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  My Personal Study

  by The Real Edward Gentry in

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  my current personal study is about the resurection.besides the nine well known resurections (the son of the zaraphath widow, the son of the shulamite woman, the man whose body touched elisha's bones, lazarus, jesus, son of the widow nain, the daughter of jairus, dorcas and eutychus).

  there was enoch who god 'transfered' so he wouldn't see death and elijah who god took away in a flaming chariot hidden in a whilwind!

  as well as these there were the holy men ofjerusalem resurrected at the same time as jesus.

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  Hey Ed..........did you ever make it to Aintry?
  
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  How can a dead chicken atone for your sins?

  by Fisherman in

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  the article says that the dead chickens are given to the poor but i was told that the chickens are thrown into the garbage.

  (who could possibly eat a chicken full of sin?).

  https://www.google.com/amp/abc7ny.com/amp/religion/exclusive-dead-chickens-in-cages-as-part-of-jewish-ritual/2457387/.

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  "Take my word for it chicken, this atonement-sacrifice business is a dead end gig. They only wind up 'eating your flesh and drinking your blood' once a year. The rest of the year, those Jehovah's Witnesses won't even admit that you exist!"
  
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  How To Fade Away Cleanly?

  by SplaneThisToMe in

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  2. friends

  this is my first post and hopefully i can get some advice and input.

  i have been actively involved with the organization for a little over 10 years now.

  i began studying in high school, got baptized and my family fortunately did not.

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  Welcome Splane.................best of luck on your journey out of the religion. You are a young man with lots of possibilities ahead of you. Don't look back.......keep moving forward. A clean fade? I don't know if that's possible. Someone always seems to get hurt.
  
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  Adam and the Dinosaurs

  by The Real Edward Gentry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is a fascinating subject.

  according to the bible , one of adam's first assignments was to name all the animals including the sea creatures and dinosaurs of course.

  we don't know how long this took but, as all witnesses know, the time period is crucial in working out the timing of armageddon).

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  "Just imagine what it must have been like to have dinosaurs under your personal subjection." - The Real Edward Gentry

  Why golly, gosh it must have been wonderful!
  
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  Was It Really Mental Illness or Was It The Demons?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  we supposedly had more than a few “demonized” people in our congregation.

  they would hear voices or feel internal punishment within their souls.

  the answer was always—-these people were affected by the demons and they needed counseling!.

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  "We had a sister who was a demon-buster in our cong."- sparrowdown

  I think you must have known my mother. She had a hand in demon-busting for awhile. In one case, she traveled out of state to help an old bible study of hers that was under 'relentless demon attack'. Just my luck, she brought me with her. She even called the Elder's to a meeting and explained what she was doing and how they should be the ones helping her. At any rate, we stayed the night in her house. Apparently, a 48 year old woman and a 16 year old boy were too much for Satan and his demons. They never showed up that night. Come to find out later on, the real issue came to light. Her much younger husband was having an affair with her 14 year old daughter.
  
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  "Armageddon is already here"; "the preaching work is done" -- rogue teachings in your congregation?

  by FatFreek 2005 in

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  2. beliefs

  one of my jw sons seems to be putting pressure on his non-jw brother apparently to scare him into accepting the troof and start coming to meetings.

  wild statements like our topic title, which i know are not supported at jw dot org, have been made to my non-jw son several times over the past year or so.

  while i haven't been privy to the actual phone conversations i tend to believe that the jw son is being pressured by the local elders to cut ties with the non-jw since their conversations seem to degrade into arguments -- therefore tending to weaken the jws faith in wt teachings.. either my jw son is lying about what i would call rogue teachings (and this would disappoint me greatly) or he is in some close knit clique in his congregation which has secretly chosen to go rogue on certain wt issues.. based on many of the recent posts here about drastic money and wt organization problems this could be a sign of pending splits of certain congregation members.. what do you think?

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  steve2.....................I remember Kingdom News #16. I was pioneering then and 'placed' well over 500 myself. 'Speeding up the work', my ass!
  
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  So, is God a rapist!?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. bible

  ok, i apologise in advance if this seems irreverent to those who believe in god.. but, the bible says that god (jehovah) impregnated mary.

  without her consent.

  so that would seem to be rape...right?.

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  Technically, I think Jehovah committed fornication. And apparently, he was repentant, as he 'only did it once'.
  
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  Chapter 37 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave

  by new boy in

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  chapter 37. passing it down line.

  how did i rationalized everything i had experienced growing up and what i saw at bethel?

  no one wants to believe their whole life is a lie.

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  Just my 2 cents: When I was at Watchtower Farms in the mid '70's there was plenty of food at breakfast and the noon meal. Supper was scant because it was usually leftovers.
  
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  Michael Parks

  by glenster in

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  2. entertainment

  belated rip michael parks born harry samuel parks april 24, 1940 to may 9, 2017 he was known for the 1969-1970 tv series "then came bronson" and acting forfilmmakers such as quentin tarantino, robert rodriguez, and kevin smith.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/michael_parks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/then_came_bronson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pykq3fwnb0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flpxujapnye.

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  Thanks for posting this. I was thinking about Michael Parks the other night when I caught the tail end of the movie Django. He was one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood. My favorite role that he played, was Walter in Niagara, Niagara which was partially filmed near Watchtower Farms.
  
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  In Honor of Jimmy Olson October 31, 1973

  by sparky1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in memory of jimmy olson, i have provided a link to his story below.

  many who now post here are new to the forum and i felt it was necessary to honor his memory.

  although i never knew him, his brother was my roommate for a time at watchtower farms.

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  Bumped for newer members who may not be aware of Jimmy's story.