I think being disfellowshipped causes many to question their beliefs and examine the facts for the first time in their lives.
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evolution
by piledriver incan enyone explane why someone who's dissfelowshipt said they now belve in evolution has anyone heard this explane please
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AGM 2015: "New Light"
by Londo111 ini could only manage to watch the part of the antitypical babylonian exile not being from 1914-1919, but from some time in the second century to 1919..
for the interest on keeping tabs what family and former friends are being taught...what other new light was given?
specifically, what is the new light in regard the mark?.
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AGM 2015: "New Light"
by Londo111 ini could only manage to watch the part of the antitypical babylonian exile not being from 1914-1919, but from some time in the second century to 1919..
for the interest on keeping tabs what family and former friends are being taught...what other new light was given?
specifically, what is the new light in regard the mark?.
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Tenacious- I was thinking more along the lines of future adjusments like, claiming current WT woes are discipline on the congregations from Jehovah, and blaming the brothers for "tolerating apostates."
I don't know exactly, I'm just spitballing I spose, and the idea in my head hasn't fully formed yet, but something sounded odd about the whole thing.
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AGM 2015: "New Light"
by Londo111 ini could only manage to watch the part of the antitypical babylonian exile not being from 1914-1919, but from some time in the second century to 1919..
for the interest on keeping tabs what family and former friends are being taught...what other new light was given?
specifically, what is the new light in regard the mark?.
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sparrowdown
With regards to the whole "Baylonian Exile" thing, to me it sounded supsiciously like priming. I have noticed over the years, that they make a point of setting up some tenuous Bible precedent in answer to a question no one was asking in the lead up to a more major adjustment and prior to actual announcement -( sorry if that's hard to follow.)
Which caused me to wonder what adjustment or announcement was coming in the future that depends upon this "adjustment."
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Cart witnessing! Dose this mean more accessibility to apostates?
by joe134cd ini don't know if this has been talked about before but do you think that cart witnessing has made the r&f more accessible to apostates.
why i say this is because if you think of the d2d work the only way that i could make contact with a r&f member would be if they knocked on my door or i was fortunate enough to see them walking down the road, stopped them and began talking.
if it was known that i was an apostate my address would be recorded and no further visits made.. however with the carts it is a completely different story, and it is much harder to walk away particularly in a busy street in the full view of the public.
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sparrowdown
Many of us here would be down as "do not calls" so yeah, the carts mean the JWs are more accessible to us.
Maybe we'll be seeing motorized carts in the future -for fast getaways.
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Finding homes for the former 'bethelites' and 'special pioneers'
by Esse quam videri insince the liberal government has been elected in canada, it seems that people are looking to the future with a little more optimism and hope.
it is only human nature that with change, we would think that the change would be for the better.
the courts have ruled, in canada, that it is unconstitutional to deny the homeless the right to sleep in parks.
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red flag to a bull those carts can't resist !
by possum inwent to a market yesterday and there it was a cart manned by a middle-aged women and a young one.
in a really respectful, friendly manner i approached them and enquired if watchtower society had done anything about its "two witness policy" post royal commission.
knew nothing of 2 witness rule.
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sparrowdown
The TMS was to teach us that no matter what the "viewpoint" question we introduce ourselves with, there is only one answer -the literature, and we don't actually want their viewpoint.
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sparrowdown
By the look on that guy's face self-worship that can easily degenerate into self-pleasuring.
He's probably one of those "metrosexuals."
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red flag to a bull those carts can't resist !
by possum inwent to a market yesterday and there it was a cart manned by a middle-aged women and a young one.
in a really respectful, friendly manner i approached them and enquired if watchtower society had done anything about its "two witness policy" post royal commission.
knew nothing of 2 witness rule.
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sparrowdown
Questions, any questions are like cryptonite to most dubs. Many have the attitude that unless you're telling them how wonderful and encouraging their literature is, your "attacking" them.
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red flag to a bull those carts can't resist !
by possum inwent to a market yesterday and there it was a cart manned by a middle-aged women and a young one.
in a really respectful, friendly manner i approached them and enquired if watchtower society had done anything about its "two witness policy" post royal commission.
knew nothing of 2 witness rule.
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sparrowdown
Good for you possum.
I can imagine many brothers and sisters will not even want to man the carts if there is even the slightest chance of being asked uncomfortable questions.