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  NEW GENERATION DEFINED -- April 15, 2010 Watchtower

  by Ultimate Reality in

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  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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  JoJoJones

  I HOPE that people will start looking for the door!!
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  Brother Ted, Theocratic Economics and Card Run-outs

  by Duncan in

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  dear all,.

  i nearly met up with brother ted f. the other day.

  i say nearly, because i arrived round my mothers house just a few minutes after he left.

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  Duncan, your post is so well thought out and logical. About lions and even domestic cats. Without protein they would die! They cannot survive on strictly vegetarian and/or grain diets. I have five cats, and they thrive on protein - - that is, meat. The dry food I get them is expensive but so worthwhile! It is LOADED with chicken and salmon and has no grains in it. I don't see how cats could survive in a "new system or world" if they couldn't have meat for their source of protein. I hate to watch nature shows and see lions and tigers kill and devour animals, because I love all animals. So, I can't watch that stuff without changing the channel! Yet I know that it's a matter of survival for these lions, tigers, etc. to hunt and eat these animals. They are just doing what they have to do, need to do, to survive and to feed their young. Besides, they are magnificant and beautiful beings! Long may they live!! :-)
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  The Gradual Change From Worshiping Jehovah To The Worship Of the Governing Body

  by frankiespeakin in

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  2. beliefs

  i first began my misadventures with jehovah's witnesses in 1972 as a youth(18 years old) and was baptised in that same year.

  i was young inexperienced and they caught me at a low point when i was weak and looking for god to solve problems.

  being raised as a catholic and going to all the religious indoctrination up to the point of confirmation, i guess you could say i was indoctrinated from birth to believe a certain way which left me vulnerable to the jw propaganda.. fast foreword to the time of my departure in 2001 february.. for a couple of years (late 90s) before i left i started noticing out right lies in the wt publications about their history and the luster that these magazines used to have started to fade rapidly also around that time i really began to notice the gobs and gobs of praise they were bestowing on the organization and the representative members of the so called faithful & discrete slave(gb).

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  JoJoJones

  Re: what Emptyinside said - - good comments. The WTBTS runs a good con game it sounds like! Yuck! Sickening! All the poor congregations and individuals who are scammed by this shameless cult - - it's so sad!
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  To Ex-JWs: Do You Regret Learning it Was a Lie?

  by leavingwt in

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  this question was inspired by a question on another thread.

  to the ex-jw community here,.

  do any of you regret learning that wt is not god's organization?

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  JoJoJones

  My only regret in not knowing the "truth" was actually a lie from the beginning. What a waste of years of my life.
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  STOP Talking to Your Family OR ELSE!

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

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  2. friends

  " (the watchtower july 1st 1963 issue, page 411).

  " (the watchtower july 1st 1963 issue, page 413).

  " (the watchtower july 15th 1963 issue, page 446).

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  JoJoJones

  Hi, Oceanblue, I am so glad you are out of that horrible sham of a religion! You are much better off now. And see, you have so-called "worldly" friends who really and truly care about you and who check on you. Their love for you is totally unconditional. They are truer friends than your JW friends were! Also, you are young yet, so you can achieve your potential and accomplish so much! I think your no longer being a Jehovah's Witness is the best thing that ever happened to you!! Please keep coming back here and corresponding with us, and please continue your journey of self-discovery. Explore who you are! And enjoy getting to know yourself! I am so glad that you are happy now that you are totally aware that the "truth" of the Jehovah's Witnesses is not really the truth at all! It's one big fallacy with a few facts thrown in to confuse people into believing this "religion" is true. Well, hogwash!
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  STOP Talking to Your Family OR ELSE!

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  " (the watchtower july 1st 1963 issue, page 411).

  " (the watchtower july 1st 1963 issue, page 413).

  " (the watchtower july 15th 1963 issue, page 446).

