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  Two Visits From Jehovah's Witnesses This Past Week

  by TMS in

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  my wife and i were both on ladders painting the exposed boards of our storage shed on a weekday when a car pulled into the driveway across the street.

  mr. and mrs. gomez were not at home.

  like most of the homeowners in this community, they use these homes only on weekends or holidays.

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  Hi TMS,

  Frank does sound like a competent individual with somewhat independent thinking, something very dangerous for a JW. Do you think he and his family might someday leave the org?

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  Two Visits From Jehovah's Witnesses This Past Week

  by TMS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife and i were both on ladders painting the exposed boards of our storage shed on a weekday when a car pulled into the driveway across the street.

  mr. and mrs. gomez were not at home.

  like most of the homeowners in this community, they use these homes only on weekends or holidays.

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  HI TMS
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  Their Armageddon Faith Born From Desperation....

  by metatron in

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  i spoke with a well placed, highly responsible brother some weeks ago, who didn't care for my opinions about corruption "from the.

  bottom all the way to the top" in the organization.

  he defended the society against every accusation i made but was stopped short by one.

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  Synergy,

  My God, I am so sorry for what's happened to you. You are truly a brave woman and a genuine child of God, never let anyone tell you different.

  With greatest respect,

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  Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers - August 2006 Awake!

  by AnnOMaly in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i think this is the first clear, official statement regarding hemoglobin-based products.

  awake!

  august 2006, front page title "blood: why so valuable?".

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  I agree with just about everyone so far, I just have one thing to add. Does it seem a little hypocritical that the WT uses all sorts of "reliable"sources of information like secular, educational, and governmental to support this policy, yet they forbid involvement with them to the rank and file. Even the dumbest of the brainwashed borg have got to ask themselves, "Why are they quoting people in Satan's system?" I think that would give a very mixed message to the rank and file, especially young ones who want to go to college, and read tripe like this.

  Also, if you Google some of the sources and people they quote, they are usually from a medical or goverment organization in Europe, from a seminar, lecture, or conference. Coincidently, you usually have to be a member of the particular organization to attend. Sound familiar? UN NGO scandal anyone?

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  Scales falling from my eyes. (very long!)

  by PoppyR in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi everyone, totally new here.

  and still associating with jws... have been baptised 23 years, that was at the tender age of 13 when i had absolutely no idea what i was doing.

  i have always been considered a rebel...brought up in a family by a single parent, my two brothers are both elders, the younger being a regular pioneer, my sister a regular pioneer and serving in a foreign language congregation.

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  Hey Poppy, when you're done reading Crisis of Conscience, read In Search of Christian Freedom, The Gentile Times Reconsidered, and Apolocapse Delayed. Good luck!
  
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  Jan 1st WT: Reaching out, Higher Education and Providing for one's needs

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  well, as a nice start to the new year, the jan 1st watchtower article, "how firm is your trust in god" blasts those who live comfortable lives, those who don't reach out, and those who pursue higher education.. definitely, they are taking a harsher stand, having completely painted themselves into a corner.. i highlighted the interesting comments.

  i did not include all the text for each paragraph, just the main points.. .

  1 a young man wanted to be more useful to the congregation.

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  Hi everybody, thanks for sticking up for college students, we have enough trouble trying to finish homework without dealing with this stuff. By the way, I just made the dean's list for the second semester in a row, and I finished with a 3.48 GPA.
  
  As for the Watchtower goons, repeat after me, "I must not tell false prophicies"
  
  Good doggies...
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  AWAKE! JANUARY 2006, To Our Readers.

  by Blueblades in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those who have not yet seen this issue.

  called "the golden age" in 1919, the name was changed to "consolation" in1937, and to "awake!

  " in 1946. beginning with this issue, the format of awake!

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  Yes I heard about this too, I call it the Awake being cut in half. My mom said this was the society pulling in its belt in time for the end. What the hell does that mean...?
  
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  Filling the Void

  by demeter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what do you think has been the most helpful thing you have read, heard, or learned lately?

  what helps you get along in a post-jw life?.

  i think the reason people go back to an organization that they once rejected is that they find a void and have no experience with filling it.. what do you do to make a new social life?.

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  What if you could not recgonize that the void exists? What if the only way you felt normal in life was when you were being dominated or abused by someone else? I know this topic is quite old, and no one is probably ever going to read this, but as many ex JWS know, that filling the void is never simple or easy.
  
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  have you heard of accusations of ex witnesses starting their own church?

  by candidlynuts in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a comment from a family member about an elder who quit attending meetings the other day was " oh they dont attend anymore, i dont think they're df'd but its known they started their own church".

  ok so i didnt think much about it..other than it doesnt seem the sort of thing this fella would ever do.. .

  but..today i read a story on freeminds ( will look for the link in a bit and will post it).

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  What makes them feel so safe is that the WTS teaches the rank and file that aposates want to start their own satan worshiping church. So disfellowshipping, combined with unfounded rumors combine to make them feel better. "See, we're right, they're starting their own church!"
  
  What was it that Jesus said, 'wherever two or more of you are gathered in my name, I will be with you?'
  
  I guess all these self-rightous, self appointed, Holier Than Thou Hypocrites never actually picked up a Bible.
  
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  MEALS on "HEELS"

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  meals on heels .

  ( rancid leftovers delivered to your door)

  would you be grateful if a stranger knocked on your door offering a basket of leftovers that had gone bad in 1975?

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  Thanks for the tip Terry. Can we buy this book on Free Minds? What scriptures does he mention? Are they key
  
  scriptures the WTS uses about women, the FDS and the divinity of Jesus? I was just curious...