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  HAVE PEOPLE ONLY BEEN ON EARTH FOR 5000 YRS LIKE JW'S SAY?

  by FreeofGuilt in

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  i was always taught in the jw religion, that humans have really only been on earth for 5000 years or so... there is so much evidence of the neandertherdal people, with scientists finding many skulls, bones, & such, but scientists date these bones 100 thousand-millions of years old... the society used to always add that carbon dating is not accurate.

  i also noticed that jws never talked about the dinosaurs much... what do you think??????

  ---- kristine

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  What if the Watchtower Changed .......

  by IslandWoman in

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  if the watchtower changed it's blood doctrine to one where publishers could do what their conscience dictated without fear of reprisals from the brothers, if they also quit using the two witness rule and said all criminal accusations must be reported to the police, if they stopped shunning, if they said all df and da'd could associate with their friends and family, if they apologized to ray franz and all others who were hurt by their policies; would exjws respect their dogma and refrain from putting down their religious beliefs to their faces?.

  this is an important question, more important than you know.

  iw

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  Did Jesus Christ exist at all?

  by Tyler in

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  2. bible

  some of my comments (and that of others) on other threads have highlighted a basic differance between those of us who belieave jesus christ did exist, and those of us who recon he did not.

  i belieave jesus as described in the gospells did not exist.

  so i decided to start a thread that adresses this issue face on.

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  Spies?

  by Wolfy in

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  2. friends

  i see alot of references on this site regarding "lurkers" and "spies".

  i have been thinking a bit on this topic and came up with a question.

  do you think the governments or other religious organizations plant moles or spies among the jw's?.

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  If you die, you will not be allowed to marry in the new world....(?)

  by FreeofGuilt in

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  2. friends

  well, lets just say this was one of my major hangups when i was w/ the jws.. to think that the one you loved, & were married to, or if you were single never married before, & then making it to the new world not being able to marry again was such a horrifying concept..!

  i remember some pics being changed on the front pages of literature, or illustrations being changed inside of literature where once there were a wife & children meeting their father/husband in the graveyard after resurrection, & then they took the illustrations away, with maybe a whole family just welcoming back one of their children from the grave.

  well, i asked my mom over & over about this teaching, & she told me to ask the brothers... the brothers said that i would just have to have faith that things would workout in the resurrection, or that the society would get new light about the subject, but that i should never question the faithful & discreet slave.

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  Why do most brothers work in the cleaning business?

  by JH in

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  when i joined the jw's many years ago, i couldn't get over how many were working in the cleaning business.

  i know this permitted them to go to the meetings, out in the field service, and work without any conflict.. where did this trend start?

  is it like this world wide?

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  How Do You Feel About Jehovah's Witnesses???

  by minimus in

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  nearly everyone that posts here says mostly negative things about the witnesses.

  a few will speak of certain jw's that were helpful to them while they were going through difficulties.

  in the situation that you find yourself in now, do you feel that you hate jw's?

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  Suicide and JW'S

  by obiwan in

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  2. experiences

  i have personally had experience with this.

  a long time friend committed suicide because of her husband and the problems they were having.

  he abused her and ended up leaving her, the elders wouldn't help out much stating that it was a marital problem.. she couldn't cope with him leaving, she was extremely dependant on him, she felt the only way out was suicide.

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  Witnessism's........

  by integ in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i know some have posted similar topics like this, but i thought it might be kind of fun (for the new ones that are coming here in droves) and others, to give some examples of catch phrases etc, that are unique to the jw world.

  here's a few to start:.... "muster up boldness", "sound down into our hearts","satan's crafty acts", "paradisaic", "young ones"," discernment".....these are just a few of the more irritating.

  add yours if you'd like.. integ.

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  Poll- Did you have sex while unmarried when you were a JW?

  by FreeofGuilt in

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  i probably was the biggest slut in the kh- sex before baptized @ 13- sex after baptism when i was 17. oral sex about 5 times w/ different guys from the kh-- what can i say, i loved being a rebel, & love sex- i think the elders liked it to because i had to tell them the details (some guy always told), & they would probably get off later- never was disfellowshipped-- i am a good actress, but i thought the "holy spirit" guided them, well not because they believed my sobbing- --:-) kristine

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