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  Jan 15th WT - Quiet desperation from the Governing Body

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  the january 15th wt, "can you control your future" is the prelude to the feb 1st watchtower that contains the 2004 annual service report statistics.. .

  in the second study article (pages 15-20), the gb acknowledge the fact that people aren't paying attention to their waffle.. .

  there are some surprising statements in the last paragraph, but first, let's highlight some points in this article.... .

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  Question for Christians on this board!

  by Greenpalmtreestillmine in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do you believe the bible is the word of god?

  i ask because i believe it's important for searching jws who come here to not only learn if there are christians here but also to hear from them personally what their thoughts on the bible are.

  i believe the bible is the word of god, do other chriatians here also believe that?.

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  Nice post Leolaia!
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  "I noticed you are on a JW site, DID YOU KNOW I AM A JW?????"

  by Jez in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was at university the other night in the computer lab, cruising this site, well a fellow classmate who has been in my class since sept and we have become friends, walks past, looks at the site i am on and says, "i noticed you are on a jw site, did you know i am a jw, are you one?".

  i was shocked.

  i turned to him and let loose,.

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  SwordofJah:

  Sounds like you have an imaginary jw friend. There is no way a JW will answer like you described.

  Sounds like you are an imaginary JW. There is no way a JW in good standard would post on this board like you do.

  Now thats a keeper Narkissos!
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  How did you feel when you learned it was all a lie?

  by what_Truth? in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  bit of background.

  i grew up as a jw i left the church when i was 14 because a ministerial servant who was conducting a one on one baptism study with me said that i couldn't ballance my dreams of being a professional singer with the so called "truth".

  i stopped the study and told my mom i no longer wanted to be a witness.

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  Disbelief at first then I felt like shit afterward.
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  Can JWs EAT Blood?

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  can jws eat blood?

  scenario: .

  a jw is bleeding.

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  LOL, yes, you do have a good point. I never did like the taste of dirty blood. How does a JW rationalize that one out though?
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  Can JWs EAT Blood?

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  can jws eat blood?

  scenario: .

  a jw is bleeding.

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  Yes, but with a cell saver machine it is first cleaned by filtering before it is injected back into the veins. Drinking blood is not quite the same thang.
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  Are You Surprised As To How You Are Now That You're Out of The "Truth"?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since we were indoctrinated that those leaving the organiztion had their lives turn into sh*t until they "returned to jehovah (the organization), how would you say things have turned out--so far?

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  Definitely! I am a lot different.
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  What Are "Sins" That Are Unique To A Jehovah's Witness???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's one to start the ball rolling.

  if you are not feeling well, have a headache, a backache, whatever but you would go to work but didn't go to a meeting or in "field service"---then you "sinned" against jehovah.....any others?

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  Gary, are you impersonating a cowboy? Thats a sin ya know. I wear a cowboy hat sometimes too and I dont have a horse anymore either. I guess we are lost to the world.
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  I'm new and need advice

  by lucky in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello everyone.. i am new to this board (although i have "lurked" on and off for the past few years and feel that i know many of you .

  i will give a brief bit of background and then ask for some advice.

  my mom was baptized when i was very young and i was raised in the truth, along with my siblings.

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  A lot of people seem to find the fading route works best for them. For me I cannot maintain a facade. What you see is what you get. So I would tell them and live authentically and freely from lies and pretense. You sleep better at night, you don't have to remember who said what to whom. But that's just me.

  I can concur with that advice. Trying to remember who you told would be no fun and sooner or later will catch up with you.
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  Today, I'm Going To Bring The "Crisis of Conscience "Book To My Mother

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mother has been expressing to us how she reluctantly is beginning to see that the organization indeed has some problems.

  she is starting to "feel" that things aren't right.

  this past thursday, they gave a "marking" talk for my daughter who hasn't attended a meeting in years.

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  toreador

  Thats great to hear Minnie!