Topics Started by FindTheLost

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Left Bethel to get married and have children, found the TTATT instead
by jehobi in
1. watchtower
2. medical
long story, short story.

grew up on a farm, went to bethel, married a sister and left bethel.

found ttatt after my cousin died refusing a blood transfusion.
56
What TV shows were forbidden in your JW household?
by Funchback in
1. social
2. entertainment
in the u.s., three's company was not allowed.

it was explained to me that it was an immoral show because a man and women lived together and no one was married.

the sister who gave this observation was a family friend and we were newbies to the religion.. at least i somehow managed to watch the benny hill show undetected..
144
Got in a bad wreck.....uuugh
by brandnew in
1. jw
2. friends
just happy to be alive....can barely move ☺.. a girl who just got her license , and a new suv....thought it might be cool to pass the person in front of her....at a curve......on a two way road!!!!!😠😠😠.

very mad puppy.
35
Saturday Let the Games Begin
by Poztate in
1. jw
2. friends
the start of a new memorial season is upon us.

saturday is the day for the start of the invites to look but not touch the bread and wine.

the "observer class" is a belief unique to jehovah's witnesses.. along with the invite to the masses a special effort is being made this year by the elders to invite all the df's, da's and faders.. along with the invite a copy of the rtj will be left with them.. naturally we will still be treated as pariah's if we do attend but it is the thought that counts.. i am of the "fader class" as i don't wish to rock the boat with my wife and extended family.
56
A fresh start
by FormerlySandL in
1. jw
2. experiences
after the worst introduction i could ever make on the forum i would like to reintroduce myself and make a fresh start on the forum and hopefully over time i will be able to redeem myself.

i have changed my user name which was over dramatic and ridiculous in the cold light of day but for transparency and to show i am not trying to hide anything i have adapted the original name and it now has a more positive feel.

after reading a lot of posts on this forum i am feeling more optimistic about my future.
79
What's a word that describes the way Witnesses behave as a group?
by paul from cleveland in
1. jw
2. friends
i can't recall the word that describes a group that keeps to itself like the witnesses do.

i thought it was "insular" but i don't think that's the one i'm looking for after reading the definition.

i remember an elder using the word "clannish" and that has the proper definition but it reminds me of a group of elves.
6
Come home Cardinal Pell (song)
by zound in
1. social
2. current
enjoy a catchy protest song imploring catholic cardinal george pell to return to australia to face the royal commission for years of covering up child abuse.

just as the royal commission began uncovering dirt, george pell got 'promoted' and moved from australia to the vatican.

now he is coincidently too 'unwell' to return to australia to face the commission.
116
News Flash: New Reveal Article
by Sugar Shane in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
less than an hour old:.

https://www.revealnews.org/blog/how-child-sex-abusers-get-reinstated-as-jehovahs-witnesses/.
11
Survey
by Reborn93 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i was recommended to this forum by a member of jw recovery.

i am a former jw studying a psychology degree in the uk.

i am conducting a survey looking at former and current jehovah's witnesses and their beliefs.
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1974 Special Meetings
by NeonMadman in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
as we all know, armageddon was just around the corner in 1974. at the district conventions that year, it was announced that there would be two special meetings during the month of september; one would be for interested people (e.g., bible studies, family members, inactive, etc.

), and the other would be for baptized publishers.

these were to be held in place of the service meetings for the two weeks, iirc.