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Is it just human nature to gossip or are JW's worse? Feelings are hurt....
by mamalove init is so strange how once you distance yourself from your kingdom hall and friends, that they find it necesary to discuss and contemplate your departure and put out all kinds of statements that simply are not true.. i am licking my wounds today because some kind of nasty things were said about me to a friend of mine who is df, from her ubber righteous sister.
it was via text, so it was there to read.
the thing i can't figure out is i have nothing to do with this woman.
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What so bad about having a "clergy"?
by Mr. Falcon innote: again, i apologize if this topic has been already discussed previously.. among the many practices and professed beliefs that i have been indoctrinated into believing my entire life, there is a few in particular that have really made me scratch my head.
and this would be the claim that jehovah's witnesses do not have a clergy.
if i'm correct i think this is printed outright in a recent public edition of the watchtower regarding the beliefs of witnesses.
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The struggle to avoid being bitter
by crazycate ini dont want to be bitter.
but i now understand why some or many ex-jws are bitter.
i remember when i was an active zealous jw thinking, if someone wants to leave, go ahead and leave.
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so oompa got df'd this week...
by oompa inno call to invite me to a committee meeting...no notification of deciding i should be df'd....no telling my jw wife of the announcement...not a chance to appeal what i did not even know what was going on...my mini-serve son is devasted....he even researched it....told me to go to page 153-154 of the od book...never heard of it but it is a green hardback given to all who are to be baptized.
wow...the elders broke every rule in this book as to my case.... i have no respect for these men that can take away your jw family without even telling you they are going to.
my jw son has now begged me to meet with my committee...even though there is prob zero chance they can reverse the decision...that chance is from when they let you know...and you have to appeal by letter within 7 days (i cant make this stuff up!!
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You never get a second chance to make a first impression....
by Mr. Falcon in...so here it goes.... my story is of no consequence.
i've been reading a long time here and just wanted to say that you guys are all nuts.
and i mean that in the highest form of complement.
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Jan. 15th WT- Go to Meetings to Fight the Blues- Eliminate other Activities
by flipper inour jw contact sent us the " witness only " wt's again and i just had to make a thread on this mind numbing article.
starting on pg.22 in the jan.15th it deals with " coping with discouragement ".
it seems lots of jw's are under intense stress these days ( can you blame them ?
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Personal Background Part 2: the basics of being a JW
by JeffT ini posted this thread about my novels.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/204976/1/some-info-on-my-novels-and-a-question-for-the-board.
in response to some questions from my writer's circle (non jw's) i am trying to explain witnesses to them.
part one considered how i became a jw, this is about the basics, if you think of stuff i need to add, let me know.
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I am new here too!
by NVR2L8 infor a long while i have been coming to this site on a daily basis and i think it is time to introduce myself.
here we go: my parents learned the truth when i was 4 and i don't have childhood memories of how life was before they converted.
i was a model jw child, although quite mischievous at school.
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Some info on my novels, and a question for the board
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picture of JW child baptism ... link to news paper
by Aussie Oz ini won't post the picture as it may breach some copyright or something.
here is the link.
http://www.caller.com/photos/galleries/2010/aug/21/jehovahs-witnesses-baptism/.