Thanks for the tips guys....I want to express to my father that I'm not turning my back on God, Jesus, him or the rest of my family but I am turning my back to the WBTS. He tends to block all four together (Jehovah, Jesus, WBTS and my family) into one being so it's hard for him to distiguish who my distrust is aimed towards. He takes it personally. I want to show my father that I don't have to abide by the laws of the WBTS concerning reinstatement in order to be in God's favor.
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Can the Bible be used to disprove the Witnesses
by jaredg inlately i have been arguing with my father about my beliefs and such.
i belive that the wbts is not the faithful and discrete slave and i don't agree with many of the wbts techings.
the easiest way for me to do this is to discredit the bible but this isn't working with my father.
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Can the Bible be used to disprove the Witnesses
by jaredg inlately i have been arguing with my father about my beliefs and such.
i belive that the wbts is not the faithful and discrete slave and i don't agree with many of the wbts techings.
the easiest way for me to do this is to discredit the bible but this isn't working with my father.
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Lately I have been arguing with my father about my beliefs and such. I belive that the WBTS is not the faithful and discrete slave and I don't agree with many of the WBTS techings. The easiest way for me to do this is to discredit the Bible but this isn't working with my father. He has challenged me to use the Bible, any Bible, to support my way of life. I have a girlfriend but we aren't involved sexually and I don't do any drugs and don't get drunk and stuff like that. In fact I could be a JW, moraly speaking, again except that I don't believe that the WTBS is the only way to God. Is there any place in the Bible that supports my theory that we should love, support and associate with kind hearted people even if that person, me, has been disfellowshipped. I'd really like to disprove this whole shunning thing first of all but I don't know where to start. I find it hard to think outside of the box from what I've been taught from childhood being raised as a JW. I'd like to study the Bible on my own but have yet to make the time for it.
THANKS!!
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What would you do? Need Advice!
by jwbot inmy brother has *gasp* a worldy girlfriend.
he has a job, they both work there, met there, and now they are in love.
i think they have been together only a couple weeks.
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hey at least you don't have to worry about attending those pesky meeting or field service
but if i were in your situation i'd find out why she is getting kicked out of the dorms. i don't think it is a good idea that your bro. and his girl shack up right yet. they both need to grow a bit first. i'm sure something could be done to find her another dorm room and if your bro is in college maybe he'll wanna think about living on campus too.
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Jan 15th WT - Quiet desperation from the Governing Body
by truthseeker inthe january 15th wt, "can you control your future" is the prelude to the feb 1st watchtower that contains the 2004 annual service report statistics.. .
in the second study article (pages 15-20), the gb acknowledge the fact that people aren't paying attention to their waffle.. .
there are some surprising statements in the last paragraph, but first, let's highlight some points in this article.... .
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Perhaps some have found certain information published by the "faithful and discreet slave" hard to grasp. If any of this has happened to you, we urge you
to study God's Word with renewed zeal and to supplicate Jehovah so that you may regain a strong, close relationship with him.
it's interesting that they equate accepting and grasping difficult dogman published by the WTBTS as having a close relationship with Jehovah. so basically if you don't agree with the WTBTS then you can't be close to God. WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT!!!
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Worldwide Growth At 2% - the new service report
by slimboyfat ini have the feb magazine with the new report in it.
if anyone is interested to know any of the figures then let me know and i will post it over the next half hour or so....
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can you post the US figures please...i can't find the ones posted a couple days ago.
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Update On Husband Troubles
by Doubtfully Yours insince i burdened you all with my marriage problems earlier, i thought it'd be only fair that i should give you all an update of how things are going.
i feel that my husband and i love eachother very much, but he's so conflicted and divided because his loyalty towards the wtbts is so strong.. we reconciled, cried a lot and had a heart-to-heart talk, long and elaborate.
let all our thoughts and frustrations out in the open.
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jaredg
stand by your man and maybe one day he'll open his eyes. when he does he will love you more than ever b/c he'll realise all the shit that he put you through!!
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Non JW woman met JW man--confused & have questions
by Jellybean inok. i have some questions, and thought this may be a place to get some answers.. i'm going to be honest here, so please don't bash me too much, as i was never a jw.. in july i was out at a drinking establishment in my home town.
my husband and i have been having marital trouble, and we were trying a trial seperation.
guys were hitting on me left and right--which i had absolutely no interest in.
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jaredg
if you two had sex and he let you go down on him then he either is not a very active JW or he is no longer a JW. you should ask him what his standing is and what he plans on doing in the future...i.e. does he plan on getting reinstated or in good standing in the cong.
and guys don't tell her to RUUUUNNNNNNN just yet. he may come around. lord knows if my GF would have read this site a year ago we would not be together today
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Albuquerque Roll Call
by jaredg inhey i'm in albuquerque nm on buisness until thusday and was wondering if any x-jws were in the area and would like to meet up.
i'm getting freakin' bored here!
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if you were here what would you do?
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Albuquerque Roll Call
by jaredg inhey i'm in albuquerque nm on buisness until thusday and was wondering if any x-jws were in the area and would like to meet up.
i'm getting freakin' bored here!
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Hey I'm in Albuquerque NM on buisness until Thusday and was wondering if any x-jws were in the area and would like to meet up. I'm getting freakin' bored here!!
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Where were you last night....!!!!!!
by Gill inwhat happened to jwd forum last night?!.
anyway, i managed to find another way of entertaining myself and stumbled across the official jw discussion site.
has anyone else visited this?.
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WAHHHHH WAHHHHH WAHHHHH
those people over at paradise cafe need to face the music and stop acting like such victims. they haven't had control over their own lives for so long that they have forgotten how to do so. it really is very sad.