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  No Resurrection For Disfellowshipped?

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sorry if this has been covered already.. 1) what is the written policy about disfellowshipped ones having a resurrection?.

  2) what if the disfellowshipped one is d'd for apostasy?.

  reason i ask is an ex elder who was disfellowshipped for apostasy is very ill and may very likely die soon.

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  parakeet

  Only Jehovah knows for sure who will be resurrected, according to WTS doctrine. For them to say they know who will or will not be resurrected is a presumption of galactic proportions. Not that that would stop them.
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  A heartfelt warning to parents

  by Stealth453 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yesterday, at 5 in the afternoon, my 17 year old son was swarmed and beaten by a gang of 6 young males.

  in broad daylight, on the busiest corner of the city, in front of his horrified girlfriend and about 300 passers-by.

  he is in the hospital with head injuries.

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  Best wishes for your son's speedy recovery, Stealth. When I was 18, I was attacked, hit over the head with a heavy glass bottle, and my purse stolen. It was terrifying. I didn't need to be hospitalized, but I did need stitches for the cut on my head. Be prepared, your son will need emotional support for many months after his physical recovery.
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  Should there be an emancipation campaign for women elders?

  by badboy in

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  2. friends

  what do you think?

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  parakeet

  ***Women Elders are chained up somewhere in the south singing "Swing low sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home"***
  What a great image! LOL! I wonder if they have to wear their little head coverings on the chain gang.
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  The Myth of Certainty.

  by Blueblades in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how important is it for you to be certain about something before you act on it?

  example: certain about the watchtower having the truth.

  then certain that they don't have the truth.

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  ***It's been a long wait.***
  Amen, Brother Natas.
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  Pest Problems

  by Bstndance in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ah!

  so with the hot weather in so california, it's common to have ant problems.

  well, last night i discovered a pest i never imagined.

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  parakeet

  Oh, I forgot. A few JWs from time to time, too. Very difficult to get completely rid of them.
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  I'm sure many dubs will say that Satan's attacking me...

  by MsMcDucket in

  1. social
  2. family

  now, my husband is in the hospital with a g.i.

  bleed.

  last night, he had to have a transfusion.

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  parakeet

  Jeez Louise, Mrs. McD! I'm so sorry to hear about your husband. Everything has to start getting better for you soon. My thoughts are with you.
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  HELLO THERE!

  by Hamboozled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been reading for days and wanted to finally introduce myself.

  i'm swamboozled's husband and i thought it only appropriate to make my name hamboozled.

  i think our names pretty much reflect how we feel in being mislead for so many years.

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  Amnesian:
  ***After posing these questions in methodical succession--adamantly, yet in abundant calm and mildness, pause. Stop talking. Resist the impulse to keep talking. Make and keep pleasant, non-confrontational eye contact.***
  
  That's an excellent strategy often used in business negotiations, also known as "he who speaks first loses."
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  Watchtower Chess....My move

  by Black Sheep in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i asked my sil if he can help me to get copies of july 1 through to sept 1 watchtowers.

  he knows that i am disillusioned with the wt and that i am born in, but never been baptised and he doesn't shun me.. here is his reply.. "yes i can help, but it would depend on why you wanted them and what you wanted to accomplish by reading those issues, :-).

  i have had a few ideas on how to reply, but i would like to hear your comments before i reply.. .

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  Tell him you don't want to sever all ties with the WTS. Then make him feel he might be "stumbling" you if he doesn't give them to you. That will make him fear for his sorry self, and he'll give them to you out of self-interest.
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  Core Beliefs...

  by mrsjones5 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what exactly are the "core beliefs" of the wtbs?

  i was raised in it and don't even know what "they" are.

  is it me or has these core beliefs been extremely fluid?

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  parakeet

  ***What exactly are the "Core Beliefs" of the WTBS?***
  1. Sell WTS literature (full-time, preferably).
  2. Attend all the meetings.
  3. Obey all the rules (yes, all 10,000 of them).
  4. Convert as many unsuspecting victims as you can.
  5. Never question or doubt the WTS.
  6. Keep selling WTS literature.
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  The Myth of Certainty.

  by Blueblades in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how important is it for you to be certain about something before you act on it?

  example: certain about the watchtower having the truth.

  then certain that they don't have the truth.

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  Raised as a JW from about 12 years old, I was never quite convinced it was the "truth." I left as soon as I was old enough and could gather enough courage.