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  Inactive and Immune

  by new light in

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  did you know that page 99 of "pay attention...." (the elders' manual) states that a person who has not associated for a while is basically exempt from discipline?

  essentially if you attend a judicial hearing or respond to the elders you are admitting accountability to the "christian congregation.

  " therefore, if you walk away from the congregation and simply ignore the elders for long enough and exert no influence on the members, they don't have to pursue you, even if they hear of serious sin.

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  JW perception of Armageddon's Iminence

  by FirstInLine in

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  i am wondering how iminent did armageddon seem when you were jws?

  how iminent does the wts feel it is today?.

  i recall that for me it seemed that it could happen at any moment.

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  Were you psychologically abused into going to meetings/service ???

  by run dont walk in

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  2. friends

  we have all read and watched so many of the child abuse / sexual abuse scandals, and it makes us all sick to our stomachs, i want to touch on a different kind of abuse, i am not trying to draw a parellel between child abuse and being abused.

  the abuse i am talking about is just as bad but so different.

  i remember growing up a jw, basically having no choice, whether i wanted to go to the meetings or in service, and i always resented this in my parents.

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  JW 'urban legends'

  by Steve Lowry in

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  i was thinking about some of the old jw urban legends that we grew up with and believed in as jws.

  most of the ones i remember revolved around stories about demons, and jws being "attacked" when they would do something wrong.

  some of these legends scared the crap outta me when i was little.

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  Help!! I opened my big mouth..........

  by fairy in

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  on a site i said the following....... "just say that they asked you to do something that you know if you did it there was a very likelyhood that you would die for doing it......and they said that it came from god....would you do it" and someone replied ......".you mean like a blood transfusion?

  "that person also said that the elders reckon that all that stuff about abuse is a lie now i dont know what to say!

  any ideas how i could answere that?

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  Sad again at the Service Meeting

  by Euphemism in

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  the service meeting on thursday was really saddening, particularly the last part, about preaching with boldness.

  it was about overcoming nervousness, shyness, etc in the ministry.. all these people gave their experiences about difficulties they had in the ministry.

  a regular pioneer (and elder's wife) admitted that she used to just pretend to ring the door bells; service is still really difficult for her, but she does it just because she feels obligated to.

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  Is there one thing that convinces you that the JW's are wrong ???

  by run dont walk in

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  doctrines, people, elders, family, beliefs, is there a certain thing that convinces you they are wrong ???.

  had a discussion with my mom the other day and she asked "how can you be so sure they are wrong ?".

  i picked two topics that i had not talked to her about ( already said the pedophile, un, generation stuff.).

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  Are JW more depresed?

  by heianderen in

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  2. medical

  as many of you know there are some studies that indicade thath jw have an above-average mental illness incidence.

  i know a jw doctor that , ironicaly, has confirmed this claim to me.. greets,.

  heianderen

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  Lurkers! Stop Blaiming Satan For Your Own Problems!

  by metatron in

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  where would jehovah's witnesses be if they couldn't blame all their problems on the devil?.

  maybe they would be forced to confront --- finally--- their own foolishness!.

  case in point: i had a nice chat with sister a. in which i expressed my deepest sympathy for her tired daughter,.

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  How Long Does It Take To Forget?

  by shamus in

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  i guess that some parts to the cultish religion are hard to shake off.

  simply put, i still worry that maybe i'm wrong.

  (i still wouldn't want to live in a new world with those idiots, even if they were right).

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