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"No need for advanced education"...
by Hecklerboy in
1. jw
2. friends
they just had the convetion here in west virginia and it seemed like every evening they were interviewing the witnesses on the news.

what really blew my mind is that on the last day they interviewed a brother that said that "there was no need for advanced education since the end was so near".. i was really suprised they made this statement on camera.

i know they've been cracking down on a college education lately, but this is the first time i ever heard them say it on the local news.. btw: my wife isn't very popular with my jw family since she is working on her master's degree in nursing.
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Why did I answer YES ?
by Free in
1. jw
2. friends
did anyone answer the question like i did ?

my gut always said no but my heart said yes.

i wanted to believe in living forever like in those dam pictures, i wanted to be building those houses and hanging out with people on grassy mountain sides and have a freaking lion that would never rip my head off and that i could wrestle with.
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Who's to say Jesus has "approved" the FDS and "appointed them..."
by Theocrat in
1. jw
2. friends
"...over his belongings" ???.

i think the entire system of witness beliefs hinge on this issue: is the governing body the mouthpiece that jehovah is using to lead faithful ones on earth?.

it seems jw's just assume that jesus did inspect them and did appoint them over his belongings.
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The faithlessness here
by grissom6471 in
1. jw
2. friends
it is a shame that people are here portraying themselves as jehovah's witness as having some knowlege or going to meetings.

what exists here is a complete lack of faith in anything.

and a great amount of stupidity.
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Thank you forum
by Free in
1. jw
2. friends
it's only been a week since i found this fourm.

my story is a long one but some have been through the mill worst then me as i can see.

it was only about 1 month ago i read ray's first book and finished it in less than a week ( i'm on his second right now ) it took me over a year after i stopped attending meetings before i could look at anything objective about the wts which happend to be that book.
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This Past Sunday My Wife Took Me To The Elders!
by enlightenedcynic in
1. jw
2. experiences
early sunday morning, around 1:30 a.m., my wife wakes me and says that she can't sleep and needs to talk with me.

i say ok and she proceeds to tell me that she wants a seperation.

i was hurt, but not shocked, because our relationship is not that close at this point after 14 yrs of marriage.
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1000 Year Reign of Christ - A little help please
by rassillon in
1. watchtower
2. bible
ok all you wile e. coyote super genius types.... .

i have been looking at some of russell's charts and such and it is indicated that the millinial reign of christ would have begun in 1874 new understanding 1914..... .

does this mean that we are now living nearly a 100 years into the 1000 year reign?
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Are you embarrassed?
by desib77 in
1. jw
2. friends
does anyone else find themselves embarrassed about their jw past?

i find that when people that know what i used to be ask me about it i am completely embarrassed by how foolish their beliefs sound especially things like the blood issue.

i can't stand when someone will say "why did you believe such and such....?
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"Theocratic Warfare" - An Apostate Strategy?
by slimboyfat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
who here had ever heard of this so-called 'doctrine' of "theocratic warfare" when you were a jehovah's witness?

who has not heard of the so-called doctrine now that you are an apostate?

so why have witnesses never heard of 'doctrine', yet apostates seem to promote it as the last word on witness standards of honesty, integrity and decency?
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My 1st time in a KH
by fl native in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i went to my first kh 3 sundays ago and was quite suprised that they we'ren't pushy.

in fact, no one even spoke except the man in front who let me borrow his songbook.

i am a christian and always have been to church.