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Remembering who we were (Short Story)
by free2beme inrecently i had began to have weird dreams, ones i could not ignore and i needed to speak to someone about it.
so i asked one of the elders i respected a lot to make some time to speak to me after the meeting one night.
i knew it would be a conversation that would take awhile, so i told my family to drive in a separate car, which allowed me not to worry about how long they were waiting for me.
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The original sin
by onacruse inthis is a question i've had for a long time.. according to the biblical account, adam and eve's sin was to eat fruit from the forbidden tree.. now, ordinarily, when we get caught doing something "wrong," we try to hide the "offending" member (the child tries to hide his hand that has the 'stolen' cookie; we hurriedly try to pull our pants back on when mom walks in unexpectedly while we're masturbating, etc.)..
so, if the "sin" of adam and eve was eating a forbidden fruit, then why wasn't their first impulse to hide their hands?
or to wipe off their mouths?
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Secret Santa
by JWdaughter inhey, this is a good time for all of those participating in secret santa to give us a little summary in the profile section of who you are and what you are about.
sex, age, anything.
some aren't that regular of participants, some are very vague.
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Letter back from JW friend.
by Matt_fs insomething weird happened there, it didnt post.
now i have to re write it ha.. .
hey folks.
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MORE DRIVEL FROM APRIL 15TH WT STUDY.....
by Mary ini'm not sure if this has been posted yet, but on pages 28-29 of the april 15, 2007 watchtower study on let the congregation be built up, they seem to be trying to justify the notion that a person cannot be 'saved' if they leave the organization, even if they have just cause:.
paragraph 15 reads" in modern times, some have ceased associating with the local congregation, feeling that they will serve god on their own.
they may say that it is because their feelings were hurt, they think a wrong is not being corrected, or they cannot accept some teaching.
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Fear of the truth
by KW13 inwhen your a dub, the fear of the unknown (the real world) prevents you from taking a step from outside the organization, even for a second.. as an ex-dub, it seems crazy i ever was a dub or that i ever entertained their ideas for more than a moment.
the lengths the society go to hide things don't go beyond hiding it from those within the organization, this is obvious anyone on the outside can see clearly what it is.
the difficulty is proving things to the blind dubs.. saying this, why are so many jehovah's witnesses (who can normally be very nice) very arrogant when it comes to discussing their beliefs on other terms other than their own, if they aren't comfortable they resort to insults and rudeness, they find it ok to attack other peoples beliefs in literature, when they meet them but if anyone does the same to them they get hurt and run away immediately - specially if its an 'apostate'.. as much as i was once one of them, from the moment i left and apparently went off the narrow road i feel so much better about my life, other things in the world.
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When does the calling of Christians to a heavenly hope cease?
by whereami inwell here it is folks!!!
the wts new "light" on the subject.
read it & weep.
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First & Last, One-time post
by journey-on ini have been lurking for quite some time now on jwd.
my story is pretty much just like everyone else's, "only the names have been changed".
in reading your posts, i have both laughed and cried till tears ran down my cheeks.