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  Running ahead of Jehovah can be done with a slow walk.

  by donny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a few days ago i read a post of someone who has recently awakened to what the watchtower bible and tract society really is.

  in their comments, they stated that they had been accused of "running ahead of jehovah.".

  "running ahead of jehovah" was a statement levied at me many times during my convoluted journey through that organization.

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  I guess Jehovah and/ or the organization have never heard the fact that "The distance between two points is a straight line"

  As opposed to tacking

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  RC Was Worse Than I thought...

  by JW_Rogue in

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  2. experiences

  i was visiting with my family and it seems the rc was worse than i thought.

  now they all seem to think that "we are so close to the end" and that the "brothers are really preparing us for the gt".

  some even saying that soon our message will change to a judgement message for mankind and talking about how we need to improve "everything we do".

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  WE know the JW religion is a crackpot religion.

  If and when they give a final judgement message to the world , EVERYBODY will know they are a crackpot religion.

  smiddy
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  JW Broadcasting reeks of desperation

  by oldskool in

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  again, i'm a decade removed from the faith.

  i'm catching up now, and can't believe what i'm seeing.. i get that jw leadership faced a dilemma.

  there is no intellectual apparatus within the faith.

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  smiddy

  I have said it before and I will say it again , PLEASE JW.ORG ,Broadcasting keep Lett as a spokesperson .

  You are making our job a lot easier .

  smiddy
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  JWs predatory letter writing in the news.

  by Dark Knight in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the video is worth watching too.. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/80454665/grieving-woman-turns-the-tables-by-doorknocking-jehovahs-witness.

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  The video`s don`t work

  Jehovah`s Witnesses have always targeted the most  vulnerable,but then hasn`t every religion ? in one way or another ?

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  Lett facial ticks from a stroke/aneurysm?

  by azor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was speaking to my mom the other day.

  she stays in the group to retain a relationship with the rest of our in family.

  she told me that she heard from one of my brothers that the reason lett makes all those weird facial gestures has something to do with a stroke or aneurysm when he was a younger man.

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  I say keep Lett on JW.ORG TV .

  The more people that see this clown , the more people will either leave , or the more ,people will give JW.ORGTV a big miss.

  Keep him as a visual spokesperson for the Governing Body for Jehovah`s Witnesses., OK ?

  smiddy
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  One of the Most Obscene Phrases in Any Language; the Judicial Committee

  by TMS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a tribunal of religious, if not spiritual, men, whose decision can alter lives, disrupt, no, destroy, families, ruin young lives, create angst, pain, depression, hopelessness, sorrow, despair can be the job for three typically unqualified men known in jw land as the judicial committee.. my first judicial experience as a kid of 18 serving on the jc involved disfellowshipping an elderly sister for apostacy when she would not promise to quit frequenting a neighborhood christian science reading room for personal study.

  my second big case involved a baptized 12 year old who allegedly stole a hot wheel from k-mart.

  he admitted to nothing, answering every question with "i dunno" and was put on probation, the 60's equivalent of reproof.. in subsequent years, i "served" on committees judging accused adulterers, fornicators, thieves, gamblers, non-providers, taking up boxing, slanderers and yes, apostates, sitting also on so-called appeal committees as well.

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  It`s not what you know but who you know

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  Questions for JW's from Christians

  by Perry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm thinking of printing a tract with some simple but thought-provoking questions for people to use when jw's come to their doors.

  questions from christians.

  bible-believing christians appreciate the moral values of jehovah’s witnesses in their communities but have several questions that somehow seem to escape us when we are caught unexpectedly at our doors.

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  Isn`t their over 40,000 different Christian sects already ?

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  My 2016 RC Experience

  by wannabefree in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm at the water park with my five year old in green bay.

  she was so happy to be spared another boring day like she endured at thursday's propaganda feast with her mother.

  after breakfast we drove by the convention site.

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  Jehovah`s Witnesses just like to change things for the sake of change , it gives the impression that Jehovah`s Chariot is moving forward while this old world is going backwards /downhill .

  Obviously , oldskool you haven`t been keeping up with Jehovah`s Chariot these past 100+ years since Jesus was enthroned as king back in 1914 .

  Let me fill you in what he has accomplished these past 102 years of his 1000 year reign.

  Lets see now .........OKayyyyyy , the magazines seem to say he has done a lot , . however it`s not something or anything really different , that Christendoms religions claim that GOD /Jehovah/Jesus , is blessing them.

  Aministration changes and the like , things that are handled by low paid employees etc.

  So in 102 years of Christ Jesus rule since 1914 JW`s can`t show anything that sets them apart from any other religion except for hype.

  If the next 900 year reign of Jesus Christ is anything like the first 100 years , don` t expect a Paradise , he does not seem to be any better than our present day Politicians.who make all promises and don`t deliver,

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  Home bookstudy ended because of 'independent study' groups? Any interesting stories regarding these types of groups?

  by Nicodemus Kathoplizo in

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  2. beliefs

  someone suggested the other day that the home bookstudy meeting ended because of 'independent study' groups (in ireland) going 'off the reservation' and left the truth (tm).. has anyone heard of this before?.

  does anyone have interesting stories of 'independent study' groups resulting in large scale apostasy?.

  they did not publish this for no reason:.

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  They couldn`t condone independant study groups , because they may come up with more plausible explanations of the scriptures than what they did., we cant have that, they thought that will undermine our authority .

  And that could cause a schism .

  And apparently that was happening , hence the crackdown against them.

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  WT September 2016: Tight Pants (Does your style of dress Glorify God?

  by Designer Stubble in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we will not weigh you down with burdensome lists, as you have the freedom to choose, but here is our list anyway.some snippets:.

  the law showed jehovah’s strong feelings against clothing that does not make clear the distinction between male and female—what has been described in our day as unisex fashion.

  (read deuteronomy 22:5.

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  Are these guys for real ? We used to joke about the dress styles brothers and sisters wore , and this was 30 years ago , identifying roughly when they came into the " truth" more often than not we were right.

  Have a look at young ones in the Borg today , most of them , whether they be male or female they reflect the fashion trends that are current in society today.

  Whether it be dress or hairstyles , they mimic the " Worldly " standards of the day.

  smiddy