Topics Started by Obviously Secret

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Do All JW Children Suffer From Psychological Damage? The First Bit..
by Englishman in
1. jw
2. friends
..and if so, what form does such psychological damage take?.

my own experience is that damage does occur.. i was 8 years old when my parents became converted, so i wasn't exactly a totally white canvass on which my personality could be painted.

but i was a light shade of grey, so the impact of wt teaching was still quite considerable.. i think the most damage that i suffered was in the area of guilt and unworthiness.
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Doom 3 and demonism
by crizlee in
1. jw
2. friends
my witness friends and i bought doom 3 yesterday to play at my house.

i let one of my friends play first and it scared him so he quit.

next day at the meeting, i tell them how intense the game is, and they are all like "you should burn the game you should throw away the game.
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UK "JW" Commit Suicide--Despite Outside Help
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
sometimes, there is nothing you can do to stop people....

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/125/125908_im_sorry_note_of_dadtobe_found_hanged.html

manchester news
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Please help me understand the differences.....
by SwampThing in
1. jw
2. friends
i?ve noticed something of a discrepancy and would like some clarification.

as much as it appears that the wts controls the jws through their published, written word, there also appears to be a fair amount of difference in how that word is applied across the various congregations, not to mention in other countries.

some members here say this or that happened in their old congregations, and then others say that it was different where they attended.
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Your Thoughts On Headship In Marriage.
by Flash in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
god said at genesis 1:26-27.

26) "let us make man (mankind?

) in our image, according to our likeness... 27) and god proceeded to create the man in his image, in his image he created him; male and female he created them.
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Coming up for air...
by SwampThing in
1. jw
2. friends
good morning forum members,.

for those of you who have left the cult, how do you deal with the self-righteous, holier-than-thou, nose-in-the-air arrogance of the wts and those mindless zombies who bow to its every command?.

i am currently halfway through crisis of conscience.
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The Watchtower magazine kind of sucks...
by Obviously Secret in
1. jw
2. friends
i was at the meeting the other day and this brother gave a really really good talk (waits for the stones and sticks to be thrown at him).

but seriously it was a very good talk just because it was a good talk.

he actually talked about jesus and different things and he talked about very deep issues and he brought it out great.
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How does the WT explain "The Truth will Set You Free???"
by Confucious in
1. watchtower
2. bible
now that i'm really free with truth.

i was wondering how the wt explains this scripture, since their members are in bondage.

i was told by the lady that studied with me that jw are free from superstitions, etc.
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a sad comment regarding Jesus
by anew in
1. jw
2. friends
i realized, the other day, how far the wt has really gone from the original gospels.

i was having a minor argument (again) with my mother regarding my no longer being a witness.

she sarcastically asked me what i did believe in..was i going to go out and join those ... ... catholics?
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Any Ex-JW Bible Believing Christians
by clash_city_rockers in
1. jw
2. friends
any former x-dubs out thier who have been saved by our lord jesus christ?.

any bible believing christians out thier either reformed, fundemental or evangelical?.

cheers in the lord.