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  Have JW's done away with disfellowshipping?

  by lostlantern in

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  a friend just said that disfellowshipping is no longer practiced due to legalities, does anyone know if this true?

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  lostlantern

  A friend just said that disfellowshipping is no longer practiced due to legalities, does anyone know if this true?
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  Your memorial experience...

  by sammielee24 in

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  haven't spoken to 'family' for a long time but we did get a letter from mom reminding us when the memorial was.

  the date was underlined.

  there's no way we're going but if anyone has any experiences to share - please do so.

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  My long lost Aunt sent me a letter with an invitation, my mom left an invitation at my house and a sister called and left a message on my phone. You can't slide away quietly or gracefully, the sad thing is I feel terrible for not going. I guess after doing something for 32 years it is hard to just stop, I feel like replacing one tradition with another. I am sure with time it will get easier, this was my first 'on purpose' missed memorial. Next year should be better.
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  Tomorrows World - Sister Religion to Jehovahs Witnesses?

  by lostlantern in

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  http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/welcome.shtml.

  my husband and i watched a sermon today and it was eerily familiar, very weird.

  go to this website and look at their magazines, twins i swear!

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  lostlantern

  very interesting.
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  Tomorrows World - Sister Religion to Jehovahs Witnesses?

  by lostlantern in

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  http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/welcome.shtml.

  my husband and i watched a sermon today and it was eerily familiar, very weird.

  go to this website and look at their magazines, twins i swear!

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  lostlantern

  Perhaps I am paranoid but my mind automatically thinks that something is fishy. They have even posted art of the wild beast which looks like depictions we are already familiar with in the Revelation book, also one article devoted a whole section to bashing the Catholic faith.

  And I thought the JW's were the only true religion, can you imagine both of these faiths meeting at the door:

  "No we are the truth!'

  "No we are, we had it first!"

  We had the Watchtower first"

  " So ours is better"

  I imagine it would be very entertaining.
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  Tomorrows World - Sister Religion to Jehovahs Witnesses?

  by lostlantern in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/welcome.shtml.

  my husband and i watched a sermon today and it was eerily familiar, very weird.

  go to this website and look at their magazines, twins i swear!

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  lostlantern

  Has anyone seen this? http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/welcome.shtml

  My husband and I watched a sermon today and it was eerily familiar, very weird. Go to this website and look at their magazines, twins I swear! Anyway I thought it was interesting and so tried to find some background history on them. I can't find anything, has anyone ever heard of this group? Their magazine even has its own version of the young people ask article, scary.

  Anyway just wondered

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  well, you get the point.
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  Looking for a little help, ideas for a response to sister-n-law

  by lostlantern in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my brothers and their wives stopped speaking to me back in august, everything hit the fan.

  my parents just returned from a visit and my mom brought me something from my sister-n-law, very weird.

  so i sent her a thank you card and after a few weeks she responds with a short note resembling this:.

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  You are so right. I am just frustrated and it is my first inclination to send something straight back and stand up for myself.

  Better to sleep on it, goodness knows my response will spread like wild fire.
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  Looking for a little help, ideas for a response to sister-n-law

  by lostlantern in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my brothers and their wives stopped speaking to me back in august, everything hit the fan.

  my parents just returned from a visit and my mom brought me something from my sister-n-law, very weird.

  so i sent her a thank you card and after a few weeks she responds with a short note resembling this:.

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  lostlantern

  My brothers and their wives stopped speaking to me back in August, everything hit the fan. My parents just returned from a visit and my mom brought me something from my sister-n-law, very weird. So I sent her a thank you card and after a few weeks she responds with a short note resembling this:

  your welcome.

  Love, xxxxx

  1 John 4:1

  1 John 4:1 states: Beloved ones do not believe every inspired expression, but test the inspired expressions to see whether they originate with God, because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.

  I want to say:

  Nice to hear from you. I couldn't help but notice the scripture that you included and I couldn't agree more. It is so true that there are those that wish to lead us astray and that False Prophets endeavor to pull us from truth. I then I want to slam her for being misled by false prophets

  Please note the next verses to get the full meaning of the text:

  2. you gain the knowledge of the inspired expression fromGod by this. Every inspired expression that confesses Jesus Christ as having come in the flesh originates with God, 3 buy every inspired expression that does not confess Jesus does not originate with God. furthermore this is the Antichrists (inspired expression) which you have heard was coming, and now it is already in the world. . I went on Wikpedia and pulled up this definition: This passage speaks of the Antichrist and Antichrist is translated from the Greek a?t????st?? antíkhristos, which literally means "opposite of Christ". A broader meaning is "in place of Christ". Therefore, antichrist means opposed to Christ by being in the place of Christ. The term itself appears 5 times in 1 John and 2 John of the New Testament--once in plural form and 4 times in the singular. You will be relieved to know that we don't fall into this category, we do not oppose Christ. So I am trying to compose an answer that is pointed without being nasty. Does anyone have any suggestions or points that can be included, something that will make her think or stick in her head.
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  Talk on Apostates

  by IslandBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  have you ever walked on the beach and tried following another persons footprints; matching your own steps with them as exactly as possible?

  by calling ourselves christians, we have indicated our desire to do just that, to follow closely in the footsteps of christ.

  have you ever noticed though that on a crowded beach, , there were several sets of footprints, many of them may look alike.

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  lostlantern

  Nicely said.
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  Talk on Apostates

  by IslandBrother in

  1. watchtower
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  have you ever walked on the beach and tried following another persons footprints; matching your own steps with them as exactly as possible?

  by calling ourselves christians, we have indicated our desire to do just that, to follow closely in the footsteps of christ.

  have you ever noticed though that on a crowded beach, , there were several sets of footprints, many of them may look alike.

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  First of all Welcome, I hope this website enlightens you and puts you on the path to truth. I say this because even though you don't know it you have been grossly misled and I feel sorry for you. Please educate yourself and search like the Boreans did, I suggest reading Crisis of Conscience by Raymond Franz. It is easy to come in here judge those that have left but until you fully research all sides of your faith you have no valid basis to make judgements. Good Luck.

  Now to address one of your statements:

  not so dogmatic and clergy like.

  Are you kidding? The Jehovah's Witness faith is the very definition of dogmatic, please note how wikipedia defines dogmatic:

  is the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization, thought to be authoritative and not to be disputed or doubted.

  That sounds like the Organization to me.
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  another Elder's Meeting memory...

  by sibboleth in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  another story that i'd like to share.

  however, since he is a pioneer - maybe he should be the service overseer and br.

  superfine is not doing things still ?

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  lostlantern

  I hate to be harsh but you should be ashamed of yourself, how terrible. I am not saying that I myself haven't done bad things or that I haven't made mistakes but my initial reaction is nausea and I am saddened so deeply. We are humans first, it's so sad that we all followed such direction like mindless drones(I am guilty of being a drone for 30 years, I would turn in my own family, friends etc, all for their own good I am ashamed of myself).

  I am glad that you have now had an awakening. The healing begins and it is a long and slow process, good luck. It would be nice if you could change the past. I wish so much that you could post the names of such losers, right here and now, start our own pedophile JW watch list.

  Is that against the rules? If not I will be glad to start.