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  My DF'd brother will never go back!

  by AuldSoul in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  some years ago my brother was disfellowshipped.

  not for apostasy, but for more mundane reasons.

  he has not had the internet, he has not studied the bible much since being disfellowshipped, he has been feeling guilty and considering returning for the last six months.. i had no way of contacting him, having lost touch in the midst of his many moves.

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  We should mention those 6 millions active JW's, 40% of them are also seat warmer and might turn in an hour or so a month.
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  REALLY, Why Do People Remain Jehovah's Witnesses???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think it's all about fear.

  they are always afraid of displeasing jehovah god, the elders, the circuit overseer.

  witnesses are always walking on eggshells, hoping that they'll be good enough to make it thru the great tribulation.

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  Fear of displeasing the GB since they truly beleive they are Jesus brothers, going against them is going against Jehovah and his Son
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  Spiritual Meaning of Watchtower Legal Defeats

  by metatron in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  over 60 years ago, the watchtower society assembled a remarkable record of hard fought legal victories that had the .

  long term effect of carving out a protected niche for themselves.

  they were enabled to create many decades of .

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  They will play the same card again

  Persecution, Satan after them to destroys them, that always goes well with the JW's.
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  JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES: Inspired, Spirit Directed or Just "Blessed" by God?

  by Ms. Whip in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i haven't been to a meeting in a while, so i need a little update from an active witness....

  ...or at least an informed xjw.

  i was listening to jr brown (http://www.wtmedia.org/jrbrown-interview-1.wma ) on the silentlambs website ( http://www.silentlambs.org/ ) and the reporter kept asking him to clarify the same issues over and over.

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  The governing body does what any other religion is doing, read the bible and give an interpretation and that's why we have 1000's of so called christian churches.

  The only difference jw's at times have lost their lives because of their interpretation
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  Revelation "Adjustments": Complete Analysis

  by V in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  reference update.

  chapter 6. .

  reference update.

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  CORRECTION

  p. 162, ¶7, replace second sentence following quote of Revelation 11:2 with: As we shall see, the reference here is to the literal 42 months extending from December 1914 to June 1918, when all professing Christians were put to a severe test.

  OLD: As we shall see, the reference here is to the literal 42 months extending from October 1914 into 1918, when all professing Christians were put to a severe test.

  REPHRASE

  p. 164, ¶12, replace third sentence with: Additionally, at the beginning of the Lord’s day, there was a marked period of three and a half years when the hard experiences of God’s people matched the events prophesied here—starting in December 1914 and continuing to June 1918.

  OLD: Additionally, at the beginning of the Lord’s day, there was a marked period of three and a half years when the hard experiences of God’s people matched the events prophesied here—starting from the outbreak of the first world war in the latter part of 1914 and continuing to the early part of 1918.

  Always felt it was so arrogant on the part of the society to just pick some dates out of the bible and apply to themselves such as the 42 months
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  When did the Kingdom Arrive?

  by acadian in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was looking at some scriptures and these popped out at me concerning 1914.

  i'm not saying one way or another what it means, because i really don't know, have these scriptures been considered before?

  this is at the last supper, jesus talks about he will eat and drink with the apostles in the kingdom of god: .

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  That's apostate thinking
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  September 2006 Kingdom Ministry! MAJOR issue!

  by under_believer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the september, 2006 km is one of the most special and significant publications the society has released in a long, long time.

  well i'll tell you.. exhibit a: on page 1, the official announcement about the bethel layoffs.

  hint: it's all blamed on "improved technology.".

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  ***I wonder how many JWs are still so gullible in this century?***

  The majority of them.

  At times it would be easier to talk to a donkey than try to reason with one of them.

  Yet all of us at one time had the same mentality and would have died for those teachings.
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  "its been said...As It Were..."

  by xjwms in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thats funny.

  everything ended in "as it were".

  where i used to attend.

