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  Why all the changes?????

  by seek2find in

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  2. friends

  in my life time as a witness, there have been many changes and there are still more to come.

  like the "generation" change in the feb study edition of the wt.

  my question is this.

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  seek2find

  In my life time as a witness, there have been many changes and there are still more to come. Like the "Generation" change in the Feb study edition of the WT. My question is this. If this is the truth, why all the changes?. In the 1970s we had the Truth book and the 6 month study program, then in the 80s we had the Live Forever book, followed by a study in the "United in Worship" and the 6 Month thing was dropped. Then we had the Knowledge book, and the 6 month thing was kinda re-instuited, and now we have the "Bible teach" book. So in my short life we have had 4 different changes in teaching aids, but we still have the same Bible. My thoughts are that real truth doesn't change. If something changed it must have not been true to start with. seek2find
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  The CULT and Mind Control...Lurkers and active JWs welcome

  by nomoreguilt in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first off, i make no claim to being an authority on cults or mind control.

  i do however have first hand experience of it by being a victim of it.

  how does the wts begin to excercise control over one's mind?

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  seek2find

  You have a good point here. I have a little something to add. If any Lurking JW doesn't believe what you are saying, I have an experiment for them. Go to somewhere that sells art work, and purchase a Picture of Jesus done by a famous (Non-JW) artist and take it home and put it on the living room wall and see if you don't get a puzzled look the next time one of your JW friends come over. You don't have to say anything. Just the fact that you have a non JW art work Of your Lord and Savior on the wall will send a negative message to your friends. If you have the courage to do this experiment,You might not be as programed as some others are. Chance are tho, especially if you are a lifelong witness, you will be horrified at even the thought of having such an picture in your possession. The implications of cult mind control are very evident in the everyday life of the witnesses. Just my thoughts. seek2find
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  The MIstake Witnesses Will Make On March 10, 2008

  by t33ap80c in

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  the mistake jehovahs witnesses .

  are going to make .

  on sunday, march 10, 2008. .

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  seek2find

  I haven't seen much discussion on it here, but Ray Franz made a good point on his recent trip to Romania in his talk where he pointed out that in the Parallel account in Luke chapter 12 that the Faithfull servant there is broken down into individuals with one receiving many strokes and the other receiving few. It doesn't fit with the Slave being a class. seek2find
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  The MIstake Witnesses Will Make On March 10, 2008

  by t33ap80c in

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  the mistake jehovahs witnesses .

  are going to make .

  on sunday, march 10, 2008. .

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  seek2find

  Ive been thinking for some time now that it would be useful to have a side by side comparison of the Revelation Climax book and the Finished Mystery book, so we can compare what was taught in 1919 (The year of the supposed inspection) and Today. That would be a powerful tool to show how, Christ couldn't have inspected the Organization and found it to be providing food at the proper time. Because it's so different than that taught today. seek2find
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  Ray Franz in Romania

  by seek2find in

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  2. friends

  i watched the clips on you-tube of ray on his recent visit to romania.

  does anyone know if he knew he was being recorded?

  it seems that the recording stopped abruptly.

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  seek2find

  I watched the clips on You-Tube of Ray on his recent visit to Romania. Does anyone know if he knew he was being recorded? It seems that the recording stopped abruptly. Has this been discussed here already? If so I guess i missed it. I would like to know more about what prompted him to visit there. seek2find
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  A really good movie for XJWs to appreciate

  by Gregor in

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  2. friends

  just out on dvd, "the lives of others" subtitled german.

  a fact based story of big brother in east germany under the soviet secret police, the stasi.

  chilling to realize it is all based on fact.

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  seek2find

  For me (a person still in) I thought "Castaway" with Tom Hanks was good. His life on the Island is kinda like life in this cult, especially the part where he tries to get off the island and gets severely hurt and has to return. I feel trapped in this life with no good way out. Even the part where he gets depressed and tries to hang himself is symbolic of a witnesses depressed state at times. When he finally gets back home and his wife has remarried and everything has changed is like when ones get re-instated, but it's just not the same. His life on the Island with it's isolation, to me was really symbolic of life in This JW cult. seek2find
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  What were the witnesses beliefs in 1973?

  by Paralipomenon in

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  well the time has come.

  i no longer have any motivation to keep up with a fade.

  my wife is out, my kids were never really in and we're moving on.

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  The separating of the sheep and goats in Matt.25 the old view was that the witnesses were participating in it. Now (Since late 1995) it's a future event. seek2find
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  Was There Any Watchtower Interpretation That You Never Quite Understood?

  by minimus in

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  i knew what the watchtower taught regarding the "faithful & discreet slave class" but how they could ever suggest that "domestics" were "individual members" of the anointed that were given food to the other anointed ones, yet they specifically were not members of the governing body, but the governing body represented the group that would take the lead in feeding others, was beyond me!

  the whole interpretation of the fds doctrine is ridiculous!.

  were there certain things that puzzled you as to how the watchtower could come up with a particular view?

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  How about their explanation that "The least of these" in Matt. 25:45 are only members of the 144000? It's their way out of doing charity work I guess. How are they going to feel when Christ says "be on your way to the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels? How can they be so arrogant????
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  Curious: What Is Your View of Alabama/Alabamians?

  by snowbird in

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  the reason for my curiosity is that several have asked if i'm really from alabama.

  ??????.

  snowbird.

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  seek2find

  Hospitality is great! The sweet tea ain't bad either. I love the Jacks hamburger chain. seek2find
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  For those who use eSword, electonic bible program

  by robhic in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  anybody who has used esword, the free, downloadable electronic bible program knows how comprehensive it is (http://www.e-sword.net/downloads.html).

  you also know it doesn't have a nwt module.

  i was going thru some stuff the other day and found a copy i had gotten (can't say where...) a while back and if anyone would like a copy, email me at [email protected] and i'll be glad to send a copy to you to install in esword.

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  seek2find

  You can find the download link by going to Google and searching for nwt.bbl seek2find