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  Were You A Gullible JW?

  by minimus in

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  i think every congregation has their group that sees everything as a sign that they are god’s chosen people.

  if a witness didn’t go to a meeting and a storm came and destroyed their house and killed them, and only the kingdom hall was saved, that was a sign that we should be in jehovah’s house.

  if russia persecuted jws , it’s proof we are living in the last days.

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  "They were forced to get baptized by their parents. They were in the cult but were never gullible." - minimus

  This describes me "to a T". Even as a young boy I knew that the Bible and the theology of Jehovah's Witnesses just did not make sense. But I 'played the game' in order to survive. I played it so well that there was talk of making me an Elder at 18 years old back in the early '70s and with my Bethel application was included a letter from the Circuit Overseer and the Body of Elders stating that I should be considered for the position of Circuit Overseer after my 4 years was up at Bethel. Such is the long, twisted, complicated and rocky road that we all travel in order to survive and get by in life.
  
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  Capitalist Competition among Jehovah's People!

  by sparky1 in

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  step right up folks and get your own personal notebook for the 2019 conventions created by our enterprising christian brothers and sisters!.

  available from jks books and gifts for only $9.99 from amazon.com.. "perfect for those who love to take notes during the convention!

  a great gift for international delegates, new publishers, those learning to take notes or any publisher!".

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  Step right up folks and get your own personal notebook for the 2019 conventions created by our enterprising Christian Brothers and Sisters!
  

  

  Available from JKS Books and Gifts for only $9.99 from Amazon.com.

  "Perfect for those who love to take notes during the convention! A great gift for international delegates, new publishers, those learning to take notes or any publisher!"

  

  Available from Pioneer Bros for only $8.99 on Amazon.com.

  "This awesome notebook is the best choice - whether for you, a Brother or Sister or a visiting delegate. Hand these out as gifts to our brothers and sisters at the International Conventions! Also, the perfect gift for Pioneers, Publishers or Proclaimers of God's Kingdom!"

  

  Also available from JKS Books and Gifts for only $9.99 at Amazon.com

  "A great gift for international delegates, new publishers, those learning to take notes or any publisher! ...it even includes space to reflect and relive the best weekend of 2019"

  There are other notebooks for sale on Amazon, but I only included these 3 for the sake of brevity. Let the competition begin! May the best notebook win!
  
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  I guess "New Boy" is now "The Bethelite"

  by The Bethelite in

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  i dropped my old computer 2 weeks ago and had to get a new one.

  i tried to log on under "new boy" for over a week and since there was no way to retrieve my old pass word i gave up and started a new profile as the bethelite.

  i just want to thank everyone for the help in getting my new book out, in fact i put this website in the dedication in the book.

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  Keith, I just posted a 5 star review on Amazon. It will take a day or two to post. Hope it helps you and I wish you all the best.
  
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  I guess "New Boy" is now "The Bethelite"

  by The Bethelite in

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  i dropped my old computer 2 weeks ago and had to get a new one.

  i tried to log on under "new boy" for over a week and since there was no way to retrieve my old pass word i gave up and started a new profile as the bethelite.

  i just want to thank everyone for the help in getting my new book out, in fact i put this website in the dedication in the book.

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  I read through it in just a few days. My sister was up on vacation and read it in about three days. She never realized what some of us Bethelites had to go through. The book corroborated some of my own stories for her. Highly recommended for any non-Bethelite for a 'peek behind the curtain'.

  
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  "The Calendar of Jehovah God" - a historical tidbit

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in 1935, clayton woodworth (editor of the golden age - later the awake!

  magazine) devised a 'new' calendar that he proposed was far superior to the pagan calendars that have been used in human history.he wrote a three part series for the golden age (i am not sure if these were actually published) that laid out his justifications for how this new calendar was more accurate and of course, was right in line with the divine plan.

  the calendar was published in the 1935 yearbook, but the watchtower magazine later published a retraction to the calendar.

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  Sam van Sipma told me that in private Rutherford told Woodworth:

  'Stop wasting your time on that god-damned calendar!'

  Not a direct quote. Just my memory of a conversation with Sam.
  
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  Ray Franz

  by pbrow in

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  2. experiences

  i know ray and his wife have passed but i wanted to take a few minutes and put my thanks in writing.

  it is pretty incredible to me that someone who i never met, played such a major role in my outlook on life and more importantly in my (at the time) young daughters lives.

  from the very first pages of "crisis of conscience" it seemed as though ray was writing to me.

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  "They were a lovely, caring couple"

  

  And faithful to each other 'til the end.
  
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  Check out this shameless image on jw.org.

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  another generation of children being fed the same lie we, our parents and grandparents were told.

  this is the link, it's image number 8. https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/united-states/2019-love-never-fails-international-convention-series-overview/.

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  "If they could combine their belief in the end time with a more reasonable approach to equipping their children for life in this system in the meantime, it wouldn't be so bad"-SBF

  

  Except of course for those children that needlessly die from a lack of a blood transfusion, or are sacrificed on the 'altar of the two witness rule for child molesters', or shunning and disfellowshipping, or no worldly associates, or no holidays, or extra activities at school and on and on and on.......

  DREAM ON, SBF!
  
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  Televangelist Kenneth Copeland

  by mann377 in

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  had to laugh at this.

  this may be what the wbts end up doing in the future as they become televangelist.

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  Kenneth Copeland 'ain't got nothin' ' on Stevie Lett!
  
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  Alternate military service pre and post 1996 witness policies. Please comments.

  by benny in

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  2. beliefs

  what are the thoughts on the changes made by the society in the 1996 watchtower [new light] where one can then accept alternate army service where before you would have to be sentenced to do this.

  i feel many were sent to prison needlessly or even executed.

  this was not a matter of conscience as the watchtower claims..

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  The draft ended in the United States in 1973. However, I went to prison for my beliefs in 1974. I became a Bethelite!
  
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  Another thing that woke me up

  by nowawake14 in

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  well, the typical person doesn't have to worry about field service and reporting time.

  so why should i have to?.

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  I remember that sir82. That was the last regional convention I ever attended. I could not believe the hubris and down right arrogance in using 'poetic license' to create such a stupid scenario.