had no choice but to join the group yesterday so that i won't raise all red flags with them.

this happened yesterday and thought i'd share this short experience.. the sister i was with wanted so much to practice her spiel and fluency in our language and asked me to act as a householder.

i wasn't interested at all, but, she's older by more than 10 years so.... i had to play along.
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For those who are still IN and attending meetings, do you still study the WT & other books?
by ohnightdivine in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for those of you who are still attending meetings due to various reasons, how do you prepare yourself for each program?.

do you still read and study the wt?.

do you still read and study the okm, jeremiah, etc?.
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Any Special Pioneers, Missionaries, COs, and DOs around?
by ohnightdivine in
1. jw
2. friends
please share your experiences and thoughts with us here.

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what made you change your heart about serving the org?.
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Bragging among JWs...
by ohnightdivine in
1. jw
2. friends
posting about the wonderful preaching day on fb... posting about what they ate for lunch, snacks, dinner after preaching... posting about rubbing elbows with the co, do, etc... posting about getting into pioneer school... swooning over the latest gadgets, right after the meeting... being obsessed about what clothes to wear during the assemblies.... etc.. etc... being proud of having an sp, bethelite, etc relative... being unable to take pride in academic, secular, or other normal achievements leads to the above, i guess.. and it's not at all different from how "worldly" people behave these days... .
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And so I felt inadequate again... for a moment
by ohnightdivine in
1. jw
2. friends
despite knowing ttatt recently and trying my very best not to absorb the fds-supplied "knowledge" any further, i could not help but feel inadequate again during today's meeting.

strange, right?

yet, normal.
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Today's WT Study (Who is the FDS - Sep 2013)
by ohnightdivine in
1. watchtower
2. bible
please share how your wt study went today...