Topics Started by hilannj

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memoral
by hilannj in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so.. i went to the jewish temple near where i live and learned something interesting a few days ago.. i'm sure it has been discussed on here before but i was wondering how the jws explain it.

jews will be celebrating the passover on april 20th this year, the memoral was a few weeks ago?

any thoghts hil
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WTS response to 9/11
by Robert7 in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm sure this has been discussed in length, but i'm a newbie :).

one item that really shocked me, back when i believed this was 'the truth' was the lack of response to the 9/11 attacks.

as all of us, we were really shocked and really were looking for comfort at the meeting (school/service meeting).
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Brother Jed
by hilannj in
1. watchtower
2. bible
brother jed came to my college campus today.

he and his partner told us all that we were going to hell for drinking and doing drugs.

i don't get the guy, does he really think that he is going to save anyone telling them that they are going to hell with out even knowing what they do, there was one guy there who is an atheist, but the greatest part was that brother jed even made the christians on campus mad, they felt they we being misrepresented by him, so they made signs that said we are christians and we love everyone!
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Must JWs Confirm They're JWs?
by Simon G Best in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was just wondering.

is there some sort of doctrine, or belief, principle, rule or whatever, that says that jehovah's witnesses, when asked, must confirm that they're jehovah's witnesses?

(one possible basis for such a rule, that comes to mind, is the bit about peter denying jesus three times before the cock crowed.).
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Visit From The Elders
by Lloyd Braun in
1. jw
2. friends
"well, are we stopped?

" (dark helmet) ... "we're stopped sir" (colonel sanders) - spaceballs 1987. the inevitible and imminent visit that i had hoped was going to be quite a bit further down the road from now has just occurred.

i am growing paranoid while at the same time welcoming this.
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JWs and Chaperones
by keyser soze in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so here's the story.

my brother invited me over to his place, just to hang out, watch movies, etc.

he was supposed to work until 4, so i should come by anytime after that.
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Why don't Witnesses indentify themselves at the door when in service?
by RULES & REGULATIONS in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my 17 year old daughter told me 2 men were at the door saturday looking for adults that lived in the house.my wife and i were out of town for 2 days.they had suits on and carrying book bags.

they asked if she was over 18. she replied that she wasn't.

they left without indentifiying themselves.
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my mom hasn't invited me to the memoral.
by hilannj in
1. jw
2. friends
i guess she has given up on me completely, or has accepted the fact that i am not coming back..

any one else?
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Should DF'd people talk to other DF'd people??? YOU be the judge...
by slmdf in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok all... i was in a store looking for bedroom furniture and in walks this former elder with his new woman - they too are shopping for bedroom furniture.

he got df'd like 5 years ago so he has no idea i'm df'd.

recently, i've been thinking about how, when i got df'd, i would sit in the parking lot of the kh waiting for the meeting to start, and so would other df'd people.
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Free at Last, or am I
by Princess Daisy Boo in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have just spent the last 3 or 4 hours reading everyone's posts and i am so thrilled and relieved that sites like this exist which allow us ex jw's to express ourselves.

i feel compelled to share my story, even though it is probably quite unremarkable.

i have this feeling that finally being able to express my thoughts albeit on the web, will finally allow me some freedom!.