Posts by done4good

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How did you feel when first posting on JWD?

by R.F. in

i was in heavy doubt about the organization, but still in the back of my mind i was a bit hesitant of posting because it was the "unforgivable sin".

i think it took me 20 minutes to type my first post.

i still felt that once i submitted my post that a bolt of lightning was going to come down upon me, so my hands were shaking as i was typing.

done4good

By the time I started lurking here, I already had been visiting Freeminds and had already read CoC and ISOCF. Posting within a day was rather easy.

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Seems this Forum was started by Pro-Witness people, what say you?

by NotaNess in

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if you go back to the original posts, it looks a whole bunch different than it does now.

the posts are like being at a sunday kingdom hall greeting session.. anyone care to comment?.

done4good

I think it's a marvellous story; and exactly what WBTS are afraid of! This is the brave new world.

My thoughts, exactly. If people are given an open forum for discussion, the REAL truth can't be hidden for long. Those control freaks in Crooklyn know that all too well.

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The GB is a cloaking device for the FDS

by cultswatter in

i spent my first 25 years in the jws and could never figure out who the fds was.

today it was bugging me - why can't i relate to the fds even though i now know it is nonsense, but even more important, why can't jws understand who the fds really is?.

let's look at some facts.

done4good

I don't think Gary means that an official Doctrine has been stated, but rather that the last paragraphs 01. May 2007 QfR completely eviscerate the authority of any F&DS class members outside of the Governing Body.

Thanks, BennyK. That DOES figure.

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The GB is a cloaking device for the FDS

by cultswatter in

i spent my first 25 years in the jws and could never figure out who the fds was.

today it was bugging me - why can't i relate to the fds even though i now know it is nonsense, but even more important, why can't jws understand who the fds really is?.

let's look at some facts.

done4good

The anointed as the FDS went away May 1, 2007.

Gary, I didn't realize that was officially changed also. Dosen't that just figure...

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The Story of Minimus

by minimus in

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when i was a teen, i aspired to be an elder.

from my pre-teens until i was 18, i was in every circuit assembly and district convention----having either ministry school talks or parts or experiences.

at 20, i conducted a bookstudy in the afternoon, also regular pioneered, was the theocratic ministry school overseer in the 2nd school and regularly taught the main school.

done4good

I eventually reasoned that God would not have to listen to me, He could do what he willed with the person and we were just applying "Bible law" as best we could .

BB, I had a serious discussion with an elder friend of mine, and he used a similar line of reasoning when I questioned him on the subject. Frankly, I was very disappointed with him, as he was the one jw I knew that actually knew how to think rationally. The point that disfellowshipping somone would ruin their current life as far as a relationship with their family and friends was concerned went right over his head. I hope I at least made him think.

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The GB is a cloaking device for the FDS

by cultswatter in

i spent my first 25 years in the jws and could never figure out who the fds was.

today it was bugging me - why can't i relate to the fds even though i now know it is nonsense, but even more important, why can't jws understand who the fds really is?.

let's look at some facts.

done4good

Cultswatter, I think your failing to understand who the FDS is in jw speak. They are the remnant of the 144,000, period. Blondie was trying to make a point that the remnant are not solicited for ideas or instruction to be used by the GB. The GB are the FDS in REALITY. They GB dosen't give a damn about what some 90 year old great grandmother has to say concering the organization.

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After reading many topics.. I'm confused. Is this a JW forum or an ANTI-JW?

by MichaelM in

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i'm studying with a jehovah's witness and it makes quite a bit of sense but i've been reading many topics on here and it seems that i can find every christian denomination and every religion except jehovahs witnesses.

do any jw's actually browse here?

maybe i'm just getting unlucky and picking the wrong topics where everyones discussing about how they used to be jw's.

done4good

be very careful of the hatred of JWs here and other similar sites... a quick search of posts will reveal this. Also be careful of some JWs tendency to blindly accept teachings. But that doesnt mean it isnt the truth.

This is known as a red herring argument. The poster here attempts to confuse "hatred of jws", with disagreement with the organization of jws. Ex-jws don't hate jws. If we did, we would not feel obligated to tell both jws and those considering to be jws of the dishonesty and dangers of the organization.

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