Topics Started by Daunt

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Old and Sick JW's must be discouraged how slow the Kingdom is coming....
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
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i wonder what goes through the mind of old and sick jw' s who never thought the new system would be so far away....................................................................................
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Hard Headed.
by Daunt in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
since i've opened up to my parents more about how i really feel and think, i feel that it has become somewhat easier in some areas yet harder in others.

now that i've totally said that i do not believe in their religion and their pressuring me to be a part of it, they have been somewhat afraid to make me too angry at them.

i have stayed out late a few times with friends (not that they know i was with friends) and have come home to nervous grins and standoffish gestures.
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Keep Your Eye Simple - Special Assembly Day
by truthseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
apparently, many of the dubs can't keep their eye simple, so they need an assembly to tell them how to do it.. youths, are you pursuing spiritual goals?

is one talk for the afternoon.

(education, careers).
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My life or love? do i deserve to choose?
by ConFuseDnStresSed05 in
1. social
2. relationships
i'm 18, my whole life i've been fed a lie that my whole family believes is true, they've done nothing but try to help me in what ever ways their religion will allow them, and now wfter being sheltered, confused, but taken care of physically and what my mother thinks is spiritually i'm ready to leave it all ebhind, friends, family and more because now i'm of age and can see the numerous flaws and problems in the orginization.

do i deserve to choose what to do.

i'm between a rock and a hardplace.
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Very few know even the basic doctrines of the Witnesses
by joelbear in
1. watchtower
2. bible
after 131 years of preaching around the world.

its a losing battle.

there are fewer people today in the us that know witness doctrine or what witnesses would call "the good news of the kingdom".
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Watchtower deception about JW divorce rates.
by jwfacts in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there was a statement in a 1997 awake that i see people quoting on the internet that is trying to imply 4.9% of jws are divorced compared to half of worldly people.

i have found some statistics that prove that this is quite a deception.

awake 1997 september 8 p.11 a people taught to love.
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creationism in the us of a
by googlemagoogle in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just read in the newspaper that some 54% of americans favor creationism and diss darwin.

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i know, never trust a stat you haven't faked yourself, but... is creationism (especially yec) really that wide spread in the us?
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Hell - is it a biblical teaching after all?
by Hellrider in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i`m rereading the nt now, for the first time in years.

and yeah yeah, i know the jw-view and the politically correct view (which, oddly, are in agreement, for once) that there is no such thing as hell, you know, the fiery place somewhere deep down, where satan and the demons torture the souls of the wicked.

i find the gospels intriguing, because here, jesus himself is talking about hell quite a lot:
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Really, Do You Look Down Upon Religious People?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i find myself doing that at times.
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Turbulent times hard to deal with.
by Daunt in
1. jw
2. friends
i have to go to the district assembly or convention or whatever its called this weekend.

it's just crippling to my naturally good mood to think about the multiple hours of bullcrap i will have to endure.

do you guys have any tips or experiences to help me pass the boredom without getting into too much trouble?