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  Other Sheep will start taking the emblems.

  by hamsterbait in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  was at the kingdumb hell yesterday after a gap.. paragraph 11 planted the seed in the sheeples' heads for this.. remember last weeks study, where martha was quoted as saying: "i know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.

  " (jo 11: 24) the term "last day" was explained as applying to the millennium, in the same way as "judgment day" for those receiving an earthly resurrection.. now for paragraph 11 - i noticed some bemused faces, as usually john 6 is avoided in articles discussing earthly resurrection:.

  " "the bread that i shall give is my flesh," he said.

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  freeme

  wow! that watchtower article really reads like there is something huge coming. im curious how my parents and exwife will react to that if it actually happen. O_o
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  I wanted to scream at the Elder Sunday morning "you are a lying !!!!!!"

  by TooBad TooSad in

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  2. beliefs

  my wife wanted to go visit some friends at another kingdom hall so i tagged along.

  to keep her happy.

  the elder giving the "public" talk brought up the 1975 myth.. he said, as he looked around the audience, "it looks like there are not a lot of brothers.

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  freeme

  @Homerovah

  Is there a higher resolution version of that image you posted?
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  The rich man and Lazarus parable: ancient literature parallels?

  by behemot in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in their book heaven: a history, colleen mcdannell and bernhard lang mention that some scholars doubt the authenticity of the parable of the rich man and lazarus (luke 16), given its strict parallels in ancient literature.. to support this they make reference to the following essays (which i don't have access to):.

  isidore levy, la legende de pythagore: de grece en palestine, campion, paris 1927, pp.

  310-12; ronald f. hock, lazarus and mycillus: graeco-roman backgrounds to luke 16:19-31, in journal of biblical literature, 196 (1987), pp.

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  freeme

  this would help the no-soul and no-hell doctrine a lot but would kill the bible as being gods word.
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  GTJ IV

  by glenster in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm not sure if this is the right category for this, but i thought i'd pass it.

  along for anyone who likes the grand theft auto games.. the latest gta, "gta iv," is set in liberty city--a fictional new york city.. broker represents brooklyn.

  one area of broker is boabo (beneath the offramp of.

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  freeme

  am i supposed to find something jw related in gta 4? broker isnt a 1:1 copy of brooklyn. its much smaller and the streets are different too.

  i looked for jw related stuff but could not find anything. i only found a streetpreacher in another district. but he doesnt talk jw stuff at all.

  do you know more than me?
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  This is my name, I was a witness, and this is why I will never be again.

  by wanderlustguy in

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  2. friends

  thanks to this site, not only am i free of the mental imprisonment, but i am also free of the fear that the society used to keep me and others like me silent.. i am not a witness anymore because the truth is not what we are directred to think it is.

  once we allow ourselves to think, it is clear as day that there is no real basis for anyone to take the title of faithful and discreet slave.

  there are folders and lists which contain the names of pedophiles who were never turned over to the proper authorities for their crimes.

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  freeme

  oh my, i wish so deeply to do the same as you just did. i wish so deeply to publish my real name here without fear.

  but i cant. i still fear it too much.i fear my "friends", my family, everything. damn me, how much time will i waste until i break free?

  "Let each one do just as he has resolved in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."
  ~ 2. Corinthians 9:7

  yeah... sure...
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  Is it just me?

  by tryingtounderstandjws in

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  2. beliefs

  or does this seem a little hypocritical of the jw organization?

  page 25 of the elder manual .

  "in case of natural disaster .

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  freeme

  i think they say its okay to get this help, because jws pay taxes, would work for the government and accept the governments authority as long as its not in direct opposition to the bibles law (i.e. killing).

  at least thats what i heard as an excuse when it comes to the NGO affair (which is just getting "help" from a governmental organisation).
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  If you want to leave the truth, just walk away!

  by moomanchu in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a close relative recently called me verbatim, "a bad, bad, bad apostate and a sinner against the holy spirit" .. the apostate remark didn't bother me, actually it's a compliment when you think about it.. saying i was a "sinner against the holy spirit" that did bother me.

  this got me to wondering about all the names, accusations and labels given to people who don't want to be a jw anymore.. doing a quick search in the insight books i came up with a list.. apostates pg.126, antichrist pg.116, man of lawlessnes pg.

  310, resurrection - sinning against the holy spirit pg.

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  freeme

  JUNE 1, 1952 Watchtower magazine

  Page 26

  Those who fight Jehovah’s visible organization , upon which his spirit is manifest, sin against the holy spirit, unforgivably so.

  i think posting anti-jw in a public forum to save others from being a jw is "fighting Jehovah's visible organization", right? ok, so i am bird food anyway :-)

  seriously, thats a horrible way to pressure humans into obeying other humans. who needs "hell", wenn we can unleash the unforgivable sin on ppl who dont think the same as we?
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  Finally putting the new light all together

  by JimmyPage in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  okay maybe i'm a little slow but i'm finally beginning to understand how all the "new light" is tied together.

  this has all been prompted for me by my reading of the 1914 chapter in "crisis of conscience".

  see, the door to heaven which was previously closed in 1935 has been reopened.

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  freeme

  the current changes allow a lot of centuries to come without waking up most jws. oh wait... it waked me up.
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  Lurker for a long time, finally decided to take the plunge!

  by Momma-Tossed-Me in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i say this because i have been helped so much by the many posts that represent the way i feel about the wtbts.

  it is good to know that there are so many people that feel this way.

  i am currently inactive and dont comment but do attend meetings for the sake of the family.. my wife is still in and i have a daughter and one on the way.

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  freeme

  welcome MTM, my situation is a lot the same, still in for the sake of the family and for my wife, but fortunately ive no kids.

  born in, 3rd generation jw.
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  I thought I read voting is a conscience matter...is the a scan of this?

  by middleman in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  sometime back i thought that i read voting is a conscience matter for the dubs.

  is this true and if so does anyone have a scan of the magazine?

  blessings......

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  freeme

  heard it too. any proof? i havent heard or seen something officially and i still have some contact to the congregation.