Topics Started by WildeLover

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The (study) WT November 2011 Makes Me Puke !
by Hairyhegoat in
1. jw
2. friends
this study edition is an absolute attack on kids going to higher education, and you all are getting too cosy at home with your sky tv and the internet, get out on the doors you idle dogs.. oh and if you have a good job already you could not be putting the kingdum first !.

here is some of the crap in the mag, and the article temporary residents in a wicked world.. 10. .

in view of the imminent end of the present system of things, as jehovahs servants.
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Living as a gay Jehovah's Witness - My Story!
by TimothyT in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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it wasn't a feeling of rebellion; it was the feeling of love and care i desired.
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Is it possible to completely forget the JW experience.
by mankkeli in
1. jw
2. friends
i am wondering if it is possible to completely forget our jw experience after a long time, and live life as if we have never been one.

no memories, no bitterness, no meeting up with ex-members, nothing connected to the jws in our feelings.. is this ever possible, could it ever happen, and how long possibly..
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Am I on thin ice with my friend?
by cedars in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm a former mts graduate, and it's a long story but i recently became inactive after realising it was all nonsense.

the problem is, i've noticed that my mts background makes it almost impossible for people to accept my new status as an "inactive" one.

people think that, given the amount of knowledge i have, there is surely no excuse for me to reach this preposterous decision.. a friend from my mts recently began emailing me to find out my reasons.
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Parodying Theocratic words!
by TimothyT in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
many posts here often include parodies of theocratic words.

below are some examples:.

borganisation - organisation!.
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Went to my first meeting today anonymously!
by TimothyT in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hi everyone.. jack and i decided we would go to his local kingdom hall this morning.

although i have no interest anymore in being a jw, i think its still nice to have regular bible discussions, etc, which can give you something spiritual to think about each week.

i love it and i think its damn good for you.. today, jack and i walked in, a little nervous, but were greeted and welcomed like friends.
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Do most JW's belive their own private version of the religon?
by highdose in
1. jw
2. friends
trying to work with jw's and their cd i notice that the harder i push their beliefs the more likely they are to hit back with some werid version of jw belives that exsists only in their own head.. its almost like they listen to the bs from the platform, run it through their head and then process it through their own filter and end up with a bastardised version of "the truth" that they feel comfortable with.. .

anyone else encountered this?

and whats your theory about it?.
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Lurking JW's & Newbies - WT Society's Definition of "Generation" is False
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
of course this comes as no surprise to those of us on this board- naturally, as we've informed ourselves.

however i felt it important to reveal the real dictionary definition of the word " generation " for newly exiting jehovah's witnesses so they can see for themselves how the wt society is twisting the real definition of this word to extend their faulty predictions of jesus prophecy about " this generation will by no means pass away.

so here is the actual definition of the word " generation " according to webster's newworld dictionary - .
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Education and dumbing down
by WildeLover in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have a theory that the denigrating of education that continues to occur at assembles.

convention etc is a subtle means the wbts use to keep the members "dumbed down" so they wont develop and think to ask questions?.

i just feel after my time doing a degree and a masters that this is the case- feel more enlightened culturally and mentally and can see a lot of the narrow-mindedness of the other jws.. .
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Will this Society survive ?
by WildeLover in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this is my first post and i suppose something like this has been posted before but i would love to get your thoughts on it.

really do you ever think that the society will fall apart?

or will it always be propped up by die hard members?will it see 2020 i wonder with the growth it has seen?.