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  Girls are unpredictable, materialist, and use us, men, as a toy - Part 2

  by will-be-apostate in

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  well here am i, a couple of years passed since my original post (link here), somewhat less mysoginistic, more open to relationships, heartbroken again.

  this is an official "fuck my life" thread.. being chased by the elders makes one arrive at the conclusion that there is nothing better than not being chased by the elders.

  i had a pre-jc meeting a week ago.

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  Lord spare us from the snowflake generation.
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  A better way to ask questions - Anybody remember "Amazing"?

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first of all, i wonder whatever happened to jim whitney (aka amazing).

  when i first joined this forum, i remember being so impressed by the way he got his family out.

  instead of knocking the organization head-on, he would ask questions that can't be answered during his family study, such as, "how would you answer someone if they said we were false prophets?

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  Amazing can be found on FB under his real name.
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  1975 statements

  by A Believer in

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  2. experiences

  from jw org.

  “six thousand years of human existence”.

  in 1969 the watchtower magazine in czech began publishing a series of articles based on the book life everlasting—in freedom of the sons of god.

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  So why did the Watchtower, August 15, 1968, ask the question in an article headed: "Why Are You Looking Forward to 1975?"

  Watchtower 1966 October 15 pp.628-9 Rejoicing over "God's Sons of Liberty" Spiritual Feast:

  >>>It did not take the brothers very long to find the chart beginning on page 31, showing that 6,000 years of man's existence end in 1975. Discussion of 1975 overshadowed about everything else. "The new book compels us to realize that Armageddon is, in fact, very close indeed," said a conventioner. Surely it was one of the outstanding blessings to be carried home!<<<<

  >>>"The fact that fifty-four years of the period called the "last days" have already gone by is highly significant. It means that only a few years, at most, remain before the corrupt system of things dominating the earth is destroyed by God." <<<Awake! 1968 Oct 8 p.13

  The sense of urgency re 1975 continued to be built, through 1974 and on into 1975. Note how the following excerpt from the December 15, 1974 Watchtower (pp. 764-66) does so:
  
  >>>... now, as the critical year of 1975 enters, it may well be asked: Has the Most High God of prophecy made a name for himself? The answer is self-evident, Yes! By whom? Not by Christendom or by Jewry, but by Jehovah's Christian witnesses!'...<<<
  
  (Note how the above-quoted article emphasized "the critical year of 1975." If, as some apologists today claim, the Society only suggested 1975 as a possible date for "the end," then why did the article call the year "critical"? What was "critical" about it, except that it was probably going to be the year of "the end"?)

  The society interspersed the end of 6000 years with comments about the nearness of armageddon over and over again. Such as:
  
  The March 1968 KM contained an insert titled "An Opportunity to Increase Your Happiness" (pp. 3-6) that encouraged "vacation pioneering" in April. It contained some statements that were electrifying to many JW's:
  
  >>Since we have dedicated ourselves to Jehovah, we want to do his will to the fullest extent possible. Making some special effort to do more than the usual helps us live up to our dedication. In view of the short period of time left, we want to do this as often as circumstances permit. Just think, brothers, there are only about ninety months left before 6,000 years of man's existence on earth is completed. Do you remember what we learned at the assemblies last summer? The majority of people living today will probably be alive when Armageddon breaks out, and there are no resurrection hopes for those who are destroyed then. So, now more than ever, it is vital not to ignore that spirit of wanting to do more.<<
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  FYI: "Leah Remini's Anti-Scientology Documentary on A&E is scorching." Airs Tuesday the 29th, etc.

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  leah remini’s anti-scientology doc: former celeb wrangler admits how tom cruise was “surrounded” and isolated.

  http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/11/23/leah-reminis-anti-scientology-doc-former-celeb-wrangler-admits-how-tom-cruise-was-surrounded-and-isolated.

  "leah remini’s anti-scientology documentary on a&e is scorching.

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  I was quite bewildered for a while...

  
  
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  If You Could Ask the GB Or One Of Its Members...

  by Cold Steel in

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  2. beliefs

  ...one question about anything and get a straight answer, what would it be?

  historical, philosophical, theological, eschatological, anything.

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  Do you receive a salary or a massive expense account?
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  "Just around the corner." The dumbest song that I have ever heard..

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm at my quasi-thanksgiving dinner with relatives.

  i hear a haunting sound from another room.

  "is that a children's song?

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  So funny when lyricists try to squeeze extra words in:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxFpStKsvV4
  
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  Memories of Grace Gough

  by Mary in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi everyone;i'm not on here too much anymore, but i've been asked to write a brief biography of our dear grace gough ('mouthy' on here).

  i'm writing my own memories of her but it was also suggested that i maybe contact others who knew her to see if they had a nice memory or two of her they'd like to share.

  it would only have to be a paragraph or two and your name can be kept confidential if you like.

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  Is there something about AAWA history or goals I do not know? (Just curious, I haven't been involved)

  I've been on the site and other associated contacts and am of the opinion that the gentleman in charge is something of a self-aggrandising individual. Rather like a circus ringmaster. IMHO. A glory seeker.
  
  
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Crime Against Grammar

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so this is really starting to grate on me the more i think about it because it's just wrong grammatically.. one of my friends always refers to me used to being "a jehovah witness" which used to grate whenever she said it but now it seems more correct.. think about it this way: bruce springsteen has fans.

  they are fans of bruce springsteen or, bruce springsteen's fans.

  but each of them isn't a bruce springsteen's fan.

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  They're Joeys around here.
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  Entertainment: What's everybody reading or into right now?

  by schnell in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i picked up bernard cornwell's the pagan lord at the library.

  historical fiction set in england after the death of alfred the great.

  i'm loving it, especially the between-the-lines wit and sense of timing in cornwell's writing, and the complete badassery of the protagonist.

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  Just finished John Grisham's "The Whistler". I've read all his books - I think I now know more about the US legal system than our own.
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  So, how did the 'beard article' go over yesterday at your congregation?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at mine the conductor was somewhat awkward and minimal and there were nervous chuckles from the audience.

  two people, including an elder, gave reasonable comments that it's okay as long as it's not extreme styles, etc.

  but then another one of the elders commented that nothing has changed and they still aren't proper locally.

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  I spent 6 months trying to grow a beard and when i shaved it off my wife didn't even notice!