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  JWB 5th Anniversary GB host lineup

  by neat blue dog in

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  2. beliefs

  the recent article on the 5th anniversary of jw broadcasting includes a helpful graphic showing our hosts:.

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  blondie

  I can think of 3 that did not originate in the US

  Unification Church (Moonies) Korea

  Hare Krishna (India)

  Aum Shinreikyo (Japan)
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  False oath in Russia

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'll be the first to say that the russian government is pretty terrible and overreaching in its', power but that's not what this is about.

  in a recent hearing, a witness for the jws said this under oath:.

  one thing makes jehovah’s witnesses unique: they do not rely on strict rules or the authority of any particular leader, instead, they try to help adherents develop a bible-trained conscience so that each individual can personally and voluntarily make decisions guided by the bible.. i'm sorry but that is just not true.

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  Enter "cognitive dissonance.".... Two realities at the same time.

  Ain't that the truth!
  
  
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  Another one bites the dust

  by stillin in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  a close-by young brother, actually your basic, garden-variety, sexually-repressed, 40-year old virgin in the congregation has been charged with sexual misconduct with a minor.

  i've known this guy since he was a kid and he has always been strange, in a nerdy kind of way.

  he always wants to sound knowledgeable and wise when he comments at meetings, but i think he is bi-polar and depressed about who he is in life.

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  I might add, pedophilism is not a mental illness. I am sorry about how he grew up, without any outside professional help evidently, but I hope he gets the help he needs to learn what he can do not to offend again allegedly. Remember that the victim now has a slew of emotional issues to deal with their whole life.
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  Unique JW Phrases 101

  by Solzhenitsyn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what unique to jws phrases do you remember?

  something fun for those of us taught to speak an entirely unique and pure language.

  there have been posts in the past in this forum but perhaps some have new ones after having kept up with jehovah's chariot as the light gets brighter.

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  blondie

  Lots of classes (a technique of Fred Franz)

  slave class

  Lazarus

  Rich man class

  Jeremiah class (most used in the publications)

  clergy class

  watchman class

  bride class

  virgins class

  sanctuary class

  temple class

  Isaiah class

  five talents class
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  Unique JW Phrases 101

  by Solzhenitsyn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what unique to jws phrases do you remember?

  something fun for those of us taught to speak an entirely unique and pure language.

  there have been posts in the past in this forum but perhaps some have new ones after having kept up with jehovah's chariot as the light gets brighter.

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  blondie

  unassigned territory

  unbelieving mate

  universal sovereignty

  spiritually weak

  where the need is greater

  widen out

  worldling

  written review

  accurate knowledge

  appeal committee

  bad association

  conscience matter

  present truth

  earthly hope

  get-together

  impalement

  inactive, irregular

  privately reproved

  disfellowshipping

  informal witnessing

  only true Christians

  worldly

  fruitage

  chosen ones

  mental-regulating

  no part of the world
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  JWB 5th Anniversary GB host lineup

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the recent article on the 5th anniversary of jw broadcasting includes a helpful graphic showing our hosts:.

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  blondie

  So there are no bald old white men in non-American religions.
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  The reactive mind vs the thoughtful mind...

  by RayoFlight2014 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a thought came to me as i was posting on another topic.

  my reactionary mind, responding to watchtower's cruel and hostile treatment of genuine truthseekers who can no longer reconcile with watchtower's narrative was, " may the collapse begin".. but then my thoughts turned to how that would affect my parents and siblings who are blissfully oblivious with their collective heads in the sand.

  all their hopes and future joy has been postponed for decades awaiting paradise while fighting off the black dog that is depression.

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  blondie

  The way most of my family (other than me) have gotten out, is to die. So far from my generation 3 have left and not come back. Their children are definitely out, never in. Fortunately the 3 still in have not had children, and the 2 on the edge, none of their children have ever been jws.

  It seems that the 3rd generation is not jws.
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  As a JW Did You Prefer a “Stricter” Congregation or a More Liberal One?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in my experience, there were three types of witnesses.

  some were barely witnesses while others were extremely conservative types who followed the letter of the law.

  and then you had those in the middle who just went with the flow.. i knew many witnesses who “felt safe” being in a stricter environment.they were actually proud that they belonged to such and such congregation because it was filled with strict bethelites..

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  blondie

  I'm like Goldilocks:

  Not too strict and not too liberal,
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  JWB 5th Anniversary GB host lineup

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the recent article on the 5th anniversary of jw broadcasting includes a helpful graphic showing our hosts:.

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  blondie

  Evidently, bald old white men prevail.
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  Unique JW Phrases 101

  by Solzhenitsyn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what unique to jws phrases do you remember?

  something fun for those of us taught to speak an entirely unique and pure language.

  there have been posts in the past in this forum but perhaps some have new ones after having kept up with jehovah's chariot as the light gets brighter.

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  blondie

  the truth

  open their minds and hearts

  this system

  Only those who are “rightly disposed for everlasting life” will survive.

  Soon, end

  Bible-based publications.

  everlasting life

  did not respond favorably

  the Bible was making me a better person

  cherished assignment

  circumstances

  full-time servants

  family worship

  Satan’s world

  Satan’s system.

  Remember that to have a friend, you need to be a friend.

  Jehovah’s service

  Jehovah’s joyful service

  progressive Bible studies

  new territory

  study God’s Word and Bible-based publications

  You also obey Jesus by heeding the guidance he provides through “the faithful and discreet slave.”

  had a measure of faith

  organizational changes

  no doubt

  Evidently/Apparently/must have/From this we can see