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  An important message from a PRACTICING Jehovah's witness

  by Sparks in

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  2. friends

  hi, i am also a practicing jehovah's witness and very proud of it,to say the very-very least..!

  i am a middle-aged man with many decades of being a witness of jehovah god in england.. this important letter is personally to you, just as many of the bible's 88 letters are to be taken personal by you the reader.

  i am writing to you to urge you to take stock of your life, think what your future holds for you.

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  cultBgone

  Terry is correct...stop feeding the trolls.
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  Should some people actually be Witnesses?

  by Apognophos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it seems to me like certain people actually benefit from joining the religion.

  primarily i'm thinking of ones with drug problems who are only able to quit because they are working towards baptism.

  another example would be those who are always getting in fights or who have a big ego, and who learn to be pacifistic and humble as a witness.

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  done4good - amen.
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  Did you celebrate the 2nd anniversary of JW.org?

  by defender of truth in

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  2. beliefs

  "the first 5 days of august, 1200 bible studies were requested.. another stat today; in 6 months, jan. thru june, jw.org got 3200 bible study requests.. but this month?

  there have been 3606 to date as of; aug. 19, 2014.".

  http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/16712-jw-org-website-anniversary/#entry238063.

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  BOTR...I think your question "can these figures be trusted?" is the funniest thing I've read this morning!

  All anyone has to do is consider the source and the question answers itself: NO, NO, A BILLION TIMES NO!

  Remember: IT'S A CULT!
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  First post

  by BenRichards in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been lurking here off and on for a few years, figured i would introduce myself and share the clif notes version of my story.. i'm in my late 30's and was born in.

  mom was a jw, dad wasn't.

  got baptized in my teens and started dating my eventual wife.

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  Thanks for posting, Ben, and very happy to hear that your wife faded along with you.

  Lots of good advice already posted on how to gently plant seeds of doubt with them but be careful with your mom and sister as they are still brainwashed. They really can't help it at this point and will respond negatively should you try to teach them what they believe is "apostate" doctrine. Feed them on little crumbs until they're ready for a full meal like CoC.

  But hey...congrats on figuring out that life is to be lived! Hugs to you and Mrs Ben!
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  Give me a reason not to go back

  by chukky 594 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  been out now for 10 yrs but life is a mess.

  starting to think its because i have no spiritual compass.

  why shouldn't i consider going back?.

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  Chukky, haven't read thru all three pages yet but I think THIS is why you should never go back:

  hi

  been out for 6 years and so has my wife, but she cant move on as well. just went out for a drink and bumped in to wifes former JW friend. she looked wife up and down and looked away. Wife went ballistic shouting that she was a so called christian and shouting that if this was christianity, then she could stick it! hasd to pull her away. Now, i feel like i could kill these b*******s with my bare hands. Is there any way to bring this religion down? Is there any way to sue them, or organise a local publicity campaign against them etc etc. I need some way to pay them back for ruining our lives

  thanks for listening

  chukky

  Why would you EVER want to return to THAT?

  Perhaps you need to stop looking at what you don't think you have...and start looking at what you DO have. You can't measure your life course by how jdubs treat you! You need to find your own happiness, and it doesn't sound like that's happened. Just from reading your OP it sounds as if you're measuring your life by jdub standards. That doesn't even make sense.

  What is really holding you and your wife back from actually LIVING your lives? That's the question.
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  Not on JW.ORG: Jehovah's Witnesses being sued again in California for Child Molestation by Pioneer/Servant. Abuse hidden from police by Elders and Watchtower Society.

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  orange county lawsuit alleges sex abuse by jehovah's witness leadertwo men said they were abused in laguna hills as teenagers.. .

  by eric hartley / staff writer.

  published: aug. 27, 2014 updated: 7:44 p.m.. two men who say they were molested as teenagers by a jehovahs witness church leader in south orange county filed a lawsuit against him and the church this week.

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  Joe, when I "liked" a newspaper article from overseas on FB, a still-in dub messaged me that she was shocked to see me visiting "apostate" websites. It was a NEWSPAPER, people!

  Same thing will happen if JWNers post the above story...the minute a dub sees that the article "speaks against" the bOrg, they instantly label it as "apostate" and by connection, the poster becomes an "apostate".

  WAKE UP, you active Witnesses!

  Sex Abuse is really happening and your fellow JWs are doing it. These crimes have continually been hidden by your elders for decades, and people are still being sexually abused in your congregations.
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  WOW. Sorry Its been so Long! Update:After i declined the shep call

  by Jon Preston in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i dont know if anyone forgot me or remembered.

  but lets start where i left off.

  sooo.

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  Jon, glad to see your post and know that your move is still in the works! Keep us posted, and hugs to you and the wife!
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses a Cult? (alternate title: Balls, Cuts, and Dudes - Oh My!)

  by cognisonance in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  oh my... from their jw.org site:.

  no, jehovahs witnesses are not a cult.. .

  nice rebuttal to the question.

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  bttt
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  9yr old girl kills her gun instructor with an uzi

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/26/us/arizona-girl-fatal-shooting-accident/index.html?hpt=hp_t2.

  "a 9-year-old girl learning to fire a submachine gun accidentally killed her instructor at a shooting range when the weapon recoiled over her shoulder, according to arizona authorities.

  another reason to go against those arguing that young children should be taught how to use guns.

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  The "right to bear arms", which in reality spoke to the need for an armed militia should the new country be attacked within its own borders, has been misappropriated by gun lovers (not people lovers) and twisted for their own purposes.

  There are battles going on to arm schoolteachers in the US. Yeah, let's talk about the need for homeschooling THEN, huh?

  The US is gun-crazy, but they are also millionaire-crazy and sports-crazy and just about every other type of major crazy you can imagine. It's no wonder that the crazy jdub "religion" sprouted here, as it would have been legitimately taxed and/or shut down elsewhere.
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  "Go Where the Need is Great" - Is this phrase unique to JW's only???

  by AudeSapere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "go where the need is great"... it's one of those jw buzz-words/phrases.

  almost like a secret code that just pops up in what would otherwise be a 'normal' conversation.. .

  i was conducting an interview with a candidate this afternoon and she used this phrase when explaining that she travelled to various locations of a previous employer.

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  I cannot imagine anyone who had not been well-exposed to the jw cult teachings actually using that phrase in public.