Their shunning policy was one of the reasons I never got baptized.
Black Sheep
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Do You Honestly Believe That You Would Have Officially Left The JW Religion If They Didn't Shun You?
by minimus ini left as an inactive person.
i pretty much have been left alone by the elders and witnesses, as far as being hounded.. i know of many that either disassociated or got disfellowshipped.. i'm wondering if you think you would have remained a jw, in name only, if the religion (cult) didn't shun and penalize as they do..
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Some help on the Israel journey of 40 years.
by jam inat what time did god blind the israelites, (to wonder for.
40 years)?
after crossing the red sea exodus states 15;22.
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Black Sheep
A normal walking pace would get a man from Egypt to Canaan in less than a week just walking six hours a day. To take 11-13 months to reach Canaan, they might be travelling only far enough each day to get away from the smell of the ring of excrement from 2 million people that is surrounding last night's camp.
Did the person who told you they were spiritually blinded show you this from a Bible, or were they making it up?
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Some help on the Israel journey of 40 years.
by jam inat what time did god blind the israelites, (to wonder for.
40 years)?
after crossing the red sea exodus states 15;22.
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Black Sheep
I don't recall anything in the story that suggests they were blind
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Some help on the Israel journey of 40 years.
by jam inat what time did god blind the israelites, (to wonder for.
40 years)?
after crossing the red sea exodus states 15;22.
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Black Sheep
Surprised myself by sitting down with a map and a calculater and working out how just big that desert was for a man on foot. Realised that it would have been rediculous to be 'lost' for even a few weeks in such a small area.
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Black Sheep
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Any advice?
by InChristAlone ini was told a very heartbreaking story last night.
one of my childhood friends adopted two kids from africa several years ago.
these kids have had very severe anger management issues and have been in regular therapy.
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Black Sheep
Someone needs to get a better lawyer. How is it possible to 'legally' adopt a kidnap victim?
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3 years of study, Just found out!
by impala63rag inhello friends, .
i would like some advice from those that are inpartial, and are familiar with the teachings of jw.
i studied with a wonderful jw couple weekly for 3 years.
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Black Sheep
You should be more worried about your son's involvement with Emmaus, than your relationship with the Watchtower.
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Disassociation
by evilone inhi all, i haven't posted here in quite some time.. just as an update, about two years ago, my wife and i moved to a big city about 500 miles away from the town in which we grew up.
we made this move in part to expedite the fading process, which was successful.
when we moved, as i described in an earlier post, we formally transferred from our home cong (where our families are) to a local cong in our new city, and then transferred twice more so as to get lost in the shuffle.
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Black Sheep
You haven't left anything real. It isn't Jehovah's Organisation, it's just a bunch of deluded fools pretending they represent a god a previous fool named Jehovah.
Why make it official that you don't belong to something that doesn't exist? I reckon it just feeds their delusion that they are important.
Plus ... if you ever want to have an intelligent discussion with a JW, you have to do it while their defences are down, which is why the WT wants you to have DA tattooed on your forehead to ID you as an evil Apostate. Play by their rules ... and they win.
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Is the Watchtower Really Rewriting their History through the DVDs and CD-ROM?s Historical Revisionist.
by RottenRiley ini am searching for the materials showing the watchtower changing the original content like or examples of the following.. .
"the preaching work will be finished in the 20th century and never be repeated".
i heard they changed this gem, and many others, why are they so dishonest, their members are stuck in the mental mud, doubt they even read the new magazines so why are they going to the trouble of changing or revising their past magazines when the members wanting true christian freedom, practicing love and compassion will locate the revised materials?.
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Black Sheep
I am searching for the materials showing the Watchtower changing the original content like or examples of the following.
I wouldn't go making this accusation to anyone who will take you to task to provide some evidence for it.
"The Preaching Work will be finished in the 20th century and never be repeated".
In the example you give, the change was made between the public rag and the BV.
I do not know of one instance where there is a change between the CD and the printed version. The CD always reflects the last print edition.
Plus ........ there are some very embarrassing statements made that are still included on the CD that would have been 'edited' if they were doing what some newbie 'apostates' accuse them of. If you want to rattle the brain of a JW, use those, rather than an accusation that you haven't got original printed evidence for.
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Is Eating The Clone of Your Baby Wrong or Yuk? If so why? Placenta with Shallots Recipe.
by RottenRiley inwhat's your view, i will agree with the watchtower's belief system and say it's wrong to eat the genetic clone of my child.
here's a clip, if you want the rest of the article, i will post what the apologist ask to those eating a placenta, is it yuk or cool?.
".... listen to the words of richard dawkins from oxford, gladly declaring the philosophical ramifications of naturalism.
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Black Sheep
You can make eating eggs on toast sound disgusting if you put your mind to it.