Topics Started by alamb
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Should mentally challenged be baptize as JW's
by spike inwe have a son of legal age,only mentally 5-8 years living with jw relatives.
he studies with the presiding overseer in the knowledge book and goes in service.
he wants to get baptized like his older brother.
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from jw to athiest
by notwal03 inthe jehovahs witnesses, though misled in their doctrine,are still a passionate people for god.
why is it that so many who were once so devoted to god have turned from him.
do you not realize that religion is man made, and therefore, all church's doctrines are subject to mistakes.
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The most frightening haircut of my life ...
by dedalus inthis morning i went for a haircut, and since my usual stylist (caroline, quick with the clippers and a joke, does magic with my floppy mop of hair), was out, i told the receptionist i'd settle for whoever was available.
after a moment i was handed over to "winnie," whom i recognized as a witness from a neighboring congregation -- alas, not before she'd roughly dunked my head in the sink.
i was pretty sure she recognized me, too.. "so how have you been, dedalus," she said.. "um, just fine, and you?
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What about the poisitve things learned?
by aud8 inwhat about the biblical truths explined by the witnesses?
yes there are many things wrong with the organisation, but they did get a lot right - trinity, hell etc etc is anyone grateful for some of the teachings they received whilst being a witness?.
aud8
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To alamb
by TweetieBird inyou stated in another post.... "i personally am eternally grateful that someone went out on a limb to talk to me.
after the first 5 minutes, 35 years of beliefs melted away and i was able to see beyond the lies.
the puzzle finally fit.".
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DATELINE - Tuesday 7/17/01
by Amazing inlast night nbc dateline aired a program about a man named barjonah who murdered young boys for several years in the commonwealth of massachusetts.
he managed to slip through the system several times, and ended up being 'dumped' on the state of montana, where he again committed murder.
the program also brought out that the barjonah was a sexual predator, and also suggested that he may have 'eaten' these young boys.. the purpose of the program was to show how even the criminal justice system does not always serve us well, and children continue to be harmed, either sexually or murdered or both.. ther question is: if the courts have this much difficulty in their procedures, can we now understand how weak and pathetic the watch tower society's procedures and processes are?
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Wanted Real JW Forums to Haunt by Apostate!
by Winston inhello every one,.
i would like to compose a lists of real, true blue, censored, and strictly monitor, jw chat rooms and forums.. to make availible for those that have come out of wt mind control and who would like to try their hand at deprogramming, by skillfully bringing to the jw attention ideas that lead to freedom.. so if you know of such sites please share them?.
the never ending search for truth
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So Confused
by troubled inhi.. i've been a jw for 15 years, have pioneered, been where the need is great, etc.
up until a couple of years ago, i was considered strong in the truth.
but then i had my first and only episode of major depression.
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Is it right to get people out of the org?
by sleepy ini gather that most on this forum would agree that jehovah's witneeses do not have the truth they cliam to have.. but to what degree do we inform friends and relatives who are still belivers of this.. for many (assuming they come to the same conclution) it would come as a relief , but for others could it do more harm than good?.
for instance an elder in my hall recently died from cancer which he had suffered from for about a year.. what kept him going and happy through pain and suffering was the belief that he was in the true religion favored by god and would recieve a resurection.. imagine the heart break he would had suffered if people had convinced him that the society was a sham.. imagine others say like my parents who are in their 50's and have no pension who look forward to the future paradise.. would it be right for me to covince them that thier dreams for for future are all flawed.. i am still in my 20's and i'm not the type to get depreesed and all that, but i have to admit to being gutted when the truth dawned on me that all my hopeds and beliefs were likely wrong.. but can we be certain to such an absolute degree that all that witnesses belive is false?.
do we really have the right to preach with coviction to others that they are wrong, just like we preached when we belived?.
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Why do elders come unnanounced.......
by ISP inyeah, like these guys never make appointments.
just stroll up when it suits them and not you.
is it ignorance or simply a matter of discourtesy?