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  I'm confused

  by NickL in

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  this db is advertised as a "witness" board.

  yet there seems to be some disagreement over the place the wts should play in our lives.

  can someone inform me what the "official" stand on this matter is?.

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  No longer associated with this group

  by yeldell2 in

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  i had no idea you were ex-witnesses when i registered here.

  continue to send me e-mail anyone from this group.

  steps to contact the administrator of this site, with this information.

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  need help re 607 date

  by hosebracket in

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  i am new to this.. i have a problem.

  someone on my ministry asked me about the date that we hold so dear....607 bce and asked me to prove it to them.

  this would not be a problem i thought as the f&ds would have solid basis for using such a date.

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  'Tunnel of Doubts'

  by ISP in

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  tunnel of doubts.

  this subject was discussed in the 1. feb.01 wt.

  it is an interesting expression, tunnel of doubts as if several doubts merge to produce an overall tunnel from which it could be difficult to emerge.

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  Am I welcome here?

  by WanderingStar in

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  i am currently df'd but seriously considering returning to the meetings with a view to reinstatement.

  i am looking for honest, open minded discussion.

  if i offend you all by being here, please let me know and i wont come back again.. thanks for reading this!

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  Witnet Admin Resigns

  by Pathofthorns in

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  my hats off to the witnet administration team.

  it is very sad to see them go, as the last few months have been quite interesting.

  of course, those who follow the board know that in recent weeks there have been quite a few problems surfacing.. its obvious many of these individuals had concerns much like we have here.

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  Thank You Ray Franz.

  by Martini in

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  hello friends,.

  in a thread over at witnesses.net entitled "society bracing for law suits" fellow jw's are taking swipes at ray franz.

  not too long ago, while i was still under the wt spell i also would have similarily spoken abusively of ray.

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  Moment of Truth/ Cognitive Dissonance

  by Zep in

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  so how long have all you guyz here been apostates anyway, just curious?.i mean, it must be kind of cool to reflect and think...."well, heck, i'm a damned freaking apostate" or altleast a closet apostate, of which most of you are, i think?, right?.yeah, such a cool label is "apostate" huh!.but i'm interested, just how did all here personnally come to realise 'the truth' aint really that?, what set you on that track and made you look outside the bounds of wt literature into so-called apostate areas.. and what finally convinced you that its all just a heap of nonsense?

  and forced you to shockingly conclude you had been living a lie?.what did it do to you at that moment, i mean, how did you deal with this blatant self admission that the wt was wrong?

  did it crack you up or what...or did you just laugh it off or something?..

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  Most disgusting thing from Watchtower Corp.

  by spectromize in

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  one thing that really doesn't add up with the organization and their registrating to be a corp.(yes i have to put this in quote sorry it's called non-profit corp.) is the very fact that they play in the worldly system of things while they tell you to keep out of it.

  (while they see nothing wrong in themselves playing the stock market with other peoples money) think about it where did jesus say to register god's organization as a corporation?.

  furthermore if you were living in jesus' period of time who would be the president-vice-president-secratary- treasurer-shareholders...?.

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  Paradise earth or heaven?

  by Pathofthorns in

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  it has been said to me "what other organization offers a hope of a paradise earth?

  " to "prove" that witnesses have the "truth".. it seems to me that this "spiritual materialism" and the inability to see beyond the physical and fleshly world draw many to become and remain witnesses.. as for me, i fail to see such a fleshly reward set out in scripture and more so i cannot possibly see how anything fleshly could live forever in a problem-free environment.. everything fleshly and physical is temporary and changing.

  nothing lives forever.

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