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Posts by dmouse
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ok someone answer me this then!
by zelevis ini had a gay guy try to "reason" with me, i know ur story i looked on ur web page too and well (romans 1:26 and 27) (1 corinthians 5:9-10).
but hey pal, ur a godly man right and therefor have the knowledge to speak out against jehovahs witnesses!
as for the rest of what i see on here matthew 3:17 read this scripture , and if the trinnity is the truth was god talking to himself?luke 3 : 22 , see the holy spirit was a "force " given to a dove and the god spoke to his son, god told jesus "you are my sone< i have approved u".
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dmouse
I know it's hard, them being so cute 'an all. But this guy is just here to shout at us and not listen.
Maybe.
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Did doctrine matter to you? Does it matter to most dubs now?
by nicolaou inminimus started a great thread a few days ago asking what was "it" that finally made you leave the "truth"?.
the replies showed that, for the most part, it was the unloving, uncaring attitude displayed by most of the 'brothers & sisters' - elders particularly.
some posters even made the point that this lack of love drove them out despite them harbouring fears that they might actually be leaving the truth.
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dmouse
Actually it was neither - my congregation wasn't too bad as far as I was aware, and I was never that interested in the Society's convoluted explanations of scripture that were likely to change in a few years anyway (as the light got brighter)
It was my own personal issues with belief in God that did it for me, issues totally unconnected with the JWs. Once my belief in a supernatural deity collapsed all religion became irrelevant.
Of course it also didn't help that I was deeply interested in general history and science so I knew the Society were lying about certain things (evolution, signs of the times).
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Geez
by Perry init only took me 2 years to get 1000 posts!
i'm gonna have to start fluffing it up more.
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1995 "generation change", what were your early thoughts and what was said ?
by run dont walk ini had been long gone by 1995, had i still been in , this would of definitely sent me packing, when the magazines came out in i believe nov 1995, what was your first or early reactions.
what was said from the platform and by the watchtower about this ?.
could someone please post the articles ??????
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dmouse
No Erich, I also knew that the generation teaching would have to change years before it actually did. I had already left by then but was still fascinated by it all.
Like you I told my wife, and some elders, that it was going to happen but of course they just smiled their smug little smiles and thought how deluded I was.
Then it happened. And I told the elder who I had most to do with (my Father-in-law) and he refused to believe anything had changed. He died a few years later, I still don't know if he ever accepted the change. Another elder who I had spoken to, and laughed when I predicted the change, said ' well, it's good that the society don't get bogged down with erroneous teachings like the churches, I'm glad that the Truth keeps improving.' (!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Another Witness I spoke to hadn't noticed the change but was quite happy about it - she was busy enjoying her life and didn't have time for Armageddon to come anyway! She was another JW who didn't accept a lot of Org teachings but just went for the social aspects.
I still think that many many JWs are totally unaware of the change.
The most interesting reaction came from my wife. I asked her about the article, and she said (regarding the old generation understanding) 'I know, I've said it myself on the doors'. I was stunned. What she was doing was deliberately taking the personal blame for misunderstanding the scripture. The WBTS were not to blame at all! It was she who had misunderstood what the Society had said earlier. It was she who had misapplied scripture. It was just like 1975 all over again. My wife became, in her own eyes, one of the few who had read too much into the Society's statements.
I witnessed firsthand the terrible spectacle of an intelligent woman willingly sacrificing herself on the alter of crass stupidity.
Very, very sad.
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WT Covers comp continued...................
by qwerty in.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/25/61656/936380/post.ashx#936380
continuing from dmouses topic our new enjoyable hobby............. .
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What do you call Jehovah now that you are not a dub?
by SiouxWoman incan we still call god, jehovah.
ok stupid question but i really want to know
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dmouse
Just God.
Jehovah reminds me too much of a certain hateful religion. Also, Jehovah now sounds to me like...Zeus, Odin; a made up name.
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WT Covers comp continued...................
by qwerty in.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/25/61656/936380/post.ashx#936380
continuing from dmouses topic our new enjoyable hobby............. .
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God Have Mercy on Sister K.
by metatron ini run into sister k. at her office sometimes.
everytime i do we 'get into it' about how awful things are in the.
organization.
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dmouse
((((((((((Scared1)))))))))))
Sorry to hear how you feel Scared1. Yes, you will find lots of kind people here who will try to help you, (as well as a few $$$holes!).
Share when you feel ready. You might want to engage in some light-hearted stuff first to get a feel for the board.
Anyway, Welcome to the board!
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It's the end of the world as we know it
by spiritwalker in"it's the end of the world as we know it.
it's the end of the world as we know it.
it's the end of the world as we know it and i feel fine.
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dmouse
Didn't you know, there's going to be a big party at the end of the world?
Loadsa laughs:
Watchtower 1955 Dec 1st
Avoiding
the Wine Press of God?s Anger"I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments."?Isa. 63:3, AS.
IF YOU can avoid having the very life crushed out of you, will you not be glad to know how you can do so? The field called Armageddon, where the "war of the great day of God the Almighty" will be fought, will be like a tremendous wine press for all mankind. Comparatively few of this generation of mankind will escape being crushed to everlasting death there. You may avoid this crushing experience and share in all the joy, singing and shouting that will both accompany and follow the treading or trampling of this global wine press. How may you do so? It is worthwhile knowing.
