Topics Started by freethinker2009

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Is it a badge of honor...
by 2112 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
...to have a family member df'ed.?.

i sometimes think it is viewed that way by many dubs.

i've seen many say it with pride, ive seen those dubs being held up as examples of how faithful they are.. your thoughts?.
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Are the Great Crowd back out in the Court of the Gentiles?
by passwordprotected in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in 2002 the wts acknowledged that naos as per revelation 7 does not in fact refer to the courtyard of the gentiles, but in reality - and correctly - is a much more divine place.. quote;.

but as the heavenly elder said to john, the great crowd really is in the temple, not outside the temple area in a kind of spiritual court of the gentiles.

what a privilege that is!
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New meeting arrangement - just over 5 months to go
by passwordprotected in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
at the recent dc the new meeting arrangement was mentioned just once, but not to give us further details on how the new meeting will be structured or how the r&f will be cared for.. .

instead the audience was urged not the second guess the gb, being advised to look at how well the spirit has directed the org up until now, so therefore it will do so into the future.. .

but the reality is the congregations are only just over 5 months away from this new meeting arrangement, yet they know little about how it'll actually affect them.. .
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Do active JW's on this forum still practice shunning?
by Thechickennest in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just wondering if active jw's on this forum or jw's just watching this board still put into practice in one way or another, shunning?.

what is the motivation do so?

is it to save face or relationships?
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When Cults Collapse---
by navytownroger in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was in a los angeles cult in the 70s (unrelated to jw) and finally at one point most of the cult members 'woke up' simultaneously & saw that the leaders had been emotionally abusive and oppressive.

once everyone woke up, the entire cult collapsed within days.

a similar thing happened in the communist countries----everyone suddenly got tired of being oppressed.
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how many insiders?
by agent zero in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi everyone, i'm new here, been viewing the board for a while, decided to join yesterday.. so i'm about 95% convinced now the wts is bogus, but i'm still in coz as yall know leaving is the hardest part.

i plan on doing a fade to avoid the complete disconnection, but first want to gradually help my gf to see things too.

in the meantime, i'm just wondering how many of you are still "active" jdubs?
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changing
by lancelink in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have realized lately that i have come to terms in a way regarding the beliefs of the jw's.

for over thirty years, i did my best to be a productive, supporting member of the congregation.

within the last three years there have been a number of deaths in my family.
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Leaving the Organization but not the teachings
by donny in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when i left the witnesses in 1992 after ten years in the orgainzation, i got as far away from the teachings and mindest as i could.

however some, like my former brother-in-law, also left, but are intent on finding ways to reform the society from within since he believes in the society as being of god, but that it has become misguided and is slowly drifting to "christendom" status.

one of the things he cites as evidence is the wtbts become aligned with the united nations.
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Why is it that witnesses believe that Jesus was resurected in spirit?
by freethinker2009 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am new to this, i have never posted one of these sites before and have been in this org for about 21 years (brought up in it) i am almost 25 and have just started to really question the watchtower and its teachings and have uncovered some interesting things.

there is one thing that puzzles me though, why do jws need to believe so badly that jesus was raised in spirit and not in the flesh.

does it really matter?
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1908 Sign of Jesus Presence?????
by lostsheep82 in
1. jw
2. friends
i came across this video on youtube.

i've never heard of this, and if it is suposedly jesus sign, don't you think russel, and such would have noted it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7jeprptdpo.