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  Do Any JW's Still Use/Trust the Reasoning Book?

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  under the heading last days, the introduction promises this:.

  "the present wicked system of things, which extends worldwide, entered its last days in 1914, and some of the generation alive then will also be on hand to witness its complete end in the “great tribulation.”.

  will the "slave" explain to their followers that such an invaluable "witnessing tool" is no longer to be used, or will they just revise it electronically to reflect "current truth?

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  Most of my cong had their NWT rebound with the Reasoning book.
  
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  Strange first names among jw's

  by fulano in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  do you remember those families where all the sons and daughters had weird biblical names?.

  i recall a " machlon" , "eunice" , even a "jehosafath".

  can you believe it..

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  Samoan family in my mother's congregation named their son Watchtower.
  
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  Is Child Abuse An Issue That You Personally Have Seen In The Organization?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as an elder, i saw one child abuse situation involving a man who wanted to be an elder and had i believe 8 children.

  he was not in our congregation when this all erupted.

  he denied it and moved to another hall and unbelievably, that body of elders wanted to appoint him since they believed his entire family was lying about him.

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  I would never care to protest assemblies or a KH. HOWEVER, if there is a known child molester it is incumbent that all the congregation has a right to know.
  
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  Were You Close To Your Non JW Family?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was thinking of how little i know about my father’s side of the family.

  i recently inquired about ancestry.com and i’ve come to the realization that even the closest sides of my family via my father, are unknown to me .

  what a shame that jehovah’s witnesses kept us apart.

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  My JW mother kept us very isolated. I only kind of knew 2 cousins. All of my fathers family and the majority of my mother's family are strangers. Pretty screwed up thing to do.
  
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  PROOF That Trump Colluded With Russia

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is there any “proof” yet??

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  I believe he's been involved in extreme money laundering with Putin and Oligarchs. Putin publically admitted he wanted Trump to win and was involved for that to happen. He is a Con, a gangster, amoral. this will all be part of his being a traitor.
  
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  wondering

  by dogisgod in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was thinking about how paul was able to hijack jesus message.

  he never met jesus (claimed an encounter after jesus death that affected his eyesight) .

  he was a persecutor of jesus followers.

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  I was thinking about how Paul was able to hijack Jesus message. He never met Jesus (claimed an encounter after Jesus death that affected his eyesight) . He was a persecutor of Jesus followers. Yet ,it seems he effortlessly took over and returned Jesus teachings to the patriarchal mode to the old Hebrew teachings. Was this because he was well educated in the Pharisee line of thinking and they were intimidated? Was he well established as a respected man of his times both in and out of Jewish culture. HOw did this happen?
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  On leaving JW's and hating religion...

  by Jehalapeno in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's been nearly 4 years now since i completely woke up to the watchtower lies.. thinking back on my jw life, during the time i believed, the organization truly did teach us to hate all beliefs that were contrary to the watchtower's.. i hated "false" religion.. so, when i finally woke up and applied critical thinking to my beliefs, i just went on hating religion in general...only this time i added jw's to that list.. a few months of waking up, i decided to base my beliefs on evidence.

  i didn't want to have a set of beliefs unless there was some logic or evidence behind it.

  so, now i consider myself an atheist.. and i kept on hating religion.. within the last six months or so, something has changed.

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  religion is a double edged sword. It can have pluses and minuses. One of the most destructive support beams of religion to continue to exist is the patriarchy. As long as this exists someone is going to be stepped on, persecuted, denied rights, murdered, raped etc. Children will be sexually plundered and not receive justice. Women will always be subject to being reduced to cheerleaders for the male hierarchy. being indoctrinated in male dominated religion has too great a cost. You can take someone out of a religion but getting those beliefs out of your mind takes a long time. Why? Because it is your default mechanism. It is your foundation to how you perceive everything. I have to question everything I think. You may leave a religion but it is really hard work to get all those roots out of your mind and heart.
  
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  What is the most troubling or disturbing biblical passage you ever had to rationalise when a Jw?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  now that we have stepped away from the jw faith, how do you feel about the bible itself?.

  what about those awkward sections of scripture?

  how did you rationalise or justify those sections?.

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  I think it's in Zephaniah......PROBABLY you will be concealed in the day of Jehovah's anger. PROBABLY....no guarantees.
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  Isreal

  by dogisgod in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a friend recently wrote this about israell and the palestinians.

  regarding israel : "they also have a book...written by themselves, that says that their invisible friend gave the land to them.

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  A friend recently wrote this about Israell and the Palestinians. Regarding Israel : "They also have a book...written by themselves, that says that their invisible friend gave the land to them."
  
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  Is it clergy privilege?

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just wanted to pose the question to the group and see what the general opinion is vs what the wt may have claimed in other cases.. we all know that they have argued over clergy privilege when elder learn of a crime but keep quiet about it.

  regardless of what one may feel about this, lets assume for a minute that they are correct.. all elders are directed to contact the branch when they learn of a case of child abuse.

  would the conversation between the elder and the branch be considered under the "clergy privilege"?

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  Since when are the Elders or the GB Clergy? Isn't their whole act based on being "unlettered and ordinary"?