The Watchtower is a corporation nothing more. The magazines are company magazines. The meetings are company meetings. The prayers are prayers for the company. In Russell's day they were more bold about the whole show. They actually used the word "company" when referencing the small groups who met together. It is all a sham!
believingxjw
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What's The Watchtower So Paranoid About Anyway?
by minimus inso, you see a hidden book (in this internet age), so you view a "confidential" letter, so you record a meeting?.
the watchtower thinks they are entrusted with special communication that ultimately comes from god.
only special ones can be privy to the inner most holy of the watchtower society.. they obviously feel they have been enlightened by god & his governing body to demand whatever allegiance they feel is deserved.. yet, quite simply, they are full of shit.
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I Miss Field Service!
by believingxjw inyep, i miss those good old field service days but now i'm not allowed to join in the house to house work.
so i've decided to do what i was taught to do instead; letter writing.. i'm going to take the money i once contributed to the kingdom hall and buy stamps with it.
then i'll give a good witness to many in my area or in my state or across the country.
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believingxjw
Yep, I miss those good old field service days but now I'm not allowed to join in the house to house work. So I've decided to do what I was taught to do instead; letter writing.
I'm going to take the money I once contributed to the Kingdom Hall and buy stamps with it. Then I'll give a good witness to many in my area or in my state or across the country. We were taught to use the obituaries or other public lists to find contacts to spread the good news. That is an excellent idea. It feels so good to be able to again spread the good news.
And of course, like in the old days, I would never put my name and return address on it lest some worldlyinterested person should want to contact me in a manner I would not wish.
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believingxjw
Yes, in my youth. When I believed and when my friends believed. When we volunteered at assemblies and enjoyed one another's company at congregational activities. But most of all when I believed that Knorr and Fred Franz truly lived as they taught us and required us to live. With love, respect and honesty.
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AimeeV, how could you lurk here so long without posting? Welcome BTW.
by VampireDCLXV ini post this here as a welcome for aimeev.. can you believe she signed on in 2007 and only started posting here this week?
how did you manage that?.
let's give her a big jwn welcome, shall we?.
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believingxjw
Welcome AimeeV!
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Old people ask?
by bottleofwater insome funny opas:.
what is happening to my body?.
how can i avoid photography?.
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believingxjw
What the heck am I doing here? :)
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No one is going to Heaven (and my introduction to the forum)
by sobrino1 ini'm new to the forum, though i had been a lurker for quite some time now.
i studied w/ the witnesses for a number of years, to be specific, for 10 years (since i was a child) but never actually became one; though, i was counted as one in the yearbooks as a "publisher.
" so, as far as i got was as an unbaptized publisher.
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believingxjw
I said this was new poster not an exJW.
"If someone said, "The Bible doesn't teach that God exists" and then tried to show biblical support, I would also say, "You are twisting the scriptures."
But this poster believes in the Bible.
"I don't want to run the person off, but I'm not going to just say "Welcome" and tuck my tail between my legs."
Okay, is there no middle ground between running him off and tucking your tail between your legs?
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No one is going to Heaven (and my introduction to the forum)
by sobrino1 ini'm new to the forum, though i had been a lurker for quite some time now.
i studied w/ the witnesses for a number of years, to be specific, for 10 years (since i was a child) but never actually became one; though, i was counted as one in the yearbooks as a "publisher.
" so, as far as i got was as an unbaptized publisher.
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believingxjw
Brotherdan,
"How are you able to twist this scripture?"
Why are you so defensive? This is a new poster.
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No one is going to Heaven (and my introduction to the forum)
by sobrino1 ini'm new to the forum, though i had been a lurker for quite some time now.
i studied w/ the witnesses for a number of years, to be specific, for 10 years (since i was a child) but never actually became one; though, i was counted as one in the yearbooks as a "publisher.
" so, as far as i got was as an unbaptized publisher.
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believingxjw
Sobrino1,
" Is Jesus always going to be in heaven? No…"
Could you expound on that a bit? Thanks.
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My Gay Experience @ 25 Columbia Heights
by laverite ini haven't shared this experience on here before (at least i don't think i have).
as many of you have gathered from my avatar (and from my big fat mouth that won't shut up), i am gay.
i do have an interesting gay experience right outside of the worldwide borg headquarters of the watchtower corp from about 17 years ago.. i'd just started graduate school -- had just finished my first year.
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believingxjw
Brooklyn being in the great city of New York is not a country place. Many Bethelites come in contact with all sorts of people friendly and otherwise. Bethel has had its gay "problems", there was a great clean out in the late 60's or early 70's of gay Bethelites. It is surprising that these men who must meet all sorts of people both straight and gay on the city streets would be so stupid. The very reason they change clothes to walk from work to the dining rooms at lunch break is to give a good impression to the locals so this behavior goes very contrary to this but people are people.
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No one is going to Heaven (and my introduction to the forum)
by sobrino1 ini'm new to the forum, though i had been a lurker for quite some time now.
i studied w/ the witnesses for a number of years, to be specific, for 10 years (since i was a child) but never actually became one; though, i was counted as one in the yearbooks as a "publisher.
" so, as far as i got was as an unbaptized publisher.
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believingxjw
Welcome! For the most part I agree with you. But I leave the details for another time.