LongHairGal

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  Watchtower August 2020 Are they introducing new light?

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the latest watchtower is now out and they make this statement -.

  7 during the thousand year rule of christ, all of jehovah’s earthly children will have to make changes to please him.

  so all of them will have true fellow feeling as they help the resurrected ones to combat sinful tendencies and to live by jehovah’s standards.

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  BIAHI:

  I’m sorry that as a little kid you felt this! A child shouldn’t be burdened with feelings of unworthiness...As a Catholic I certainly wasn’t. There was the confessional and something known as ‘grace’.

  In the Witness religion you are climbing a greased pole hoping to be ‘righteous’. 🙄But, they always rub it in that you are not.

  They can’t have people believing they are ‘saved’ or have ‘grace’...If JWs had this they wouldn’t knock themselves out attending meetings or getting hours of public ministry in! The religion wouldn’t like that.
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  I had a somewhat paranormal experience 2 days ago, but I think science is just light years behind on this.....

  by Bad_Wolf in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for the record i'm agnostic, never seen any direct evidence of spirits, afterlife, etc.

  i've been visiting my mother during this corona ordeal.

  a year ago i had a dream i was much older and talking to somebody about how my mom died this year but it was avoidable.

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  PHOENIXRISING:

  I do believe in the paranormal and had a frightening experience when I was in gradeschool.

  But, I can understand other people’s skepticism if they never did.
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  My Mom died last week.

  by Still Totally ADD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last wednesday my elder brother called me to let me know mom had died.

  she was 97 years old and was in a nursing home for the last 7 years.

  her mind had left her many years ago to the point she didn't recognize any of us.

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  STILL TOTALLY ADD:

  My condolences on the loss of your mom. It is awful when a parent dies.

  I’m glad you had a pleasant conversation with your brother and it is possible that being unwell has made him more ‘friendly’. Although, it’s too bad that it sometimes takes something extreme to make JWs act human.

  I am always astounded when I hear stories like yours about the misery in families caused by the JW vacuum of a religion. Again, my condolences.
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  Looking for suggestions, I'm being called on by a JW

  by Tameria2001 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just before the pandemic affected my area, a couple of jws came to my door.

  this was the first time i didn't tell them to hit the road but instead had a pleasant conversation with them.

  i never revealed that i am a former jw, nor do i ever want the jws in my area to know that i was ever one.

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  TAMERIA:

  I feel that if you keep engaging this JW in a friendly way (without actually scaring them with very pointed questions)..you are going to be somebody’s return visit for a long time.

  If you have patience for this, fine.
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  Will You Constantly Wear A Mask?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today, it will be 90 degrees and humid!

  this morning i’ll be playing tennis again.

  while most people have been holed up in their houses, i have regularly played the sport outside.

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  MINIMUS:

  I will wear my mask when in stores.

  I have a feeling that masks will be needed from time to time in our new ‘normal’.
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  Watchtower August 2020 Are they introducing new light?

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the latest watchtower is now out and they make this statement -.

  7 during the thousand year rule of christ, all of jehovah’s earthly children will have to make changes to please him.

  so all of them will have true fellow feeling as they help the resurrected ones to combat sinful tendencies and to live by jehovah’s standards.

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  MENROV:

  Yes, that is the one thing that always bothered me when I was active in the JW religion:..it was a never-ending struggle to please God.

  The scripture: “...probably you ‘may’ be concealed on the day of..”, always bothered me. The Jehovah’s Witnesses always wanted everyone to feel undeserving, guilty, worthless, etc. I am sure this is intentional.

  No wonder many ex-JWs have issues they have to overcome.
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  Top Ten List of What Happens Next...

  by Farmer Jim1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what does everyone think will happen next on the back of the coronavirus pandemic?.

  these are my suggestions;.

  1) coronavirus will have a disproportionate effect on jw ‘growth’ countries like in south america and africa.

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  BETH SARIM:

  It gave me a great deal of pleasure to shred my No Blood Card when I started my ‘Fade’ from the JW religion.

  While I suppose nobody wants blood unless they absolutely needed it..I never felt right about having that thing in my wallet. I went a step further and had a bracelet that said that. I have it in my jewelry box as a memento of my years as a JW..when I did things I wasn’t sure of.

  I also agree a religion that has that many blunders is not worth dying for.
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  In 2020 In Your Country or State Are Race Relations Better or Worse Than Before?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  archie bunker from all in the family was considered by many as a racist.

  there are still many people who think and act like him.

  of course, in today’s world, there are many extremes.

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  RUBADUB:

  My father would have voted for Colin Powell if he had run!

  SILENTBUDDAH:

  If Obama wasn’t the first black president, who was?..Was somebody ‘passing’?
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  How do you feel about identifying roughly where you are from ? Country, Region,State ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi friends ,.

  is it just me or do others on this forum like to know where posters are from ?

  what country state or region you are from ?

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  SMIDDY3:

  The northeast USA here. Tri-state area.
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  Voting and JWs

  by Davros in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with the upcoming elections, the campaigns and political rhetoric are ramping up.

  (ramping up is an understatement lol) .

  i remember a few years ago, gb member brother herd mentioned during one of his talks that several witnesses were either reproved or disfellowshipped for voting for a certain presidential candidate who won...twice.

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  DAVROS:

  I have no doubt there may have always been some JWs somewhere who secretly voted..When Obama ran it was said many black JWs made sure they voted for him!

  SMIDDY3:

  Why bother asking for a vote if they’re only going to ‘fix’ things the way they want? I also believe that they wanted that Sunday afternoon meeting because they thought people were going to go out in service in the morning.

  I needed my sleep from getting up early to work every day - so I didn’t make too many Sunday mornings for service ☺️.