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  What Are You Reading?

  by zoiks in

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  2. friends

  ok, here's my current list:.

  i just finished the greatest show on earth by richard dawkins, and am almost finished crisis of conscience by...some guy.. currently in hand, i have:.

  the power of myth, joseph campbell and bill moyers.

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  I love all Walter Mosley (Easy Rawlings Series) books. The last was Blonde Faith.
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  Why do JW say if all were JW no more war

  by bobld in

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  if all jw are so holy and righteous,why do 70,000 to 100,000 get disfellowshipped each year?

  in 10 years,that would be 700,000 to 1,000,000.df for causing sectarian divisions,misleading,treating lightly the preaching work,rejecting god's representatives(gb) and his visible org.so what are they going to do to these df'er.. b.

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  I was an attendent at Dodger Stadium for many years. it was funny how ALL of the pioneers and elders and "ELDEResses" would literally fight to get the best seats (as was previously mentioned.

  Now the wives of elders like to play the hollier than thou spiritually minded christian role. It is funny, but sad. Some JWs spend sooo much time tearing down the faithful, I am convienced that living forever is tortue if some of the JWs that I know are there.
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  History Channel Special on the Last Days

  by SouthCentral in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had surgery this weekend and the history channel had a great special on the last days.

  they actually highlighted the generation teaching and the millerites.

  benny hinn was on and he stated that 1948 was the key year and the generation lasted 100 years.

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  I had surgery this weekend and the History channel had a great special on the Last Days. They actually highlighted the generation teaching and the Millerites. Benny Hinn was on and he stated that 1948 was the key year and the generation lasted 100 years. They of course used all of the typical JW scriptures relating to the generation.

  I don't know if this was posted yet, but the parts I saw were interesting.
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  Memorial 2010 Your Experiences

  by scotinsw in

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  2. experiences

  just got back from memorial.

  only went so that i could say to my parents that i had gone and to remind myself why i left.. oh my word!!!

  it was sooooo painful.. got there a bit late - it was a couple of minutes into the talk.

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  I snuck in a back room with the family and tried to leave immediately. Long talk by a Brooklyn man, not great, but better than the locals. It was not packed as the last memorial I attended 6 years ago.
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  Memorial 2010 Your Experiences

  by scotinsw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just got back from memorial.

  only went so that i could say to my parents that i had gone and to remind myself why i left.. oh my word!!!

  it was sooooo painful.. got there a bit late - it was a couple of minutes into the talk.

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  I get so tired of the phonies. A lot of the same old scriptures that have been read thousands of times. Very dissapointed in my second meeting in the last 6 years. I really hate the meetings. No substance or even devotional feelings. No connection with the masses or even brotherly love. Just sit down, turn to a scripture every 2 minutes and then get a free watchtower on the way out..

  I was thinking, "BOY, do these idiots know of the major change that is coming" Then I remembered, drones don't think, they will just follow what is told.
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  Did you feel embarassed explaining the Memorial to people?

  by lepermessiah in

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  i did...... by the time you were done, they looked at you like you were from another planet.. it was the "you actually believe all of this?

  " look.. .

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  I just say I celebrated the Passover.
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  Confused about the current generation teaching? Get your Watchtower Generation chart

  by truthseeker in

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  2. bible

  enjoy!.

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  http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4126/generationh.jpg.

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  I have said it on other threads, but I wonder what intelligent person in the org. still believes this. It is clearly a false teaching!!!
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  What was your initial reaction to finding out the religion is a cult?

  by make yourself in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  mine was filled with shock and anger but mostly anger.

  it made me feel that way because i have never been lied to like that growing up in the religion with it being all you know.

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  When the generation teaching changed in 1995, that the the red light that made me question everything. Of course I wondered, What else is a lie? They I could see that everything was subjective.

  In reality, it was just a semantics thing for me; I mean really, what is a cult? All religion has falsehoods, deceptions and lies. The dubs are no different. Spirituality is a few levels above religionist. Most J-Dubs have no idea what a relationship with God is or real spirituality.
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  CO visit provides preview of April generation change!

  by agent zero in

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  i thought the april wt's brazen generation doctrine change would barely get an official mention before nor after the two paragraphs that deal with it, but yesterday i went to the circuit overseer's visit and in a talk from a bethel outline, he specifically mentioned the change, and i quote... "the very very very newest information we have available, from the april 15th 2010 watchtower!

  " ..reads the infamous paragraphs.. and then, "isn't that wonderful brothers and sisters?

  so now we understand that it means that brother russell's life overlapped with brother rutherford's who's life overlapped (he went through them all), so clearly, this means the end is near.".

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  I wonder if they will pass out free breverages at the meeting for the April 15th, WT. This is really incredible. What thinking or intelligent person can actually believe this? The average JW will not be aware of this for another 5 years (or 3+ changes).
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  NEW GENERATION DEFINED -- April 15, 2010 Watchtower

  by Ultimate Reality in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  from jw.org, here is the new definition of the generation from the april 15, 2010 watchtower.. .

  article: holy spirits role in the outworking of jehovahs purpose.

  13 third, holy spirit is at work in bringing bible.

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  The thought of 70-80 years was very pratical and valid....I believed it. The end is sooo close because some old bastard is now 86 (he was 10 in 1914). When this timeframe expired, they should have admited ignorance instead of constantly changing.

  This teaching has made me lose all confidence in the "Gods in Brooklyn" (or is it upstate NY)

  I wounder if anyone in the org. understands or believes this.