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  Has Anyone Ever Just Gotten Mad and "Popped" an Elder?

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it has to have happened.

  people get stressed out, an elder or overseer takes just two steps over the line and gets a fat lip for his trouble.. does that ever happen?

  or maybe someone "counsels" a brother at the wrong time and tempers flare at the old kingdom hall?.

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  Never let the emotion of their inappropriate behaviour cause you to lose your cool.

  As doubtfull1799 says, it will only reinforce their idea that WE are the mentally diseased ones....

  Remember the scripture that says "return evil for evil to no-one...as far as it depends on you, be peaceable with all"

  However, that doesn't mean we cant politely yet firmly remind them of "APPROPRIATE BOUNDARIES" and behaviour!

  Many elders feel that they have the power over us and the right to overstep appropriate boundaries.

  However the only power they have over us is that which we allow
  
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  Regarding Correct Understanding of Bible Prophecies Have JWs EVER Been Right?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i seriously doubt that any jw understanding of prophecy has ever withstood the test of time.

  how can anyone trust them when they are always wrong?

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  Well said HowTheBibleWasCreated!

  Well said indeed sir!

  Perhaps we should all wear those sandwich boards and stand outside KHalls like the witnesses used to do to churches??

  Sadly though, they would not see the irony!
  
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  Thank you for helping me through the bad days

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm sure that whatever stage we are at with our journey in leaving the corporation disguised as a religion, aka the watchtower bible & tract society, we have good days and bad days.

  maybe young ones who have managed to escape mentally do not suffer quite as much, or suffer in different ways, but after 40 years of indoctrination, what i now like to call the "machinery of reinforcement" it is unavoidable that you don't have days where your head is messed with.

  yesterday was just such a day for me.

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  Beautiful post Doubtfull1799!

  Much love and support to you indeed.

  This journey we are all on is not an easy one. It could be likened to being on the "narrow and cramped road to life"...(now why does that sound familiar?)

  But, no matter how hard it is, it is worth all the effort we go through. After all, the value of truth and honesty and sincerity is priceless.

  Stay strong!
  
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  Watchman2U - The Inspection & Test is on Jehovah Witnesses.

  by Watchman2u in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  watchman 2u.

  letter one – jehovah witnesses are all accountable who swore an oath to jehovah god at baptism.

  you jehovah witnesses in spiritual judea are clinging onto the temple that will not save you.

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  Regarding Correct Understanding of Bible Prophecies Have JWs EVER Been Right?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i seriously doubt that any jw understanding of prophecy has ever withstood the test of time.

  how can anyone trust them when they are always wrong?

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  They have certainly fulfilled Duet 18:22

  "If a prophet or spokesman of god speaks and yet his words do not come true, then know that he was NOT from God"...
  
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  Regarding Correct Understanding of Bible Prophecies Have JWs EVER Been Right?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i seriously doubt that any jw understanding of prophecy has ever withstood the test of time.

  how can anyone trust them when they are always wrong?

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  They have fulfilled one verse that Jesus said:

  "this people honours me with their lips, yet their heart is far removed from me"

  And also this classic from Revelation:

  "get out from the midst of her my people - quit touching the unclean thing....if you do not want to share in her plagues, for her sins have massed together clear up to heaven and God has called her acts of injustice to mind"
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  Why are the individuals who make up the Governing Body so deluded

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  surely these men must see what's going on.

  if they can afford fancy pinky rings, they must have smart phones.

  if they have smart phones, they must be inquisitive as to how they are perceived.

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  Confirmation bias at play.

  They all confirm to one another that they are indeed God's Channel on earth.....therefore they believe it wholeheartedly
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  My Anointed Grandma’s Wavering Faith?

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  some quick background information: my dad (her firstborn son) died unexpectedly this past october.

  his death has really hit our family hard.

  personally, i have not totally come to terms with this.

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  The religion that those over 65 are familiar with has completely changed.....

  It bears very little similarity to the one of today....

  The GB are deliberately trying to re-brand, and appeal to a new generation of witness youths..... However, they too will get old and die....
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  Helping someone to wake up to "the truth about the truth"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we all have loved one that we wish we could "wake up" from the society.. of course it is not wise to force them with information, as that could just cause their defences to go up and make them dig their heals in.. this reminded me of an illustration that the society actually used at a convention many years back:.

  if we want someone to move out of their dilapidated, run down and dangerous house that they are sentimentally attached to, we cant just grab them and drag them out.

  they will object.. but, if we build a brand-new, safe, secure attractive home right next door and allow them to see it be built, their curiosity will be sparked.

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  Nice comments!
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  Young Couple Stopped with Invitation

  by mrquik in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i had a young couple stop by yesterday to drop off an invitation to the memorial.

  i told them i was a bible student & had studied a number of religions.

  i got into all the hot topics.

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  Well said ToesUp!