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  Okay, here's my story.

  by sundawn77 in

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  hey all.. first of all i want to say that i am really impressed by the warm atmosphere that this board provides.

  i remember when i was little and we learned about non-witnesses, and they were portrayed as children-eating, blood-drinking criminals.

  okay, i exaggerate, but the connotations were there!.

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  Thanks to the Witnesses, I have parents who tell me repeatedly that they are disappointed in me and can never unconditionally love me, even though I've begged them for that so many times that at one point I drove myself to the ER because I knew I was going to kill myself. I am financially independent, have bailed them out financially, skipped grades, won a scholarship, have 2 degrees with honors, and I volunteer all over the community. And they still tell me they are disappointed in me. So I cry in the shower because I can't win; I can't be a JW and dead inside for them. I have to be myself. Do these feelings ever go away? Will I ever make them see that I'm a good person? Please help me.

  The key sentence is when you say "I have to be myself." This is what it's all about. The dubs, on the other hand, are all about pleasing a god who will never be pleased. Try not to worry about what others think. Relocate if necessary. Live your life for you. It may, quite possibly, be the only life you've got.
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  1:09am and the frickin' meeting tomorrow!

  by 5thGeneration in

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  just want to chill out.

  sleep in.

  get up at 11 and make some spam 'n eggs.

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  Just clone yourself and "he" can be the whippin' boy. While you're in the hot tub with Dismembered & his wife, swillin' down mimosas, you'll be gettin' a taste of the "real" life. That's the paradise you're missin' out on, bro'.
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  Thomas Jefferson, on The Truth

  by under_believer in

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  "truth is great and will prevail if left to herself.

  proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear .

  from the conflict, unless, by human interposition, disarmed of her .

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  The truth does not need, nor want, the help and protection of liars.
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  What proof is there that the JWs were chosen by Jehovah to be His people?

  by VM44 in

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  what proof is there that the jws were chosen by jehovah to be a "people for his name"?

  growth in numbers is not proof, other religions also have displayed such growth over the last 100 years.. material prosperity is not proof as other religions also have considerable wealth, both in cash, property and real estate.. printing the watchtower and awake!

  magazines certainly is not proof!.

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  Other groups may hold to some of these beliefs, in varying combinations, but none hold to all 6 of these prime truths, and they are all much smaller than the JW's and so it is not logical that Jehovah has used them.

  yaddayadda --- if you were an apologist, how would you know these are prime truths?
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  What name would like to see for the "2007 District Convention"?

  by new boy in

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  there many to choose from --------------how about .

  " millions now living will soon be dead" (with no hope of a resurrection)--------------that means your unbaptized freinds and family members.

  "how we have created god in our image" (jealous, hatedful, petty).

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  The "Grab Your Ankles" District Convention (Actually, that could be the name for ANY convention.)
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  I am thinking too hard but.......

  by megsmomma in

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  have you ever thought about how things end up making sense to jw's?

  like the trinity cannot make sense because 1+1+1=1 doesn't add up...right?

  but........ a virgin conception,having miraculous sewer systems, plastic beach balls, and seat belts on elephannts in the new world is all good....ughhhhhhhh,where is the thought processes in this??

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  Pabst, Blatz & Schlitz....hmmmm.....breakast of champions stuff!
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  Help needed

  by return visitor in

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  in reading coc i learned that prior to the 1980's it was ok to speak with disassociated witnesses and that this was changed in the 1980's.

  while i can find the article in the 80's that addresses the issue, i can't find anything that shows that it is a change.

  can anyone direct me to something published by the organization that reflects their teaching before the change?.

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  April 1, 1920 WT, pg. 100: "We would not refuse to treat one as a brother because he did not believe the Society is the Lord's channel."
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  Help needed

  by return visitor in

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  in reading coc i learned that prior to the 1980's it was ok to speak with disassociated witnesses and that this was changed in the 1980's.

  while i can find the article in the 80's that addresses the issue, i can't find anything that shows that it is a change.

  can anyone direct me to something published by the organization that reflects their teaching before the change?.

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  The {entire} WATCHTOWER BIBLE TRACT SOCIETY BOOK PUBLISHING CORPORATION policy on shunning, as a result of disfellowshipment, is terroristic in nature. It should be abolished.

  sKally -- How 'bout if I re-word that? The {entire} WATCHTOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY BOOK PUBLISHING CORPORATION is terroristic in nature. It should be abolished.

  Sounds better, don't ya think?
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  whats the action plan for armogedon

  by pippy in

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  just wondering what the dubs will do if they think that armogedon is really starting... will they run for the hills,,, will they tape up their windows and stay inside with their 3 months worth of stored food??

  will the elders one day anounce a secret location for them to all go to immediatly without telling any unbelievers where they are going???

  i am always scared that one day my parents will disappear and i wont know how to rescue them ... though i spose if i was to rescue them , i should be doing it now ,, not sure they would come out happy at the end of the day though, so what do u do!!

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  I know where the GB will be.
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  The Divine Error of the Ages. Russell Chart update.

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  couldn't resist.. w.once.

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  Gee Whiz Asheron, I'm sorry I can't answer you. The Lord says; Don't answer a fool, in his folly!

  Hey Steam, maybe you could answer him. After all "an answer, when mild, turns away rage".

  Kaput Proverbs 15:1