Mad Irishman

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  Will the resurrected marry/have children?

  by davidmitchell in

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  2. beliefs

  i have just finished reading 'brock talon's' two books.

  in one of them, entitled journey to god's house, pub.

  he comments on how the wt's pictures of the post-armageddon world do not agree with their doctrines, namely that those who are physically resurrected will not marry/have children.

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  Recent talks have outlined that this passage was talking about the anointed and not those resurrected on Earth, so this does not apply anymore.
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  The Watchtower's cash flow problems and financial solvency with lawsuits payouts

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  2. child-abuse

  i think with all this change we see occurring with the watchtower corporation's to deal with things means they are in financial trouble and are seeking to consolidate their real estate holdings for easy sale if needed to stay financially solvent.. they will stop or slowly decrease the door to door work and focus on the material potential of each member young and old for what ever they can get out of them.

  this will lead to more leaving under their tyranny.

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  It's my understanding they have insurance for lawsuits also.
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  Mystery Letters of "Human Apostate" talk 2013 summer convention and its connection to Lev.5:1

  by Bill Covert in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  greetings from redding calif. my name is bill covert.

  i am one of those viet nam war felons for having to refuse communtiy service in lieu of military induction per direct instructions from ny, so i have been around for a while.

  i am the writer of the letters mentioned in the human apostate talk of the 2013 conventions.

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  You've been smoking some good hash buddy! I think you need a hobby or something young fella. You're wasting too much of your life on this nonsense. Go live your live and put this in the past.
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  Endure! Life is hard! Lost? We are Miserable ? Don't think so

  by ducatijoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  its a rainy day and have been reading posts.. i would like to respond to the comments of those still in, post to those who have decided to leave.. what ever you have been told or may think about what will happen without "the truth" , is not true.

  my life without the wbts is fantastic.

  no stress, live in a beautiful place, great new friends and total peace of mind.

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  I know people who have left the Witnesses and they're lives are in shambles. They needed structure and without it they are lost. I know people who have left and they are fine. Strictly speaking from my own extended family: all the ones that have left are all screwed up.
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  Divine Name in the First Century

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  during the watchtower today while there was so much pontificating on the first century christian movement, i was wondering what would happen i asked your run of the mill r&f how paul and others would have been pronouncing the divine name?....

  yes god's name, something witnesses claim was so critical.

  but the absolute fact of the matter is that no christian was saying the name jehovah at all, period.

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  I fail to see your point. The accepted name for God in the modern world is Jehovah. Even people who believe in the Trinity will admit that. The original name of God in the Old Testament is YHWH. Add a few consonants and you get Jehovah. This is how language is created. People in the 1st Century and people in the 21st Century obviously wouldn't be using the same pronunciation.
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  Why attack?

  by newqatarjob in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as someone brought up as a jw and been an elder and been disfellowshipped (twice!!!

  ) i find it difficult to understand why ex jws have to attack the religion, yes religion, not cult or sect.

  i am no longer disfellowshipped just do not want to practice anymore.

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  There are a lot of people with a lot of hate in their heart. I'm not sure why that is. Some need to lash out and convince themselves JW's are somehow harmful and a cult and every evil connotation hey can think of.

  That's a lot easier than taking ownership of one's own decisions they make in their life. It's a lot easier if all your problems are someone else's fault. At least that what I experience and witness in many posts.
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  The Secret is out....but nobody cares

  by MrTheocratic in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been looking on this site for some time but never posted.

  i'll give a little about myself, but not too much.

  i'm a ex-bethelite ( brooklyn )and currently serving as an elder (10 years) (thinking about stepping down) on the service committee.

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  Most JW's know the GB has no idea when the end is coming, and let's be honest the GB keep saying they don't know when the end is coming and they're just going to go on doing what they do until the end comes. I've heard that a dozen times. It irks me when I hear the GB say: we don't know when the end is coming. And then a brother gives a prayer saying: we're in the last seconds of the end. Ah, I've been hearing that for 40 years now. Perhaps you might not want to say that in your prayer even if you're right.

  And there are a lot more thinking people than most care to believe. I think Generation X and the Millennial generation witnesses are a lot more pragmatic than all the old timers who hang on every word of the GB or anyone from Bethel. Generation X and Millennial Gen witness think the GB is out of touch. Most do anyway.
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  Memorial on Good Friday?

  by ShirleyW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just found out the memorial is this coming friday, which is good friday, don't recall that happening before, or has it?.

  just seems strange that the dubs would celebrate their only special day on the same day that christendom celebrates as well..

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  Yeap, it has to do when Nisan 14 falls whatever time period that happens on. If it happens on Good Friday that means nothing. The date is the date and that's when they do it.
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  All the changes

  by vinman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  are their any newer people here, who recently found out ttatt, who has been disturbed by all the new changes in the organization?

  it is turning into something that feels impersonal.

  i know change is good.

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  Mad Irishman

  What happens is that there is life at Bethel, which is not how 99.9 percent of JW's live, and then there is the rest of the organization who has to live in the realities of the real world.

  At Bethel they live isolated and can't see the forest for the trees at times. In the congregation you have to deal with ten-thousand things; and things like JW.TV and the cart song and new songs and all this other stuff and changing everything around seems kind of like weird reality #795 and not something that is so very important.
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  New to all of this

  by Ghiagirl in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was raised in the truth my whole life, my immediate family are jws and my moms mom is a witness as well as my fathers mom.

  other than that the rest of my family are non jws.

  i was raised very balanced, my parents never forced the truth on me or my siblings like most of my friends parents did getting baptized at ridiculous ages!

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  Mad Irishman

  You should never go to the same Kingdom Hall as your own family. That is a recipe for disaster.

  Sorry to hear about all your troubles. Too bad your family can't be a little more understanding.