The Lone Ranger

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  Seriously though, how CAN the WTBTS Book Publishing Corp...

  by sf in

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  ...stop the information that the marvelous tool the internet provides all who seek its inner workings?.

  what will they actually be able to do about the momentum of facts, backed by documents and other evidence, that seem to be gaining at a faster pace these days?.

  would they, could they actually hear a miraculous voice that of jehovah telling them that the internet is a tool of satan and then produce a scripture the flock would see as divine guidance through the gb, thus through a new article {new light} that they must give it up completely?.

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  Free Speech is their enemy.
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  SELF ESTEEM in the organization

  by justice for all in

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  did your self esteem increase or decrease after being in the organization for a while?

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  Thanks Brooke. Alot of the men, husbands and fathers, in the WT don't really have a 'say' in the upbringing of the children, they seem to be too busy climbing up the 'spiritual' ladder. Most of them seem to be too lazy or too weak to take control as a Man should.
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  SELF ESTEEM in the organization

  by justice for all in

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  did your self esteem increase or decrease after being in the organization for a while?

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  Brooke..If I may ask, Where was your dad during all of this? During my time in the WT, I've noticed how many really do have low self esteem. I have noticed that many who brag and big-note themselves actually have very low esteem.

  It's no wonder, they are all driven by Guilt not Love.
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  Is Jehovah Mentally Unstable?

  by THE SHOOTIST in

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  a friend of mine showed me as interesting scripture, ex.

  4:24 that talks about jehovah showing up in person to kill moses, but was talked out of it by moses' wife because from what the bible says she circumcised her son and threw the foreskin at his feet.

  she then called him a blood-smeared bridegroom, referring to the circumcision and the lord left him alone.

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  The Lone Ranger

  Some of you guys are too negative and you shouldn't lean on your own understanding, or lack of understanding.
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  What the WT spends on missionaries, does it include ALL Bethel ops?

  by truthseeker in

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  this year, the number of $'s spent on missionaries went up to about $110 million.. now, i know they get about $110 a month, but does it really cost $110 million to look after a few thousand missionaries?.

  does the figure include the costs of running bethel or missionary homes?.

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  When I was at the MTS School, the D.O. told us that the food costs $3500, yet it was all donated by the local congo's !!! i think they just make up these figures to sound impressive. I've known some Special pioneers and all they got was a small amount from the WT. I think it was only about $60 a month then. and they had to find the rest of there means of living themselves. So the $110 million is B.S.
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  Is Jehovah Mentally Unstable?

  by THE SHOOTIST in

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  a friend of mine showed me as interesting scripture, ex.

  4:24 that talks about jehovah showing up in person to kill moses, but was talked out of it by moses' wife because from what the bible says she circumcised her son and threw the foreskin at his feet.

  she then called him a blood-smeared bridegroom, referring to the circumcision and the lord left him alone.

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  I looked it up on www.bible.com and check out the amplified version, its much better then the KJV. but its still a little confusing, if I had the WT CD I'll check out what the WT thought about that passage, but to say that God is mentally Unstable is foolish. I think that we must understand that there are things that we don't understand. Also, our angry with the Watchtower mustn't wash over to Jehovah himself.
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  Do you have a relative or know someone who died over the blood issue?

  by IW in

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  my nephew did.

  please support barbara's effort to force a change in the watchtower!

  please do whatever you can to spread the word about the essay and the watchtower's manipulation of facts that only serve to kill innocent children.

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  A JW woman died giving birth in my area, I only heard of it, i didn't know her personally.
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  Did The Watchtower Society Decieve You Enough To Sue Them???

  by minimus in

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  did they really misrepresent anything to you that you could sue for?

  everyone knows how they take quotes out of context.

  do you personally have a valid reason to sue the society??

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  Look how hard it is to sue a Cigarette Company, I think sueing a religionous Organisation that is based on 'Volunteers' will be much harder.
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  Why is it only a JW can do a good deed?

  by Bumble Bee in

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  my hubby recently went above and beyond the call of duty at work.

  the person involved called his supervisor and let him know how appreciative she was, supervisor emailed hubby with the info and thanked him for what he did as well.. my hubby was really happy with the thanks he got for doing this.

  while having dinner with his family he showed them a copy of the email and expained what he did.

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  About 10 years ago I was driving as a passager in a car with a MS JW 'friend' at the wheel, we got into the subject of women ..surprise!..surprise!.. and cutting to the chase, he said that all worldly girls are Whores, I was shocked, I told him that there are many girls who have strong morals and who aren't even christains yet alone JW's but he wouldn't accept it. So I asked him "you mean to say, that if a girl isn't a JW then she must be a whore?" he said YES. My apologies and sympathies to all the good and decent yuong ladies out there. P.S. This same MS JW got removed as an MS some time later for suggesting to other younger male JW's to go to a brothel with him, but he learnt to 'walk the walk and talk the talk' and about 3 years later he was reinstated as an MS and he is an Elder, I still know of him.
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  why disfellowshipped?

  by knothead34 in

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  as a new unbaptized publisher, i would really like to know why some of you were disfellowshipped if you don't mind sharing your stories.

  thanks.

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  According to the WT, they Disfellowship only those who are "Unrepentant Gross Sinners", but since no one can question the elders or speak to the Disfellowship one, no one ever finds out the REAL reason why a brother got DFed. So, we have many situations where a Good Friend whom you may have known for many years suddenly is announced that he/she is Disfellowshipped, now the audience are to presume that the DFed one is an unrepentant gross sinner, you are NOT allowed to ask WHY? you are not allowed to speak to them , if you do ask questions then you may also get DFEd. This leaves room for huge injustices and corruption and is NOT the way it was done in the bible, if fact the older men would meet at the city gates for any ‘Committees’ so that everyone could see the court in action, just like in modern courts there is a public gallery so that everyone can see whats happening and see the evidence and see why the judgment was given, but the WT does everything is secret with the excuse that others should mind there own business.