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What was the reason why you were never made an elder or Ministerial Servant
by twinkletoes in
1. jw
2. experiences
the reason i heard constantly by the elders, as to ones spiritual progress in the organisation was, .

"brothers are appointed by holy spirit.".

if this is the case, why is god speaking to himself when he says in 1 tim 3 v 6 .not a newly converted man, for fear that he might get puffed up with prideetc.. to re-iterate if god appoints elders, why would he give himself this advice ???.
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Should I DA myself or not?
by Mrs Smith in
1. jw
2. experiences
this is my first post, some of you have read my hubby's story - agent smith - anyway i was just wondering if i should write a letter to disassociate myself or just leave things as they are.

i have not been to meetings for about 8yrs but have only just come to realize what a load of rubbish the jw's teach.

now that i have read "crisis of conscience" i have no doubt that jw's are corrupt.
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NEWBIES how many of you
by plmkrzy in
1. jw
2. friends
have joined in the past month or two?.

i can't keep up there seems to be so many so i wanted to start a welcome thread for new newbies.. sorry if this was already done recently.. note: the in-built search system is currently being redeveloped so i am not able to check for this topic without looking through tons of pages.. anyway...say hello!.

plm.
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Agent Smith's story
by AgentSmith in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was born into a jw family.

my father's parents were jw.

my mother?s family was a big mix.
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Ade - Hier is ek
by BritBoy in
1. jw
2. friends
van vaar kom jy ??

dit is baaie goed jy afrikaans kan praat man .

angenaam kennis .
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Watchtower July 15 2005 edition
by jakes in
1. watchtower
2. bible
last nite i picked up an old watchtower mag just to have a browse through it.the watchtower is entitled: true teachings,where can you find them?

(july 15,2005).the article on page 4 caught my eye.this is what it says in the first two paragraphs:.

"for earth's inhabitants to know what teaching are true and pleasing to god,he must reveal his thoughts to humans.he must also make that revelation available to all.how else could mankind know what god approves of in the way of doctrine,worship,and conduct?has god supplied such information?if so,in what form?.
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What is all this about Smurfs?
by Stealth453 in
1. jw
2. friends
.

i have been out a long time, and i have recently noticed a lot of you making mention of smurfs.. obviously, i have missed something.

has the watchliar sociopath society "demonized" smurfs somewhere along the line.. reminds me of the old fear of paintings of clowns, with big eyes, that made the rounds back in the late 60's, early 70's.
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New from South Africa.
by jakes in
1. forum
2. announcements
i am from south africa and new to this forum.i have been reading your posts for quite some time now.. i was basically raised a jw and baptised at the age of 13.have not been to a meeting for the past 2 years because of .

all the back biting and finding out the truth about the borg.kinda just drifted away.got a very good story to tell about what i experienced.

last week in my hometown community with regard to the jws.will post it later.. just glad to be part of this forum and great to know i am not alone.. good bye for now.
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New member
by Winston Smith :>D in
1. jw
2. friends
i just wanted to say hi to the group here.. been baptized for 15 years now.

my wife has been baptized for a little less than that time period.. been an aux poi., reg pio, ms. wife is a reg pio currently.

now im just a lowly publisher :d. have had many doubts over the years on small matters.
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Any Ex-JW's from South Africa here?
by SYN in
1. jw
2. friends
does anyone who chats here live in south africa?

i feel a bit lonely, haven't really seen anyone from sa here yet.... "i see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious sensibilities of anyone.

" -- charles darwin, the origin of species, 1869.