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  Has anyone here joined a different church after ditching the JWs?

  by NikL in

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  i am just curious.. i have a cousin who is a baptist and his church streams their sunday services and i've been checking them out before i go to meeting with my jw wife.. i haven’t been to a church except for the occasional funeral and wedding and the only sermons i had heard were the tel-evangelist type.

  anyway, all the church bashing by jws over the years made me unsure what to expect and i was pleasantly surprised.

  they do use the bible and they don't spend the whole time begging for money.

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  To me that would be like jumping from the fire into the frying pan . (think about it )
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  Do You Know Any JWs That Were Wealthy AFTER They Became Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  the only witnesses i knew that had money were those that either had family businesses or had money before they got into the religion.

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  I knew of a few brothers who got into get rich quick schemes /businesses that involved others in the congregations ,but I`m damn sure none of them ever became wealthy being involved in them.
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  Bless Me, For I Have Sinned

  by snowbird in

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  i've just finished eating a slice of delicious birthday cake!.

  depart from me, for i am a sinful person.. tee hee hee.. sylvia.

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  It wasn`t cheesecake was it I love cheesecake if it was I envy you , I`d die (almost ) for cheesecake .

  That is the ultimate / unforgiveable sin ,not liking cheesecake

  Say three Hail Cheesecake Jesus prayers and go to the end of the line to enter the next store.

  If it was cheesecake you enjoyed all your sins are forgiven and you have three get out of gehenna passes to use.
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  Observations From an Ex-Elder Part 3 - Searching for the Lost Sheep

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  "what man among you with 100 sheep, on losing one of them, will not leave the 99 behind in the wilderness and go after the lost one until he finds it?

  " - luke 15:4. disclaimer: by posting the following observations i am not complaining.

  i am happy to be left alone.

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  smiddy

  My wife and I left just over20 years ago and nobobody after 33 years as a slave of the WT bothered to even try to re-ignite" the first love for the "truth"" we once had and we were considered to be in the inner circle of the congregation.All we did was fade away .

  It was only about 5 years ago that I sent in myDA letter to the KH after many years here.

  They are all talk and no action everybody leaves it up to somebody else and nothing ever gets done when it comes to sheperding,looking after the lost /strayed sheep.
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  Interpret John 1:1 by John 1:1.

  by towerwatchman in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  interpret john 1:1 by john 1:1. .

  the greek language has the definite article which has approximately thirty variations, is translated into english as “the”, and points to an identifiable personality, someone we have prior knowledge of.

  but the greek language has no indefinite article corresponding to the english “a”, or “an”.

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  If after 2000 years christians are still debating what John 1:1 means about God, jesus , their relationship etc,etc,

  And we still havent heard anything from God

  It doesnt inspire confidence that their is a God.does it ?
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  here's a great jw brain stumper about noah

  by nowwhat? in

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  2. bible

  so noah was a preacher of righteousness.

  than how did he warn other pockets of civilizations that were hundreds or thousands of miles away?

  and if they were destroyed anyway i thought jehovah only acts after he gives clear warning.. and if there were no other civilzations why the need to destroy the entire earth of every living creature?

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  You have a point or two their waton,what can i say .?
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  ARC - Case Study 54 - All Exhibits have been released

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  all exhibits for case study 54, jehovah's witnesses and watchtower, have been released by the arc.. http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/exhibits/10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585/case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney.

  exhibit list.

  joint statement of o'brien and spinks.

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  Correct me if I am wrong but the WTB&TS do not have one comprehensive document covering the allegations and response to child sexual abuse from the organisation that Elders and the rank and file have access to when they feel the need to review it ?

  As was painfully brought out by the Jehovahs witnesses their was this "letter" this "memo" this "WT article" etc,etc,all coverering different time frames over many years , who could wade through all that confusing publications.? let alone a R&F member ?
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  here's a great jw brain stumper about noah

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so noah was a preacher of righteousness.

  than how did he warn other pockets of civilizations that were hundreds or thousands of miles away?

  and if they were destroyed anyway i thought jehovah only acts after he gives clear warning.. and if there were no other civilzations why the need to destroy the entire earth of every living creature?

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  If the whole earth was under water covering the tallest mountains then it must have contained salt water covering the earth.

  Water is very heavy and it must have penetrated the weakest parts of the earths surface..

  Once the waters subsided we are left with salty seas ,freshwater lakes and streams,and underground streams of fresh water .

  The Oceans are salt water , the rivers and streams and lakes are mostly freshwater .

  The majority of life in the oceans would not survive in freshwater

  By the same token the majority of life in freshwater lakes ,rivers and streams would not survive in salt water.

  So if a Noachian flood did actually occur how would life have continued to exist in the oceans (salt) and the rivers ,lakes ,streams.(salt free) ?

  Or am I missing something here.
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  The Governing Body wishes you...

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  happy ash wednesday!.

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  smiddy

  Those pics put a smile on my face .

  However one pic was missing , an LGBTI pic.

  Can you accomodate ? or was that depicted by the Carnaval ,if so then how about a cult religion OH sorry they have already done that..
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  Part of Growing Up - Saying Goodbye to Invisible Friends?

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don’t remember having any invisible friends when i was a really little boy, i don’t know if such a thing actually exists, i’ve only ever seen it in movies?

  of course it might have looked to others like i was talking to someone on occasions, but i’m sure it would have just been me talking to myself.

  the thing is though, i got introduced to an invisible friend in my pre-teens, and i kept the relationship going well into adulthood.

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  smiddy

  I cant speak for young people ,I didnt become a JW and begin praying to God until I was 19 .

  I was a JW for 33 years many of which I served as a MS

  Prayer was always a one way street , nobody was more devoted to the truth than I was as an active JW .

  I believed it hook line and sinker ,to the point I am now ashamed to admit I would have let my children die for the blood doctrine .

  And i still have difficulties coming to terms with that now .

  Millions of Christians pray to GOD whether its Jehovah or Jesus and to my knoweldge no GOD has ever answered anyone personally these past 2000 years ,

  And I think that would also apply also to non Christian religions and their Gods no God has ever spoken back to them.

  Isnt that proof enough that you have been speaking to an invisible friend ?

  An invisible friend that doesnt bother to communicate back to you ?

  An invisible friend that doesnt exist ? only in your imagination ?