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  Unity

  by RebelWife in

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  2. beliefs

  why do they say every one of them all over the world believes the same thing, but then they'll say that they personally don't believe a particular aspect of the doctrine?

  for instance, my dubsband doesn't necessarily believe i'll die at the big a.

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  Awakened at Gilead

  Well, then he's condemned to die at the Big A since he's out of line with the FDS....

  Maybe you'll both survive... Careful, it's coming soon (or so they say)...
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  I am POd right now. Have they infiltrated the media?

  by Tired of the Hypocrisy in

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  2. friends

  in a previous post http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/156153/1.ashx.

  i showed how i was making some local headway in warning the community about jw's and the danger they pose as a cult and as protecting child molesters.

  well the post i made with the link to nbcs story on the lawsuit payout got deleted by community correspondent.

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  Awakened at Gilead

  TotH,

  I think it means that Jehovah is protecting the flock. Don't you?

  That's what the FDS says...

  A@G
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  Rules from the society for d'f that the bible doesn't say you should be in

  by cognac in

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  2. friends

  trouble for.... can you think of different rules?.

  i'll start:.

  no smokingno drugsno oralno swearing no clubbingtaking blood - (there were no consequences in the scriptures for taking it)watching pornnot screaming while being raped (at certain points you could be d'f for doing this)(i think you can get d'f for 3, 4, and 5).

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  I think you can get Dfd for being a registered member of JWD.

  I'm gonna call and confess right now.
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  2008, & we are still here? No wonder JW's are depressed/tired!

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings all...... i've been reading intently nearly every day on here.

  it's like some sick addiction.

  anyway, i'm constantly amazed when others on here relate stories of their relatives or ones in their congregations that are tired, depressed, sick, disgruntled, etc.

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  Awakened at Gilead

  WC,

  It's not an addiction.. I can stop whenever I want....

  Anyway, getting to your post... I agree, I was raised to believe that I would never get old. Then it hit me around the time that I turned 35. I AM MORTAL. I WILL DIE. I began to have this morbid fear of death, that "worldly" people never feel, and began to feel that my JW worldview was warped, and began to resent being a JW and feeling that I would never die.

  Now that I am out I can accept my mortality and get on with living my life now, instead of waiting impatiently for the new system that never comes.

  A@G
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  Rules from the society for d'f that the bible doesn't say you should be in

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  trouble for.... can you think of different rules?.

  i'll start:.

  no smokingno drugsno oralno swearing no clubbingtaking blood - (there were no consequences in the scriptures for taking it)watching pornnot screaming while being raped (at certain points you could be d'f for doing this)(i think you can get d'f for 3, 4, and 5).

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  Having a 5 o'clock shadow, or god forbid a beard! (that is if you dont listen to them and shave it off!)

  You can get d'f for that???

  Cognac, Only if you're a man... A@G
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  Temple construction: a question for Leolaia and the board's scholars

  by behemot in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a book that i'm reading (j. alberto soggin, "israel in the biblical period.

  institutions, festivals, ceremonies, rituals", 2001), talking about the jerusalem temple, states that "certain authors have seen in the dates of the beginning and of the end of the construction works elements of the yearly cicle of the cananean ba'al", but no bibliographic reference is given supporting the statement.what does he refer to?

  can someone point me to sources of information on this matter?thanks a lot.look forward to your replies.

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  Awakened at Gilead

  This thread is about the temple construction and I was giving the JIOR perspective, to take or leave.

  JC,

  I followed your logic much better on your other thread you started recently. (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/156330/1.ashx)

  In this thread you lost me. Sounds like something Fred Franz could have written (although it's not too late to submit to the always inventive FDS.. the 1996 date could work out nicely)...

  BTW what is the JIOR perspective?

  A@G
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  Has anyone disassociated themselves in public at the KH?

  by Awakened at Gilead in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i read of someone on this site that gave a public talk and disassociated himself at the end of the talk.

  has anyone here da'd by giving a comment at a meeting?????.

  it would be kinda cool with the big generation light coming up to just raise my hand, say i don't believe it, and be done with it.

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  I read of someone on this site that gave a public talk and disassociated himself at the end of the talk. Has anyone here DA'd by giving a comment at a meeting?????

  It would be kinda cool with the Big Generation Light coming up to just raise my hand, say I don't believe it, and be done with it. Or maybe I'm just fantasizing too much....

  A@G
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  My wife is thinking AT LAST!!!!!

  by tooktheredpill in

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  2. friends

  hey guys!.

  i can't wait to tell you something that happened last night.

  in order to understarnd it, let me give you some details about me first: i'm still an elder, with my wife and the whole family and friends inside the borg.

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  TTRP,

  Great news!!! I can't see the same happening to my wife. I am amazed that you have been able to continue as an elder and still maintain your feelings. Hopefully you'll be able to start fading soon.

  A@G
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  My Diagnosis and long term Prognosis ..............

  by nomoreguilt in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes, i have what is called c.r.s.

  it has been coming on rather slowly but still it is quite rapidly moving on.

  it started a few years ago, i am 58 , and up until a few months ago hadn't seemed too serious.

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  Awakened at Gilead

  HB,

  Welcome to the board!!!

  I can speak from both perspectives since I was born a Brit and raised in the US. I agree with much of your characterizations of those people living on the west side of the Atlantic....

  You should start a thread about this...

  BTW, NMG...

  What was this thread about again????

  bttt
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  Stay or leave your spouse after leaving JWs - Do you have regrets?

  by Awakened at Gilead in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i am in a situation that many of you have faced... whether to stay with my spouse or not after having learned the falsehood of the org.. my wife is diehard witness who gets upset whenever i talk about the org negatively.

  she is not happy that i am on jwd... in fact the other day she picked up the keyboard and wanted to throw it accros the room or bash me with it when she saw i was on jwd... she is also very upset about me making friends with "apostates" and worldly people, and told me never to bring them to our home!

  this concerns me, since i am not going to have any friends in the org, and i need at least a few friendships...she doesn't want me to talk to the friends in the cong about my decision so that i don't share my doubts.

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  Awakened at Gilead

  Shutterbug,

  As I said to wings... no kids involved...