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A simple question
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there is a lot of information available about questions to ask jws.

it's a good thing to make them think a little more instead of being spoon fed all the time.. one question that could be posed is - where did the the 'new light' come from?

(answer) so where did the 'old light' come from?.
14
Halloween
by STILLINWANTOUT in
1. jw
2. friends
i've only been out since august.. but man i have been having a blast1.

no more meetings ang guilt about missing meetings so i took a great job!.

bf no longer thinks im bipolar!.
36
Why doesn't the Elder's Book give any instructions about Armageddon?
by Mad Dawg in
1. watchtower
2. bible
it does mention what to do in the case of a disaster, but there are no specific instructions for the big a. what's a brother to do?.
144
Ray Franz Was Wrong
by Farkel in
1. jw
2. friends
god rest his soul.

although i never met him personally, he and i did correspond a number of times, and i have numerous friends who have not only met him, but stayed several days with he and cynthia at their home.

if nothing else, ray was kind, non-judging, and generous.
53
(sighs) i kinda have a problem...>.<
by BlackTwisted in
1. jw
2. friends
hey guys, well, idk where to turn to at this point, but i feel like pouring my heart out to a random people, so please hear me out.. .

okay, so i have been online dating, for um, about a year or two, i am 15, and i am not sure if any of you have heard the "sixth sense" i have that, and i feel i can trust this dude, so i am sure he is who he says he is, i don't have any bad vibes about him...except he's an athiest :( but other than that, he is a really nice guy, we have started dating this month.

yes, we have cybering, but not much, and no, we dont send any explicit pics and we're both virgins.
61
I just got a phone call from the branch office....
by ex-witness in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i just received a phone call from the local branch office.

the person on the phone asked me if i was serious about my letter of disassociation and if i knew what that implied.

my response.
62
When you realized that it was all a lie.. how did you cope?
by stuckinamovement in
1. jw
2. friends
i realized about a year ago after much lurking here, that the truth was in fact a lie.

it rocked me to my core to come to the understanding that everything that i have been taught, believed in and taught people myself was in fact not true.

when you are a born in like myself, the teachings of the wts become all you know.
5
First time at the meeting after my DF
by notverylikely in
1. jw
2. experiences
granted it's only been two weeks, but my oldest son had a talk tonight and i wanted to be there to support him.

couple of funny things.... - shunned as expected.

forgot to shave off my van dyke first though, and forgot to not dress in all black like johnny cash, black oxford, black pants, showes, socks, belt, blazer.
21
Actual letter from the United Nations regarding JWs' NGO affiliation
by ex-witness in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/pdfs/watchtower.pdf.

refute that you hypocrites!.

(thank you u.n. for abiding by the freedom of information act.
33
Calling all PAGANS....
by VampireDCLXV in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
since i don't know what to believe about "god" right now, i'm wondering what a pagan's take on all this is.

consider this a roll call for any and all pagan types out here.

whether you consider yourself pagan, neo-pagan, poly-theist, wiccan or whatevs, i'd like to hear from ya.