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  The Grandest "witness" that each of us could give to the world looks to be shortly upon us. Will you be there? (In honor of Ray Franz)

  by StoneWall in

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  many of us are aware of the stroke that raymond franz had yesterday,.

  that he is on life support and it doesn't look like he is going to pull through.. someone on another thread mentioned if he didn't survive how many.

  was planning on attending his funeral.. to me this deserves its own thread.. .

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  cattails

  Brock it's obvious you don't understand what Ray's life and his experience means for many of us.

  It is one thing to show appreciation and respect and another to worship. And I don't think anyone

  here worships Ray. But I bet you he's very much respected for the honesty and the bravery he

  showed in exposing the goings on of the higher echelons in the WTS. Ray is a Christian man a

  person who has shown respect to those he has been in touch with and we owe him the same

  respect back.

  If you can't understand please don't make a fool of yourself by talking trash on this forum.

  BTW are you the same Brock on Barb's PalTalk?
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  Fictional Teaching of Slave Class/RF

  by compound complex in

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  in search of christian freedom.

  the faithful and discreet slave.

  masking over reality - for what purpose?.

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  Ray's books are a wonderful eye opener as it concerns the inner dealings of the WTS.

  I'm glad I had a chance to read them and I recommend them to anyone reading this

  forum and who still attends meetings or is active as a JW. Do not be afraid to know

  the "truth" from someone who was there and witnessed it all from inside the sessions

  of the Governing Body and then was brave enough to share the "truth" of what happens

  in the GB meetings. Ray Franz deserves our thanks and our appreciation for his effort

  and his honesty.

  Thanks CoCo for bringing this post back to top.
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  Ray Franz has had a stroke

  by coffee_black in

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  just setting the record straight.

  there is another thread that notes a claim on wiki that said that ray has died.. he had a stroke yesterday, and is in the hospital.

  he is still alive.

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  Thanks Sooner7nc for that quote from Ray. It really shows how sharp he was even at 87 years

  and having had a minor stroke already. I love his books and have now read both. They are a help

  in understanding that the WT Society isn't God's Channel as they claim, but only a manipulating

  religious book publishing and magazine printing corporation that takes advantage of us gullible

  people who thought we were getting into paradise by following their lead. Instead Ray's books

  helped me to find the real freedom in Christ. May he and his wife feel how loved and cared about

  they are from so many people around the world. I hope and pray for peace for him and his family

  during this difficult time.
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  Will The Governing Body Enforce the New Generation Understanding and Muzzle Open Criticism Among the Rank and File?

  by frankiespeakin in

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  2. beliefs

  to keep every jw on the same page about the new light on extending the generation to mammoth's lengths of time the gb will no doubt be squashing any open criticism,, even the old cronies at bethel will looking differently at the gb when that starts happening.

  even the most hardcore believer will be looking at the governing body in a "new light".

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  They'll squelch discontent with backroom sessions, removal of privileges,

  marking talks, and eventual DF'ing of anyone who persists in calling this

  new crazy generation gap overlap idea what it truly is, a bunch of crap.
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  Convention

  by CrimsonAshes in

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  just got back fromt he convention.

  it was unbelievable.

  deep....and very interesting..

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  cattails

  deep as in deep in doodoo?
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  Utterly destroy

  by hoj in

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  many times god orders his people to utterly destroy the enemy.

  this one is from judges, the same book that had gideon's army which i see as allegory.

  could this be figurative also?.

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  cattails

  But notice it wasn't God that wanted this done. It was the assembly of Israelites.

  Look at verse 25

  "In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes."

  Sometimes men try to put blame on God for the things men do. This whole account really

  shows 'sickening' and 'despicable' things some men can do to other people.
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  Witness Watchdog

  by mrsjones5 in

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  one of my jwd friends on facebook just posted this link which i think is quite interesting, it's a blog which is aimed at outing apostates on facebook:.

  http://witnesswatchdog.blogspot.com/?spref=fb.

  the blog also have a little information on madjw, not that i think it's reliable but it's there..

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  cattails

  Witness Watchdog likes to poop on everyone's party.

  Nobody likes dog poop, not even the biggest poops of

  them all who sit on the GB. Witness Watchdog needs

  a life.

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  Witness Watchdog

  by mrsjones5 in

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  one of my jwd friends on facebook just posted this link which i think is quite interesting, it's a blog which is aimed at outing apostates on facebook:.

  http://witnesswatchdog.blogspot.com/?spref=fb.

  the blog also have a little information on madjw, not that i think it's reliable but it's there..

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  Hey Mega,

  That's surely an apostate picture. Oh, wait a minute it looks

  like one of those subliminal faces on WT publications. Ok,

  never mind

  :-)))
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  Fun meeting with an elder

  by teel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a few days ago an elder, old aquaintance of mine visited me (alone, which was my request - props for him for accepting my terms).

  it was quite an interresting meeting.

  this elder is quite intelligent, he is a professor at a local college.

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  cattails

  Hey Teel,

  you've got a PM.

  --Cat
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  GB closing down and selling Central American Branches to be serviced out of Mexican Branch

  by cattails in

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  2. beliefs

  the gb is closing down and selling all central american branches.

  the congregations are to be serviced out of the mexican branch.. they end the letter by saying that aren't the congregations in the.

  central american territory to be expecting great rejoicing since they'll.

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  cattails

  With so many "Branches" in little countries the WTS runs the risk of some big plans filtering out.

  Cutting down on branches also helps control who has access to highly confidential information.

  The cost cutting gained from the closure of these offices can't really be much. They would of course

  still maintain Special Pioneers, especially those who had high offices and know a lot of confidential

  information.

  It's to me another example of the WTS rounding up the wagons mentality.