Topics Started by snapdragon4

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HELP!! Just Woken Up - Fanatical Mom wants to report me
by Scarlett_Martin in
1. jw
2. experiences
i've just been introduced to this site by a pimo friend of mine.

this will be my first post on this website.

i need help, and he told me you guys are a very supportive community.. i'm a female in my mid twenties.
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Shepherd The Flock Of God secret elders' manual available on Australia Royal Commission website in pdf format
by snapdragon4 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
not so secret anymore!.

https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/exhibits-case-study-54.
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Circuit Overseer to Answer My Questions + Concerns...or Not
by Research in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hello all, i'm 'researching', a jw who is in the first steps of taking a look at their beliefs.. i've semi-recently (about a couple weeks ago) heard about the sexual abuse cases (pennsylvania attorney general’s investigation request) and then the arc in 2015. this lead to a deep investigation, which lead to many questions arising.

a jw friend of mine suggested i be careful (due to apostates) and ask the brothers.

so i typed up my questions + concerns and emailed an elder my mother has known for a long time.
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No 2019 Conventions in Ireland ?
by Phizzy in
1. jw
2. experiences
i may have got this wrong, but using the dreaded jw website, they seem to be directing the irish j.w's to go to birmingham in england this weekend.. is this correct ?

they always used to hold two conventions in ireland, are there none in 2019 ??.

probably the irish ones actually, truly, made a loss, but think of all the travelling, including a flight or sea ferry crossing if i am correct.
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Aussie Memorial
by snapdragon4 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
anyone been and got some feedback to share?

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After leaving the JWs - Has anyone stayed with Christianity?
by rulehayl in
1. jw
2. experiences
i recently made the decision to stop studying with my study conductor, due to a situation i found myself in that led to a high possibility of my unbaptized publisher "rights" being taken away from me.

i have since told my study conductor i have joined a new church (to which she dropped me like a hot rock, of course).... last time i posted on here, i was progressing nicely towards baptism, and was well into it.anyhoo, i like my new church, very hillsong-esqe.

so just wondering if anyone else has stayed the course of christianity after leaving the jws, and if so - where did you go?
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Sorry to hear that you left the "truth"
by eyeuse2badub in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the other day i ran into a jw who just happened to be my very friend during my jw days (which were most of my life).

so for about 60 years we were each other’s very best friend.

we grew up together from about 8 years old and are the same age, now in our early 70’s.
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Does anyone have 2018 regional convention dates and locations for canada
by hoser in
1. jw
2. friends
i need to know for family reasons.

i don’t attend much anymore.

hoser.
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Higher Education
by Brian J in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just spent 8 hours in a 1 day elders school last weekend.

clarification given: "moving forward any elder, ms, or pioneer who themselves or someone under their roof enrolls in higher education, may no longer qualify for privileges in the congregation.

their qualifications will have to be reviewed by their boe.".
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As a JW how would you answer this if someone brought it up in the ministry?
by NikL in
1. watchtower
2. bible
as a jw i pretty much just went along with what was taught from the platform i didn't do any real bible study.

as a result, now that i am out of the org.

i find scriptures that blow my mind.. i am not sure how i would have reacted if someone had pointed this out to me when i was a jw but now i can't believe i've never noticed this before.