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  Library Visit # 2: 607 BCE vs. 587 BCE - With Pictures!

  by mentallyfree31 in

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  2. bible

  approximately five weeks ago, i visited the local library and searched every book i could find that discusses the destruction of jerusalem in ancient times.

  if you didn't see that thread, you can find it here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/192813/1/607-b-c-e-a-trip-to-the-local-library-with-pictures.

  the results were conclusive: all secular sources agree that jerusalem was destroyed in 587/586 bce.

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  diamondiiz

  WTS has no proof for 607 so they try to discredit the proof that there is not enough evidence found to support 586/7 date. The fact is there is more proof to support Neo Babylonian reigns with proper years than for 539BC as the date of Cyrus capturing babylon. Carl Olof Jonnson's Gentile Times Reconsidered is an excellent book with tons of material showing why 607 fails the history test. One of the biggest facts proving beyond a doubt are the artifacts which include the lunar eclipses and the year of the king's rule since the detailed description of the lunar eclipses can not have taken place 20 years earlier. There are many many of these artifacts from various years and various lunar eclipses from different Neo Babylonian kings in power which could not have been all changed by Persians nor a conspiracy to hide the 20 years that wts imagines.

  WTS' pillar has no foundtion since 607 is false, 1914 means nothing, and thus FDS weren't chosen in 1919 thus WTS is a fraud.
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  For the JW converts- What drew you in?

  by serenitynow! in

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  2. experiences

  wannabfree's thread about being ashamed of being suckered in to the big lie got me to thinking.

  i wish my grandma was still alive so i could ask her what it was that attracted her to the jws.

  she was raised methodist- our family still has a small church in her birthplace, got a degree back when it was rare for black people to do so.

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  diamondiiz

  I was in grade 10, young and naive. Had respect for the bible and I also didn't understand trinity and the whole idea of paradise earth and never having to die sounded good. Looking back, no kid should be allowed to study with this useless cult without perantal consent.
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  Did You Experience THIS When You Were Awakening From Mind Control?

  by mentallyfree31 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  back in december, when i awakened from the wt mind control - i would wake up for several weeks in the middle of the night thinking "what are you doing?

  you know the witnesses have the truth".

  every day or so these thoughts would return.

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  diamondiiz

  After reading Thy Kingdom Come book, I knew this religion was BS and dropped the crap almost on the spot. The annoyance I experience is that I wasted 19 years of my life believing a dream and not I have to come to realize there is no fantasy world waiting for me nor anybody else and that most likely there is no God and if there is one he doesn't care about humans. Aside from that I rather live a real life than live a warped dream.
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  How Many Apostates Are At Bethel?

  by mentallyfree31 in

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  2. medical

  does anybody personally know people at bethel that are "apostate" but still undercover?

  surely there has to be a handul at least.

  perhaps they are still there, until they can get things in order to leave...

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  diamondiiz

  A question should be asked "If there is an apostate at Bethal, why the hell would s/he stay slaving for corporation for free??"
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  generation overlap

  by cskyjw.sun in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in 1914 say an anoited was 14 years old lived up to 80years old in 1980;and then another jw became anoited say at age of 20and lives up to 100 years old,then "this generation" would stretch to1980+80=2060.so the end would extend for another 50 years.

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  diamondiiz

  In 2060 anther dub became anointed at age of 20 and lived for 80 years and the generation extended until 2140 and so forth.
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  If I'm so intelligent how did I get drawn in to it all?

  by Lozhasleft in

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  2. friends

  i consider myself an intelligent woman...maybe not strong on the 'common sense' front, but academically i've done pretty well...so...how on earth did i not see through it all when i was studying in the beginning???.

  i remember worrying about their 'sales pitching' styles and their arrogance of believing they had the 'truth' ...but still i got involved and became totally immersed in it all.

  i feel like i sacrificied our whole family to them, who now shun me.. yesterday, my new son in law, he's a lawyer, asked me how i could have believed it wasnt a cult (topical word this week here) he said he didnt understand how i could have been persuaded to believe it all and trust them with so much and for so many years...... i feel ashamed of myself that i did and that i brought all this upon our family...anyone else relate?.

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  We like pretty pictures and ideas without checking the history it looks good on paper.

  ps. People look genuine and nice - wtf was I thinking? I was young and naive :(
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  I need digital camera suggestions. Thank you!

  by asilentone in

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  i am thinking about buying a new digital camera with usb cord.

  any suggestions?

  i do not want to spend alot of money on it.

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  diamondiiz

  dpreview is an excellent site for that. They all use a usb cord to connect to a comp. Most likely you want a point and shoot camera and most(if not all) of them today come with video capability as well.
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  No typos or grammatical errors ever????

  by StAnn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  seems to me that, despite the fact that the content of the wts literatrash is crap, i've never seen a typo or grammatical error in the lit.

  anybody ever noticed this or ever found instances of errors?

  and, if there are no errors, how do they manage that?

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  diamondiiz

  Revelation book has one or a couple typos if I remember correctly
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  Where Am I?

  by BoomTown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  about a year ago, i made the same choice many on this board made, to leave the witnesses.

  at first, when i would go back to the hall i would tell my believing(just barely) wife why things being said were so false and i was so damn adament about what i was learning from the "apostate sites.

  " in the past year my meeting attendance has slowly faded to about 1 meeting a month.

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  diamondiiz

  Hi Boomtown;

  I pondered on the woman/man thing as well. Would be nice to have some stats. As for speeding things up with your wife's exit, it's hard to say as each person is different. You can try to reason with her from wts own publications and hope she sees it for the cult that it is and leaves. Good luck in getting her out as I'm still fighting to get my wife out of their grip. Making outside friends might help
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  which are the strong points of the WT?

  by marcopolo in

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  can someone say me ?.

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  diamondiiz

  They are Jehovah's People in this time!

  Hard to say what are good points about them since they're so bloody fake.