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What was the "logical straw" that broke your camel's back?
by Pacopoolio in
1. jw
2. friends
i had a bunch of tiny little nags that always bothered me about the bible/god/etc.

that eventually led to me drifting away, but this was my personal, singular issue that no one could address.

i think i mentioned it before here, but, for summation again:.
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Right! So the meeting last night, a few interesting things
by Jon Preston in
1. jw
2. experiences
so i havent been to a meeting in some time and my wife decided we should go.

we showed up late, i was love bombed by an elder with a man-hug where i felt i was made a spectacle of.

moving on.
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New Policy on Inactive Ones?
by Cynisister in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this may have been discussed, but i just recently was told that a km this past year stated that inactive ones are now to be treated as if they are df'd.

is this so?

cynisister.
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"Higher Education" Follow Up
by XBEHERE in
1. jw
2. friends
this is a follow up to my previous thread.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/268693/1/they-are-definitely-attacking-higher-education.

so we had our co visit and we were quizzed about the "problem" of higher education as well.
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Unassailable Truth about Creation
by Slidin Fast in
1. watchtower
2. bible
it is rare to have absolute proof of the fact that the borg is categorically wrong.. the recent discovery of hominid footprints in happisburgh, norfolk, england is one such.

these footprints are of a family of people who walked in the soft mud 800/850 thousand years ago.

this is properly substantiated fact not open to dismissal.. further evidence in the uk shows the use of flint tools in hunting and butchering animals again accurately dated to 450,000/500,000 yearsthe bible traces adams creation to something over 6000 years ago.
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Why JW assemblies NEED to change
by kneehighmiah in
1. jw
2. friends
the assemblies would be get better results and get more people to come and be inspired if they were more encouraging.

instead the assemblies are a giant guilt trip.

don't go to college, don't get a good job, dont buy things even if you can afford them, don't play violent games, don't flirt.
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God stacked the deck against mankind
by nowwhat? in
1. watchtower
2. bible
ok god lets cain live and allows him to procreate into a godless nation, then he allows angels to come down to earth have offspring.

a very wicked violent society.

we are told he felt regret that he made man.
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Life for me as a jw (not really) teenager
by DuvanMuvan in
1. jw
2. experiences
hey i joined this thread recently and thought this was a good way to introduce myself.

i am 15, still going to school and i live in the uk.

a good chunk of my mum's side of the family are jws.
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Lots of campaigns this year
by thedog1 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
lots of leaflet campaigns this year.. 1. leaflet campaign to invite people to the memorial.

2. district convention invitations.. 3. campaign to advertise jw.org in august.. .

doesn't leave much time for conversations..
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On a Scale of 1 to 10---How Devoted Were You To Being One of Jehovah's Witnesses?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
as i grew up in the religion, i was a 10. i wanted to be made a "servant" because that was instilled in me from infancy.

i diligently studied ever piece of watchtower literature and defended my religion intensely.. when i got into my 30's, i started to see little cracks in the watchtower's surface but decided to "wait on jehovah".

then i started to research a little more critically and realized i couldn't defend the prophecies, the treatment of people and the hypocrisy that was becoming more obvious, that especially an elder can see.. it was a gradual thing---from a 10 to a zero!.