Posts by done4good

His posts do a very good job of exposing the weakness of his arguments. While he can often post an entire page, (sometimes close to a book), full of rhetoric, a simple common sense reply TO ONE SENTANCE of his drivel would make any lurker see the bias and nonsense of whatever point he is trying to make.

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CAN YOU HAVE A NORMAL LIFE OUTSIDE OF THE JW ORGANIZATION?

by juni in

has anyone else heard these words from the platform?

"people say they want to live a "normal" life.

but nothing is "normal" in this world.

done4good

Partying, drinking, drugs, divorces, arguements, violence and happy that Jehovah protected me and my family from that.

Funny thing, I experienced almost all of those things to a MUCH worse degree inside the org, rather than outside!

j

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The Next Prediction

by truthsetsonefree in

i believe that the governing body, whether directly or by implication, will predict the great tribulation very soon.

1. they have predicted for a long time now that religion would be destroyed.

2. after the destruction of religion, gog and his hordes would attack the watchtower.

done4good

IF the elders already know about this, I doubt it is that major of an announcement. Organzational changes, probably, major ones? I dunno, depends on your definition of major. The GB think any change is "major", as would any high control group. I know my elder buddy would have told me something by now if this was of any real concern. He dosen't play by their rules, and if you ask me, I would say it's a matter of time for him.

j

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Who is an Apostate?

by thirdwitness in

here is an interesting link http://www.tjdefendidos.org/ and here is an english translation of the article on that site about apostates testimony.

is the testimony of apostates reliable?

sometimes, the mass media offer testimonies of people who used to be jehovah's witnesses as a means of finding out more about our religion.

done4good

Nevertheless, Jehovah’s Witnesses are usually more restrictive in their describing somebody as an apostate, because they do not give this name to someone who merely leaves his religion, but only to those whom, after leaving it, attacks it publicly.

Let me ask you this Third, if you voluntarily left believeing in something because you learned it to be false, wouldn't you wan't to share that with others? I hardly consider that an "attack".

j

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what a revelation!

by solo in

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this is my first post and what a revelation this site has been to me (excuse the pun) if only this had been available when i walked away from the "truth" in 1987, it would have made life a lot more bearable for me.. i was brought up a jw and was baptized at 14 because i thought it was the right thing to do, endured a very strict upbringing combined with the dreadful routines of worship, study and door knocking.

we were deprived of any enjoyment (tv, friends, outings, fun, etc).

education was a bit of a disruption, having moved to where the need was greater our schooling was interrupted so many times we never made any friends.

done4good

Welcome, Solo!

j

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This is just so sad

by troubled mind in

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since we have faded from the hall most everyone avoids us except for a couple of young ones that will stop by for a visit .

last night a young woman in her twenties came over we talked about several things, and she brought up that a while back she had seriously thought of suicide .

i asked if there were reasons as to why ?

done4good

She thinks that it is a local problem of mid west narrow mindedness instead of an organizational problem .She is originally from the south and feels people think differently on issues there compared to here .

In my experience, the organization tends to "amplify" the mid west mindset. There definately is a more narrow minded sense in the mw from what I seen on the east coast, but it tends to manifest itself in unusual ways in the organization. Many more things are considered "questionable", for example. In this case, it will be a bit more challenging to get her to separate the two.

j

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Are Witnesses okay with Fantasy Football leagues?

by free2beme in

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i was wondering about this, as fantasy football leagues are becoming big this time of year.

i have people i work with who live by these things, and even spend their entire breaks tracking information or text messaging friends to make changes.

it is not always about gambling, but often it is and in any case it takes a lot of time to work it.

done4good

I know of several jws that do it.

j

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Does the GB truly beleive they are being used by God

by sspo in

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what do you think?.

i have a hard time accepting the fact that intelligent men truly beleive the creator has a special arrangement with them and somehow they are being used in a special position because of one scripture about the faithful and discreet slaves.. they should all be locked up in a nut house for beleiving that.

done4good

I knew Dan Sydlik for many years. He would often say things like "someday, we will probably find out we were too hard on ourselves". The GB really do not agree on much in the inner circle, FWIW. Unfortunately, Dan was not in a position to be a politcal animal, as the likes of Franz or Jaracz, and mostly, just quietly deferred to the pecking order. I do believe he felt somehow that the group was being used by god, even if he didn't agree with many of the decisons. It's really just more of the "top down" delusion that exists in the org.

j