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  I'm scared sometimes that the WTBTS might be right about everything.

  by Chemical Emotions in

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  2. beliefs

  i wake up thinking: what if my boyfriend and i die a terrifying death during armageddon?

  with no hope of any life afterwards?.

  do any of you ever feel that way?.

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  AN OPEN LETTER TO JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES

  by hubert in

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  2. friends

  every year i like to bring up this letter for the "newbies" on this forum.. i found it very true, and right to the point.. thanks again, gaila noble.. hubert.

  an open letter to jehovah's witnesses.

  you may not remember, but i know you very well.

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  It's been 12 years since the release of the 'Daniel' book

  by truthseeker in

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  it was the summer of 1999. there i was sitting at the assembly when the speaker announces a new publication -daniel's prophecy or something like that.. there were a lot of eager dubs waiting to get their hands on that book.

  we might learn the identity of the "king of the north"!

  that's what i wanted to read, though in fact all the society had to say about that was "we are wise not to speculate".. looking back, it seems like this was the last book to properly address the end times prophecies - i didn't feel that way with the isaiah books, they simply regurgitated old stuff and made the anointed fit into every prophecy isaiah ever uttered.. it seems like the organization has gone on auto pilot, cutting costs, lowering print output and providing "how to live and function in the organization" books.. .

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  Never, ever posted to a site before-Scarec silly

  by PaintedToeNail in

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  2. friends

  hi, i'm scared to death writing this that i will be discovered and have major problems.

  i had a good life being raised as a jw child.

  many good memories of people, places and times.

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  Did you fake underlining the WT?

  by shepherd in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i read on another topic " i remember when i used to carry microphones years ago in the jw cult- only about 30 % had their wt's pre-studied, the rest just wing it i truly believe" and it reminded me that people will assume you are not familiar with the material if you have not underlined, and that there will always be those who observe the lack of ink and consider you must be unprepared (and so 'weaker' than them).. many times i used to fake prestudy just for that reason.

  its easy to do, underline a random sentence or 2 in each paragraph or the sited scripture.

  you can wizz through an entire article in 3 minutes....did anyone else do that?.

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  i need to know if jehovahs witnesses are actually told to ....

  by looloo in

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  2. experiences

  completly ignore disfellowshipped children and never speak at all to them , also what about the children of the disfellowshipped children that are growing up unaware of the "truth " ?

  im thinking of writing to my inlaws who have never bothered with our child for two and a half years to tell them to just walk on by if they see us as it would confuse her if they saw us and acted as though nothing has happened .

  then they will be good jws and obediant to the watchtower and not blame us for not letting them see her which is what they lie and tell people !.

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  There is no social programme in exsistance that recommends shunning as a means of rehabilitation

  by jambon1 in

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  can someone tell the wts/jw's how utterly counter productive & cruel shunning is?.

  apart from serious crimes where a person might conscientiously have nothing to do with a friend/relative, people who are struggling with any kind of issues generally need love, support & kindness.. shunning is unnecessary, evil & humiliating.. does the punishment really fit the crime?

  someone caves into the 'sins of the flesh' so they are cut off from all human contact with everyone they know?.

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  Thanks for your support JWN!!! Dad dies monday, JW family goes to convention on thursday

  by Coffee House Girl in

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  2. friends

  coffee shop guy directed me to his thread...thank you so much everyone for your thoughts of support, it means a lot to have people who understand and show genuine sympathy.

  here's my experience so far.... my father dies monday night & my brother (nonjw) calls me to come home, when i arrive my father is still sitting on the couch- all the jw family is sitting in a semi-circle around him, my non jw brother is standing in the next room.

  no one is crying, no one is talking.

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  Elders who conduct judicial comittees are creepy & perverted

  by jambon1 in

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  why can't people in jw congregations see just how utterly creepy this whole arrangement is?.

  a girl about 20 years old commits an indescretion of a sexual nature.

  three middle aged/old men 'interview' her in a room.

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  10/15/11 WT Has The Crackdown On Football Started?

  by yourmomma in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've always felt that its only a matter of time before the watchtower cracks down on football (american, although soccer seems like its also referenced).

  its been one of the few things jw's can do, which means it has slipped under the radar since as we know, there are very few things that are not frowned upon or banned in watchtower world.

  we know that almost 99% of movies are wrong according to the standards of the watchower, and this is again mentioned in this article, but it seems like also football is in the cross hairs.

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