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  Just in case you missed it -- great comment by "easyreader" from another thread

  by Alpaca in

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  on metatron's thread about dubs going mainstream easyreader said this:.

  another issue causing the decay is the lack of a "date".

  in order for a cult to work, there has to be a date where everything will culminate.

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  Hobo Ken

  They are running out of stuff to talk about, I mean have you seen the april 15th 09 study article? ha ha ha ha ha is all that could do when I read it.

  They are asking the faithful by way of the review box on page 19. this-

  What practical lessons do we leaarn from?

  The ant?

  The rock badger?

  The locust?

  The ghecko?

  Is this the level of spiritual food the fds is pumping out now? it's like freakin sesame street....no wonder they made it a private issue , the public would laugh at this. And they say the clergy talk in spiritual soft tones?

  my blog.

  http://deathorobedience.blogspot.com
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  1975 Was Brought Up At the Meeting

  by dismayed in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i'm daydreaming through the service meeting last night, (the end of the "supermeeting") and the ms is giving a part on always being ready to defend our faith.

  blah blah blah.....you know the drill.

  so he invites up a brother to do the demo part.

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  Hobo Ken

  Family love" is rife among the org as far I know
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  1975 Was Brought Up At the Meeting

  by dismayed in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i'm daydreaming through the service meeting last night, (the end of the "supermeeting") and the ms is giving a part on always being ready to defend our faith.

  blah blah blah.....you know the drill.

  so he invites up a brother to do the demo part.

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  Hobo Ken

  Not if they had the right intentions, plus your forgetting password ,that false prophets don't admit their mistakes so I guess it's Bad news and irrelevant news....
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  Just in case you missed it -- great comment by "easyreader" from another thread

  by Alpaca in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on metatron's thread about dubs going mainstream easyreader said this:.

  another issue causing the decay is the lack of a "date".

  in order for a cult to work, there has to be a date where everything will culminate.

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  Hobo Ken

  Yeah well the die hard element will always keep trooping on ,feeling that they are being "faithfull"

  Once they realise the gb are slowly taking the doctrinal carpet from under their feet they will have to readjust. all the old dates are getting slowly dismantled and there's no new one's in the future....let the cult collapse I say.
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  With us fast approaching the Memorial..

  by passwordprotected in

  1. watchtower
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  ..i thought i'd post a new blog entry;.

  "unless you eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves.

  this will also be on freeminds soon.

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  Hobo Ken

  Thing is password that they could argue about who gets to take it among their numbers all day but what does the bible say?

  1Tim 2,5 "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, a man, Christ Jesus,"

  In other word s Jesus said that no one can come to the father unless it's through him...Why him ?cos he provided the way to redemtion, a relationship with God , through guess what ? THE NEW COVENANT!

  I'll bet that a very large percentage of Jw's don't even know the function of it. They've been told that you don't need it , ur not anointed, and Jesus is not their mediator. He's only allowed to do it for the 10,000 or so anointed within jw ranks. and yet the above scripture shows that it's the only option , not as the G.B. say one need only hang around with the remnant to attain eternal life with of course no scriptures to back it up.

  It's like any good confidence trick, you only realise what you have just had stolen from you when it's too late. Except in this case it's not a spiv at your door with geasy hair and a pinstripe suit. It's " the greatest corporation in the woirild" that's scammed you. ( ok they may have used the guy in the suit to make contact.)

  Check out my blog

  http:/deathorobedience.blogspot.com
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  1975 Was Brought Up At the Meeting

  by dismayed in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i'm daydreaming through the service meeting last night, (the end of the "supermeeting") and the ms is giving a part on always being ready to defend our faith.

  blah blah blah.....you know the drill.

  so he invites up a brother to do the demo part.

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  Hobo Ken

  Well elsewhere it was all apparently sanctioned by the whole body of elders....kind of makes you wonder if they're right in the head. My bro told me there were "several" under the radar ppl in the local cong that were ranging from doubters to outright apostates. I'm guessing that after their little demo some of the ones on the doubt end of the spectrum might have went home to check on the net what the folk at the other end of the spectrum have been saying!! talk about rifling one in the back of your own goal......
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  1975 Was Brought Up At the Meeting

  by dismayed in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i'm daydreaming through the service meeting last night, (the end of the "supermeeting") and the ms is giving a part on always being ready to defend our faith.

  blah blah blah.....you know the drill.

  so he invites up a brother to do the demo part.

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  Hobo Ken

  My Brother who is an elder took part in a demo during a service meeting local needs talk just at the end of last year.. I've never heard of that happening during all my time in the org. The talk was to warn publishers in our congregation against having conversations with suspected apostates that could destroy their faith.

  The two elders then had what amounted to an apostate monologue!! , mentioning date setting like 1975 and other things that the apostates say. I have had many conversations with him which expressed these views and I considered the item to be directed to me. I thought at the time that it was possible he was using some kind of semaphore and that he was trying to alert others. Sadly it wasn't the case, but maybe it hit some nerves for some in the audience...
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  "How Did Those Before the WTS Arrived Attain Salvation?" - blog post comparing the WTS boasts with what the Bible actually says

  by passwordprotected in

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  new blog looking at the core doctrines of the watch tower society.

  worth bookmarking.. http://deathorobedience.blogspot.com/2009/03/watchtower-view-of-bible.html.

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  Hobo Ken

  Thanks for flagging up the new blog bro. I'll be adding to it on a regular basis.
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  ..and the marriage ended.

  by passwordprotected in

  1. jw
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  i thought this was unintentionally funny;.

  a couple years later, sawyer's father, aaron jackson, put all that aside and became a jehovah's witness.

  the marriage ended.

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  Hobo Ken

  Well I have accurate intel on a jw who is now an elder and stand-in c.o. who on accepting the mantle of dubdom started purposely breaking electrical gear in the house that he knew was stolen, in order to ease his conscience. He behaved in such a foul manner that he broke up with his poor wife and they divorced ,she wisely decided she didn't want to get into the cult. I also heard from two different sources that he would tie his young son to the bed frame as a form of punishment, in order to drill "theocratic " order into him. Needless to say the boy grew up and surprise , surprise doesn't have anything to do with jw's or his father..... The elder is now re-married to a lovely "pioneer" sister that I knew personally. They live just around the corner from me. Iv'e seen with my own eyes the poor girl walking the streets late at night in tears. The guy is a zealot. Obviously nothing much has changed with him but no "scriptural divorce" for her I'm afraid. But witnesses don't break up families eh?
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  new blog - The Watchtower Teachings Blog

  by passwordprotected in

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  2. beliefs

  now that i'm 'out' i've decided to start a blog where i'll try and explore some of the wts teachings in a non-aggressive way.. .

  please check in;.

  http://jehovahswitness.tumblr.com/

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  Hobo Ken

  Do you really Feel that discussing the Finer points ot WTS teachings wiil have the desired impact on dubs who are still active?

  I'm not so sure. "strong" Jw's will not venture into such a forum or blog to see wether their teachings hold water.

  My own personal view is something bigger needs to happen before certain ones start to question their belief structure.

  My own view is that that it's JW's own organisation which will provide the needed impetus for a dub to realise their folly.

  Since they are a man made(and led) organisation they WILL falter again as they blindly try to feel their way forward.The current 1914 doctrine may not in my experience be questioned by long standing JW's but really in all honesty has it ANY relevance to younger people?

  I feel the org will move awayfrom the 1914 dogma as it has no current meaning in relation to and are already in the process of doing just that.

  This will have an earth shaking effect on the old brigade, and for the younger ones who are supposed to take a lead from them, a knock on effect.

  Watch this space as we approach 2014.