Posts by choosing life

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The Day I had an Epiphany

by journey-on in

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my eyes opened in more ways than one.

as i lay in bed that sunday morning, i knew i was never again going to rise hurriedly to get myself and the kids dressed and fed for field service.

i was actually feeling relieved and wanted to just turn over and go back to sleep, certain and content in my decision.. the day before, i had stood at the end of the block, after working a territory filled with barking dogs and people sleeping in after a hard days work week, and thinking, "never again".

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I remember talking to a nice older lady and she was quite receptive. I was doing the talking and I stuck to the Bible only. After our conversation, I thanked her and started to leave.

The witness lady I was with couldn't stand that I didn't offfer her some literature. I just started to walk away and she took over and placed the magazines with her.

When we left, I did not write down the number to come back and the witness insisted that I write it down. I told her to write it down as I was not coming back. I had already been missing meetings, something I rarely did, so she was watching me carefully.

I had already decided that I would only use the Bible and not recruit members, but I decided then I was finished.

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New light: Generation

by 5thGeneration in

got some info from the annual meeting.. unofficially, the 'generation' is now categorized as 2 groups.

the first is 'the 1914 group' and the second is the younger anointed 'contemporaries' who 'actually work for a period of time with those anointed ones'.. the 'generation' is now 'the lifespan of those who actually saw the beginning of the sign and then the lifespan of those who worked with those who saw the beginning of the sign'.. here we go again....

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I must be slow because it doesn't make a lick of sense to me. Maybe that's a good thing?

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New light: Generation

by 5thGeneration in

got some info from the annual meeting.. unofficially, the 'generation' is now categorized as 2 groups.

the first is 'the 1914 group' and the second is the younger anointed 'contemporaries' who 'actually work for a period of time with those anointed ones'.. the 'generation' is now 'the lifespan of those who actually saw the beginning of the sign and then the lifespan of those who worked with those who saw the beginning of the sign'.. here we go again....

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What scriptures do they contort to "prove" this new understanding?

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Worldwide Report out - memorial partakers increased 871. Worldwide publishers up 3.2%

by yadda yadda 2 in

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seems the 2010 yearbook is out now in audio.

it's reported there was an 8.7% increase in memorial partakers to 10,857 in 2009, up from 9,986 in 2008.. worldwide publishers for the 2008/09 service year increased 3.2%, to 7,619,270 publishers.. thanks to information posted by possible-san at the end of this thread:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/186746/2/the-increasing-number-of-the-anointed-comments-anyone.

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Nice that so many more are feeling free to partake. They should just give up and tell everyone to join in the celebration. There never have been two classes of Christians.

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Trotting Out Old Light and Making it New Again- 1975

by OnTheWayOut in

wts is great at rebooting old doctrines and rewriting their own history.

they need the members to feel that armageddon is imminent, so i have a proposal for the gb members reading this forum.. .

when the end failed to come in 1975, wts offered their explanation that eve was created some time after adam, and that some time passed before she and adam sinned.

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Interesting. Maybe you could apply for a job in the writing department?

Really, you make it sound so plausible and Watchtowerish. I think you have their tricks all figured out. I guess there is not much chance of an end to their doctrines in our lifetime. Too bad, I have kids still trapped inside, like many others on here.

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New here-question about calls from the elders

by hoggieman in

i have been looking around here for a while but this is my first post.

my wife and i have been fading not so smoothly.

i pretty much know this is not the truth but am still undecided how i feel on various issues and i am still sorting them out.

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Just wanted to say welcome and I hope you can smooth things over with the family. Remember you need to be honest with yourself, but you don't owe everyone else access to your private thoughts.

It is great you and your wife are on the same page. That is a great foundation. Take good care of the little ones and give them a balanced life and a great future.

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Satan blessed me I think......well not quite, but I want your input....

by miseryloveselders in

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i've wanted to do a bio thread for a little while now to give you my story, but for security reasons i can't at this time.

(crazy, maintaining a double life requires secrecy the cia would envy) i did however want to share this with you, and i need your thoughts and experiences if possible.. i just got a fairly decent job promotion, significant enough pay raise, and better hours.

i'm grateful too, happy even.

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Better hours, better pay, sounds like a blessing to me. It is not from an angry spirit guy in the sky though, it is a reward for your hard work.

Even the Bible says that it is a gift from God to work hard and enjoy the fruits of your labor. You need to stop that nonsense playing in your mind put there by the society.

You worked hard, did a good job and were rewarded. Anyone that tells you differently is just jealous. Sometimes the hardest person to convince is ourself.

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Serious advice needed... being df'd without the brothers hearing my side???

by edlewiese in

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ok i have asked several of my friends and they have never heard of being chased by a committee before.

so i am hoping someone has some insight.. .

i'll give you background and yes i am not innocent in the situation but what i was raised to believe is being contradicted by the actions of the elders.. .

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Depends on what exactly was in that letter. You could say you thought your husband was free to remarry scripturally because of HIS behavior. If the letter is not specifically about your behavior, fight it. Make them come up with 2 witnesses.

They can and will disfellowship in absentia, so if you want to fight you will have to act quickly.

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1975 For Deniers

by Farkel in

1975 for deniers.

most of today's jws were not members in 1975 or in the 9 years prior to 1975, so they were not eyewitnesses to what really went on during that period.

i was a pioneer in that period, and i was an eyewitness to what went on.. those jws who are still active today and who were around in that period will typically say it was the "brothers" who "ran ahead of jehovah" and "read more into" the 1975 prediction than what was actually stated.

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I was one that studied in that little blue book. It was quite well arranged for leading a person in deeper and deeper. The witnesses back then told me that they did not believe the end was coming in 1975. They gave me the selfish reasons you mention, running ahead and serving for a date.

Little did I know that I was coming into a crazy religion just when many were leaving. It is tribute to the level of mind control that the witnesses would deny what they had just been teaching a few months earlier.

They did that 6 month study time again later. I can't remember just what year. I do remember thinking it was rather extreme to expect a person to entirely change their life in six months and few followed the advice to drop studies after six months.

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My Presentation at the UU Church

by Shepherd Book in

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as some of you already know, i was invited to give a presentation for the minneapolis theosopical society at the unitarian-universalist church a few weeks ago.

the title of my 'talk' was "why does everyone celebrate in december?

" and i discussed the december solstice and holidays celebrated around that time.. of course, i also managed to find a way to talk about jws and their disdain for xmas and all holidays.

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Bookmarking, thanks for sharing.