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  The Impact of Being a Jehovah's Witness

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as i sit here at work and reflect upon my life, i realize.

  how different my life would be if my mom were not home.

  when the jw's came a knockin and mom fell for their story.. 1. i would not be married to my wife.

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  As I sit here at work and reflect upon my life, I realize

  how different my life would be if my mom were not home

  when the JW's came a knockin and mom fell for their story.

  1. I would not be married to my wife. (marry only a JW)

  2. I would not have the children that I now have.

  3. I would not have the job that I now have.

  4. I would not be living where I am now living.

  5. I would not be writing this.

  How my whole life would be changed if my mom was not

  home on that fatefull Saturday morning when she bought

  the Watchtower and Awake for $0.10 each.

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  I don't want to die.

  by paul from cleveland in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been conditioned since childhood that i'm going to live forever.

  i'm having a hard time contemplating the fact that i'm going to die.

  i'm so afraid of death that i can't enjoy the life i have now.

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  About 5 years ago I had the same problem that you are

  now feeling. For 90% of my life I thought that I would never

  get old and die. Once you realize that this life is all that you have

  you will begin to appreciate every day as a gift. Life is not always

  tied up in a pretty bow, but it is still a gift. I am growing

  old and I am thankful because it beats the alternative of

  dying young. Being raised as a JW has been a real blow

  to who I am and what I could have been. Yes life is not

  fair but it is still good. Please make peace with your

  past so it will not screw up your present.

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  I overheard a nauseating conversation . . .

  by 144001 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was in the produce section of a local market, when i happened to overhear the following comment: "we celebrate christ's birth every day of the year, not just on christmas!

  " i turned and knew the nature of the source of the comment immediately, judging by the polyester pantsuit and delusional "deer in headlights" look on her face.

  her companion replied, "but i like celebrating christmas and don't see anything wrong with it.

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  My mom always used to tell neighbors that we do not need

  excuses or reasons to give gifts in nice packages. The only problem

  is that as a child I never rememer receiving any of these from mom.

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  Come all Ye' Faithful... and tell us how God has answered

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  prayer.. billions of people have been praying for hundreds of years for peace.

  other billions pray for happiness for mankind.

  not one evidence exists that he hears or that he cares.. can anyone provide solid evidence that god answers prayers.

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  I prayed that I would survive the great tribulation in 1975 and I am still

  here which proves that God answers prayers.

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  Facebook condemned

  by straightshooter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife told me that at the last meeting, the elders announced that youngsters going to the skateboarding park were no longer to have any privileges in the congregation.

  this is to prevent jw youngs to be rounded up if a drug raid was made at the skateboarding park.. also because of individuals requesting that they be friends on facebook that contain bad pictures, that anyone with a facebook account will automatically have their privileges removed.. sounds like the pharasees protecting the people by adding additional traditions upon them.. .

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  I betcha that the teenagers wish that they could loose their priviledge of going to

  the meetings, going out in service and commenting at the meetings.

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  Question for still active JW's / Faders

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you still contribute for literature, give to the worldwide work, kingdom hall fund or contribute towards the upkeep of your local kh?

  if you do - why?.

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  I do not go from door to door but count ghost hours to keep the

  elders off of my back. I take the literature to keep up the

  appearance but do not pay for them. I figure if they want

  to give the stuff to me, I will take them since the mags are

  biodegradable.

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  Just a note of appreciation

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i wanted to thank everyone as the year approaches its end.

  and another missed opportunity for god to begin the great.

  tribulation, how important this site is to me.

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  I wanted to thank everyone as the year approaches its end

  and another missed opportunity for God to begin the great

  tribulation, how important this site is to me. I read it every

  day while I am enjoying my first cup of coffee. You are all

  very special. I would find it very difficult to put up with my

  JW family if I did not have you guys around. A special note

  of thanks to Simon for making all of this possible.

  Thanks for being here.

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  I just feel like crying... I'm so fed up of the hypocrisy!

  by cattails in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was very disgusted with the wt study for today.. towards the end of the article it refers to matthew 15 (see quoted scripture below).

  this is a beautiful passage where jesus says his followers need to be hospitable, care for sick, hungry and imprisoned brothers.. they turn it around and say that for jw's this means they need to support the "faithful and discreet slave" by going in door-to-door witnessing, making monetary contributions to support the worldwide witnessing work, and following the directions and counsel of congregation elders.. and the worst part of it all is that there were several commenters giving almost word for word answers to that effect, they didn't even seem to listen to previous comments, they just repeated mindlessly what the paragraph said... i was ready to burst.

  mom knew i was about to have a fit right there and then.

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  Just hang in there. Go to meetings can be dangerous to your health.

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  Calling all smart people for help

  by Heartbreaker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my manager expects a business plan tomorrow morning, and of course with all the holiday stuff i totally blew it off until the last minute.

  if it weren't for procrastination, i'd have no plan at all.

  i need to show how i plan to be profitabl, and i am so new to all of this, i have no clue where to start.

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  Need more details if you really need imput.

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  1975 All Over Again

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the talk that brother morris is giving at the one day.

  assemblies is really getting the witnesses all worked.

  i heard his talk last last month and he really.

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  Concerning the 6,000 year BS, any person with a brain knows that the

  creative days could not be 7,000 years long, which would be a total of

  49,000 years after the 1,000 year reign of Jesus.

  Just look at oil or petroleum. Oil is made from hydrocarbons which are

  ancient plants and animals that were exposed to the combined effects

  of time and temperature deep in the bowels of the earth. This organic

  soup was cooked and now we have oil. This process would have taken

  hundreds of thousands of years.

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