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I HATE this religion
by brotherdan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so today was my first sunday meeting that i didn't go with my wife.

as an update she has decided not to move out right now...because she doesn't have anywhere to go.

but she is giving me the silent treatment.
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Some observations from the KM Elder School I wanted to share with you.
by miseryloveselders in
1. jw
2. friends
my school was a couple weeks back, and it was interesting to a degree.

to be honest with you, it reminded me of a police crime scene investigation with yellow tape.

what i mean is, in one respect it was business as usual.
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Feb. 15 Study WT - More creationism and stupidity - A response
by eric356 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
well, the wt is back on it: "today, there is a rising tide of atheistic and evolutionist propaganda dependent on flawed and baseless reasoning.

we should not let this flood of faulty thinking confuse or intimidate us.

" (pg.
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Higher Education June 15th Watchtower 2011
by jwfacts in
1. watchtower
2. bible
"higher education: jesus warned against seeking your own glory.

(john 7:18) whatever you decide as to how much secular education you will obtain, have you made sure of the more important things?phil.

1:9,10.. grzegorz, the computer programmer, made some changes in his life.
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JWs and the Family Unit - Calling Maze to defend assertions
by Retrovirus in
1. watchtower
2. bible
in the thread about the wt in russia, maze made the assertions below.. .

jehovah's witnesses as an organization acts as a protection to the family unit.

andthe lie that jehovah's witnesses ruin families is apostate poison.. to aviod derailing that thread, i ask maze to defend them here.. my experience is that the jw religion destroyed my brothers' marriage.
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Effects of the Evolution Theory
by mankkeli in
1. watchtower
2. bible
effects of the evolution theory.

in the early 19th century, religion and science enjoyed a fairly amicable relationship.

just two years before the origin of species was published, biologist and harvard professor louis agassiz wrote that the living world shows premeditation, wisdom, greatness and that a major purpose of natural history was to analyze the thoughts of the creator of the universe.. agassiz viewpoint was not uncommon.
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Did born-in's have the capacity to "test their faith"?
by sabastious in
1. watchtower
2. bible
2 corinthians 13: 5a - 5 examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves.. this verse just comes at me like a locomotive.. to examine something is to truly use my mental capacities and to look at something objectively.. how do i accomplish this, even now?.

i was raised in an organization that controlled my information and used fear of rejection as well as my need for approval to "inculcate" the "truth" into me.. by that right, i (and all born-ins) do not have the ability to examine our faith (as a jw).. there will always be an artificial pull either for or against the society (whether we are aware of it or not).. free will has been comprimised; therefore our "faith to our creator" has been tainted and cannot be judged as worthy or unworthy.. of course many of us have regained our ability to discern and look at things objectively.. but i believe that we will never be able to truly look at the watchtower organization without a slant.. not to say the conclusions we come to regards to the organization are not valid (because they are and have been validated).

my point is that the organization has no right to judge and ostracize any born-in for leaving and even for speaking out.. they broke us, and now they are demonizing us for the things we did in that broken state.
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How is it f'n possible JW's biggest religious increase 4.4%
by troubled mind in
1. watchtower
2. bible
just saw that on the evening news .

are they all having babies now or what ?

is there any stats on how many have left ?.
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4 Suicides I Am Aware Of This Year, Why Elders, COs Are Not Competent To Handle These Matters. (Life Or Death, Your Choice!)
by AvocadoJake in
1. jw
2. friends
i would like to relate with the first suicide that took place this year, this was more than seven months ago.

this person was deeply distraught and was talking about killing themself.

the conduct of this person started to escalate (deep depression with morbid thoughts.
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Can Ministerial Servants Fade?
by ihadnoidea in
1. jw
2. experiences
if you step down, they are going to want to know why?

what do you say?.