pennycandy
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How I broke away
by pennycandy inthis is the story of my last bout as a witness.
nothing extraordinary.
probably not interesting to most, but it amounts to the biggest change to my life i've ever made.
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Do you use anything with pagan origins?
by pennycandy ini'm conversing with a jw about the "pagan origin" issue.
i'm familiar with the fact that the names of the months and days of the week, wedding rings, and baptism all have pagan origins and are accepted for use by jw's.
can you guys think of anything else that jw's partake of or accept or use that has questionable origins?
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baptized at 12?
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i'm considering what to say to a friend who's thinking about letting her 12 year-old get baptized.
okay, guys, let 'em rip!
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Were you still a "believer" when you left?
by pennycandy ini know many of you here left for reasons other than doctrinal.
lack of love, treated badly, the burden of life as a jw, etc.
at the time you left (or were kicked out), did you still think it was god's organization, or were you already convinced it wasn't?.
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Where can I find this letter?
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i'm looking for a photocopy of a letter sent from the governing body to traveling overseers dated september 1, 1980. among other things, it included the following quotation.. "keep in mind that to be disfellowshipped, an apostate does not have to be a promoter of apostate views.".
any ideas?
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Don't give up
by pennycandy ini have read so many posts relating conversations or correspondance with jw's who you think just don't "get it".
after presenting what you're sure is hard evidence against their organization, they roll their eyes and shoo you away, and you walk away thinking that they're so brainwashed they'll never see reality.. i don't remember every petty negative comment i ever heard about the org, but i'm pretty sure i remember every issue of substance i came across.
a householder at the door explaining john 1:1, a whispered conversation about the content of c of c, an inactive person saying they'll never come back because they discovered the "truth" wasn't the truth, seeing for myself changing doctrine.
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Why aren't you guys working?
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as a stay-at-home mom, i can occasionally find a few minutes every few days to play on the computer, but the amount of activity on this forum during us working hours is pretty surprising.
folks from other parts of the world notwithstanding, how are you american members able to post during work hours?.
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I'm a new churchgoer, communion question
by pennycandy ini've only in the last month started attending a non-denominational church.
i was absolutely shocked by what i experienced, and not because of the lightening i thought might strike me down as i crossed the threshhold.
while many were attentive and friendly, no one pried into my religious history, or tried to railroad me into coming back.
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Let's say "Bob" is the guy at Bethel who . . .
by pennycandy inopens and sorts the incoming mail.
having done this in past jobs, i know you can learn a lot about a company by its mail.
i imagine bob makes a stack of bills, a stack of personal correspondance, a stack of literature orders, questions from readers, etc.