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  'I have nothing to look forward to'

  by darth frosty in

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  my 81 year old mother has alzeimer's.

  visiting with her yesterday, she said she would rather go ahead and die ,because 'i have nothing to look forward to.

  ' this is a woman who's earnest prayer as she found herself getting old in this system of things, was to live to see 'armegedon'.

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  Darth, I'm sorry about your Mom. Thank you for sharing. My mom is in her late 70's but lives and breathes the Brooklyn crap. It's hard to watch her get older and have more health problems. She will die being a dub, thinking she's been in the right religion. I try not to think about it, but when I do, I always hope she will wake up in heaven and be surprised. She has always been faithful to God no matter what religion she was, it's a shame she got caught up wasting her time and energy with this one. Take care
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  What's Your Opinion Of Today's Jehovah's Witness?

  by minimus in

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  i was raised as a jw.

  i'm 51 now and i've seen many changes over the years.

  in the mid 70s, when ray franz, ed dunlap (sp?

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  I think Brooklyn is preparing to prey on a whole new generation of JWs. As we all get older, they will concentrate their efforts on the young ones. I'm sure they will find some that will be stay in the Borg for life, so they will have a new audience. I'm sure that at some time in the future, they will try to control the next generation of dubs with another surefire date (just like they did to us in 1975).
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  Laws and regulations

  by youcanhaveago in

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  disn't jesus say he had come to replace the law and gave one commandment - "to love one another ".

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  so why invent new laws and regulations every day/ week / month / year ?

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  When I was a dub, I saw more love and happiness in "worldly" people. They were happy with their relationship with God. They were secure about their spirituality. If they weren't, they could make changes to be happy.
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  Do you LOVE Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  i mean the people, not the religion.

  in fact it moved me to make concession to a stalking jw, allowing them to be reinstated to the board this week.

  i know they hate me nonetheless - but i still love them.

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  I feel deeply sorry for the ones who are trapped because of family situations. Since I was one of them, I can understand. I feel sorry for the kids whose parents are taking away their goals and teaching them fear and guilt. As for the rest, no, the love was gone a long time ago.
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  Writing a letter to JW's stating that you are no longer one.

  by amfree in

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  i'm new to this forum.

  i was raised a jw by 3rd generation witnesses.

  most of my relatives are witnesses.

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  Welcome! Here's my two cents. Instead of writing a letter to the Elders and dredging up more problems that you don't deserve, you and your husband need to list and announce some ground rules and limits to your FIL . Then you and your husband could set up a plan on what should be done if your FIL refuses to comply that does not involve a letter to the JWs.
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  WT Organisation is "The Christ"

  by Gordy in

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  just came across this at http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=2007706090311.

  posted by a jw calling themselves "kudra" .

  no, "the christ" is not jesus, as we jehovah's witnesses believe (in the context of our convention title) so we would not just say "jesus".

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  Kudra may be "enlightening" others about the real truth behind the Witnesses. She seems to be fueling the myths instead of "debunking" them.

  "Witnesses consider Jesus as the greatest of Jehovah's Witnesses," according to one prepared statement.

  If anyone has the source for this "prepared statement", it would be great to have.
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  Did you ever 'Turn Someone In' to the elders? Do you regret it now?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  i am not proud of that, for i know the pain i caused someone as i look back.. i turned in 4 people for 'gross sins' over my tenure as a jw.

  i wish i could take it back now.

  were these people guilty of 'sin' as defined by the wts?

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  I didn't. I had more friends that way. I had friends that were very spiritually strong, and some who were more fun.
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  Bloody Mess

  by faithful not discreet in

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  bloodless medicine and surgery has grown to where it is because of the fear of aids and other blood borne pathogens, not the crackpot stand of the jw's!!!

  !the only reason why they have made an impression on the medical world ,is because aids accelerated their cause.

  the org has the most confused and contradictory policy on blood.not even their hlc's know what is permissable.

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  Welcome! I look forward to reading your story.

  After I quit, I told everyone, I was so happy. I even told my doctors and they were so glad I quit and started to tell me about the patients they lost to this senseless doctrine. The Witnesses make the doctors out to be cold and heartless about the subject, but many doctors do feel guilty about not being able to save their patient.
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  '..simply for a contribution to cover the printing cost of the magazines...

  by Gill in

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  do you remember when we used to ask for a 'contribution that covers the printing cost' for the mags?.

  was that ever the real cost of printing the mags?

  afterall, we had to pay for the wretched things when we collected them, so was the wt society already making a profit from us foolish sheep which we then tried to recoup from the unsuspecting public.. were we conned?

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  I remember hearing talks at the KH and conventions where they would boast about how little the literature cost, and how great the quality of the books were. They would compare their books to "worldly" book making companies and how WBTS was superior. We were all supposed to be very impressed by this, and of course, we were!
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  DID YOU DEDICATE YOURSELF BEFORE BAPTISM OR DID YOU LIE?

  by free2think in

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  i was just wondering when you where going through the questions for baptism did you know you had to dedicate yourself to jehovah before hand or did you lie?.

  i didn't know i had to so when i went through the questions i had to lie and say i had.

  i always felt bad about it afterwards and quickly did a little prayer that night.

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  38 Years

  I was also 13 when I was baptized. I remember studying the questions in the "Lamp" book like I was trying to pass a test at school. I was convinced I knew what I was doing. So much for the wisdom of a 13-year old!