Topics Started by scarredforlife

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Can anyone tell me any narrative of having successfully avoided Baptism while being raised JW?
by SonoftheTrinity in
1. jw
2. experiences
i just worry for my stepkids about their future that way..
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What makes a "good Jehovah's Witness"??
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so, i have been thinking...what is the formula or recipe for the "perfect jw"?.

here are a few points i thought of...please feel free to add!.

always dress in the jw manner...no variation in clothing / hair styles / facial hair.
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1975 end prediction
by FL_Panthers in
1. jw
2. friends
does anyone have the article written by the wt saying that the end would come in 1975?.

how did people back then come to this year?

i need this information becuase i was told, this was never literally written by the wt in any publication.. thanks.
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Taking my sister to church this Sunday!!!
by confusedandalone in
1. jw
2. experiences
so yesterday i stopped by my sisters home and decided to just hang out and shoot the breeze... she was telling me that since she has stopped going to the kingdom hall (the last 9 months) she still looks for things to do on sunday.

she feels she should go and do something and she likes the idea of church.

it seems fun and will giove her a place to meet people.
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Awful experience: I threw my WT library out!
by StephaneLaliberte in
1. jw
2. experiences
yes, i threw my wt library out: my recycle bin was full.

even if i had imagined this experience to be similar to a prisoner getting rid of his chains, this was not so.. instead, it brought up all the memories i had shared with my family where we were excited about the release of the revelation book; the clear feeling of ultimate knowledge when we showed the live forever book, the questions i had practiced with my family in the organized book, my cousins who got baptized as well.

somehow, all i could think of was only the good memories i had shared with my family and almost cried about it.. and then, i started to think of the division, the hatred and the pain that became prevalent in my family as some were disfellowshipped and thus, ostracized.
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My Successful Fade
by Darth Rutherford in
1. jw
2. experiences
it's been a while since i've posted anything about myself.

i've been on jwn for a couple of years.

my leaving the organization was not because i lost my faith, but i left because of my faith.
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It is so obviously a lie......now
by snare&racket in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
once the spell is broken, one you take a deep fresh breath outisde of the watchtower camp, the amazingly obvious realisation becomes clear.... of course this is a lie, of course this is ridiculous!

you find you have memories of really believing the claims and promises, but it seems like another life, another experience.

it seems so incredibly false once you leave and it is very difficult to belive you even once accepted it!
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Do you think JWs are dangerous, if yes why? If not, why?
by suavojr in
1. jw
2. friends
personally the jws to me are not dangerous.

on the other hand, many do think they are in fact a dangerous cult.

why are they dangerous?.
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the circuit assembly
by thedog1 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i am off to the circuit assembly tomorrow.

not really looking forward to it as it is the first one i will go to after finding out many things on this forum.

since the last assembly i have read coc, in search of christian freedom, and some of the gentile times reconsidered.
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I have made my decision
by Brother Mike in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm sure most of you have read bits and pieces of my story throughout the last year being on this site.

i've decided as a human being, and as an adult, i'm going to make the decision on whether to stay with the jw religion or leave it.

i of course have many doubts about the organization which has lead me to do research.