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  Old Literature 

  by RolRod in

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  what did you do with your jw literature when you left?

  kept it, sold it or dumped it?

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  At the time I made sure it went into the trash and not the recyclable bin as I didn`t want any to fall into unsuspecting hands who might be sucked in by it.

  In hindsight I wish I had kept some to be used here in debunking them.

  Sighhhhh
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  Letter writing question

  by carla in

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  so the jw's are no longer goind d2d but instead are writing letters- my question is what return address are they putting on the letters?

  their own or the kh?

  the kh's in our area have no mailbox and therefore no mail can be delivered or returned to a kh.. thanks in advance!.

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  Very true Anders Anderson ,just as R&F JW`s are not employees of JW.Org or Watchtower but are only volunteers supporting the organization as interested persons and have no official contract with the organization whatsoever.

  The WTB&TS do not want to be tied to anything that a volunteer JW says or does that could come back and bite them in the ass , especially with a lawsuit.

  I doubt that very many JW`s would understand the vulnerability they are under volunteering for the WTB&TS and how much they would be left out on a limb if it came to a crunch.
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  I just breaking up with my JW boyfriend. i feel so stupid and sad.

  by Turtleneck in

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  You have to wonder when they start a post with one or two sentences and nothing else don`t you ?
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  How Did You Discover This Site?

  by minimus in

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  i’ve been here a long time.

  i saw this site jwd/jwn.

  i thought it was very lively and interesting.

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  Many years ago after 1993 I think when I left the religion then when I got a PC i started looking at sites about JW`s and one of the first was Shaun`s site and then Randy Waters another was a Brisbane woman name of Jan and more that 14 years ago I found this site and liked it so much I`m still here.

  I think one of the first questions I had was about JW`s being an NGO with the United Nations Organizations I couldn`t believe that was true at first and had to get verification of it.
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  Happy birthday smiddy

  by smiddy3 in

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  a young 81 ,may there be many more.. but feeling about 91 at the present time ..

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  Thank you friends for your thoughts and well wishes.

  Its just my hip has been giving me grief of late and I dont see a specialist until October .
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  Happy birthday smiddy

  by smiddy3 in

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  a young 81 ,may there be many more.. but feeling about 91 at the present time ..

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  A young 81 ,may there be many more.

  But feeling about 91 at the present time .
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  Unique Words and Expressions Of Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by minimus in

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  system of things comes to mind.

  what does that mean to anyone not a jw?.

  how long have you been in the truth?

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  Jehovah`s Witnesses do not have a clergy Class in their religion .

  Except when they are in a Court Room .

  Jehovah`s witnesses do not lie ,

  except when they are using Theocratic warfare.

  "The Truth" ,

  when they continually deceive the people.
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  I may have finally figured out why some today think we are responsible for what others did centuries ago....it's in the bible

  by StoneWall in

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  we all know how adam and eve are supposedly responsible for selling all of mankind into sin and thus becoming "slaves to sin".so what they did (if it's not a fairy tale) affected all of the humans that would come after them.then at exodus 34:7 it goes on to show the sins of the father being passed down to the third and fourth generations7 "keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

  " (asv)even though i no longer look to the bible or regard it as i once did, i'm just trying to figure where some in today's world can even get the idea others are responsible for things that were done before they were born.

  only religion can make people feel guilty for things they never did/done or were a part of and then make others feel as if they're entitled to something..

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  (John 3:16) 16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, in order that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life. . .

  So why did God /Jesus cast Satan down to the earth to mislead mankind ? as stated in Revelation ? They could have cast him off to another Galaxy where he couldnt do humans any harm.

  And why would they let him out of prison after the thousand years have ended to mislead mankind again ? That`s not a loving thing for him to do ,humans have more love for their sons and daughters never putting them through any such thing.

  If you believe the Bible the only conclusion you can come to is that God hates humanity ,he being directly responsible for killing billions of people in human history whereas Satan may have been responsible for maybe only 10 ?

  And why would God even allow Satan to exist in the first place after Adam and Eve to cause suffering and death not to mention all of the horrifying diseases he allowed humans to be inflicted by on Billions of people ?

  So excuse me if I pass on God loving the world of mankind.
  
  
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  "The Project" posted a video about the National Redress Scheme and JWs

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=612947649624670.

  the project posted a video to playlist feature stories.. .

  l10 tthrsponsmorsldlged · .

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  There has been a lot of coverage by the media here in Australia barb.& Joe ,both on TV and newspapers about those who have not joined the redress scheme and some scathing attacks on the JW Organization.

  TV presenter lisa Wilkinson pulled no punches in her report about the JW`s telling viewers to remember this next time JW`s come knocking on your door.

  The South Australian senator Anne Ruston was also scathing on those who did not join up to the scheme as was the Prime Minister Scot Morrison.

  I think the WT/GB/JW.Org. in Australia has done a bloody good job of bringing reproach not only on Jehovah`s name but also the organization that is supposed to honour and uphold his name .

  And they have violated their own stated belief of "Being obedient to the Superior authorities" Rom.chapt. 13

  And are to be judged as " going against the arrangement of God."
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  Athlete A..... A powerful moving story

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  2. scandals

  i just watched athlete a on netflix.

  it moved me to tears.

  it was about the cover up by usa gymastics of child sex abuse at the hands of dr nassar.

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  I did sit down with the wife also to watch it and its almost unbeleivable how he got away with it for so long and to what extent the organization went too to cover it all up ?

  Pleading the 5th is a good sign one is guilty as sin.

  Recommended viewing.