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  I need your help for a text

  by Motema Bolingo in

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  i try to find the magazine (probably a wt) where it is clearly written that jehovah's witnesses have to believe the bible as understood by the organization (or something similar).. i am french speaking, but with the english reference, i will be able to find the magazine in my own langage.. thank you in advance for your help.

  jacques.

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  Motema

  I found this one quote that might be of help - not sure if it is the one you are looking for.

  "Thus the Bible is an organizational book and belongs to the Christian congregation as an organization, not to individuals, regardless of how sincerely they may believe that they can interpret the Bible. For this reason the Bible cannot be properly understood without Jehovah's visible organization in mind." Watchtower 1967 October 1 p.587

  I'll see if I can find any others for you.

  All the best

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  Loving your beutiful children

  by jambon1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had little or no problems with my beliefs as an 18 year old convert to the jehovah's witness religion.

  fair enough, there were a few things that i found a bit wacky & odd, but i was on the road to life.

  i couldn't give a rats arse about many things.

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  zoiks - Thank you. Just when I think I am dealing with the loss of my entire family due to shunning, some little thing will bring the grief and pain to the surface again.

  jambon1 - I can't agree more with you that JWs destroy families and lives with this evil shunning policy. This is the issue with the WTS that is so close to my heart and the one I speak out about to non JWs as often as I can.

  Thanks again for this thread.

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  Loving your beutiful children

  by jambon1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had little or no problems with my beliefs as an 18 year old convert to the jehovah's witness religion.

  fair enough, there were a few things that i found a bit wacky & odd, but i was on the road to life.

  i couldn't give a rats arse about many things.

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  Thank you for this wonderful post jambon1.

  Reading through it while still dealing with the incredible pain of being totally shunned by my father and brother and sister for the last 18 months made it even more meaningful for me.

  I am so glad for you that you left when you did and that your children will grow up with your unconditional love always.

  All the best

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  Is the Watchtower an Apocalyptic or doomsday religion?

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  imo the watchtower has a strong emphasis on eschatology and is one of the most prominent of the modern apocalyptic religions.

  so i found it surprising to see the watchtower never uses the word eschatology applied to itself and claims not to be an apocalyptic religion.

  startfragment.

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  In answer to your question about JWs:

  Is it accurate to claim they are apocalyptic or doomsday focused?

  A religion that has as it's core belief the teaching that 99.9% of this worlds population are doomed to an apocalyptic destruction and that only 0.1% of the population will be saved is in my books an apocalyptic or doomsday cult/sect/religion.

  And they try to hide this belief behind the live forever in paradise belief. A bit like trying to hide an elephant behind a flea.

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  JW replies on my Shunning article

  by besty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a google article on shunning -.

  http://knol.google.com/k/why-jehovah-s-witnesses-practice-religious-shunning#.

  its had almost 15,000 page views :-).

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  besty

  Great response - I especially love this bit.

  Before offering people a bible study perhaps you should offer them a history study.

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  Change the title of a WT book to reflect its meaning

  by Sapphy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  young people ask - answers that work to repress.. the subject-to-change truth that leads to eternal life.

  keep yourselves in gods love - by following 1950s morality.

  any more?

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  These are my title changes:

  Things in Which it is Impossible for God the FDS to Lie. - (I had to study the Impossible to Lie book as a child!)

  Aid to Bible JW Cult Understanding

  The Secret of Family Unhappiness

  You Cannot Live Forever in Paradise on Earth

  Knowledge that Doesn't Lead to Everlasting Life

  Making Your Family Life Unhappy

  United in Worship of the Faithful & Discreet Slave

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  IE vs Firefox vs Chrome vs.... Netscape Navigator?

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  kidding about nn.

  i realize this isn't the tech forum but the problem appeared here first.

  thus far, i've submitted all my posts using firefox but for this post i'm using ie to troubleshoot some problems.

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  SweetBabyCheezits - I use Firefox with the AdBlockPlus plugin with no problem on here. I seem to remember a while back I had some problems on here using Firefox but it was something to do with having 'no script' enabled or something like that.

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  My wife's out and we're very happy

  by 10p in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i feel a bit guilty.

  people on this forum were very friendly and helpful to me when i was in the in-between phase between brainwashing and freedom.. i also got a lot of help and advice and sympathy when i was trying to get my wife out.. but when she did leave, i forgot all about you guys, and we got on with our lives, and have never been happier.

  honestly, life is soooo damn good now, i worry i might have reached the peak and things will only get worse from here.. we are amazed at how much our children enjoy birthdays and christmas - how healthy, normal and fun these things are.

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  10p I am so happy for you. That was the most heartwarming and encouraging post I have read for a while.

  Wishing you and your family all the best.

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  Welcome SweetBabyCheezits

  by yknot in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sweetbabycheezits...... i sent you a 'welcome pm'.......click on the envelop next to your username to access your pms.

  if you get the error message in trying to open the pm, hit the back button and reclick on pm title!.

  i see you joined a month ago....... i am glad you decided to start posting finally!.

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  Welcome SweetBabyCheezits - it's so good to have you with us.

  Your first post was AWESOME!! Keep them coming and as has already been mentioned, we'd love to hear your story when you're ready to tell it.

  Best Wishes

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  Details of next service years Circuit assembly & Special Day

  by dozy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2010/11 circuit assembly.

  theme: you are no part of the world.

  saturday talk full time service protects us how?.

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  Thanks dozy

  It sounds like the same old 'make sure the plebs are kept very busy and are living in constant fear of the bogeyman'.

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