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  "the true faith of the witnesses of Jehovah" in Romania

  by marcopolo in

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  schism happen in romania,, 5000 jw left wts?.

  " the true faith of the witnesses of jehovah.".

  is real or no.. .

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  villabolo

  Thank you Blondie, very interesting.
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  "the true faith of the witnesses of Jehovah" in Romania

  by marcopolo in

  1. jw
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  schism happen in romania,, 5000 jw left wts?.

  " the true faith of the witnesses of jehovah.".

  is real or no.. .

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  villabolo

  A schism that large in the JWs? Any details?
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  If You Could & Still Attended, What Suggestions Would You Give The Elders?

  by minimus in

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  what would like to tell the elders that you knew?.

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  villabolo

  QUIT!
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  Which of the Society's presidents did you like the least?

  by donny in

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  while i was a witness, i never liked or cared for j.f.

  rutherford.

  even with the society's whitewashing and trying to make him look like one who was part of the seven trumpet blasts in revelation, i could not stand the guy.

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  villabolo

  Charles Russel was a Lenin. Joseph Rutherford was a Stalin.
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  Stupid Memorial

  by PanzerZauberei in

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  well, i am gonna have to go again because my wife wants to go this year.

  she missed last year because she was sick and was so depressed about it for a month after because of the guilt her stupid family laid upon my poor darling.

  last night she was visiting her dad (the only one who didn't guilt her) and he asked if she was going to go this year.

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  villabolo

  Thanks Parrot.
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  Stupid Memorial

  by PanzerZauberei in

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  well, i am gonna have to go again because my wife wants to go this year.

  she missed last year because she was sick and was so depressed about it for a month after because of the guilt her stupid family laid upon my poor darling.

  last night she was visiting her dad (the only one who didn't guilt her) and he asked if she was going to go this year.

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  villabolo

  By the way, when is the memorial this year?
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  Whats the difference between YHWH and YHVH ?

  by lurk3r in

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  villabolo

  I'm not a scholar but I know that there is not always a direct correspondence between two letters in different languages. It is sometimes a toss up as to which letter represents which sound the best in any given language. Example the chinese have a consonant that is somewhere between l and r in the english language making it difficult to pronounce our r.

  Bottom line YHWH is the same as YHVH the difference between V and W being small.
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  Running ahead of Jehovah

  by donny in

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  as i was exiting the society back in 1992, the elders were frantically trying to reason with me and kept saying that i was trying to run ahead of jehovah or running ahead of the organization?

  just what does that entail?.

  or they would tell me to "wait on jehovah" and eventually some of my beliefs/issues will be in line with the truth.

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  I liked the one where they mention that scripture about the ark of the covenant. In the scripture the ark is being transported improperly and is about to tip over into the mud when an Israelite keeps it from falling but gets killed by Jehovah for his effort (No good deed goes unpunished).

  The JWs liken the ark to their organization and tell you that anyone who tries to correct it will suffer a similar fate even if they're wrong.
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  Which Kingdom Melody was it?

  by sacolton in

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  there is one song from the kingdom melody that is a blatant rip-off of queens "lazying on a sunday afternoon".

  which one was it and who has the lyrics?.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcvvvnlujtu.

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  villabolo

  Men make gods of wood and stone

  But the true one they've not known

  ....We're Jehovah's witnesses

  And now my version:

  We make gods of pulp and print

  but of truth we have no hint

  Such is our Jehovah

  Demon god of old

  Other gods are deaf and dumb

  Ours is blind as well you see. . .

  We're Jehovah's witlesses

  We speak out in mindlessness

  Ours is the god of false prophecy

  What he foretells comes to naught
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  How Long Have you Been Out of the Witnesses ? Have you Moved On ?

  by flipper in

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  i have been out over 5 years now.

  i feel we all start healing at different speeds depending on how much hurt we went through in exiting ; and how much we've educated ourselves about how and why we were sucked in by a mind control cult.

  at first i felt anger towards the organization , but after learning about mind control within 3 years of leaving the cult i felt sorry for those who are still trapped inside the witnesses being deceived.

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  villabolo

  Twenty eight years out of the witnesses. I am very fortunate that I did not have family in the religion as that would have complicated matters.

  I have moved on in the sense that I am not like many former witnesses who simply "fall out of the 'truth'" and feel guilty because they think it's still the "Truth" and that they are inferior. I was df'd for apostacy and proud of it.

  Still there is a lot of resentment towards that baby killing, child excommunicating, God f@$^* religion. In fact I live in a large apartment complex full of them so I am reminded every day.

  How do I move on? I believe part of the answer is participating here.