Topics Started by parlay

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Why I will NEVER be an elder again
by stillajwexelder in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so the po confirmed what many on this board already know.

at latest round of co to elders meeting, the co quoted from the society outline.

any elder or ms who encourages college for his kids or others or who allows his children to go to college will no longer qualify.. he then asked if i was going to take the cos encouragement and reach out again to be an elder and get my hours on the ministry up.. i replied "i will never be an elder again - i strongly approve of further education and college and have been through college myself.
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CO Visit: Why Such A Big Deal?
by sacolton in
1. jw
2. friends
i wasn't raised a jw, but my wife was and everytime the co makes a visit to our congregation for a week - we had to make sure nothing was going to interrupt our meeting attendance.

vacation planned that week?

change it.
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What's Your MAIN Reason For Not Believing In "The Truth"?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
my mother had this discussion yesterday.

basically, my main argument was that if the fds gets jehovah's holy spirit and their "food" is "the truth", yet they always are correcting themselves, how can anyone in all fairness believe it's "the truth"??

you can't show scripturally why organ transplants are a form of cannibalism and clearly a disfellowshipping offense and a couple of years later after possible disfellowshippings or death, and then believe jehovah god changed his view suddenly.
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What's the BEST thing about being "out" of the "truth"?
by B_Deserter in
1. jw
2. experiences
for me, it's having friends that i don't have to hide my lack of meeting attendance/service from.

it's amazing how they teach you that only jws can be your real friends, but in reality, it's all contingent upon your religious "performance.

" sure, if you're not going to meetings, they'll try to be "friends," by encouraging you to go back.
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Jehovah's Witnesses are CASTING A GIANT SHADOW
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
folks are about as happy as they decide to be.. looking on the bright side of life gives you more of a foothold when things go awry.

nurturing hope builds a foundation for you which enables you to save for tomorrow and build toward the future and hang on when things get tough.. people dig their own graves when they become pessimists.

"why bother" replaces "that's worth a try!".
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What's Your View Of Jehovah's Witnesses As Individual Persons?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
do you think they make the best parents?.

the best children?.

the best workers?.
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Hi everyone I am a newbie and I need help
by philosopher in
1. jw
2. friends
i have been coming here for some months y i must admit that i am still in.

but i have serious doubts, i mean, i am 99.9% convinced, the jws are not the true religion, but i still live with my family, and they are jws, and i love them.

my parents have a long time been jws, and it is very hard for me to tell them the truth.
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If the G.B. and WTS don't have good motives, what is the point.....
by Mightyone in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
this may be the topic of an old thread but, if the g.b.

and wts don't have good motives, what is the point of the whole religion?

i mean, it doesn't appear that anybody is getting rich or am i missing something.
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help please
by parlay in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
what page is it in the proclaimers book that states how jehovahs witnesses by reviewing what russell taught.

are convinced that god was using him in a special way?

i want to use it to prompt someone to do some.
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Could This Be The Watchtower's Endgame?
by metatron in
1. jw
2. friends
suppose you had a business that didn't make money.

you would try to make the thing more efficient and probably lay off.

some workers to cut costs.