formerout
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Non JW woman met JW man--confused & have questions
by Jellybean inok. i have some questions, and thought this may be a place to get some answers.. i'm going to be honest here, so please don't bash me too much, as i was never a jw.. in july i was out at a drinking establishment in my home town.
my husband and i have been having marital trouble, and we were trying a trial seperation.
guys were hitting on me left and right--which i had absolutely no interest in.
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The system of privileges in WTS - any thoughts on how it works?
by Pole inwts has quite a few traits which are typical of totalitarian systems.
many of them have been demonstrated on this board (labeling, shunning, monopoly on truth, propaganda, indoctrination, polarization of reality etc.)..
there is one more aspect of the wts religion which can also be observed in most totalitarian systems and that is the system of granting privileges.
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"New system" questions
by JustTickledPink indo you remember all the hype about the "paradise" and then the natural questions that followed that no one has answers to... like,.
"will we have cars in the new system?
" - uh, well jehovah will provide us with whatever we need.
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You can't describe real LOVE you can only decribe what it isn't.
by frankiespeakin in.
is that true?
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What a FOOTBALL game!
by czarofmischief insteelers v. jaguars just ended.
wow, my pulse is pounding.
i haven't felt like this about football since we went to the superbowl in 1995. wow.
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Gandhi
by nobodylovesme ingandhi
gandhi walked barefoot everywhere, to the point that his feet became quite thick and hard.
he also was quite a spiritual person.
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Best Biographies
by Valis ini'm looking for new biographies to give as xmas gifts this year.
anyone have suggestions or ones they have enjoyed recently?.
sincerely,.
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What is your most ridiculous example of being shunned?
by formerout ini was just having lunch in a wendy's near my house an hour ago.
an elder and his wife entered and got in line to order without seeing me seated in the eating area.
after a minute the wife turned and saw me.
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"I noticed you are on a JW site, DID YOU KNOW I AM A JW?????"
by Jez ini 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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What sports are considered violent and forbidden by Jehovah?
by jwbloodline ini'm a bible student and the i've been told that this issue depends on my conscience.. .
i am a jiu jitsu student and have been for a 4 years.
it's more of a sport.