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  Ever witnessed a scandalous scene in the Hall?

  by Inquisitor in

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  i'm not talking about the time you gave the nasty elder a bleeding nose

  back when you were still in the org, have you ever seen a trouble-maker

  i remember how once, a drunk

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  We had one older lady that used to sit in the front of the Hall on Sundays and if she disagreed with what the speaker was saying she would just blurt it out for all to hear. Sometimes the speaker would engage her but most of the time they would just ignore her. In fact, when visiting speakers would come the elders would warn them of the impending disruption as it would happen at least once. She would also write interesting letters to the editor in the local newspaper advocating violence against Islamic terrorists and the like. I think she eventually quit coming to the Hall or was asked to leave.

  Jeff S.
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  Ever witnessed a scandalous scene in the Hall?

  by Inquisitor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm not talking about the time you gave the nasty elder a bleeding nose

  back when you were still in the org, have you ever seen a trouble-maker

  i remember how once, a drunk

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  I was about 10 years old I think when two elders got into it during the Watchtower Study. I think they disagreed over how a certain judicial matter was being handled. It was really rather interesting. I had no idea that something was going on. But this one elder kept raising his hand to answer questions during the study and it was clear that the Conductor was ignoring him. Eventually, one brother raised his hand and said to the conductor....."Why don't you call on brother "so and so" since he keeps raising his hand?" At this point brother "so and so" was called on since he had his hand raised and the argument between him and the Watchtower Study conductor occurred. It was probably the most exciting Watchtower Study I ever went to.

  Another thing that is interesting is the number of JW couples that are divorced and remarried now in my old home congregation in LA. We saw my JW parents last week at my brother's wedding (my brother is not a JW which is why we are invited to these things) and my Mom was telling my wife about her JW friends. To be honest with you, I cannot keep track of who got caught sleeping with whom and was DFed, Divorced and Remarried and is now an active JW again. It really is a soap opera.

  Jeff S.
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  movie with obvious jw. influence

  by dvw in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  hi all, my wife and i were watching a movie tonight ("domino", with keira knightley and mickey rourke).

  pretty good movie.

  during a funeral scene, the guy performing the service quotes from revelation, word for word from the nwt!

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  I remember being at a movie theatre watching an Eddie Murphy movie (I cannot remember which one) and there was a scene with this guy holding a Bible and it was a New World Translation.

  That freaked me out too.

  Jeff S.
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  Catholicxjw Podcast for July 2nd

  by jschwehm in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is 1 new entry in "catholicxjw podcasts" .

  the soul is immortal .

  a comparison of the teachings of the jehovahs witnesses and the catholic church on the human soul and the afterlife and how these teachings influence the way in which one views what it means to be human and a child of god.

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  jschwehm

  There is 1 new entry in "catholicxjw podcasts"

  The Soul is Immortal

  A comparison of the teachings of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Catholic Church on the human soul and the afterlife and how these teachings influence the way in which one views what it means to be human and a child of God. Contemporary Christian Music is "Kol Yisrael" by Jeremy Gimbel, “Emmanuel” by Olwen Ringrose from the Album “Daughter of the King” and “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” by Jileen from the Album “The Hymns Experience.”

  www.catholicxjw.com

  http://home.earthlink.net/~defender/de01012.htm

  http://www.archive.org/download/cxjw010/cxjw010.mp3
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  SO, What happened to : "the generation will not pass away" idea ???????

  by The_Replacement in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  okay, growing up a jw in the 70's 80's and early 90's, all we heard about was how the generation of 1914 will not pass away,(much like witnesses in the 60's and early 70's all heard about 1975) (what a great parallel) conventions, watchtower articles, public talks, endless studies and of course every issue of the awake magazine had it on the inside cover, it was everywhere, brothers, sisters and elders were absolutely sure about this, the society constantly mentioned it in our kingdom ministry (service), it was everywhere.

  then with the change in november 1995, it just kinda disappeared and became unimportant.. does the society even mention "this generation will not pass away" anymore ?????.

  seems to me, that the past 10 years, it has hardly been mentioned anywhere anymore.. what do you think ??

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  Hi All:

  It was the change in this doctrine that was really the last straw for me. I got really angry as this was the teaching that was always used to keep me in line to scare me into compliance while growing up as a dub.

  I wrote a letter to the Watchtower Society which was never answered. There is a link to it below:

  http://corior.blogspot.com/2006/02/jeffery-m-schwehms-letter-to.html

  I shared the letter with my JW parents and they told me that they thought I was making a big deal out of nothing as usual.

  My baby brother who was in high school read it and got the point real fast. To this day, he is not a JW (Thank God!)

  Jeff S.

  www.catholicxjw.com
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  Studying the 'deep' books - it might be the final straw.

  by jambon1 in

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  2. friends

  i can remember studying the isaiah books 1 & 2 back-to-back.

  during this time i simply never wanted to go to the book study.

  it was all so repetative and boring.

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  Studying the Revelation book might make telling the JWs that the Watchtower Society was a member of the U.N. as a NGO more effective.

  Jeff S.

  www.catholicxjw.com
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  have you heard of accusations of ex witnesses starting their own church?

  by candidlynuts in

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  2. friends

  a comment from a family member about an elder who quit attending meetings the other day was " oh they dont attend anymore, i dont think they're df'd but its known they started their own church".

  ok so i didnt think much about it..other than it doesnt seem the sort of thing this fella would ever do.. .

  but..today i read a story on freeminds ( will look for the link in a bit and will post it).

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  We had a lady in our congregation that was DFed. Rumors were that she started her own church.

  When I left the JWs and talked to her years later I discovered that she had gone back to the Catholic Church that she had been raised in prior to become a JW. I told her about the rumors and we had a pretty good laugh about it all.

  Jeff S.

  www.catholicxjw.com
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  I am a magnet for men in cults

  by kristyann in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay, so the ex-jw boyfriend and i finally broke up... and i am not really looking for anyone right now.

  that was 2 and a half years of a pretty crazy relationship, and i don't think that i was particularly healthy staying in it.

  i don't mind just hanging out with some guys, but i am not in the mood for anything serious after that roller coaster ride.. do you know what is so weird, though?

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  Hey Kristyann:

  Judging from some of the offers on this thread maybe you should just realize that you are a magnet for men (whether they are currently in cults, wear kilts or not!)

  By the way, did you get that job that you interviewed for?

  Jeff S.
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  I am a magnet for men in cults

  by kristyann in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay, so the ex-jw boyfriend and i finally broke up... and i am not really looking for anyone right now.

  that was 2 and a half years of a pretty crazy relationship, and i don't think that i was particularly healthy staying in it.

  i don't mind just hanging out with some guys, but i am not in the mood for anything serious after that roller coaster ride.. do you know what is so weird, though?

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  Hey Kristyann:

  Did you get the job?

  Jeff S.
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  feel kinda sick and shaky

  by Merry Magdalene in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just found out my mom's cancer is worse than she thought...widespread--colon, lungs, bone...so she said i can come down and see her if i want to (7 hours away), and my help would be appreciated if i could manage it.

  of course i can manage it.

  she's my mom.. but i'm dfed, and she's a jw, living with her jw neice's family.

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  I'll be praying for you and your mother during this very difficult time.

  Jeff S.

  www.catholicxjw.com