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Power taken from the Annointed?
by thedepressedsoul in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
before the recent change, faithful and discreet slave represented every anointed individual that partook.

anyone who was or claimed to be anointed was part of this faithful class.

however, a problem arose with this.
humbled

The last time I talked to the elders I asked them how any of the anointed could fulfill the description of their relationship to Jesus as set forth at REV. 14:4-5: "...these are the ones that keep following the Lamb no matter where he goes...and no falsehood was found in their mouths...."

Since, I told them, even the anointed have to follow the GB in Brooklynn just like a regular "sheep" they have a huge problem. Whether or not a non-GB teaching anointed believes that the Bethel Boyos have it right, THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE GB AND NOT FOLLOW JESUS---or else be disfellowshipped.

It has happened: Ray Franz
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How many elders does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
by mynameislame in
1. social
2. humour
just one but he has to be constantly ready to replace it at a moments notice..
humbled
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A Grieving Parent
by compound complex in
1. jw
2. friends
dawn comes creeping upward, straddling with all her .

tendrils the dark mountain so terribly near my sweet .

but now quaking refuge of wood and stone and glass.. .
humbled

Coco.

I must be cuckoo because I see in my mind the "mountain of Jehovah" in all its gloom enveloping a dark prison cell with your son in it. He isn't able to escape. He calls to you, thinking you have the key to end his bleak isolation. But the dark mountain overshadows you too.

Say it ain't so.

Tell me I'm crazy.

But this is a heartbreaking piece.
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What do you love about being a JW?
by FL_Panthers in
1. jw
2. friends
as the title says, share what you love about the truth!.

we know that the gb or anything else in the truth is all true and nothing is false!.

love u guys xxx.
humbled

If God runs the world the way the WT says he does, and the Big "A" comes, I don't want to live with the people that are his special people anyway. I'd rather die.
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What do you love about being a JW?
by FL_Panthers in
1. jw
2. friends
as the title says, share what you love about the truth!.

we know that the gb or anything else in the truth is all true and nothing is false!.

love u guys xxx.
humbled

I loved learning that any religion that had a man (or better yet, a COMMITTEE of 8 men) telling you what the Bible REALLY says is a racket and a snare.
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Well, it's March, and the College answers are coming in....
by CaptainSchmideo in
1. jw
2. friends
some of you may remember what i posted back in january:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/271786/1/my-son-has-had-two-very-big-university-interviews#.uyrnovldv2e.

well, it's now march, and we have been getting answers:.
humbled

It is a nail-biting time, watching the mail. Hoping for a good 'catch".

It sounds like he is on his way--whoever wins the bid on him.

I am happy for all of you.

Maeve
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The Last BOE!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is the last boe we will be able to provide.

our informant or source, was caught, disfellowshipped, and thrown out of bethel.

we knew that sooner or later the watchtower would find him out.
humbled

Brave good man. Yep-- I don't have much but loose change--but as Quelly says--we'd help him/her. Let us know how much we appreciate him/her.

Maeve
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Scriptures for brother taking field service group
by FL_Panthers in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i have recently been given the privilege of taking the field service group.. .

can anyone give me some scriptures i can use to encourage the group?

can you also give a reason as to why these scriptures are helpful to our ministry.. .
humbled

NVR2L8--Great to get free!

OMG.

FL-P, I don't have the time today to say more than this: STICK AROUND.

Read everything you can about the Organization. If you don't care about what is true and what is not--it might not bother you to stay in. But the micro-managing is absolutely destructive. and the effect the WT has on family life----RUN, RUN, RUN! There are horror stories here.

As I said, stick around, for your own good.

Maeve
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FLIPPER WE MISS YOU!
by clarity in
1. jw
2. friends
anybody hear from flipper.....haven't seen him on here lately!.

it is just not the same without him & i really miss his presence.. where is our friend ....anyone?.

clarity.
humbled

Just saying "Howdy!" Sounds like life, Mr. flipper. And that's a good thing.

But about your mom, that's the hard part of it all. We do what we can, don't we?

Take care,

Maeve
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Did you make stuff up without realizing it when you were in the 'truth'(TM)?
by punkofnice in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
recently, since my d/aing, i've heard the same old cobblers has been said to and by my family members.

(more than likely referring to me).. ''jehovah(tm) will judge.

he knows who will survive and be destroyed at armageddon.
humbled

Making stuff up?-----It happens in all churches that teach there will be a massacre at judgement day by the ALL-LOVING God and his son.

If you can't understand how a loving father does this then you start to rationalize and figure ways around it somehow.....or somw people just know how crazy it sounds and will lie about what their church teaches.

I gravitated toward every possibility that God would be merciful and fair to people who had done the best they could in life--but I know that was not the sales pitch we were trained to give.."Sincerity is not enough.." is the way I learned it. "You can be sincerely WRONG."

It took me a long time to leave this lie. And yes, I made it (the WT version of "Truth") seem kinder than it was while I was one of its peddlers (pedlars for you Brits, Punky).

Maeve