Topics Started by backformore

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How to avoid getting disfellowshipped for having a wordly girlfriend?
by cookiemaster in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hey guys, i've been pimo going on full inactive for a very long time, 5+ years.

pretty happy with the current situation.

over the years, i've gotten lots of grief from the local elders and cos for my inactivity, attending wordly public events and social media posts.
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Do You Have ALEXA?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
what’s your opinion of having alexa ?

is it something you would get if you don’t already have it?

?.
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An old memory...
by Biahi in
1. jw
2. experiences
when i was newly divorced,still attending meetings, some of the younger married sisters got friendly with me.

we went out (to bars) after the meeting, we hung out, etc.

then one “ friend” asked me for a favor.
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Money! How much did you "Contribute" To The WTB@TS When You Were A Member
by The Bethelite in
1. jw
2. friends
i was in full time service for six years including bethel.

once i got out of bethel, i figured i had already given them six of the best years of my life (ages 18-24) working as a slave/drone in their factory, so i rationalized that i had given them enough... so over the next 27 years i would say maybe $200 bucks is it.

i think their whole "voluntary contributions" idea is biting them in the ass, because over all jehovah's witnesses are a cheap group people with a few exceptions.
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What to do when you're PIMO and dont want to date a jw?
by nowawake14 in
1. jw
2. friends
what are your thoughts on that?.
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Biotech company Amgen helping JW with Anemia
by TheWonderofYou in
1. watchtower
2. medical
oiwhen a jw is in a life threatening anemia situation or needs a coronary artery bypass in case of dialysis-dependent chronic renal failure there is bloodless solution: .

epo ....this stands for "erythropoietin" also par in "epoetin" "epogen" and replaces the lost blood seemingly.

it counts to the allowed bloodless therapies.. what was jehovahs part in it?
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How were you 'outed' ??
by stuckinarut2 in
1. jw
2. experiences
many of us here have been "outed" as ones who no longer believe that this is "the truth".. many didn't have the chance to do it in our own way, and in our own time, but rather someone "found out about our apostasy" and "reported" it to the spiritual police (elders).

would you like to share your stories?.
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Convention “Highlights” - bwhahaha!
by Muddy Waters in
1. jw
2. friends
taking a walk down memory lane at those looooonnnnngg, tedious conventions... .

(boy, they weren’t kidding when they spoke about being long-suffering and having endurance!).

but what were some of your convention highlights, or lowlights, from back in the day?.
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Why is there such a 'high turnover' within the Jehovahs Witnesses?
by UnshackleTheChains in
1. jw
2. experiences
i happened to come across a time article in 2008. it was basically talking about the high turnover in american faiths.

it mentioned the jdubs and highlighted the following point.. an even more extreme example of what might be called "masked churn" is the relatively tiny jehovah's witnesses, with a turnover rate of about two-thirds.

that means that two-thirds of the people who told pew they were raised jehovah's witnesses no longer are — yet the group attracts roughly the same number of converts.
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Going out in service.
by Fader812 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i loved going out in service, i would empty my book bag out on the counter at the laundromat, walk out and go get a doughnut, i had a lot of hours and placements on my time card.

i really hated talking to people, the anxiety was too much for me to handle, good thing my service partner felt the same way..