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  Here's What We Know About Jehovah's Witnesses

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the condensed history set, to the music of the william tell overture.... some guy in the mid to late 19th century named c t russell felt spiritually disenchanted.

  didn't believe in hell and other traditional christian beliefs that he grew up around.

  so he read a lot, and got exposed to a lot of ideas.

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  ldrnomo

  Excellent synopsis of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. I hope this gets posted on someones blog or website so it's readily available to those wanting to know more about the cult
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  Elder School 2012 Letter

  by Anony Mous in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  here is a (transcribed) letter that all elders received regarding the elder school of 2012. the emphasis is not mine.. this letter is your invitation to attend the school for congregation elders at the location and dates shown below:.

  please acknowledge receipt and acceptance of this invitation by completing and returning the enclosed confirmation form to the school for congregation elders desk using the enclosed pre-addressed envelope.

  this should be returned no more than two weeks after receipt of this letter.

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  ldrnomo

  I am so glad I'm out and don't have to go to that thing. Five days long sitting with a bunch of overweight smelly guys in cramped seats trying to pretend I'm awake and taking notes. Sounds like torture.
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  What's wrong with the spirit of competition?

  by ldrnomo in

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  2. friends
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  ldrnomo

  I hit enter too soon,

  So today my wife and I are playing a game with our 4 year old granddaughter who's mom is a semi serious JW and our son who just follows along. I'm sure neither of them push the issue of winning but as we're playing the game, she is clearly competitive.

  Isn't this the way it should be? It seems to me that being competitive and wanting to be the winner is just the right thing to do. However Jehovah's Witnesses seem to downplay competition to a point where it's wrong on many levels.

  The reason I think a competitive spirit is important is because the whole cosmos and it's continuation is reliant on survival of the fitist.

  Am I wrong?
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  What's wrong with the spirit of competition?

  by ldrnomo in

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  Elder School 2012 Letter

  by Anony Mous in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  here is a (transcribed) letter that all elders received regarding the elder school of 2012. the emphasis is not mine.. this letter is your invitation to attend the school for congregation elders at the location and dates shown below:.

  please acknowledge receipt and acceptance of this invitation by completing and returning the enclosed confirmation form to the school for congregation elders desk using the enclosed pre-addressed envelope.

  this should be returned no more than two weeks after receipt of this letter.

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  ldrnomo

  Elder 2: I thought you got brother, Doever E Thing to straighten this picture behind us

  Elder 3: I asked him to do it last week, he must have forgotton

  Elder 1: I think he was too busy this month pioneering to do it

  Elder 4: Whatever that's no excuse I say we remove him as a ministerial servant for not following through with his duties.

  Elder 1: Maybe we can do it

  Elder 2: We are too busy being teachers to do that kind of work

  Elder 3: Let's just get that other brother that's been kissing our a**es lately to do it

  Elder 4: Good Idea and if he follows thourgh we'll make him a ministerial servant.
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  How Did You Get Rid of Your Bound Volumes?

  by Eiben Scrood in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my town will no longer collect old books like that as trash and they're pretty hard to burn.

  my solution has been to include one in every bag of used cat litter when i clean the cat boxes.

  i've gotten rid of around 30 that way and i'm about halfway there.

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  ldrnomo

  Put them all in boxes, printed out the bible scripture from Solemans book about the making of many books and left them in front of the door at the kingdom hall
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  "Who created the intelligent creator?"

  by mankkeli in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did the complexity of life arise spontaneously, or did it require a creator?christians believe that a creator is essential.

  scientists believe that the idea of a "creator" is pure mythology, and that the complexity arose through natural processes like evolution.

  you can actually answer this question yourself with a little logic.

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  ldrnomo

  With Christians, there is no logical conclusion because their explanation is that the intelligent creator NEVER had a beginning.

  So how could an intelligent creator never have a beginning? If that creator is so complicated and everything had to be created then where did the complicated, intelgent, highly designed creator come from and if he always was but nothing just comes to be without a creator then where is the logic in this reasoning

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  There is no logic in the christian reasoning
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  Shunned by the window washer

  by ldrnomo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  over the many years my wife and i were captives of the watchtower organization we hired witnesses from time to time to heip us maintain our home.

  one of those witnesses was a window washer who was quite good and reasonably priced so we have continued to use his services even after we faded 4 years ago.. so this year, my wife called to set up an appointment for him to come over and do our windows and he tells her he's not interested.

  now this may be because he's so busy and overworked that he just can't fit us in or it could be that after four years of not being at meetings he has chosen to shun us.

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  ldrnomo

  Over the many years my wife and I were captives of the Watchtower Organization we hired witnesses from time to time to heip us maintain our home. One of those witnesses was a window washer who was quite good and reasonably priced so we have continued to use his services even after we faded 4 years ago.

  So this year, my wife called to set up an appointment for him to come over and do our windows and he tells her he's not interested. Now this may be because he's so busy and overworked that he just can't fit us in or it could be that after four years of not being at meetings he has chosen to shun us.

  What do you think?
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  SEX! and the DC Sunday Drama

  by Red Piller in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the sunday drama at the dc was a parallel ancient (joseph in egypt) and modern (jw kid in high school) drama.

  or was it extremely eroticized?

  i've been seeing these my whole life and have never felt this way.. conversation between joseph and fellow prison inmate:.

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  ldrnomo

  Sounds like a great drama, sorry I missed it.

  Maybe it will be on Netflix someday
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  Im Going To Be Disfellowshipped!

  by TimothyT in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in 6 months, my life has completely changed!.

  i have chosen to be gay, i no longer suffer with guilty suicidal feelings, i have the most amazing boyfriend, and my parents and friends accept me for who i am.. i was informed today that a judicial comitee will be formed to disfellowship me.

  i dont feel any kind of bitterness or sadness despite the fact that this is all i have known for 20 years and im about to lose some very close friends.. on the contrary, i feel fabulous!!!

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  ldrnomo

  Congratulations, you have chosen to live your life the way you want too.