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  Barbour and 1874 contra 1914

  by beroea in

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  barbour and 1874 contra 1914. does anyone have some information about why and how barbour change that the gentiles times first was to end in 1874 and later on to 1914. i have some information about his statements about the year 1974 as the year for the return of jesus (parausia) and also the year of the end of the gentile times.

  i have read the case of carl oluf jonsson, but have found no good explanation to this question: why and how did he change the gentiles times to end in 1914 instead of 1974 as first counted.

  i think these questions are important because russell adopted the chronology of barbour almost in total.. .

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  I attended the meeting tonight.....

  by silentlambs in

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  i went to the meeting tonight to check out things in the local congregation.

  this spiritual paradise is showing a few cracks.

  when i arrived about ten minutes before the meeting started, i felt like a ghost.

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  Does fear control the JW's?

  by beroea in

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  does fear control the jws?.

  i notice amount several jw that a deep kind of fear are a long time partner in the jw person.

  this combine with a at long times experience of ignoring facts is why many stays even they see a lot of changes from the borg and sometimes even bad things .

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  Where do you go to die?

  by wasasister in

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  for the majority of humans, certain events are surrounded by tradition and ritual.

  marriage, the birth of children, entrance into adulthood, and death are all life-events which will be marked by most with a form of religious ceremony.

  for the few who have left off affiliation with a religious organization, these events are marked differently - more by tradition than by mystic ritual.

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  What is the role of the Annointed NOT on the GB?

  by LDH in

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  does anyone have an answer to this question?

  other than 'partaking', what exactly is it that 8,000 old boogers do the rest of the year?.

  doesn't anyone else find it odd that out of these 8,000+ old boogers, only like 9 of them are on the gb?

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  Are there any JWs in here?

  by natred in

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  being bought up in this sick twisted orginization for many years i sypmathize for all of you who are brainwashed into believing it is the truth.its not!

  its an organization full of scared helpless people,social outcasts,freaks,weirdos,power seeking old men,hypocrites and desperate charmless middle aged men attracted purely by the women.

  i hear also a large number of peaodaphiles and now murderers?

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  Why some stays inside the JW

  by beroea in

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  i was posting a little on the old h2o but have taking a break before going to this new room only watching for a while.

  im still an active jw and elder here in europe - a long way from you in the usa and also another culture even inside the jw.

  i think we in europe as jws are thinking a little different from the jws in the u.s. we dont put religious authorities as high as i think you do.

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  Long Intro From A Long Timer

  by hillary_step in

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  i am a new to posting on this board though i have been actively reading your posts the past while and i thank some of you for the interesting viewpoints that you have verbalized and that i have enjoyed thinking on.

  i am still an active jw, in fact an elder of 20 years standing hence my need to limit information about my personal circumstances.

  i have served in a number of countries in europe as a pioneer and elder over the past three decades.

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  new, nowhere to turn, ashamed & afraid

  by azzazel in

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  2. friends

  hullo everybody i'm new here, even though i've been lurking now for several months.. i have to say how afraid i am to post, afraid and ashamed but i feel if i dont tell my story, i honestly dont know what may happen to me or my children if they lose me, right now i feel like i've got nowhere left to turn and have my doubts about this place as well.. i know my story will shock you but i cant keep it in any longer.

  i am recently disfellowshipped for immorality, the subject of a kingdom hall witch -hunt and subsequent congregational humiliation, .

  during the process of the judicial committee meetings and proceedings no consideration was given to my real human circumstances nor to the spirit of survival nor human nature nor that of a mother seeking to protect her children from lack of basic fundamentals such as food, shelter and clothing.

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  NEW RELIGION! NEED INPUT!

  by TR in

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  this is sort of a take-off of the "what should the wt do" thread.. i need to get together a board of directors and elect a president and officers.

  we need to figure out a doctrine, a manifesto, and a set of disciplinary rules.

  we need to figure out a way to fund our new movement.

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