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  On earth a that particular time
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  relationship in trouble because of watchtowers pathetic rules

  by NoAnswers in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys i need some help with some research about oral sex.. there is a recent article, that talkes about it.

  so know this has had a impact in my relationship with my wife.. i want to show her that they have changed there minds many times regarding this.

  i need a little help with some info.. to think about this gets me so angry because of many posts i have read that the wt ruins lifes.. especially dannyhazzard and many others.

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  Married Christians

  How about sexual activity between married couples within the marriage bond? It is not for the elders to pry into the intimate lives of married Christians. However, the Bible certainly enters into their lives. Those who would "keep walking by spirit" should not ignore the Scriptural indications of God’s thinking. And they will do well to cultivate a hatred for everything that is unclean before Jehovah, including what are clearly perverted sexual practices. Married couples should act in a way that will leave them with a clean conscience, as they give unimpeded attention to developing "the fruitage of the spirit."—Galatians 5:16, 22, 23; Ephesians 5:3-5.

  What, though, if one mate wants or even demands to share with his or her partner in what is clearly a perverted sex practice? The above-presented facts show that porneia involves unlawful sexual conduct outside the marital arrangement. Thus, a mate’s enforcing perverted acts, such as oral or anal sex, within the marriage would not constitute a Scriptural basis for a divorce that would free either for remarriage. Even though a believing mate is distressed by the situation, yet that one’s endeavor to hold to Scriptural principles will result in a blessing from Jehovah. In such cases it may be helpful for the couple to discuss the problem frankly, bearing in mind especially that sexual relations should be honorable, wholesome, an expression of tender love. This certainly should exclude anything that might distress or harm one’s mate.—Ephesians 5:28-30; 1 Peter 3:1, 7.

  As already stated, it is not for elders to "police" the private marital matters of couples in the congregation. However, if it becomes known that a member of the congregation is practicing or openly advocating perverted sex relations within the marriage bond, that one certainly would not be irreprehensible, and so would not be acceptable for special privileges, such as serving as an elder, a ministerial servant or a pioneer. Such practice and advocacy could even lead to expulsion from the congregation. Why?

  Galatians 5:19-21 lists many vices that are not classed as porneia, and which could lead to one’s being disqualified from God’s Kingdom. Among them are "uncleanness" (Greek, akatharsia, signifying filthiness, depravity, lewdness) and "loose conduct" (Greek, aselgeia, signifying licentiousness, wantonness, shameless conduct). Like porneia, these vices, when they become gross, can be grounds for disfellowshipping from the Christian congregation, but not for obtaining a Scriptural divorce. A person who brazenly advocates shocking and repulsive sexual activities would be guilty of loose conduct. Of course, a person with that attitude might even sink to committing porneia; then there would be a basis for a Scriptural divorce. How concerned all devoted Christians should be to avoid and war against all such "works of the flesh"!—Galatians 5:24, 25.

  All of Jehovah’s people, whether married or single, should shun every kind of immorality. They should give loyal support to all of Jehovah’s arrangements, including the institution of marriage. (Psalm 18:21-25) Those who are married should, as "one flesh," endeavor to honor Jehovah, cultivating true love and respect in their marriage. (Genesis 2:23, 24; Ephesians 5:33; Colossians 3:18, 19) In this way, as in other ways, they can show that they are "no part of the world"—a world that Satan has dragged into a mire of immorality and corruption and that is about to ‘pass away with its desire.’ Remembering that "he that does the will of God remains forever," all should strive to do God’s "will" in relation to His precious arrangement of marriage.—John 17:16; 1 John 2:17.

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  Thank you Jehovah for answered prayers

  by Annie Over in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i got off for lunch today i decided to go to the walmart deli and get something to eat.

  it is a huge store, groceries, a bakery, mc donalds, a bank , eye center, beauty shop, a great deli, and a huge garden center.

  i had taken back a 80 gig hard drive dvd recorder ( i couldn't figure out how to hook up <smile> and had received 238.00. i picked up a couple of things in the store then went to the deli.

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  Sorry for the sarcasm, it kicks in every once in while