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  I Want To Know The "Truth"

  by Undecided in

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  there are many people on the earth who think they have the truth.

  just look at how many religions there are who think they have the truth.

  how did they come to that conclusion?

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  How do you make yourself believe any of this stuff without some real proof?

  Sounds like a question we should have asked ourselves before getting wrapped up in the JW quagmire.
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  .....another Watchtower contradiction.

  by gumby in

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  far be it from the jehovah's witnesses to talk out of both sides of their mouth.. far be it from jehovah's witnesses to doublespeak.. below is a perfect example of how gods chosen channel of truth has evidently forgotten what they previously stated in the "watchtower" which is their gods own publication for dispensing bible based truths to mankind.. .

  "at times explanations given by jehovah's visible organization have shown adjustments, seemingly to previous points of view.

  but this has not actually been the case.

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  Kaput

  Hey Mary! You go, girl!
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  Old WT literature

  by Lady Lee in

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  i'm been going through my files on the computer and came across a lot of those little booklets we used to hand out.

  many of them were outdated.

  well no they all were outdated.

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  Kaput

  I won't tell you though what happens when an XJW finds them

  Anyone got any mags?
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  True Lies—and the Watchtower Society

  by The wanderer in

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  <!-- .style1 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; } .style2 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; } .style3 {color: #0000cc} --> true liesand the watchtower society during a recent telephone conversation a friend mention-.

  ed a possible reason why the society was motivated to .

  write the reasoning book.

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  Kaput

  shelley --

  You may want to check Amazon or Alibris for the book. I believe it's copyrighted so the text isn't available on the internet (legally, anyway).
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  .....another Watchtower contradiction.

  by gumby in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  far be it from the jehovah's witnesses to talk out of both sides of their mouth.. far be it from jehovah's witnesses to doublespeak.. below is a perfect example of how gods chosen channel of truth has evidently forgotten what they previously stated in the "watchtower" which is their gods own publication for dispensing bible based truths to mankind.. .

  "at times explanations given by jehovah's visible organization have shown adjustments, seemingly to previous points of view.

  but this has not actually been the case.

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  Kaput

  Of course there's a contradiction, Gumball! It wouldn't be "the truth" if there wasn't a contradiction! Haven't you learned that yet? Geeeeeezzz!!!

  Hey, here's one for ya:

  March 15, 2000 pg. 10, paragraph 1: Jehovah is very considerate in the way he makes his purposes known to his servants. Instead of revealing the truth all at once in one blinding flash of light, he enlightens us progressively. Our trek along life's pathway might be compared to a walk that a hiker takes down a long trail. He starts out early in the morning and sees little. As the sun begins to rise slowly over the horizon, the hiker is able to distinguish a few features of his surroundings. The rest he sees in hazy outline. But as the sun continues its ascent, he can see farther and farther into the distance. So it is with the spiritual light that God provides. He allows us to discern a few things at a time.

  Page 13, paragraph 13: A brilliant flash of light on one Bible subject sometimes leads God's anointed servants, "the faithful and discreet slave," to reexamine related topics, as the following recent example illustrates.--Matthew 24:45.

  Yeah, I know, 'blinding' doesn't mean 'brilliant', but it's close enough for me.
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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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  Kaput

  The "Grab Your Ankles" District Convention (Actually, that could be the name for ANY convention.)