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  April KM - Handbill Distribution

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well it is official - the april km has the details of the handbill campaign.

  we are to be given 50 handbills each and start a distribution for 3 weeks before the district convention.

  we are supposed to cover our entire territory.

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  Kristofer

  are non-witnesses ever invited to attend District Conventions?

  Do they all happen at the same time across the country?
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  How DARE he?! This is why I'm still Single!!!

  by stillAwitness in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well, i was dating this guy and its been a long time since i have even been with anyone that i thought was worthwhile.

  i've been focusing on other things and with everything else going on with trying to gain my independance i just have not wanted to get caught up.

  anyways, how dare the guy i was seeing call the whole jw mind-cult issue "stupid" when i tried to explain to him why i am the way i am (awful social skills, the simple excitement from just being around a new scene, etc.

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  Being someone from the outside, I can tell you, he truly doesn't grasp or comprehend what it means to be a JW. My ex...which I am hoping will come back one day is the reason I am here. There was so much that went on...so many secrets, mysteries..a complete lack of intimacy and emotion that was just foreign to me. It is the reason why I am here and it is the reason I choose to talk to the JWs that have now been regularly coming to my door for the past 3 months. It's therapeutic. It is helping me understand why everything was the way it was. Even though I feel like I can grasp it I know I still don't fully understand. And when I say understand, I mean the ability to empathize, not just sympathize. It's hard for many guys and just many people to put themselves in other peoples' shoes and really see the world through their eyes. Your boyfriend doesn't get it and may never get it. You may need a different support system while you are making your way out of the organization.
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  Could the GB be using this forum?

  by Kristofer in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i sometimes wonder if perhaps some of the higher ups in the organization are visiting this forum.

  perhaps it has become a valuable source for them to "test the waters" before something goes public to see what the reaction would be?

  am i overreacting?

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  Kristofer

  I sometimes wonder if perhaps some of the higher ups in the organization are visiting this forum. Perhaps it has become a valuable source for them to "test the waters" before something goes public to see what the reaction would be? Am I overreacting? Does anyone else have thoughts on this?
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  What Would It Take For Your JW Family/Friend To Get Out?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is there anything that might get your witness relative or friend out of the "truth"??

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  A miraculous act of God.
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  salvation & sins research

  by Kristofer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am trying to do research on whether christ's death covered even future sins, not just original sin by adam.

  anyone have helpful scriptures?

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  I am trying to do research on whether Christ's death covered even future sins, not just original sin by Adam. Anyone have helpful Scriptures?
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  How is it that... (PLEASE provide input)

  by AuldSoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  during my discussion with death to the pixies i hit on something that he brushed off as irrelevant.

  in trying to make it clearer for him why the question mattered to me i stumbled across the best proof for myself that this cannot be god's organization and the bible students/jws have been being lied to from the beginning.. in 1930 over 80,000 professed anointed had no clue that they were god's sole channel of communication to mankind, even though jehovah's witnesses now teach that the anointed have been that sole channel ever since pentecost of 33 c.e.. question #1: how is it possible that god's channel of communication didn't even know they were his channel of communication?.

  question #2: if the true anointed brothers of christ have always been god's sole channel of communication to mankind since penetcost 33 c.e., why would jesus need to choose them in 1919; didn't he already know who god's channel was?.

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  sorry, I'm not sure why this isn't making sense to me.. I mean, the point makes sense. But is it really true they didn't consider themselves to be God's channel of communication at one time? I thought Russell preached this from the beginning...
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  Tremendous changes in a short time.....

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i mean if you think about it - and i might be off on the time a little - in the past 6 months we have heard of the following;elimination of the hard cover biblereducing of awake to monthly additionsdownsizing at bethel worldwideelimination of bethel elders.

  there may be others that i forgot about.

  but these are all very significant, and they are all happening at once, in a relative sense.those of us in the apostate circles may not realize just how the total impact might be on the flock.

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  how often was AWAKE produced before?
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  Is the "Good News" really about 1914?

  by rockhound in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "the good news" that jehovahs witnesses preach from door to door, world wide, has a definite theme that is different than "the good news" preached by the churches of christendom.

  "let the honest-hearted person compare the kind of preaching of the gospel done by the religious systems of christendom during all the centuries with that done by jehovah's witnesses since the end of world war i in 1918. they are not one and the same kind.

  that of jehovah's witnesses is really "gospel" or "good news," as of god's heavenly kingdom that was established by the enthronement of his son jesus christ at the end of the gentile times in 1914.

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  excellent post!
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  JW couples don't love each other

  by Nosferatu in

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  2. friends

  has anyone else ever noticed this in the kh?

  married couples don't seem to show any affection to each other.

  however, when a couple is dating, they will hold hands.

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  Kristofer

  i noticed this a lot in my previous relationship. There was a serious lack of affection. Of course I know some of it was due to a guilty conscience...me being a wordly pagan apostate!
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  A long overdue statement

  by truthsetsonefree in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  most of you have seen me post under my alias truthsetsonefree.

  some call me "tsof" which is cool too.

  one or two of you know me by my real name.

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  wow..this has been one of the most interesting posts to me.

  I think it is very noble work of you. I think every bit of compassion you can offer is appreciated by those on the receiving end. I think giving a lot of us insight into what is going on is also a great service you can provide for the greater good. I don't envy you for the "crisis of conscience" you will and are enduring. I wish someone would talk some sense into my ex-g-friend.