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  Can Anointed Members Be Disfellowshiped?

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since the anointed class used to be the faithful and discreet slave, i wondered if and how they can be disciplined through being disfellowshiped?

  aren't they given a little more latitude in how they interpret scriptures and in what they say?

  do people in kingdom halls who have anointed members defer to them in any way?

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  Honesty

  Get this:

  Members of the 'great crowd' AKA elders have disfellowshiped members of the 'anointed' AKA Christ's brothers.

  Is that totally WACKO or what????
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  Hello and my exit story from WTS

  by free2Bme13 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i thought it was fitting for me to share my freedom from the witnesses story on independence day weekend.. i dont have any secret info, just experiences that happened to me and started to open my eyes.. i was a third generation, raised in the truth kid who was never supposed to be born, and then never supposed to graduate high school.

  ive now been out of high school longer than i was in school.. the beginning of the end started a little less than a decade ago.

  i was late 20s at the time.

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  Honesty

  Have a wonderful July 4th weekend.
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  What do you make of this? Got slapped with a shunning after...

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi all, here's an interesting fb exchange i had yesterday.

  names have been changed.

  i'll give a brief dramatis personae and then see what you jwners think of this.

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  Honesty

  I think you handled the self righteous JW convert very well.

  She did you a huge favor by unfriending you.
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  Are Jehovahs Witnesses raised to be Anti-American?

  by Joliette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  was thinking about this yesterday on the 4th?

  due to the practices, no voting, shunning activities, not getting involved with the community, school, etc, etc.

  what do you guys think?

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  Honesty

  JW's are taught to treat all authority other than their Governing Body with contempt.

  Most JW's are really adept at doing it.
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  New Job

  by LouBelle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey everyone.

  so i left the old company behind, the one that wasn't paying me.

  they still owe me a little bit of money but have them on record and signed documentation that i'll receive payment by the close of this month.

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  Honesty

  Congratulations!!!

  I hope you sell pages and pages and pages of advertising space!

  I hope you sell so much that teh paper has to add another 10 pages to the Classified section every day.
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  Can't get any bibles?

  by gold_C in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so according to people in every congregation i've mentionned it to, the slave isn't producing any more bibles.

  at first i thought that they were going to release an updated translation, like the updated brochures that were given at the latest convention, but that didn't happen, and everyone from the branch claims that there is "a reason for it", yet they're being extremely secretive.. .

  can anyone who's got ties to bethel help me out here?

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  Honesty

  Want a bible?

  Contact Gideons International.

  Good bibles and you don't have to worry about becoming a Return Visit.
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  Why do you blame Jehovah's Witnesses for false predictions ?

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when you read the pseudapigraphical 2nd peter chapter 3 and other nt writings about the parousia and how close it is, or why it hasn't happened yet, why is it a surprise that the wt/jw's get it wrong all the time ?.

  if those early chrisitian writers could make totally false claims, and yet their words are supposed to be "inspired of god", why is it so wrong that the wt/jw's do the same ?.

  cut 'em some slack fellers, the wt may be false prophets, over and over, but they are in good company..

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  Honesty

  I never thought of it that way Phizzy.

  You're right.

  The CBS/TMS/SM is tomorrow night.

  Thanks to you, I'll be sure to attend so I can receive accurate knowledge from God's mouthpiece.
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  Forum cleanup and archive

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  i mentioned i was cleaning the forum archive when i bumped this thread by oompa:.

  damm i miss jwd...this place will always be jwd to me.... rather than turn that into a discussion of the archive, i'll answer slimboyfat's concern here.. the things i'm clearing up are either:.

  time specific and non jw related (e.g.

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  Honesty

  Great!

  Once you finish the housecleaning is there any way you can make the 'SEARCH' feature easier for

  computer illiterates like myself (not that I'm implying other posters are dummies like me)?

  Ddiolch filiwn

  Welsh for 'Thanks a million'

  With the accent.
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  Apostate: From 279 Facebook friends to 81 overnight... thanks MOM!

  by sosoconfused in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the drama continues, i log on to facebook this morning and notice that i have about 20 some odd personal messages from people calling me an apostate to they will return to me when i return to jehovah.. all of this based upon my brother informing others that i have "apostate thoughts".

  my mother also encourage long-time famil friends to "unfriend" me because i have taken my stand on the side of satan... wow.

  don't you just love this international brotherhood.

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  Honesty

  Soso, you are a threat to them.

  You may know something that will destroy their faith in Jehovah the organization.

  That is why they have to cut you loose.

  You'll find better friends who will value you for you.
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  will a judicial comittee allow you to face your accusers

  by label licker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we were told today, yes!

  our accusers will be there.

  is it true?

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  Honesty

  Steps to beat the bastards at their own game:

  1. When they ask the loyalty question reply with:

  "What makes you believe that I am not in unity with the organisation."

  If they insist, ask them if your relationship with Jehovah is a personal matter.

  2. Take a NWT and cut the center out, place a small digital recorder complete with new batteries inside and take it with you to the jc.

  Turn it on before you exit your vehicle and seal the book with super glue so it is difficult to open. Take along some Watchtower Bound Volumes that discuss apostasy and also an extra NWT.

  3. Ask the JC this:

  "Specifically, who is accusing me of wrongdoing?"

  That is what I did when 2 elders met with me when they were investigating my possible apostate leanings and separation

  from my superdub spouse.

  They never answered my question, so I told them that unless they could provide names and/or a person or persons who could accuse

  me I would initiate SEPARATE defamation suits against each member on the BOE down at the local courthouse and name them individually as my accusers.

  They backed off and didn't bother me again.

  2 months later I had my affairs in order and called the PO and one of the elders who had interrogated me and told them that the Governing Body were

  serpents who weren't to be trusted and they could say or do anything they wanted to about me because I just didn't care anymore.