You have to remember that the majority of Nazis were really sincere, fuhrer-fearing people who were trying to the best of their abilities to live a conforming life. They were just mislead. It was very hard to get them to see that they were misguided so it was imperative that this be done in a subtle manner. Otherwise they put the wall up. Remember the wall is going up because they think this is what Hitler wanted them to do.
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Most JW are innocent
by lv4fer inyou have to remember that the majority of jw are really sincere, god-fearing people who are trying to the best of their abilities to live a christian life.
they are just mislead.
it is very hard to get them to see that they are misguided so it is imperative that we do this in a subtle manner.
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Thowing away WTS Publications
by Judith inin the past weeks, i have been throwing away my 32 year library of books.
the feeling of freeing myself from the weight of the lies contained within the pages was my objective.
i have always been afraid of letting them go just in case it was the "truth.
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I collect them and use them for research. If you or anyone have any you want to donate or sell, please e-mail me at [email protected]
I have holes in my library. Need all publications from 1995 to date including yearbooks and bound volumes. An interested in everything.
I still need a 1930 IBSA Yearbook too.
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What Is Your Hope Now???
by YYHWH inmy hope for over 30 years was the same as many here on this site.
when i made my decesion to no longer me a jw at first i just figured that i was a goat and that i would just die at armageddon along with all the other wicked ones.
well after doing some research on the dubs and on religion in general i have come to some differnt conclusions about life,death and what might happen when you die.. i have to be honest and tell you that it has been difficult to accept the fact that any hope of any sort of life after death is very unfounded.. i have come to believe that religion is for people who cannot accept the only certainty we have in this life is that you are going to die.. my hope is that i can live this life and be able to raise my children up to be responsible and productive adults.
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I am trying to discover reality and adjust to that. No belief in any dead men's fantasies for me.
I also have been case hardened to the extent that I challenge any motive of mine that I can trace to fear. Fear and ignorance are the worse two motivators I have ever seen.
Ignorance is the nail and fear is the hammer.
A pragmatic approach to human living has worked well. The people who used to have the ability to control me with fear and superstition do not like me anymore at all. None of their old tactics work anymore.
I have new friends who I like a lot. I do not grieve the loss of the old ones anymore. In fact I might have forgotten them.
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Research help
by DIM ini'm having very stressful dealings with my parents lately....can anyone please help me or direct me to the right place on the 1995 or 1999 cd-roms about (a) where it tells you to investigate your religion and (b) where they bash other religions.
thanks.
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Hi DIM,
Parents make the very worst debating partners I have ever found.
The Truth That Leads To Eternal Life, WTB&TS 1968 chapter 2 is titled Why is it wise to examine your religion. You are looking for page 13, paragraph 5.
Also the book, Knowledge That Leads To Everlasting Life WTB&TS, 1995 has the test your beliefs in chapter 5. The famous poison well comment is on page 47, paragraph 10. Advise to examine our worship rather than religion is on page 51, par 20
There are a LOT of quotes like these in Watch Tower Publishing Corporation products.
Hope you just decide to not debate with parents.
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Do you still believe the WTS doctine's?
by TheRecordCollector inman is a soul,.
christ was created, .
holy spirit a real person, or god's active force?.
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My wifes affair of over 20 years with local elder!
by ukexjw ini would like to take this opportunity to give a brief account of the events that i have had to under go over the last 5 weeks.
i have been a jehovahs witness for 38 years and all of my close family are currently active jws.
i got married to my wife in march 1999, she was a baptized witness and had been for over 30 years.
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I found out that if I play with skunks long enough, eventually I get pissed on.
The only surprising thing to me about a skunk is if they don't piss on me.
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I've been shunned from my sister's wedding
by Quotes inthe following is the contents of a hand-written letter i just received from my (21 year old) sister, who is getting married may 18. for some reason, i thought that she would let love and compassion be stronger than wt programming.
but i was wrong.
yeah, it sucks.. *** my question for the board ***.
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"My wife thinks we should just skip the whole thing."
Smart lady:-)
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Hi - I'm New!
by Aunty injust wanted to say hello - i've been lurking here for about a month and decided to join.
i was raised a witness, but have been out for almost 10 years.
i just faded out - it was easy since i moved to california from ohio.
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Welcome Aunty
Please post your story when you are comfortable doing that. Glad you are here.
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What reason to be JW for so long?
by ashitaka inwhy were you a jw for so long?
what positive thing kept you in?
or was it negative?
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I was indoctrinated with the Watch Tower Corporation nonsense by believing parents. The rote dogma of the Watch Tower became my core beliefs. It was like swimming up stream for me. Eventually I left the group but the flawed core beliefs did not leave me.
I remained a believer long enough to help one young lady commit suicide, enter into a mystical marriage, have 4 sons and helped to make their lives miserable. I made very bad living decisions like deferring an education, not planning ahead because I didn't believe in "ahead".
I resisted leaving the group and I resisted confronting the claims made by the group leaders and the information they presented as support, as long as I could.
It was much easier not to confront my core beliefs. I can easily understand why anyone would not want to do that.
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