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  Question: Beware the voice of strangers talk

  by Water in

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  for some unknown reason i decided to torture myself and attended the july assembly.

  i found the talk "beware the voice of strangers" particularly interesting.

  although it seems, according to my jw mother, that i got the wrong message from the talk.

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  Thank you for helping me understand it better.

  Hamas: Thanks for the link, I am saving the talk for use later. There is a remarkable amount of paranoid material in it for the objective listener.

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  Question: Beware the voice of strangers talk

  by Water in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for some unknown reason i decided to torture myself and attended the july assembly.

  i found the talk "beware the voice of strangers" particularly interesting.

  although it seems, according to my jw mother, that i got the wrong message from the talk.

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  For some unknown reason I decided to torture myself and attended the July assembly. I found the talk "Beware the voice of strangers" particularly interesting. Although it seems, according to my JW mother, that I got the wrong message from the talk.

  I understood the base message of the talk to be: Do not accept the literature, religious conversation, etc. from people of different beliefs. Do not allow people to deay you away from the "truth."

  She explained to me that this talk was only directed towards apostates.

  Can anyone clarify this talk for me? Was this talk only dircted towards apostates or did she just say that because I, when she tried to "witness" to me, told her that I thought the advice "not to listen to the voice of strangers" was excellent advice and that I should not listen to her when she tries to interfere with my beliefs.

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  I'm new here. I just found this site.

  by Brandy in

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  i just wanted to say hello.

  i am an ex jw.

  i walked away in the mid 80's.

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  Welcome Brandy!

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  absolute newcomer, absolute

  by mash in

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  2. friends

  hello you lot....god it's been a while!

  well, like my topic says, i really am a newcomer so i don't really know what this scene's about.

  i hope i don't get ostracised again, like the last time i spoke my mind!

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  Welcome Mash!

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  So, will you be voting for Bush next time?

  by czarofmischief in

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  when the election rolls around, will you be pulling the lever for w?

  i will, unless somebody comes along with the offer of free supermodels for me.. czar

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  No. I didn't vote for him in 2000 either. I really hope there is a decent candidate competing against him. No one has really stood out as being a strong contender though.

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  New Girl on the block

  by Teela in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been reading the threads for about a year now and thought its time to post my story.

  i cant remember much up until i was ten except the usual no birthdays, no worldly friends or bad associates.

  then it was a series of arguments of why i didnt what to go to church.

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  Welcome Teela! I love to hear about people who could think for themselves when young. Good going!

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  Fluff Alert - What's your Blood Type ?

  by Trotafox in

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  after 57 years, i finally found out today what my blood type is: o negative

  so now that we are no longer under the watchtower's ridiculous thumb

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  A+

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  JWs always become frightened....

  by MegaDude in

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  ....when meeting a former member.. .

  a few weeks ago i was outside doing the old yardwork routine: mow my postage stamp size of a yard, trim the bushes, edge it.

  it was saturday and the jws were once again working my street.

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  MegaDude,

  Thanks for sharing, this non-confrontational approach should help me a lot in my situation.

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  Paradise vs. Living Forever

  by Water in

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  2. beliefs

  i wonder; if the typical jw was given a choice between living 100 years in paradise or living forever in a society such as we have today, what would they choose?

  what is the real draw, immortality or perfection?.

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  Excellent points. The JW idea of paradise gets rid of much of the variety in life. I remember as a child, my mother would tell me about 'the paradise on Earth' how wonderful it was going to be. She said that over the thousand year reign the world would become as it was in the beginning. Eventually everyone would speak the same language, so why is one of the things she is looking forward to 'having the time to learn other languages?' That nice house with the large yard and lots of trees she has her eye on, won't that end up being destroyed with the rest of the worldly things?

  Maybe it's an argument I'm not meant to win. She has an idea of what she want's paradise to be and ignores the reality of what she is saying.

  Thank you,

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  It's my birthday on Friday! (July 4th) / Thanks

  by figureheaduk in

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  i finally hit 24 on friday!

  don't know why i've posted that as a topic heading.

  however, i just want to say thanks to all the people that i've made freinds with on this site (you all know who you are.

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  Happy Birthday Figureheaduk!

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