Topics Started by Lunatic Faith

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Convention Weekend
by Lunatic Faith in
1. jw
2. friends
everybody in my area (jw's) is at the convention this weekend...and i'm not.

i didn't realize how really great i would feel when this weekend came.

i'm not sitting in a crowded coliseum, on uncomfortable chairs, sweating in my nylons, creating new blisters on my feet, juggling note books and bibles and wishing all the people around me would disappear.
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Were you ever DF'd? For what and how long?
by QuestioningEverything in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was df'd when i was 20 or so for fornication.

i got reinstated when i was 24. i had a son during that time and i was worried about us if we didn't get back to the fold and 'protection' of the organization.

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Is there a correlation between personality type and leaving the WT?...
by Tuesday in
1. jw
2. friends
on facebook tonight there was a post asking to take a personality test, in posting the personality tests a trend started emerging that certain personality types seem to leave around the same time.. i came out as an intj which is introverted intuitive thinking judging.

which a good paragraph describing it was:.

intjs apply (often ruthlessly) the criterion "does it work?
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When you were a JW did you dance " provocatively" ?
by highdose in
1. jw
2. friends
" provocatively" of course meaning alot.

in my cong it meant moving your body in any way at all.. the spirtual ones of the cong of course would not dance and if they did would do a kinda slow motion running type dance.

totaly embassring to look at.. .
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The Book of Mormon the musical
by DagothUr in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm listening on youtube the songs from the musical "the book of mormon" and i'm having a revelation: the mormons and the jw have a great lot in common!

it's a great show, i think..
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Very interesting article- Jehovah's Witnesses among the lowest earners.
by JWinprotest in
1. social
2. current
hope this works, i've never posted a link before.

interesting article on religion and personal income, not that any of it comes as much of a surprise.

i apologize if it's already been posted.. http://www.ktxs.com/news/28138610/detail.html.
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Do you know of any other religious organization that ex members try to put an end to it?
by jam in
1. jw
2. friends
i have heard ex members of the mormon faith speak about.

the injustice once they leave, but it,s not about the doctrine.

but the shunning.
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The Generation(s) That Wasted Their Lives
by undercover in
1. jw
2. friends
growing up as a jw, you see the world differently than most everyone else.

you see the world as something that is going to end very soon.

all that we know will be gone by the time we're adults.. when we were young, we were living in the last days and were expecting armageddon before we grew old.
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Worldy opposition is interpreted as confirmation of the truth
by MrMonroe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
interesting comment on the talk page of the wikipedia article on the governing body here:.

one dopey jw (wandering-teacher) who complained that the article was "biased" against the jws was supported in a comment by another assumed jw (galik) who whined that the article was "peppered with quotes from known opposers of jehovah's witnesses in order to use this article as a propaganda vehicle".. wandering-teacher replied: "thanks for the support, galik.

the difficulty of having a neutral point of view in the ... article strengthens my faith that i have made the correct religious choice for me.".
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Today's WT lesson: Desperate for more MS. How many get appointed 1 yr after baptism?
by Open mind in
1. watchtower
2. bible
today's wt lesson: serving jehovah with all seriousness, excerpt from paragraph 11:.

"if a brother has been baptized at least one year and to a reasonable degree meets the scriptural qualifications for ministerial servants outlined at 1 timothy 3:8-13, he can be recommended for appointment.".

how often have you seen someone become a ministerial servant one year after baptism?