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  JoJoJones

  i'm afraid I couldn't face reading all of this post, though I appreciate it being sent. It's just that it is such a sickening, nauseating, aand depressing message from the WTBTS to Jehovah's Witnesses. The Watchtower organization is not normal. It is unnatural to harbor such hateful, unkind thoughts and feelings toward disfellowshipped people. I could only read so much of this post and no more. What horrible teachings the WTBTS passes on to the elders to teach the poor "rank and file"! It's inexcusable, so cold and callous. The "Governing Body" comes across as so indifferent to the sufferings of those they assume power over. This authority is not real. It is just so-called authority. I just want everybody to get out of this sham of a religion!! I care so much about the people. It is just that their "religion" is sick!
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  My Wife is demanding that I stop coming to this board.

  by garyneal in

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  okay, i am in a bit of a dilemma.

  since i believe in honesty between marriage mates, i have been telling my wife about this board and my participation on it.

  i feel it is only right so that she won't feel like i have anything to hide.

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  JoJoJones

  I think it is entirely up to you if you come here or not. You're an individual, and you need to be true to yourself. I hope you keep coming back and sharing, and I hope this site is very helpful to you and that you feel very supported here. Take care.
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  Logistical problems of the new system...

  by highdose in

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  2. friends

  just supposing that you belive in it... i used to always wonder, how on earth are we going to get from one country to the other?

  i mean old type ships used to take months to get around!

  what about land travel?

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  JoJoJones

  If animals are going to become vegetarians or vegans, then I can't help worrying about cats. They have to eat meat or they'll die. Cats cannot survive on a vegetarian diet. Would God change how their digestive systems work or what? This new system thing is hard to make sense of, and it is just so cold, cold, cold that Witnesses talk about houses they're going to take over and live in after Armageddon! I have heard some Witnesses say the most heartless things, even out in service where JWs supposedly show lots of agape love and caring to "worldly" people. If that was so, then why were they saying such unkind things?!
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  Did You WANT To Talk To Disfellowshipped People?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  did you at least want to say "hi"?

  or did you avoid them like the plague?.

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  JoJoJones

  I couldn't ignore anyone who'd been disfellowshipped. I just had to greet them - - it didn't feel right not to. I would have felt cold and callous had I not said hi. Besides, I was no angel. How could I possibly shun anyone?
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  What's the worst you ever experienced while preaching?

  by Newborn in

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  i was once threatened with a rifle.

  that was scary...but hey...what didn't we suffer for the good news.

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  JoJoJones

  There was the time a young man sprayed mace at a pioneer sister and me - - supposedly it was mace, and it didn't hit our faces. But, it sure scared us! Then there was the time a circuit overseer was unkind to me. For some reason I was the only sister who went out in service that day. There were two brothers as well as the circuit overseer out in service. When we got to the territory the overseer told the brothers to work together and that he would work house over house with them. Then he wheeled quickly around and pointed across the street and told me to work that block. The whole block! By myself. So, with my tail tucked between my legs I meeklly and oh, so mildly went across the street and tried to work the block alone. I don't think I would let anyone treat me like that these days, but back then I didn't think i had a choice. Besides, I was just so timid then. Now I think the guy was being a jerk. I know there were sisters he would have been happy to work with, to support and encourage, but I guess I just wasn't one of those popular sisters or pioneers. My husband and I both could have used encouragement. Eventually things worked out well for my husband. He became an elder. However, I wish with all my heart and soul that I had never tried to get him to study with the Witnesses. Boy, oh, boy, do I ever! He really got hooked in! I am so glad I am out of that cult! Anyway, i don't know why the cicrcuit overseer treated me like dirt. I just wish that then I'd had the self-confidence and self-esteem that I have now. I could have stood up for myself somehow or gone across the street and asked a householder to call a cab for me, so that I could leave. Then I could have waved bye-bye when the taxi drove past the circuit overseer. Everybody - - EVERYBODY should be treated with dignity and respect. I didn't know I'd be the only sister who showed up for service. I don't know what the overseer's deal was, but what a turkey!