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  "This is their best way of being in the new world"

  by FreeAtLast1914 in

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  2. beliefs

  a post from jwtalk.net reminded me of how demented the groupthink is among jehovah's witnesses (http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/16268-international-peace-security-news/):.

  every one who is in the world today and dies tomorrow is in line for a ressurection.this is their best way of being in the new world.

  they probably wouldn't get through the the gt.

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  Is Lying a Disfellowshipping offence?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  so, if lying or being deliberately misleading is a "disfellowshipping" offence, why haven't the brothers who lied to the australian royal commission been brought before a judicial committee?

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  Are You Ready for The Memorial?

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's this week, folks.

  i thought i might give you a new thread to vent on.

  many on our forum still go to the memorial or have to answer to family about not going.

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  Matrix moment - what was it and when did you share it?

  by MMXIV in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for those of you who had a moment like that from the matrix when you realised what you'd believed was fundamentally flawed or a lie - what caused that defining moment and how long was it before you could share your thoughts?.

  mmxiv.

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  Top Secret JW Letter, April 2, 2012

  by graysome67 in

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  C.O. Is coming this week

  by Freeof1914 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i had the elders come to my house about two months at the time i told my wife and family that i was having doubts.

  they came by i explained my position and they basically told me i needed to be more humble and just tow the line like many others have before me.

  well i have not gone preaching or to any meeting for two months after that and did not recieve any phone call from the elders, which was fine by me .

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  Watchtower Career Brochure

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  watchtower careers.

  would you like to have the most fulfilling career available on earth?consider the great privilege of becoming one of jehovahs witnesses.

  we have many titles and classifications* that you can aspire to as you work towards your salvation.

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  Pre-emptive shunning - a growing reality

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm scanning through some of the results from the 2012 jw survey as they're coming in.. the most populous of the six voting categories with 76 voters so far is my own category, for those who are inactive, or "faded/fading" (not disfellowshipped or da'd, but no longer reporting time on the ministry).. one statistic already leaping out at me surrounds the question "do you experience 'pre-emptive shunning' from active witnesses, who view you as 'bad association'?

  " of the 74 who voted on this so far, 76% have answered "yes" to this question.. it's early days, and obviously i will have a clearer picture of the extent of the problem once the survey closes at the end of the year.

  however, the results already in suggest that pre-emptive shunning is widespread among inactive ones, despite this not being an "official" policy of the society.. i was interested in your opinions as to why this may be?

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  Another day, another apostate. Here's my story.

  by I Want to Believe in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  been lurking for a bit, and feel safe enough now to tell my story (condensed).. i'm a third-generation born-in, but my parents were inactive for most of my upbringing.

  this means i got the worst of both worlds--no worldly friends (home schooled all but grades 2-3), no witness friends (since we never went to the hall except for memorial), and a generally isolated upbringing in a tiny, tiny town.

  needless to say, my emotional, social, and personal growth were stunted.

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  Is this HARD evidence that the INTERNET is hurting the Watch Tower Society?

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  these are the countries with 80 to 89.99% internet penetration:.

  these are the countries with 70 to 79.99% internet penetration:.

  these are the countries with 60 to 69.99% internet penetration:.

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