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  BOE april 25

  by Gorbatchov in

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  2. friends

  does someone have the boe april 25 letter about the transfer of the local ownership of all kingdom halls to the society?.

  it seems a mayor financial transaction, allthough here in the netherlands.. gorby.

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  Bttt any updates?
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  The Ransom for Nitwits

  by Farkel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  mark 10:45: "for even the son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.".

  1 timothy 2:5-6: "for there is one god, and one mediator between god and men, the man christ jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.".

  the ransom that was taught for the first 1,000 years of christianity.

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  Bttt. Found this interesting. I hadnt tackled the ransom idea yet. Saphy: great post.
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  How many were victims of child molesters who were members that are still members?!

  by Guardian77 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  many members just as in the catholic church have molested children and are not punished nor turned in to the police..

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  Mikado, you are not the guilty one! You were a child.... the adults around you are the ones with the guilt.

  You were living in a toxic enviroment.

  I understand. I also lived with an abusive elder. They want to control everything. You sound like you have a lot of spirit. I am glad he didn't break you.

  Please do not judge yourself harshly. The decision was taken out of your hands. Put the blame squarely on him.

  Miss.Fit
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  How I Ended Up On JWN...

  by Divergent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is the story of how i ended up here on this site.... .

  i was stuck in a situation where reaching out took forever, an eternity.

  it was ridiculous - no matter what i did, there was always more to do.

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  Justkidding: you might have a chance now. Apparently the CO will be the one appointing Elders and MS. If they offered would you accept?
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  Hi Guys, I'm new here...

  by Mikado in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  been lurking for years, but couldn't log on.

  for some reason, my email spam filter is inaccessable, and ended up having to open another account, simply to become a member... wonder how many others have had a similar problem.. its been an eye opener reading everyones life experiences, often so similar.. i was almost a born in, with a hardcore family.

  abusive stepfather who was one of the original jws in the area, so much so, that it was called the xxxxx family religion.... been out for 25 years, am glad every day for that!!.

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  Welcome.
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  Interview with an Apostate: Template

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  here's the template of questions to use ready to copy / paste and complete.

  feel free to add suggestions for additional questions and to nominate people you'd like to read about (but not no one is obliged to do one).

  also, add your own story too!.

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  MissFit

  Bttt. Since we have gotten a lot of newbies. Hope to read some more.
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  New field service rules coming this summer

  by doinmypart in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  new guidelines for field service coming this summer.

  new publication to be released giving new ways of counting time, conducting studies, group activities, etc..

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  Bttt any news?
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  First year without Memorial

  by sp74bb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my first year after more than 20 years.... it seems strange.

  happy fellings but at the same times feeling some loniness.. is your first one as well?.

  veterans: how do you feel after some many years?.

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  Twice shy: same here. This was my first missed memorial. I took my son out to dinner. I had spent the weekend with my daughters and wanted some alone time with my son. I stayed up late with my daughter and watched the blood moon.

  I think I would have felt lonelier if I would have went . I hate the polite smiles, small talk and the feeling of being an outsider. I enjoyed dinner instead.

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  If you don't believe in God where do you get the strength to cope?

  by Miss.Fit in

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  2. friends

  i know there are some here that are going through some tough times.

  some of you do not believe in god.

  some are not sure.. i was told recently by a friend to pray to god for help and he would comfort me.. my first impulse is to pray.

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  Pardon my new hideous make over. I am doing better than I look! Lol.

  I just wanted to give a brief update and also thank everyone for their kind responses when I was feeling down.

  I am still processing many of the things I have learned on this site.

  I am still seperating what I thought I was supposed to believe and what I really think.

  I have found that I am slowly shedding the guilt and feeling of worthlessness.

  I have not been to a meeting since my OP.

  That includes assemblies and the memorial.

  I am currently working on reestablishing a relationship with my nonjw sister.

  I have taken a lot of your advice to heart and have been applying some of them. It is freeing not to look over my shoulder afraid of stumbling someone.

  I am still growing and learning. I am now going to work on making new friends.* Crossing fingers*

  Miss.Fit
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  Help me...!

  by OneDayillBeFree in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  lost my job, just a week before making the final arrangements to move into my very own apartment.. got a speeding ticket on the following sunday for trying to make it to the meeting "on time", (never made it to the hall, just parked in the back of a shopping center for 2 hours in silence).. marked by the elders for quitting pioneering, no more commenting and "failing to adhere to bible counsel".. jw family sees me as a disappointment.

  non-jw family is too far away to care.. found out ex-girlfriend got df'ed and is now pregnant.

  puts some of the blame on me for how things turned out.. realizing that she's not entirely wrong as i was still an ignorant, kiss-ass, die hard jwdub when we started dating, always putting the "kingdom interests first" never having time for her since "the end was so freaking close" and then warping her up in the mess of me learning ttatt.. dwelling night after night in "what could have been" if i had never been a jw.. alternating between being a theist, atheist and agnostic on a daily basis to the point where i don't care anymore yet getting creeped the f*ck out when facing my own mortality and the thought of me dying alone.. always coming to the same conclusion, when i find myself alone on friday nights and weekends, that i have no actual friends, only two conditional jw "friends" which are both currently out of town for about a month and 0 real, non-jw friends.. haven't been able to sleep well in literally weeks now.

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  MissFit

  I thought I would bump this in hope of an update. How's life been treating you? I hope everything is looking up for you.

  Miss.Fit