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  Newbie

  by Stubborn Disbeliever in

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  i'm new here, so i thought i'd start with an introduction and summary of my life, for the most part.

  i have a tendancy to ramble ridiculously, so bear with me :) and this will be all over the place as thoughts take over the keyboard.. i was born a 5th generation jw.

  i never really "felt" it, but was book smart about it.

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  Black Sheep

  Welcome to the forum. I hope you enjoy your time here.
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  Geoffrey Jackson of the GB to give a talk in Australia this weekend

  by Julia Orwell in

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  it's being piped from australia bethel to all the kingdom halls in australia.

  apparently the meeting this sunday will go for 3 hours.

  anyone here gonna listen/attend?.

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  Black Sheep

  I've heard female JWs talking about 'what a privilege' it is that this turkey is going to be giving a talk at the arsembly they are going to spend their year's savings going to. You would have thought you were listening to Catholics talking about their Pope.
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  An apostate goes public

  by Borges in

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  i mentioned in a thread some weeks ago ( http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/244078/1/first-public-talk-as-an-apostate ), that i was invited to give a talk at a symposium about cults.

  this will take place at the first weekend in may.. i'm going to talk about the difficulties you have to face when leaving the jw.

  yesterday i've got an another invitation to speak to a senior year class in a middle school.

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  Black Sheep

  That is awesome. I like the idea of the two hours of questions afterwards, too.

  Thanks for making my day.

  Prost

  Chris
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  Problems with the "Bogus AWAA Fan Page"..

  by OUTLAW in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  good afternoon jwn... .

  i`ve spent the morning and part of my afternoon... getting to the bottom of... why names were added to the awaa fan page... it`s a dangerous thing to happen in our world... faders can be outed,we can lose,family,friends... the results can be an absolute disaster... .

  aawa "did not" create the facebook awaa fan page.

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  Black Sheep

  Take your own responsibility, JWN!

  JWN isn't an individual, or an organisation. It is a group of people only united by having had some type of interaction with a particular religious group.

  You are JWN just as much as everyone else here.

  If you have something specific to gripe about ... spit it out so that the other members know what you are complaining about.

  Thanks
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  Problems with the "Bogus AWAA Fan Page"..

  by OUTLAW in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  good afternoon jwn... .

  i`ve spent the morning and part of my afternoon... getting to the bottom of... why names were added to the awaa fan page... it`s a dangerous thing to happen in our world... faders can be outed,we can lose,family,friends... the results can be an absolute disaster... .

  aawa "did not" create the facebook awaa fan page.

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  Black Sheep

  I made that suggestion two days ago. They didn't even comment on it.
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  Your own mortality, how do you cope with it?

  by CookieMonster in

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  2. friends

  i've been a lurker here and an inactive jw for a number of years.

  i've always had some annoying doubts but brushed it aside but over the last few years i've had time to "think" away from the wt.

  perhaps there is no paradise, maybe no god and this life is all there is.

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  Black Sheep

  I am descended from long lines of dead people and I suspect I have inherited their genes. Along comes some crazy American who has already made an ass of himself by prophesying the arrival of the Ancient Worthies in 1925 & tells my parents they're going to live forever, yeah, right. What are the chances of that?
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  Obviously the WTB&TS doesn`t think upping the ante on the Yankee Stadium & Polo Grounds Convention is worth the investment

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  maybe in hindsight they just dont see it worthwhile in monetary value or in gaining converts .who knows what contributions they received at that convention or what kickbacks they may have received from politicians/councils/municipalitys for holding it in their city.. if i remember correctly their was about a quarter of a million in attendance at that time ?

  in the late 50`s ?.

  i know in the 60`s and 70`s they went for more smaller international conventions in more locations around the globe.. and of course their have been far greater crowds at other religous festivals , such as billy graham crusades , the roman catholic popes appearances not to mention the muslim and indian festivals.. or is this just another indication of the slow decline in the numbers and influence of the watchtower religion overall ,are we in fact seeing the demise of the jehovahs witness religion , is it in fact running out of steam.. smiddy.

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  Black Sheep

  They are worried that apostates will post links to the Life pics of the queues for the baptism pools
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  The July 15 Watchtower and all its new light is only...

  by sosoconfused in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  making people cling to the organization more.

  when i found out it was up i told so many people frantically that there is a new study article up and that it had so many changes.

  my mother started crying saying how happy she is to be a part of an organization that is truly directed by jehovah... only the true faithful and discreeet slave could have such insight.... another person began to say how great it is to see the celestial chariot on the move.. .

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  Black Sheep

  After the 4th person came with a similar response I went outside and literally just screamed....

  You should have got the message that you were doing it wrong when you failed with the first person.

  When you try something new on JWs, start with the least important member to you so that you make your mistakes with JWs that don't directly affect your relationships with the people you really want to get 'out'.

  Then ..... learn from each mistake. If you can't work out what went wrong .... STFU until you have worked it out.
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  Problems with the "Bogus AWAA Fan Page"..

  by OUTLAW in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  good afternoon jwn... .

  i`ve spent the morning and part of my afternoon... getting to the bottom of... why names were added to the awaa fan page... it`s a dangerous thing to happen in our world... faders can be outed,we can lose,family,friends... the results can be an absolute disaster... .

  aawa "did not" create the facebook awaa fan page.

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  Black Sheep

  No wonder I was so confused. I'd joined ATWA
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  I just noticed a major omission in the list of DF'ing offenses

  by JeffT in

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  2. medical

  i noticed this on slimboy's list of things that can get you df'd, and i checked it against the "flock" book.. .

  there is no mention of blood transfusions!

  i know they are downplaying this, but have they stopped df'ing people for it altogether?

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  Black Sheep

  See page 111, Willingly and unrepentantly taking blood, is considered to be DAing yourself.