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  Newspaper "Death Notice" , "Obituary" Territory

  by Gram in

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  my husband's death notice was posted in the paper and the location of the service was included.

  a couple of weeks later i received a forwarded envelope from the church where the service was held.

  it was addressed "to the family of ....." inside was a hand written note of comfort and a tract.

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  When I was a JW, I used to write letters and send tracts. Your right, good way to count time. Sorry for your loss.
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  607 and 1914 etc ----help please

  by AdaMakawee in

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  could someone please point me in the direction of some threads disproving the chronology for the 1914 date?

  my brother needs this for a discussion he's having with a jw.. thanks,.

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  ADA, Watchtower Society says 624 was King Neb. 1st year to rule. The Bible at 2Kings 25:8-9 and also Jeremiah 52:12-13 says it was in the 19th year of King Neb. rulership when Jerusalem was desolated by Babylon. 624 being the first year, take 18 more years off 624=606. They can not get 607. Without 607, they can't get 1914.
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  HELP! Sinning Elders can stay as elders if they have blessing! when did this happened?

  by cyberjesus in

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  ok i have heard that at the beginning of the 80's the instruction said that the elders could remain as elders even if they had sinned 3 years before as long as their lives looked like they had jehovahs blessing.

  i heard this instuction was givien in elders meeting.. does any one has more information?

  i needed asap.

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  YOU CAN STAY AS AN ELDER AS LONG AS YOU COVER FOR THE WTS.
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  What accusations do you have about us JWs? AND what group are YOU a part of?

  by theMadJW in

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  i'm one of the few jws that freely admit our faults and mistakes.. let's compare notes!.

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  There is a difference in a MISTAKE and a LIE. They know 624 is not King Neb. first year to rule and they know 607 was not when Babylon desolated Jerusalem. But they continue to lie. Watchtower, Dec. 1,1991 "A religion that teaches lies can not be true."
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  New "apostate" here! Recent WT study- 'We may ask you to do something that may not understand' (basically- DO IT)

  by 20+wastedYRS in

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  i will get to the big shocker that i read within the last year or two in a wt study article, so please bear with me... i am new to this forum and have been reading postings for several days now, and can relate totally to many of the issues that many ex-jw have.

  i was raised "around" the truth and although my parents were never "dipped", they wouldn't allow us to celebrate holidays or stand for natl anthem (not that i care now).

  so i basically had many of the pressures and stress that witness kids had growing up, but with no spiritual support, as we attended only a handful of meetings while my parents studied when i was 5or6.

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  1/15/1983 watchtower "Avoid independent thinking, independent thinking is manifested by questioning the counsel of the organization." March 1/2006 .."..keep silent by not raising argumentive questions that could challange the authority of those who teach."

  They think for you and you do , no questions asked.
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  Does Eccl. 9:5 Mean What the WT Says It Does?

  by Perry in

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  shedding our seventh day adventist roots regarding death.

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  KJ BIBLE SAYS "THE LIVING KNOW THAT THEY SHALL DIE BUT THE DEAD KNOW NOT ANYTHING NEITHER HAVE THEY ANY MORE A REWARD." verse 6 says "neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun."
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  would you ever forget your life as a JW?

  by highdose in

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  and would you want to?

  its starting to seem like a distent memory for me, even though its only been a year.

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  Don't see how anyone can forget. 33 years is too long fo someone to wake up and find out it was a BIG mistake to get involved. you lose so much and hope you live to see your kids and grandkids finally wake up.
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  Switching congregations

  by EmptyInside in

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  did any of you start going to another hall if there were problems in your last congregation?

  it happens a lot now.

  when someone has an unresolved problem, they decide to go to a neighboring congregation..

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  Won't do any good to switch, they all think alike.
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  For those who joined as adults

  by brainwashed-from-birth in

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  i was raised one of jw.

  before i was born my dad joined when two jws came to our house around the same time my grandpa (my dad's dad) died.

  i remember my mom telling me that my dad took this very hard.

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  It was the "paradise earth" and living forever with your family that got me in. Glad to be out now but done a good job of raising my kids in it, and paying for it now cause can't get them out.
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  Just started Internet gambling...tired of putting on a disguise to place bets!....anyone else?

  by Witness 007 in

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  yeah it was kinda pathetic wearing my "startski and hutch" sun glasses and a huge serial killer hat just to place some bets during melbourne's horse racing carnival!

  a guy nodded at me as i left.... i dont see anything in the bible about gambling...."goddess of goodluck" crap just doesn't make sense, and greed well everyone who works an extra saturday could be disfellowshiped for "greed.

  " i can now bet from home.....awesome.

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  I like Shereport, going this friday. Been gambling since I left the organization 5 years ago.