Posts by Little Bo Peep

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Let's just get something straight about 1975.

by WTFBBQPWNT in

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nobody ever said that the end was coming in 1975.. all the hype about this date that has continued all the way down through today came from a talk in the early 70's by fred franz.

in this talk, franz pointed out the significance of the 7 creative days and how they correspond with 1,000-year time intervals.. he then said, "could the end come in 1975?

there's so much wrong with jehovah's witnesses from their rigid legalism to their faux love, but let's call a spade a spade about the 1975 thing..

Little Bo Peep

My husband was an elder in 1972, and went to the 2 week long elder school in Chicago. I remember his calling home that the instructor had shown on the blackboard that Armageddon could possibly even be before October of 1975. When I found out I was pregnant and due in August of 1975, I was scared to death. I wept, thinking I would have a newborn during the great tribulation, and Jesus had said "woe to the pregnant woman". My aunt and uncle sold all their stock in my great great grandfathers company, paying off their house and anything else they could, leaving enough money to "survive" till Armageddon in 1975. They were destitute after that!!! They even held off needed surgery for cancer, and she died thereafter. My husband and I remember pre-1975 very well. It used to raise the hair on our neck when someone would give the comment at a meeting, that it was just individuals, not the Society, hyping up 1975. It's simply a LIE!!! They did, and it had a terrible effect on many we knew.

Little Bo Peep

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The Discoveries of Barbara Anderson - Eyewitness to Deceit

by Dogpatch in

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hey everyone!

yesterday, may 15, 2006, gyldendal publishing company in copenhagen, denmark, published an expose' about the religion of jehovah's witnesses.

the name of the new book is, "dommedag ma vente," or, in english, "judgment day must wait," written by poul bregninge of denmark.

Little Bo Peep

Thank you both, Barb and Joe, for all your efforts to help those still in the organization. This information is so important for those who are just beginning to question the organization. Hope this helps to keep it to the front.

Little Bo Peep

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Jeff Foxworthy....You might be a JW if....

by Lady Liberty in

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hello all.... sat around the campfire this weekend and laughed our butts off coming up with jeff foxworthy type humor.

it was so funny we thought it would be fun to run a thread here... i'll start.... "if your only yearly vacation is a "trip" to the district convention...you might be a jw.".

Little Bo Peep

If you find yourself humming xmas songs and feel guilty...you might be a JW.

If you have a turkey dinner with all the fixins at Thanksgiving, but say you don't celebrate Thanksgiving...you are a JW.

If you buy your children toys, etc the day after xmas so they won't feel left out when they return to school...you are a JW.

If you think "deep study of the Bible" consists of underlining the latest WT and reading the cited scriptures...you must be a JW.

If someone asks you a question and you say, "what does the WT say", instead of "what does the Bible say", you must be a JW.

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Jeff Foxworthy....You might be an Apostate if.....

by Lady Liberty in

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"if your first christmas ornamate at age 39 says: "baby's 1st christmas"...you might be an apostate!".

l.l.

Little Bo Peep

If you celebrated your first birthday at 59.

If you thought you'd be struck by lightening when you began questioning the Wt.

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September KM - 70 alterations in Revelation Climax Book

by dozy in

i can't find a thread on this subject yet - if there is one , please delete this one.. the september kingdom ministry has a 4 page insert detailing the 70 alterations in the revelation climax book which is due to be studied at the book study shortly.

i'll provide scans if anyone is interested.. i will leave it up to more experienced analysts to examine the reasons for specific changes , but just a few brief observations for now:.

p32 box - "they were completely exonerated" changed to "charges against them were dropped" - interesting change of terminology for the 1918 watchtower eight.

Little Bo Peep

Was interesting that all references to the Kingdom Come book were replaced with the 2005 book, What Does the Bible Really Teach, which doesn't present any scholarly information at all, only the Society's view. No one will even know there is evidence one can research to the contrary. As Drew Sagan pointed out to me, this keeps them ignorant, which equals control.

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IS EVOLUTION THE ANSWER?

by Dansk in

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i'm currently reading richard dawkin's book the ancestor's tale and it suddenly struck me that evolutionists believe all men are equal seeing that we all came from a common ancestor.

that being the case, would it not serve man to believe in evolution?.

turn on the t.v.

