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  As time goes by, are there more inactive JW's?

  by JH in

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  the watchtower is in black and white.

  you're in or you're out.

  but when you become inactive and don't go to meetings for years, you're not in and you're not out, because you still have to live under their rules.. but as time goes by, i'm sure that there are more inactive people than previously and the in and out, black and white seperation is diluting.. maybe their black and white way of seperating jw's will become more and more black and gray and white..

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  in countries where there is 0% increase or even decreases there must be more inactive than active. once youre inactive for over 6 months and not going to meetings and stuff they dont regard u as a witness even though not da or df. you can do whatever you want then and they cant to anything
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  Losing the faith-but using the bible?

  by JWdaughter in

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  i find myself still arguing for the bible pov vs. the wt pov at times when i really don't believe the bible is inspired of god.

  a whole new layer of potential evil on my part, i guess.

  however i just think that academically, if they are claiming their stance as being from the bible, that it is fair to show them where it is not biblical.

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  i think that its absolutely right to use the bible to point out where the witness point of view (thats what POV meant yes?) doesn't agree with the bible. Thats the only thing they would halfway listen to - if you just said YOUR point of view, they'd ignore it in favor of WTS but as they profess to believe the bible above all else then you have no other choice but to use it in your arguments.
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  Is it unhealthy for JW's to be so negative?

  by JH in

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  we often hear that we have to be postive in order to remain healthy.. are there more negative people than the jw's?

  the end is close and just about everything is bad and from satan they say.. considering all this, is it healthy to be a jw?.

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  When you analyze the situation, it's not the Dubz who experience persecution, it's the Dubz who make it a point to persecute and criticize everything around them.

  lol that is SO true. my hubby's outlook on life is SO refreshing - he cares for everyone and is willing to let people believe whatever thay want as long as they don't tell him he's wrong and theyr'e right.

  i was so depressed as a dub and not just becasue of what my dad did to me but also becasue i felt i could never do enough, never be good enough.

  now i dont get depressed... the only thing that is different is that im not a witness anymore.
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  He's throwing the books out :-)

  by NanaR in

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  hey all,

  hubby is right this minute bagging up all the wt and awake bound volumes that have been languishing in the back room and putting them in garbage bags.

  this is the same hubby who swears he is "going back" to the kh "some day".

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  gratz!
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  Great Crowd Appeared in 1930's........or did it?

  by drew sagan in

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  2. bible

  the basic premise for this post came from some comments td made in a thread many months ago.

  (read the full thread here : link) .

  the specific point i wanted to discuss is the 'great crowd' theology the wts puts forth, especially the timeline of events it presents as accurate.

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  You know - i think i might ask my mom for my bible back!

  It seems that the WTS treats the Great Crowd like that of the 'Generation' of 1914. It tends to view the Great Crowd as an organic group that is ever growing, but not limited to the individuals who are a part of it. This would mean that they (those of the 1930's) where possibly part of the great crowd while they where alive, but then they 'passed the torch' on to the next generation. When they died they missed out on being part of the great crowd, but had a part in it. I'm not saying this is the way the WTS teaches it, instead this seems to be the way the doctrine is implied in their literature.
  
  So to me it seems that the WTS has built up a very loose fitting and expandable idea of what the Great Crowd is. Because of this most JWs simply believe that it is the group of active JWs on earth at any time past the 1930s. But this gives problems to the fact that the great crowd comes out of the great tribulation.
  
  But here is the real kicker. I have heard JWs say that you are not part of the great crowd if you die before Armageddon, but I have not been able to find this in the literature. I think this may have been one of those random CO facts that gets spread around.

  i always undrstood GC as organic - that i as non annointed was part of GC. But i just beleived whatever i was told and never looked anything up... i wonder if my mom would also give me the CD rom so that i can start?

  I've NEVER heard a jw say you're not GC if you die before armageddon but it would make sense if the GC are the ones who come out of the GT and if you're dead you can't hmmm.

  The real bummer is that if you'd died never knowing anything about the dubs u get a rez anyhow and could hav lived your life as you wanted to!
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  What the Heck is the WTBTS up to!

  by looking_glass in

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  2. experiences

  clearly they are doing some strong arming or promoting more fear tactics!

  i received a letter in the mail today from my mother.

  my mother who when growing up a jw was considered a trouble maker.

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  (((((hugs)))))

  i keep wanting to send letters to my ex-friends and ex-family to see if they will start up contact again but im not sure.

  i am so grateful that my mom tells the elders who say "you shouldnt see your son he is df'd" "its between god and me" i dont know if she's had any flack for keeping in touch with me, but i will giv her a big hug next time i see her for all she does for both me and my bro.
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  Hemodilution: A new secret change in blood Policy ?

  by chasson in

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  2. medical

  take a look at the forum of noblood.org, a website maintaining by some jw like larry eitel and jan b. wade (this last is a founder of sabm too).

  jan b. wade made here a curious remark concerning hemodilution:.

  "there has been some refinement in what a jehovah's witness patient may or may not accept.

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  A few too many big medical words for me to understand but

  Now, if the blood is not in contact with the body of the patient, it is stored so, from the logic of the JW's theology, it must be poured on the ground, no ?

  i understand that bit - i agree it doesn't seem logical.

  I still hav a problem retraining my thinking regarding blood - its so ingrained that its wrong!

  So I will keep anything like that link to look at and understand more, cheers

  mia
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  Snowed in again !

  by Do Not Call in

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  we're snowed in for the second day running.

  trouble is, none of us saw the weather forecast and now we've got hardly any milk or bread!

  (i couldn't get this site to work yesterday, either, so i couldn't cheer myself up.

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  Fact for the day - it rains 1 tenth less in summer than winter in the UK - hold up ten fingers - thats how much it rains in winter, hold up nine and thats our summer! if it hits 30C we all think we're dying and they slap on hosepipe bans cos they cant be bother to fix leaks!
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  absolutely shattered (meaning tired)

  by mia_b in

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  i've been on the site all day - i took work home with me wednesday cos i knew that britain is like with an inch of snow, i havent done the work but instead spent the whole day here!

  hav had to take friday as annual leave to do the work i was supposed to do today!.

  this board is too addictive!!!!.

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  i've been on the site all day - i took work home with me wednesday cos i knew that britain is like with an inch of snow, i havent done the work but instead spent the whole day here! hav had to take friday as annual leave to do the work i was supposed to do today!

  This board is too addictive!!!!

  I am SO tired, i'm yawning my head off as well i should as iv been staring at these posts since 9am
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  RAPE TO SCREAM OR NOT TO SCREAM?

  by Cordelia in

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  2. beliefs

  ok another chat i have tried to have with a witness, i heard that the wt has changed the 'understanding' on the rape issue several times, the witness i was talking to completely said it was false,.

  i have no way of checking so wondered if anyone has the dates they changed from yes to no and back again so i can show them .

  x.

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  you havent hi-jacked it - youve just pointed out another hypocracy and the fact that it doesn't really matter whether thay say scream or not, you'll never win if your face doesn't fit