Rufus T. Firefly

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  Do you have smoking ban in your community?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does it include all public places, etc...?.

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  Honest survey question on effectiveness of 'apostacy'

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems like lots of people have big dreams of 'destroying the watchtower'.

  it's usually linked to a story of how they were wronged and want some revenge.

  do these 'in your face' attempts to convince people that the truth isn't the truth really have an effect?.

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  Many JWs are chaste or virtuous homosexuals and "in good standing"

  by Rufus T. Firefly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  [it gets under my skin when people post that a jw was df'd for being homosexual.

  if one ever was df'd simply for being homosexual, one would have ample grounds for a lawsuit.

  the comments in brackets are mine.].

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  Trying to overcome my homophobia.

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had a music album by a gay guy before i was a jw and had no problem listening to it.

  it's good music.

  some of the lyrics are what you might call 'gay', that is there's some talk about boyfriends, gay bars, and queens and the intolerance the artist encountered as a gay man.

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  I hate being ugly!

  by Space Madness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i finally came to the realization that i am ugly.

  i'm 28 years old and never had a girlfriend.

  women pay me absolutely no attention when i'm in public.

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  My decision to openly greet df persons in the hall

  by Daniel1555 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  at the moment i am still going to all the meetings (for family reasons).. we have at the moment 1 df person who regularly comes (already df for 1.5 years).. when i opened him the door i always greeted him but in the hall i didn't as others could see it.. now i decided that my conscience can not bear this any longer.

  i will greet him also in the hall or when others are around.. if any elders notice it and talk to me, i tell them my conscience does not allow to not greet that person.. did any of you do that too and have some experiences?.

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  Is dis-fellowshipping a sociopathic practice? At least one expert thinks so.

  by Rufus T. Firefly in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we do not burn people at the stake any more.

  but how far removed are we from that dark ages ritual when we tear families apart through the misuse of disfellowshipping by misapplying scriptures such as 1 corinthians 5:11 and 2 john 9-11?

  with that thought in mind, please consider the following:.

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  Is disfellowshipping a sociopathic practice? At least one expert thinks so.

  by Rufus T. Firefly in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we do not burn people at the stake any more.

  but how far removed are we from that dark ages ritual when we tear families apart through the misuse of disfellowshipping by misapplying scriptures such as 1 corinthians 5:11 and 2 john 9-11?

  with that thought in mind, please consider the following:.

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  Ran into a witnessing table at the park today

  by confusedandalone in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just got in from my daughters homecoming(she is a cheerleader and these guys make a huge deal out of this stuff).

  they play 3 football games of various age groups.

  it starts at 8 in the morning and just ended at 1:30. i just got in the house literally 5 minutes ago and i had to share.

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  ELDERS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR

  by wakingup60 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so this is the situation..........haven't been to meeting for the past 10 months....misssed dc as well as 2 day assemblies.. i have woken up to the fact that the watchtower is not god's organization so their is absolutely no way iam going.

  to give the elders any of my time.

  i have no desire to agree to a sherherding call!.

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