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School teachers and jw parents
by caves in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did anyone have problems with their parents and teachers butting heads on the jw 'rules' we as kids faced when going to school.

extra circular activities, sitting out for birthdays and holidays... ect.. the jw that raised me was quite a vocal, loud, sometimes violent tempered person and there were many clashes with my teachers.

thank goodness the superintendent took me under his wing, his wife and him for a while.
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What immodest clothing have you got in trouble for wearing?
by Addison0998 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i personally have a very distinct sense of style and fashion which many of the fellow jdubs frown upon.

recently, i was told by a few specially self righteous ones that i looked like a prostitute in a pair of white boots!

a pair of 3 inch heeled, just a little taller than the ankle boots, with skirt that came down to my knees and a black long sleeve shirt that came up to my collarbone.
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Crying "Wolf!"
by Phizzy in
1. jw
2. friends
the wt/gb have been doing this for so long now that i get the feeling it has really had its day.

even when i was in, i for one had no fear of armageddon, or any real belief i would see it in my lifetime anyway.

i could feel then that it was difficult to really get any sense of urgency pushing the bros, they just carried on with life, admittedly, with most of them still hoping to actually see a paradise earth.. i get the feeling now that even long time jw's like my jw family are resigned to not seeing the "end", and more importantly, i think the general smell of bull***t that comes from the gb has taken away a lot of the respect they used to get, and means that their chief weapon fear , is losing its power.. the fear of being df'd is still wielded as a weapon very effectively, but all the "end is soooo close" stuff has run out of puff with most of the r&f.. the wt has "cried wolf" for far too long ..
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Hardcore JW Friend Predicts the End of the Organization within 10 years.
by kneehighmiah in
1. jw
2. friends
had a conversation with an aspiring elder.

he said the end must be close because people are so discouraged that the organization can't last more than 10 years.

this is before we received the please come to the international convention letter.
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if and when beliefs are "refined"(corrected) does that give me an out?
by ?me? in
1. jw
2. friends
did my baptism include "you will preach and accept any change, big or small, or we can call you an apostate?".

meaning, has anyone, or could anyone opt out of the org when they make changes that you did not originally agree to when you were baptized as a jw?.

i have basically refused to go out in service or support the org (with money or in the rbc) and i have a real hard time even conjuring up an answer at any meeting because of the 8 man "body " that put itself in power.
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Trick or Tracting!
by professor in
1. jw
2. friends
i don't know why we never thought of this when i was a witness.

we could have "trick or tracted!".

brooklyn heights blog.
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How Were You "Screwed" By The Organization?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i believe this thread will be many pages!.
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Our grandfather died a week ago- guess why we didn't know.
by professor in
1. jw
2. friends
my sister and i who are disfellowshipped have a jw elder as a father.

guess why mom and dad didn't tell us that our grandfather died a week ago?

thanks watchtower for denying us our grandfather's funeral.
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The Bible Students still exist!!
by cultswatter in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
remember the dubs were called the bible students before rutherford gave them the name jehovahs witnesses.

it looks like there was a split and some of the bible students never accepted that name.

look at this site will ya.
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What is your first Truth memory?
by 5thGeneration in
1. jw
2. friends
mine was a black and orange wt with the topic "will armageddon be fought in the middle east?".

1977???.

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