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"Publications" up for grabs...
by gettingafirmholdonthereallife in
1. watchtower
2. bible
just on the off chance someone is interested in hard copies of the following publications (digital version tend to change), i thought i'd make the offer before making the trip to the recycling center.

kingdom ministries- '94-'97, '00, '01.

bound volumes - '84w, 85w, 90w, '93-'97w+a, '99w, '00-'01w+a (2 sets of 97 w+a).
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Hello--new to the witnesses...and you
by LKM in
1. jw
2. friends
just wanted to introduce myself.

i went to the kh for the first time 2 weeks ago...and will go again tomorrow.

i don't believe anything witnessy...(i was raised in the assembly of god church and now the closest thing i "do" with religion is yoga or sometimes the buddhist temple).... but the man i'm in love with is a df'd jw (we've been together for 6 years).... and he wants to get reinstated just to talk to his family again (i can assure you he does not believe it).... and he wants his family to accept me because we are about to get married... so, i'm going to meetings...its very interesting, but only because it shows me more about how he was raised.
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Aspirations
by MrFreeze in
1. jw
2. friends
have you ever aspired to anything?

when you were young did you say "this is where i want to end up" and work towards it?

did you just decide to live by the seat of your pants?
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It's could've damn you! COULD'VE!! Not "could of". Aaaaaaargh!
by nicolaou in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3y0cd2cocs.

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How might one convince a Jehovah's Witness to read "Crisis of Conscience?"
by Nickolas in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm well into the book, can't put it down, it is just so fascinating and so utterly devastating to the credibility of the wtbts.

i suspect that any jehovah's witness who has a modicum of self respect and intelligence could not but finish the book a step or more on the path to emancipation from this awful, people destroying religion.. i really want my wife to read this book but i anticipate that she will refuse on the basis of it having been banned by the society as the worst kind of apostate literature.

i am genuinely saddened that she will not grant me the same kind of trust and respect she gives so lovingly to her watchtower masters and i will doubtless say this to her when she turns down my invitation.
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An Open letter to the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses (Elders/ Ex-Elders)
by stuckinamovement in
1. jw
2. friends
if you are an elder or an ex-elder please add a comment.

i hope that the governing body will see this.

it is too bad it has to be on an anonymous forum.
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Special Post: 1 year anniversary on JWN - My intro finally posted
by Awakened at Gilead in
1. jw
2. experiences
i came on jwd a year ago tomorrow, having realized that jws were not the truth, quite painfully, on march 29, 2008. i was here within a week, and within 2 months i was officially dad by my congregation.. ever since joining, i have never actually wrote down a comprehensive look at why i left the organization.

what doubts caused me to leave?

why did a gilead grad leave what i once considered so precious?.
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My first Meeting in 3 years= Love bombing pats on the back!!!! Yuck!
by Witness 007 in
1. jw
2. experiences
"we missed you.....so nice to see you again!

the memorial is thursday ya know.....".

my wife hasn't been well mentally so i agreed to attend some meetings with her...this is the bottom of the barrell for me!