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Windowless Buildings
by IHaveASavior inwhy are there no windows in the buildings known as "kingdom halls of jehovah's witnesses?
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Metatron: Loss of Elders Confirmed
by zack inwts wants only "company men.
i am still in, but guess what?
compassion, caring, ministering--- all the things that i thought i was called to do as a christian, as a sheperd---- no one really wants those things.
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Your Reply Would Help Me A Lot
by AnonymousUser inhello.. my name is sam.
i would firstly like to say that i am not a jehovah witness, and i hope that being on this forum without being in the religion will not offend anyone.
i am only 16 years of age, however i am interested in the religion of jevohav witness due to my girl friend.
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Loss of Elders
by metatron inlarge numbers of jw congregations are going to be trouble long before they lose their last elder to death or resignation.. most congregations i know have at least one - and often several - elders who can barely function at all, due to illness, old age.
or just plain inability to accomplish anything.
the society seems loathe to remove these men, despite their 'elder in name only'.
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The showy display of one's "friendliness" at the Kingdom Hall
by truthseeker ini recently read the elder's manual, from the rexamine.org website.. there is an interesting article on how elder's train ministerial servants to "greet" people at the doors.
they are told to be friendly to the those in attendance and to arrive early and stay late to associate with the friends.. in other words, it would seem that the friendliness shown by elders and servants at the halls is more of a duty than a desire to get to know the brothers and sisters.. many times, elders and servants have been enthusiastic to me in their greetings only, but rarely stop to engage in conversation.
they are not interested in people, only an outward appearance of friendliness, which bolsters the image of the org as having genuine love..
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My karma ran over my dogma
by parakeet insaw this on a bumper sticker today.
somewhat descriptive of what happens when jws leave the org.
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How old were you when you were baptized?
by moomanchu in.
reading hellriders topic made me wonder about this.. i waited till i was 21 because i was drinking alcohol as a youth and didn't want to get baptized while breaking the law.
man that is screwed up, seemed reasonable at the time.
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Empty Nest Survival tips?
by serendipity inmy daughter is 17 and it's occurred to me the chick will be leaving the nest in a few short years.
since i'm single, she's the sole focus of my attention at home, and it's hard to deal with her growing up.
it's so hard, that i get teary-eyed just thinking about it, and i'm not generally a weepy woman.. for those of you who have lived through this, how did you cope?
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Does items considered part of the "Occult" still scare you?
by free2beme inif i met you and you saw that i wear a pentagram and often speak about tarot and rune, and mention how i do magick and you saw that i have a wiccan calender on my wall and there are statues around my house of gargoyles, dragons, and other things no good witness would be caught dead with.
would you be okay with this or does your mind still see these items as demons?
i a an adult, i can accept people being judgemental of these items and i do come to expect it, especially with my own personal background in the religion.
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Is there anything good about having been a JW?
by parakeet ini've been lurking for a few weeks and decided to throw my hat into the ring a few days ago.
i've been out of the org for almost 30 years (a long, dreary story for another post).
i wanted to ask those who have been out of the org for a while if they have discovered anything beneficial that has resulted from having been a jw.