Topics Started by Dune
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Crazy Californian Witnesses...
by Dune ini dont know if you guys noticed or not.
but there is a general consensus among my friends and some witnesses that i talk to that there is something almost inherently wrong with californian witnesses.
(i'm on the east coast) .
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Is there anyone in heaven who cares?
by Virgochik ini am friends with a girl at work, even though she is the union steward and i am management.
we have a high regard and respect for one another.
she was also raised a jw but left as a teen.
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Latest Awake! - "What is the Harm of Buying Girl Scout Cookies?"
by Funchback inpeople from all over the united states enjoy the taste of a samoa cookie or a thin mint.
in fact, during the winter campaign of the girl scouts of the usa, people spend millions of dollars on these delicacies.
linda* (*not her real name) said that she buys no less than 18 boxes of the cookies every two weeks during the campaign.
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WTS Letter: Tracking Down Displaced JWs
by doinmypart inshortly after the hurricanes hit the gulf coast region of the u.s. the wts organized committees and met with elders in the affected/surrounding states.
one point of discussion was the damage assessment to khs and homes; the other point of discussion was locating displaced jws.. the wts is concerned about losing publishers.
at the time it was stressed that if a displaced person or family moved into your area be sure to get at least name and former congregation and forward the information to wts.
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What proportion of JW kids stay Witnesses? How about in your cong?
by jwfacts inthe wts is currently growing at about 1.3 % which is similar to the global propulation growth rate.
if all the jw kids stayed as jws then the religion could grow as quickly as it is now without any door knocking.. if in 2005 1.2 billion hours witnessing resulted in the religion only growing at the rate it should be naturally it suggests a lot a kids are leaving, or doorknocking is not having very good results.. of about 100 people born into the wts that i can remember in my congregations in australia about 3/4 of them have left.
is that the same in your congregation?
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Question for JWs still on the "inside":
by Hellrider injust a question: if you are still jws (for any reason, many just can`t leave because their entire families are wrapped around it, etc), but don`t believe in it, and lead a "double life", how do you cope with going door to door?
i just can`t imagine how it must feel like to go out there and try to tell people at the doors or in the streets things you know are just bs!
how do you deal with that?
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Ouija boards
by m. kirov innow that you are out of a totalitarian cult, would you or have you played with a ouija board?
tarot cards?
my little sister has expiremented recently.
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Richie: Taken in the Back...
by RichieRich inif you haven't already, please read the thread richie's elders: deaf?
dumb?
if you haven't read it, you won't get the following.. so last wednsday night, after the fine spiritual feast prepared by the governing body and delivered by their "spirit appointed" waiters, i was approached by an one of the brothers who served on my judicial committee.
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Whose been ripped off financially by his JW brother?
by Spectrum ini posted this in another thread but it is more relevant here.
i worked for jw doing back breaking work for a while only to be told by another jw that he was ripping me of - he was paying me half the going rate.
i was only 17 and naive didn't know anything about the world of work.
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Strangest Local Needs?!?!?!?!
by thepackage inwhat was the starngest local needs topic you ever heard???
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