Topics Started by SisterLiz

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elders have revealed confidential matters to their wives or others in the c
by garybuss in
1. jw
2. friends
elders meet scriptural requirements before being 'appointed by holy spirit.

' knowing this will strengthen your confidence .

what you discuss with an elder will remain strictly confidential.
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I think I'm about to become a victim of an "intervention"
by cruzanheart in
1. jw
2. friends
i just got a phone call from someone i used to know, oh, about 25 years ago.

she and her cousin and i hung out together as single pioneers -- they got married, i got married, we lost touch.

well, turns out she now goes to the same congregation as one of the witnesses who works at my law firm -- the same one who, months ago when i started telling people i was no longer one of jehovah's witnesses, told me i could believe what i want but "don't make trouble for the rest of us" -- and evidently the two ladies got to talking and my co-worker gave her my phone number at home.
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How many of you went to the elders when you / someone did something wrong ?
by run dont walk in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've read a lot of threads of late, where people stated when they did something wrong they would go the elders the next day and confess.. i find this truly bizzare !!!.

okay, maybe i didn't have a conscience as a jw, i did alot of things wrong, but, that would be the f--kin' day i would go to the elders and confess anything.

i would never tell those old goots anything, because then they would have something to hang over you for a long time.
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Were you baptized too young?
by sandy in
1. jw
2. friends
2 peter 2.

22there has befallen them the thing spoken of in the true proverb, the dog turns back to his own vomit, and, the sow is washed only to wallow again in the mire..

i remember when i was going over my baptismal questions the elder spouted off this scripture to me.. looking back at it i wonder how could he be such a moron!
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Do you miss being part of something big?
by sleepy in
1. jw
2. friends
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at one time i was one of "gods chosen people", part of a special group of people who had exclusive access to hidden truths about the earth and its people.. now of cource i realise i'm just like everyone else and all the puzzles are still there.. kind of miss that feeling sometimes..
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Any talks from the hall or assembly still stick out in your mind ???
by run dont walk in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i will never forget a talk at the assembly where the speaker had a 6 year old child on stage,.

and the experience went something like this.. while at school, the child said something to another schoolmate to the effect of ............................. "i cannot associate with you, because bad association spoil useful habits.".

"and if you don't serve jehovah, you will be destroyed at armageddon.".
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What's The Most Ridiculous Thing Taught or Believed By Jehovah's Witnesses?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
what do you think??

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The JW Martyr Complex?
by lisaBObeesa in
1. jw
2. friends
like my mother before me, im a martyr.

i am almost unable to make a choice based on what is best for me.

and of course this has over time made me a depressed, bitter person who, much to my horror, explodes with rage from time to time.
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What Made You Leave The "Truth"? Was It False Prophecy, People, Blood, etc.
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
jw's like to believe that people who leave the organization do it for selfish reasons or due to impatience and not "waiting on jehovah".

there's a variety of reasons for persons making the decision and saying, "that's it!

i'm not doing this anymore".
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Spells, Wiccans, and Witchcraft
by SpunkyChick in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i just returned home from a nightmarish trip to chicago.

i came in peace, and was shit on by my aunts and a cousin.

what they did was unforgivable.