The prophecy vs. fate, or vs. self-fulfilling prophecy, was one of my issues before I started studying Bible history.
Turkey Sandwich
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Fate & Bible Prophecies-what do you think?
by DisconnectingDrone injw's are taught that there is no fate-if fate existed no one would be responsible for what they did?
however, i always thought their explanation of jehovah selectively looking into the future was fuzzy.
take the prophecy of cyrus conquering babylon and freeing the israelites back home.
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how many wanted to just run away?...disappear?....after....
by oompa in....waking up to the real truth about the truth?......when it first really hit me like a shovel in the face.....i actually said to the co i would have to leave my wife and son (not hers)) and he is now 20 (not the co..my son), and i said it because i knew i would now never measure up to the "spiritual head" model.
cause i knew it was all bs...but have not really ran away yet....at least not for more than a week at a time.........doing better actually.......but did you want to at least move or something?
?...........oompa
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Turkey Sandwich
I almost did.
I applied for a job that would have me travelling cross-country (tech installation job...pretty good actually) but didn't get hired. Not long after, I got a better local job and was able to move out on my own. Being able to live this double life on my own terms (no more service) has made it easier. But not easy. -
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More of my life, thanks for reading and helping me
by BonaFide ini was a regular pioneer since age 16. ministerial servant at 20. ministerial training school at 23 assigned to south america.
i was told i was the youngest missionary in the world among jw's.
elder at 24, circuit overseer at 26. for those who know the c.o.
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It helps me a lot, reading this forum.
When you know you are different from everyone else, but cannot explain why....it is very lonely. -
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Read to end and you will see what I am trying to do
by BonaFide inserving loyally with gods theocratic organization .
r. clark (new york special assembly-day final talk) .
sorry if my notes are not that great, i recorded talk and tried to write down as best as possible.
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AudeSapere
"Jehovahs Witness dot com was *not* mentioned from the platform. That is one of the comments that bonafide added in."
It was mentioned in another thread by a couple people that yes, JWD was called out by name at a NY convention, and it was in the same context as bonafide recorded...which I find exceptionally odd. I have found a couple forums where 'for real' JDubs talk to people about issues, and answer questions. In my (albeit short) time here, this seems more of an ex-JW forum....calling this place out by name seems more like name-dropping for potentially curious JW's. -
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Best JW tall story/variations of it?
by KW13 indont just list one, list them all so we can laugh because in all honesty i can't believe we believed some of them.
for example, i was told annie lennox stopped a concert to ask if there was any jw's in the audience, and if there was could they leave as they were stopping the demons getting through...is this even remotely true?
did annie lennox ask the jw's in the audience to move because they were stopping the snack lady getting through...and it got twisted through chinese whispers.... the other day (i felt sick) one witness was banging on about how amazing it was that the watchtower society's building was the only one standing still...wtf...my stepdad responded with a 'wow thats amazing' and the first brother was like 'yeah i know'...grrrrrrrrr aaaaaaaah screaaaaaaaaam .
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Turkey Sandwich
There's a Snopes page for everything.
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Question
by Newborn indo you still believe that jehovahs day and the paradise will come?.
i still believe in god and the creation.. /newborn.
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FreudianSlip
"Part of me wishes I still did but I have seen no evidence for either.."
I can understand that so well. My life would be so much easier.
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A birthday in "bizarro world"
by changeling ini'm sitting in the living room reading jwd on my laptop.
my elderly parents are in the adjacent dining room having lunch.
my mother pulls out the "daily text" and asks: "what day is it?
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Turkey Sandwich
I think my JW mom just itches to celebrate birthdays. I guarantee she doesn't forget one.
Actually, once she let me go to a b-day party as a kid, a woman who was studying still had the party for her son, just didn't call it a birthday party! Presents and all, haha. -
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Was my entire life fake?
by BonaFide inso i start thinking about all my "privileges.
" i went to mts, took 600 pages of notes, went to my assignment, i am still serving under the mts program.
for a few years until my circumstances changed.
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Turkey Sandwich
Comparing it to the Matrix is an interesting analogy I hadn't heard before. :)
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what was the one sound bite or comment that helped you see the light?
by siy inthis was a few years ago now, i was on the work one day with an elders elder.. you now the type!.
& he said this to me me (now i would love to know if you heard this one if its from a wt mag).
"how you are viewed by others (& so treated) is a reflection of how god views you".
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Turkey Sandwich
Well, even though I've always "followed party lines", as it were, even as a kid I never really felt like I had faith. When someone would express their love for Jehovah, or otherwise talk about how much they enjoyed this or that WTS publication or event, it always rang hollow to me and I did not understand it. I wondered at what point I would start enjoying meetings and conventions like everyone else said they did.
Several years ago, during a book study with one of the publications heavy on prophesy (maybe the first Daniel book), I was having a hard time believing this stuff and I thought it really sounded contrived, and I had a revelation of my own. I thought to myself - " Wow...this is a really effective system of control they've got."