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  SO, What happened to : "the generation will not pass away" idea ???????

  by The_Replacement in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  okay, growing up a jw in the 70's 80's and early 90's, all we heard about was how the generation of 1914 will not pass away,(much like witnesses in the 60's and early 70's all heard about 1975) (what a great parallel) conventions, watchtower articles, public talks, endless studies and of course every issue of the awake magazine had it on the inside cover, it was everywhere, brothers, sisters and elders were absolutely sure about this, the society constantly mentioned it in our kingdom ministry (service), it was everywhere.

  then with the change in november 1995, it just kinda disappeared and became unimportant.. does the society even mention "this generation will not pass away" anymore ?????.

  seems to me, that the past 10 years, it has hardly been mentioned anywhere anymore.. what do you think ??

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  matey

  i remember the whole generation of 1914 stuff.. but the sheep and the goats thing.. what exactly was the WT thought before and after "new light" was shed on that subject?
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  GETTING IT WRONG...uh, I mean RIGHT!!

  by Terry in

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  2. beliefs

  setting: latter-day brooklyn, ny corporate meeting among the faithful and discreet slave(masters) .

  (slave 1) "fellow slaves, brothers!

  let us begin our meeting now, shall we?

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  matey

  hahaha, pretty funny. I got a kick out of it!! The sad part is its based on truth lol..
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  Massachusetts-Police slam doors on JW's

  by DannyHaszard in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  police slam doors, church gripes

  comment box.

  taunton gazette, ma - 1 hour ago.

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  matey

  thats like... my next town over! haha.. here in my town of Attleboro, we never informed the police, but the neighboring congragations did, and i dont see what the big deal is.. you can still count your time when your talking to the police ;) haha..
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  I'm an ANTICHRIST

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  who is the liar if it is not the one that denies that jesus is the christ?

  this is the antichrist, the one that denies the father and the son.

  (1 john 2:22)

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  matey

  we have a Conventry in New England here in the states, lol..
  
  anyhow i'm proud to be an antichrist!
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  Did I miss something? Is this the new resolution at the D.Convention?

  by Star Moore in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  1. we are determined to intensify our preaching activity.

  2. to live up to our dedication to jehovah and give him exclusive devotion.

  3. to follow jesus' example closely and be no part of the world.

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  matey

  one of my really close friends just went last weekend. She goes to make her family happy so she can live in her house, but i wish she would draw the line and get out of there, she totally doubts all of it, but shes REALLY scared of the DF'ing and the downside of leaving. that makes me angry.. anyhow, i'll ask her what was up with the convention, though i doubt she payed attention(a.k.a. hung out at dunkin donuts haha), or tried to remember any of it..
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  Name the good things that Jw's have or believe....

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we always seem to get focused on the bad - and there is plenty of it for sure - and anyone who follows my posts knows i am no wt apologist by any stretch.

  but focusing on the postive is a good thing in the 'moving on' process i think too.

  what do you think jw's had right?.

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  matey

  I am a better public speaker, and i do know a bit more about the bible then the average person my age, that i like. and now i want to continue learning about the history of the bible and religion in general, so i guess a good thing about the org. is that it peaked my intrest in learning.
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  How many of you still have friends in the org?

  by Nellie in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a good friend of mine moved away 10 years ago.

  needless to say, we lost touch over the years, but our family always spoke of them warmly and with with great affection.. last week, their daughter looked my son up on my-space and we reconnected.

  they've left the organization, basically got fed up with the hypocrasy of the membership.

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  matey

  i havnt been out for that long, but the only two friends i have that are still "in" the borg are DF'd and trying to go back. One of which is doing it for his ex-gf and is in the process of cutting off me and my roomate, and the other who is going back just because everyone hes ever known is JW, and he has ALOT of family that are JW's. He's pretty brainwashed and after he gets reinstated, i doubt he'll be talking to me much. He hangs out with me now cause we're both DF'd, and i mean, who else is he going to spend his free time with?
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  Great Educational Tool for those studying or thinking of studying with JWS

  by sf in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was doing some web surfing and catching up on my reading and came upon a post i hope may help some lurkers and seekers understand better what they are getting themselves into or may have already gotten into, by studying the bible with jws.. i surely hope it is not going against any rule to copy/paste this.

  i will not include anything but the text.

  i will say though that it is from a longstanding exjw support board that can be found here:.

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  matey

  on the issue of families shunning DF'd ones.. if the DF'd person lives in the house with the rest of the family, you cant just ignore the person, its practically impossible. but when it comes to doing any sort of recreational activity, you'll find that the in house DF'd is left out for the most part. This also depends on whether or not the DF'd person is activly going to meetings and trying to come back.
  I was recently DF'd and i live on my own, my dad used to call me several times a week to get together or just talk, i hadnt attended meetings in a long time before this either. but then i was getting DF'd and he called the day of the announcement and asked if i wanted to go to lunch "one last time".. i havnt heard from him since. that was about a month and a half ago.
  to say JW's dont shun is ridiculous.. its all an image thing with them, and always will be. They'll do whats wrong in JW standards as long as it doesnt "appear" wrong. dumb.
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  Took my mom to lunch the other day...

  by tall penguin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you've read my previous posts you'll know that my relationship with my mom has had its ups and downs since i left the org.

  while my parents (both jw) still speak to me, the relationship has been strained.

  well, this past week i got up the courage to call her and invite her to lunch, something we haven't done since i da'd last august.

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  matey

  I think its really big of you to make the first move and extend the invitation. Before i was DF'd i was out to lunch with my dad and he said that if i was DF'd he wouldnt be able to go out to lunch with me and whatnot.. So the day of my announcment he calls and asks if i want to go out to lunch "one last time". i refused. I'm still really angry about the situation, i guess it takes time and i hope things continue good for you!
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  What are the new release's for the 2006 conventions?

  by The Lone Ranger in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i beleive the conventions have started in the usa, in australia they won't start for a few months yet, and i want to show-off to others and show them how spiritual i am hehe.

  isn't it stupid how some of them actually think they're more spiritual just because they know the new relelases before others, what a joke!.

  thanks in advance people!

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  matey

  i kinda wanna go to the DC in my area so i can keep up to date with the insider information >:]