Topics Started by Pink sapphire

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How many have read 'Crisis of Conscience'?
by tornapart in
1. jw
2. friends
for me it was the book!

it opened my eyes.

i started it thinking it would just enlighten me about how the organisation works.
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me--outside Ryde kingdum hall --UK
by bigmac in
1. social
2. current
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Was the TM School really any good ?
by Phizzy in
1. jw
2. experiences
many of us were members of the theocratic ministry school for many years.

some say it helped them with public speaking, and maybe it did for some.. but, when you look back at the quality of student it turned out, was it really any good ?.

most elders are crap public speakers, most r&f bros are crap at reading aloud, most jw's are crap at selling their religion at the door, most jw's have scant real knowledge of the bible.. there are reasons for this, quite often the tms overeer hasn't a clue how to teach a person to progress.
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I need some serious advice...
by confusedteenager in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm almost a year out of high school and of course, i'm not in college.

i'm a pioneer (sigh) with little to no work experience and having a really hard time finding any work.

i want to go back to college, but it's going to be difficult now that i'm a pioneer, and my parents cannot really afford the loans that will incur should i pursue going to college.
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Can anyone help?
by Pink sapphire in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hi, i'm doing some research, which many here have participated in and could do with some help.. on another forum some months ago someone commented that in a july 1992 watchtower it said that the emotional effects of disfellowshipping may last far beyond reinstatement.

i thought this a really interesting statement and would like to include it in my assignment, acknowledging the harm done by disfellowshipping and its not just a protective and disciplinary process.

i don't know if i believe they would actually go that far.. my problem is that i have no access to wt literature (i dont really want fo visit my old congregation library) and the online library on www.jw.org only goes back to 2000. does anyone here have access to bound volumes and a bit of time that they could check this out for me?.
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How many of you followed the WTS direction on education years ago and have been screwed by it?
by Julia Orwell in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm really interested in this question because i've heard for years that if you forgo further education and go pioneering, when you have a family down the track you will get a good job because jehovah will provide for you because you pioneered.

as long as i was a kool-aid drinker, even then, i thought, "how does pioneering pay your bills?

surely education should come first.
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Is there anyone out there who married a non jW...?how did it turn out for ?Are u happy?
by Chichi89 in
1. jw
2. friends
please be honest....did love conquer it all?.

how did u make it work?.
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When You Were a Visitor at a KH, Did Anyone Come Up and Say Hi?
by LoisLane looking for Superman in
1. jw
2. friends
i am kind of like a puppy dog, in the aspect of liking to meet new people.

they hold out a "wonderment" to me.

new thought.
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What are the 3 most unusual things you have done?
by Lady Lee in
1. jw
2. friends
ok so we have all be jws so that isn't unusual.

supply pictures if you can.. i have ridden an elephant.

ok so it was at the zoo but it was still an elephant.
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Looking for a partner.....
by LouBelle in
1. jw
2. friends
righto, so who would like to get married?

i'm a great cook, good with kids, can clean and am currently in the process of losing weight.

in 6 months i'm good to go.