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  Any other teenagers on here?

  by BlackWolf in

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  i'm 16 and it seems like most the people on this forum are adults.

  i would think since most teenagers have tablets/smartphones there would be more on here but maybe not?

  it would be nice to meet some other young people.

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  BlackSwan of Memphis

  Sent you a message.
  I'M not (heh) but my daughter is, and she homeschools (we're quite the non-religious sort over here) and has watched the ups and downs of the religion :)
  
  
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  So are the GB now saying that they are NOT the "faithful and discreet slave"?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  so can someone clarify this please?.

  the claim has been made that the gb is the faithful and discreet slave.

  especially was this highlighted during the agm (when the silver bible was released).. but are they now saying that this "appointment" isn't happening until the "great tribulation"?.

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  BlackSwan of Memphis

  ya know, I was thinking about it...
  HOW do the followers eat it up?
  Well, how did I? How did any of us?
  And then you get to thinking about the Jesus Camp type stuff. Or if you're a True Blood fan Fellowship of the Sun, the way they raise the emotions of the people, they get them stirred. It's not logical. Never has been. Never will be. It's emotional.
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  So are the GB now saying that they are NOT the "faithful and discreet slave"?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so can someone clarify this please?.

  the claim has been made that the gb is the faithful and discreet slave.

  especially was this highlighted during the agm (when the silver bible was released).. but are they now saying that this "appointment" isn't happening until the "great tribulation"?.

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  BlackSwan of Memphis

  ttdtt
  I thought it was just a JW thing for the longest time, when I started exploring Evanglicalism (aka Kirk Cameron ) and found they were just as nuts I shuddered.
  Part of me, in reading what the JW's are up to makes me wonder if they're riding on the trails of the Evangelicals. Their end times, UN, Anti-Liberal everything because it's Anti-American dammit and the US of A is a GOD given country (read Kingdom Coming if you haven't yet) lays the perfect groundwork for people looking for something else and at just the right time as the nations seem to be hating on "God's people more and more" and the end is nigh because dammit gays ( )

  The anti-UN stuff within that group of people (which seems to be growing?) (or maybe just getting noisier) is just as crazy.
  
  ftr that was not an Anti-Republican rant, i have had awesome discussions with Republicans that did not revolve around God and they're just as dismayed as others as to the religiousness of it. :/
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  So are the GB now saying that they are NOT the "faithful and discreet slave"?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so can someone clarify this please?.

  the claim has been made that the gb is the faithful and discreet slave.

  especially was this highlighted during the agm (when the silver bible was released).. but are they now saying that this "appointment" isn't happening until the "great tribulation"?.

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  BlackSwan of Memphis

  Ah well there ya go.
  I am pretty amazed with you guys that have this stuff ready to pull up. It's funny, I don't even have a clue how to get to the online crap as fast y'all.
  If they weren't just putting up these ridiculous videos on the conventions re the people in the basement/bunkers AND The message changing AND talking about the Great Tribulation right on the heels of their little FDS change, it would be different and I probably wouldn't even notice.
  It seems almost like it's been perfectly scripted. Kwim?
  Have to wonder how far back they've been plotting this crap.
  They're clever little snots.
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  DESTROYING the Governing Body’s claim of authority

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  destroying the governing body’s claim of authority.

  begin at the beginning.

  what source authority did early christians have?.

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  BlackSwan of Memphis

  Great research. Lots there to read.
  Never knew that about Maria Russell.
  
  I think it's rather amazing the way that the Organization rips on the Catholic Church but so remarkably resembles them.
  
  
  
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  So are the GB now saying that they are NOT the "faithful and discreet slave"?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so can someone clarify this please?.

  the claim has been made that the gb is the faithful and discreet slave.

  especially was this highlighted during the agm (when the silver bible was released).. but are they now saying that this "appointment" isn't happening until the "great tribulation"?.

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  BlackSwan of Memphis

  Yeah, wow, that's even better.
  Wow, that's like Russell/Rutherford all over again.
  Leading from heaven.
  Have to wonder if one dies then can the rest say "we're receiving heavenly direction from our appointed slave?"|
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  Not too distant future can be 10 years. I'm just thinking that it's going to be relatively soon (not a couple generations from now).
  eta.a
  I'm just calling it the way I'm seeing it. The more I read (watch?) the more it just jumps out. But who the hell knows what's in their weenie brains?
  
  
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  So are the GB now saying that they are NOT the "faithful and discreet slave"?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so can someone clarify this please?.

  the claim has been made that the gb is the faithful and discreet slave.

  especially was this highlighted during the agm (when the silver bible was released).. but are they now saying that this "appointment" isn't happening until the "great tribulation"?.

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  BlackSwan of Memphis

  They get the major appt at the start of the GT which is why I think they're going to pull the GT card some time in the not too distant future, as it'll allow them to exert more 'authority' over the flock. Hence the reason why they've been saying be ready to do whatever we tell you to do. It's like they not only bought themselves more time, they've bought themselves more power and control. And what that's probably going to mean is the message (ha) will change to a judgment warning. Which buys them even more time. This could easily be dragged on for another hundred years. It really depends on who's in charge at any given time and what's going on both in the organization (financially/politically) and in the world.
  
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  I really really hate this religion

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  2. friends

  getting back here, getting on to some fb groups and reading stories, meeting new people it's mind blowing the callous crap that these men are allowed to get away with.

  i mean i get that religion in general can be considered bad all around, but i have friends who are religious and no, none of them have seen this type of callous disregard for humanity come from religion.

  not on this level.

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  BlackSwan of Memphis

  :(
  
  This is the insanity that is the JW Organization.
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  I really really hate this religion

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  getting back here, getting on to some fb groups and reading stories, meeting new people it's mind blowing the callous crap that these men are allowed to get away with.

  i mean i get that religion in general can be considered bad all around, but i have friends who are religious and no, none of them have seen this type of callous disregard for humanity come from religion.

  not on this level.

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  BlackSwan of Memphis

  The stories, the heartbreak, the pain.
  This is messed up crap. This is not humane.
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  I really really hate this religion

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  getting back here, getting on to some fb groups and reading stories, meeting new people it's mind blowing the callous crap that these men are allowed to get away with.

  i mean i get that religion in general can be considered bad all around, but i have friends who are religious and no, none of them have seen this type of callous disregard for humanity come from religion.

  not on this level.

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  BlackSwan of Memphis

  getting back here, getting on to some FB groups and reading stories, meeting new people it's mind blowing the callous crap that these men are allowed to get away with. i mean i get that religion in general can be considered bad all around, but I have friends who are religious and no, none of them have seen this type of callous disregard for humanity come from religion. Not on this level.

  it's heartbreaking. I'm lucky. I had two of my kids before I left, a non-JW husband w non-JW family. I struggled, sure. But i had support.
  
  So many of these people flat out don't have support.
  
  This is just wrong on so many levels.
  
  To those of you who are struggling to get through, questioning and scared....
  You're not alone. You are so not alone.
  
  Reach out and look for a local group. For those who simply can't.... I'm so glad that this place exists.
  
  Big hugs to you people. xo