Layla33
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Is my religious group a cult?
by truth.ceeker in<!-- .style1 { color: #0000ff; font-weight: bold; } --> i read this in the paper and thought about sharing it with you.
although it can be applied to several groups, one comes to mind that is relevant to this board.. reader wonders if religious group is a cult .
dear dr. graham:several years ago we were going through a very rough time, and this religious group came to our door and welcomed us and helped us to get on our feet.
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Shunned? Df'd? It's BOOGAH BOOGAH Time!
by metatron inare you feeling low after being disfellowshipped and find that witlesses physically avoid you?
perhaps they walk the other way?.
well, clearly, it's boogah - boogah time!.
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Loss of privileges when family member is disfellowshipped
by Agnes inif a family member is disfellowshipped (for example a son or a daughter) what sort of "privileges" would a family lose?
would they still be permitted to have bible studies in their home, go out in field service and would they be marked as bad association?
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The Governing Body: very busy?
by Awakened07 ini have a couple of gb related questions.. in crisis of conscience, ray mentions several times the way decisions are (were?
) made by a voting system.
having been brought up in another country (not us), i was rather surprised at the kinds of things they would decide; ray has a few copies in his book of letters from various congregations, letters that sometimes take up quite personal matters concerning a couple of people in one single congregation, for instance.
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I talked to a former JW I haven't spoken to in years
by B_Deserter ini made a post about my first crush and how disastrous it was.
anyway, i worked up the guts to talk to her on im tonight.
we caught up a little, but she seemed....kind of aloof and suspicious.
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Should I DA myself?
by OMG! Now What? ini'm new here and am hoping to get some support and become normal again.
i'm going to tell my story below, sorry in advance for how long it is, but i've really gotta get a grip on who i am now and what i need to do.
since before my baptism and for four years, my children and i attended every meeting.
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My moment, my epiphany, my rebirth
by Layla33 ini remember it like it was yesterday, i was 15 years old.
i had woken up in the middle of the night and dared to ask the question that had been brewing in me for a long time.. "what if there is no armageddon".. i can't remember what the catalyst was, maybe observing my own family and every disfunction known to mankind, although every preached that in "jehavoh's organization" there were no such things.
maybe it was some ground breaking announcement, some new revelation that totally contradicated what i was mind controlled to preach every saturday morning, but in one moment, i dared myself to question it.
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ANY happy memories at all of growing up as a JW?
by myababes indoes anyone have any good memories at all of beng raised a jw?
the cong i was brought up in was a different one to the ones we were in when we got married.
growing up the meetings were a great social event for all us kids.
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Concrete Reasons for Being a JW (or member of any religion)
by Mrs. Witness inhere is a question i've been wanting to ask hubby: "why do you want to be a jw?
" and i don't want ethereal answers like "they have the truth" "everlasting life" and other such nonsensical ramblings.
i am not a member of any organized religion and i don't see the appeal.. can anyone answer the question with a concrete reason?.