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  gb, PLEASE, PLEASE UP THE ORGANIZATIONAL HARSHNESS IN 2018

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sometimes i have expressed a longing for jw organization to tone down its rhetoric and become, well, nicer and more loving.

  i have not been alone in my hope.

  some posters have even said that if a wave of kindness washed over jw organization and, say, the shunning doctrine was modified (e.g., left up to the individual's conscience without fear of retribution from elders), they'd go back.

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  stuckinarut2

  Brilliant!

  Yes, bring it all on!

  More tightpants style rants too please! More homophobic rants....If that stuff doesn't scream lunacy, then nothing does...
  
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  Episode Four - Mike is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses - Is Live Now

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in this episode we explore mike’s story of being shunned at an early age while still living at home, and how even today although he isn’t officially “shunned” he’s still treated that way as an inactive jehovah’s witness.

  not all who are “shunned” are disfellowshipped or disassociated from the organization.

  shunning is in the dna of jehovah’s witnesses, something that really marks them as a high control religion, also known as a cult.. .

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  stuckinarut2

  Thank you sir!!!

  Always love your work!

  I so want to share our story soon....soon......
  
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  So is there any truth to more Northeast Ohio congregations being merged or dissolved?

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. watchtower
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  i know of some congregations and even circuits that have already met this fate recently.

  are there any more to come for certain?.

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  I personally know of two KHalls in Australia that are being sold off, and the congregations around those areas are being amalgamated into others...

  Halls that were only recently renovated too! (With funds from the local witnesses! I bet they would like their money back!?)
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  Why do we speak out once we learn TTATT?? Because the Society TRAINED us to do so!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was just thinking about how the gb / society hates it when people like us dare to speak up or mention anything negative about the society.. they try and demean us, or colour witnesses view of anyone who leaves - especially if we speak up!

  we know the sort of rhetoric they have been spewing forth over the last few years.. but the gb needs to face the fact that we speak out because we have been trained to do so by them!

  they have used scriptural passages to encourage us repeatedly to "preach with boldness"(acts 4:29-31 eph 6:19).

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  Ah yes sparrow! Unfortunately I know all the ones who man the carts near me....so I look forward to a time when I see a cart in an area I dont know....
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  "Are you humble enough to admit you were wrong?"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  that is a question i want to calmly and politely ask a witness next time i interact with them.

  perhaps at a cart.. "the bible says we should be humble.

  may i ask, are you humble enough to admit you were wrong on things you believe?

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  stuckinarut2

  Great point wake me! Witnesses are there to preach AT, not have an actual discussion.
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  New Light

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  am i the only one who can't reconcile new light with the light gets brighter?

  if it matters at all.

  i bring a candle into my house and light it.

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  stuckinarut2

  Yes. Good point.

  Welcome to our community too by the way! Nice to have you here!

  The very notion of "light getting brighter" is ridiculous. Especially so if the thing illuminated actually changes. The GB have changed things so much that doctrines of the past are not even a shadow of what they once were!

  To expand on your great illustration, if lighting a new candle inside your house makes your furniture change from a lounge into a fridge, then there is a bigger issue at play!
  
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  Why do we speak out once we learn TTATT?? Because the Society TRAINED us to do so!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was just thinking about how the gb / society hates it when people like us dare to speak up or mention anything negative about the society.. they try and demean us, or colour witnesses view of anyone who leaves - especially if we speak up!

  we know the sort of rhetoric they have been spewing forth over the last few years.. but the gb needs to face the fact that we speak out because we have been trained to do so by them!

  they have used scriptural passages to encourage us repeatedly to "preach with boldness"(acts 4:29-31 eph 6:19).

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  stuckinarut2

  I was just thinking about how the GB / Society hates it when people like us dare to speak up or mention anything negative about the Society.

  They try and demean us, or colour Witnesses view of anyone who leaves - especially if we speak up! We know the sort of rhetoric they have been spewing forth over the last few years.

  But the GB needs to face the fact that we speak out BECAUSE we have been TRAINED to do so by them! They have used scriptural passages to encourage us repeatedly to "preach with boldness"(Acts 4:29-31 Eph 6:19). To "save people" . To "preach urgently" (2 Tim 4:2) etc.

  The bible speaks of TRUTH as being a "fire within our bones" (Jer 20:9) that spurs us to share TRUTH!

  So when the GB or JWs in general object to us sharing TTATT (The truth about the truth), it really is their own fault!
  
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  "Are you humble enough to admit you were wrong?"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  that is a question i want to calmly and politely ask a witness next time i interact with them.

  perhaps at a cart.. "the bible says we should be humble.

  may i ask, are you humble enough to admit you were wrong on things you believe?

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  stuckinarut2

  Fair enough. Good points.

  Witnesses are so arrogant and CONVINCED they could not possibly ever be wrong...so I suppose its a moot point.

  I will try it one day though with ones I know. Ones I was once close friends with!... Very mildly and very calmly, in a respectful and sincere manner...
  
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  "Are you humble enough to admit you were wrong?"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  that is a question i want to calmly and politely ask a witness next time i interact with them.

  perhaps at a cart.. "the bible says we should be humble.

  may i ask, are you humble enough to admit you were wrong on things you believe?

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  stuckinarut2

  That is a question I want to calmly and politely ask a witness next time I interact with them. Perhaps at a cart.

  "The bible says we should be Humble. May I ask, are you humble enough to admit you were wrong on things you believe? Would you be humble enough to examine this?"

  I wonder how that would go?

  Then introduce one or two points only to them about the Societies beliefs or practices...

  Thoughts?
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  The Seven Trumpets

  by Jehovah lol in

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  is it still watchtower dogma that the seven trumpets of revelation refer to seven conventions in the 1920s?

  would many jws these days even be aware of this?

  i find it so amusing that seven little conventions in the distant past, almost a century ago, could be equated with such an iconic biblical passage.

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  stuckinarut2

  Hey pomo6780, be careful...the writing committee may simply cut and paste your comment and release it as "new light"!

  You have just made their task easier! Heha🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺😉