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*** Your thoughts on Apostate Literature ***
by FlyingHighNow in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when they'd warn us at every circuit assembly not to read apostate literature, remember how they'd tell us if we received it in the mail, to throw it away immediately?

what thoughts went through your mind?.

mine were: "i don't think i can throw it away.
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suicide and explosion at Kingdom Hall on Sat. July 27
by kool aid man06 in
1. jw
2. friends
a bizarre explosion at a church east of kansas city killed one man on saturday afternoon.

atf agents said the explosion at the jehovah's witness' kingdom hall on foggy bottom drive was intentionally set, and that the person who died appears to have committed suicide.

witnesses described large amounts of smoke pouring out of the building, which they said was just recently completed.
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Blind salamanders - any creationists up to a challenge?
by sir82 in
1. jw
2. friends
interesting article on slate.com:.

http://www.slate.com/id/2195683/.

any creationists out there up to a challenge?.
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Read to end and you will see what I am trying to do
by BonaFide in
1. jw
2. friends
serving loyally with gods theocratic organization .

r. clark (new york special assembly-day final talk) .

sorry if my notes are not that great, i recorded talk and tried to write down as best as possible.
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Fate & Bible Prophecies-what do you think?
by DisconnectingDrone in
1. watchtower
2. bible
jw's are taught that there is no fate-if fate existed no one would be responsible for what they did?

however, i always thought their explanation of jehovah selectively looking into the future was fuzzy.

take the prophecy of cyrus conquering babylon and freeing the israelites back home.
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More of my life, thanks for reading and helping me
by BonaFide in
1. jw
2. friends
i was a regular pioneer since age 16. ministerial servant at 20. ministerial training school at 23 assigned to south america.

i was told i was the youngest missionary in the world among jw's.

elder at 24, circuit overseer at 26. for those who know the c.o.
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how many wanted to just run away?...disappear?....after....
by oompa in
1. jw
2. friends
....waking up to the real truth about the truth?......when it first really hit me like a shovel in the face.....i actually said to the co i would have to leave my wife and son (not hers)) and he is now 20 (not the co..my son), and i said it because i knew i would now never measure up to the "spiritual head" model.

cause i knew it was all bs...but have not really ran away yet....at least not for more than a week at a time.........doing better actually.......but did you want to at least move or something?

?...........oompa
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Best JW tall story/variations of it?
by KW13 in
1. jw
2. friends
dont just list one, list them all so we can laugh because in all honesty i can't believe we believed some of them.

for example, i was told annie lennox stopped a concert to ask if there was any jw's in the audience, and if there was could they leave as they were stopping the demons getting through...is this even remotely true?

did annie lennox ask the jw's in the audience to move because they were stopping the snack lady getting through...and it got twisted through chinese whispers.... the other day (i felt sick) one witness was banging on about how amazing it was that the watchtower society's building was the only one standing still...wtf...my stepdad responded with a 'wow thats amazing' and the first brother was like 'yeah i know'...grrrrrrrrr aaaaaaaah screaaaaaaaaam .
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A birthday in "bizarro world"
by changeling in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm sitting in the living room reading jwd on my laptop.

my elderly parents are in the adjacent dining room having lunch.

my mother pulls out the "daily text" and asks: "what day is it?
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Question
by Newborn in
1. jw
2. friends
do you still believe that jehovahs day and the paradise will come?.

i still believe in god and the creation.. /newborn.

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