Little Bo Peep

Just read over an article last night written by Ken Raines on Theistic Evolution. I didn't realize the Society endorsed this thinking until at least the 1920's. It does give one a lot to think about. The site is www.premier1.net/~raines/theistic.html. It's especially interesting since the Society claims that their not believing in evolution was one of the things that made Jesus select them in 1918.

Little Bo Peep

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Revelation Climax Bk = Delete Kingdom Come references

by Little Bo Peep in

the changes to the revelation climax book include deleting all references to the kingcom come appendix and instead refers you to the new, 2005 book, what does the bible really teach, pg 215-218. all comments on secular sources are gone.

just the wt reasoning.

found it interesting that they didn't say jerusalem was destroyed in 607 bc, rather it was "conquered" and "fell to the babylonians" at this time.

Little Bo Peep

The changes to the Revelation Climax book include deleting all references to the Kingcom Come appendix and instead refers you to the new, 2005 book, What Does the Bible Really Teach, pg 215-218. All comments on secular sources are gone. Just the WT reasoning. Found it interesting that they didn't say Jerusalem was destroyed in 607 BC, rather it was "conquered" and "fell to the Babylonians" at this time. I suppose they will use this down the road to try to blend secular information with their "story". Any comments??? Little Bo Peep

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Non-JW question--A repeat, I'm sure, but would like to know.........

by whyizit in

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i've never been a jw.

i understand that there is a lot of pressure and that many relationships stand to be ruined if a jw decides to exit.

*i understand they get shunned, just like jesus was constantly doing in the nt.

Little Bo Peep

We started questioning things after the Dateline program on child abuse. Also my father had recently died. The doctor asked me why we could take albumin when it was blood and the only ansere I had was the WT said it was ok, so it must be so. I also found out the WT says Jesus is my mediator only if I am in association with the faithful slave. Those three things were the start of two years of intense researching and reading. Fortunately for us, we both came to the same conclusions and left at the same time, about 4 years ago not, although we aren't formally out. I am debating with myself on writing a DA letter, going along with what they want from me. We have most of our family out except my mother-in-law and son. She doesn't shun us, but our son and his wife do so completely. When I saw him at the store last week, he wouldn't even look at me, holding his hand out saying "no Mom, no". We havn't seen him in two years and our granddaughter in three. He has only heard gossip and refuses to give us a hearing ear at all. Hope in time he will see we are still the loving parents that raised him.

Little Bo Peep

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Why Tracts? And Why Now?

by metatron in

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ah, the poor watchtower!

( is that literal these days?).

with their contributions sinking and expenses growing, they may have to further reduce the magazines - perhaps eliminating the awake.

Little Bo Peep

My mother-in-law told my husband excitedly today that there would be a new tract work, and everyone in the territory will be invited to the convention, and that it surely must mean something is going to happen soon. My husband ask her if she really thought we'd die at Armageddon, why didn't she try to talk to us? She said he was to "forceful", whatever that means. He told her why did that matter? She had no answer. She doesn't shun us, but we seldom bring anything scriptural up because she becomes very nervous and the wall goes up. We want to keep some communication open, so we shut our mouths, most of the time.

Little Bo Peep

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Are there any believers here?

by kwr in

i'm a unitarian christan and do read the watchtower and awake regularly.

i'm curious if any one here believes in the god of abraham or are there all doubters here at this web site?

kwr .

Little Bo Peep

I was one of Jehovah's Witnesses for over 50 years, until I started actually reading the Bible for myself. I realized the Watchtower quotes (or in many cases, gives partial quotes) what will suite them and their teachings. Since reading the Bible, I've come to the conclusion that no one has it all correct. I think most religions have some "truth" in them, but I think our Father looks down thinking, "can't they get it right"? I believe in God, his son, the ransom etc. I think you will find on this forum, that the majority are "believers" though not necessarily believing exactly the same. On this board you can find believers, agnostics, sceptics (mainly of the Watchtower), and non-believers. There are some excellent, very scholarly posts giving a lot to think about. For me it has been a source of "healing" and "association" since leaving my religion of birth. Hope you stay.

Little Bo Peep