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What if WBTS is right?

by african GB Member in

people, please don't be angry at me, but do you sometimes ask yourselves this question?

i do..

The WTBTS are NOT right. They promote this perfect little religion by spreading false propaganda, with perfect little people who never do anything wrong and if they do then they are gone - anyone of us who have been a JW know that this is not the case and that they are not the 'happiest people on earth'.

We all know cases where the Elders have turned a blind eye to wrongdoing when the culprit is 'liked', 'favoured', 'related', 'in a position of responsibility' to save embarrassment. Yet, we have also seen the 'weak' being made examples of to confirm that unscriptural behaviour would not be tolerated and that Jehovah's standards are being adhered to.

"You cannot go beyond what is written". You will see that they have regularly gone against this verse with false predictions, twisting the scriptures to suit their own agenda - like the ridiculous recent generation change.

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Elder tells me Armageddon could strike during Soccer World Cup closing ceremony.

by african GB Member in

i could'nt believe my ears!.

that's 11th of july 2010.

James_Slash

No shock that another Elder ignores the biblical text about "not knowing the time or the hour".

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District Convention in Hampton, Virginia

by garyneal in

the district convention of jehovah's witnesses is coming up in july at the hampton coliseum.

so glad we actually live in the area for i would hate to have to shell out for hotel rooms and the like.. http://calendar.hampton.gov/details.asp?eventid=4916&curdate=07/02/2010&approval=&calendar=coliseum&optype=display.

http://www.bing.com/events/search?q=events near 23630&p1=[events+source="vertical"+qzeventid="118488605"]&form=msnlap.

James_Slash

I bet you are devastated that you will miss it.

RIP Ray Franz Facebook group

by James_Slash in

i wondered how long it would take for one to appear.. type in rip ray franz in the facebook search engine as i am unable to cut and paste for some reason.. .

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James_Slash

I wondered how long it would take for one to appear.

Type in RIP Ray Franz in the Facebook search engine as I am unable to cut and paste for some reason.

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JW Cafe

by James_Slash in

according to this group the watchtower is the most widely spread magazine in the world.. i imagine that michael belkin must be one of us with his comment, right?.

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James_Slash

I bet the WT must be up there as the most discarded magazine too.

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JW Cafe

by James_Slash in

according to this group the watchtower is the most widely spread magazine in the world.. i imagine that michael belkin must be one of us with his comment, right?.

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James_Slash

According to this group the Watchtower is the most widely spread magazine in the world.

I imagine that Michael Belkin must be one of us with his comment, right?

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Disfellowshipping an 80 year old man, with brain cancer, for swearing!

by James_Slash in

this happened many years ago in my old congregation.. the man, who held the position of a ministerial servant for many years had not long lost his wife in death.. obviously, tensions and the general heartbreak of what happened to him lasted for sometime.

i remember going to see him once and he was extremely depressed.. however, his son had recently moved back in with him and they had started arguing.

his son grassed on him in to the elders that his father had sworn at him in a number of arguments and he was removed as a ms. the rest is history.

James_Slash

I remember an Elder in the same congregation telling me once that any wrongdoing could be a disfellowshipping offence - if repentance isn't shown.

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Disfellowshipping an 80 year old man, with brain cancer, for swearing!

by James_Slash in

this happened many years ago in my old congregation.. the man, who held the position of a ministerial servant for many years had not long lost his wife in death.. obviously, tensions and the general heartbreak of what happened to him lasted for sometime.

i remember going to see him once and he was extremely depressed.. however, his son had recently moved back in with him and they had started arguing.

his son grassed on him in to the elders that his father had sworn at him in a number of arguments and he was removed as a ms. the rest is history.

James_Slash

No, he was disfellowshipped for swearing. His son dobbed him in, he admitted it but argued his case in the JC.

I think it was 18 months - 2 years before he was reinstated.

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Another personal experience with current JW's

by James_Slash in

i guess i am used to hearing the word "miserable" now with current jw's.. i have spoken to four within a week who all claim their existance with the wtbts is an unfulfilling one.. i had a friend many years ago who remains on the 'fringes' of the congregation.

yet, now i am out whenever he gets the chance he tries to preach to me.

yet, in the same breath he states how he enjoys going nightclubbing and holidays - with excessive amounts of alcohol (with all current jw's) and whilst away from the watchful eye of their parents, often meet (i won't say 'worldly' as that is a jw term - but) women who do not share the same beliefs that they claim to have yet they hold far much more in common then what they would care to know.

James_Slash

I had the same Coffee House Girl.

I had seen so much hypocrisy, changes in doctrine, scandal that I couldn't ignore it any longer. I have documented it here before but the way my ex-wifes family turned on me after our separation was the final straw. They all claim to be good-standing JW's.

Yet, I still had people telling me how staying close to Jehovah would get me through this. Then they proceeded to lecture me over my lack of freedom to meet anyone else and how marrying another sister would make me an adulterer. I remember thinking, I am not going to let this organisation control my life anymore.

If I can get just ONE JW to follow my path then my will on earth is done. The WTBTS are wolves in sheeps clothing. Evil, pure evil.

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Disfellowshipping an 80 year old man, with brain cancer, for swearing!

by James_Slash in

this happened many years ago in my old congregation.. the man, who held the position of a ministerial servant for many years had not long lost his wife in death.. obviously, tensions and the general heartbreak of what happened to him lasted for sometime.

i remember going to see him once and he was extremely depressed.. however, his son had recently moved back in with him and they had started arguing.

his son grassed on him in to the elders that his father had sworn at him in a number of arguments and he was removed as a ms. the rest is history.

James_Slash

This happened many years ago in my old congregation.

The man, who held the position of a ministerial servant for many years had not long lost his wife in death.

Obviously, tensions and the general heartbreak of what happened to him lasted for sometime. I remember going to see him once and he was extremely depressed.

However, his son had recently moved back in with him and they had started arguing. His son grassed on him in to the Elders that his Father had sworn at him in a number of arguments and he was removed as a MS. The rest is history. I remember he had not long been diagnosed with Brain Cancer before he was disfellowshipped.

He was reinstated a matter of weeks before he died. This was around 2006.

I remember hearing about it at the time and how the congregation were at each others throats. This was in the long list of a number of major problems.

Perhaps I'll save how the Pioneer Elder left his wife for their bible study and avoided disfellowshipping altogether for another time! ;)

James_Slash

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