What made me sad was some of my "close" friends turning on me like vultures. I still have a few friends who are truly nice. But most of my former jw friends treat me as an outcast.
straightshooter
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If you felt/feel that you had/have good, close "friends" in the org, how did/does it feel to just give them up?
by Crisis of Conscience inthis is my biggest dilema.
although mentally i really feel i could walk away from the org right now, i still have genuine love for the people i have come to know over the years.
i love people!.
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1947 Awake Says Excommunication is Unbiblical and Pagan!
by Ding injanuary 8, 1947 awake!:.
excommunication is "altogether foreign to biblical teachings.".
it's an unbiblical roman catholic teaching by which "you are looked upon with the blackest contempt... being cursed and damned with the devil and his angels.".
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straightshooter
Very interesting post. It is amazing how the rank and file just accept anything the WTS says currently with no idea of what was taught in the past.
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Tomorrow is a big day for me
by coffee_black ini will be 60 tomorrow.
on the one hand, it's just a number.
on the other hand, it's a big number.... .
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straightshooter
Wish I look so young when I reach 60.
Have a happy 60th birthday.
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On JWN .. are you a teacher or student ?
by caliber inlikely most poeple feel that they at times can and should be both , that is a teacher or a student.
i know i have learned and gained much insight into many things here.. but most often.
fail to make acknowledgement... not sure why i guess i hate for a person to feel i am flattering them or kissing up.
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straightshooter
A student who pipes in every once in a while.
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Attention Governing Body: October 2, 2014 is only 940 days away...
by Alfred inin 1823, john aquila brown (a man who is not mentioned in any wt publication) came up with a bizarre mathematical calculation which totalled 2,520 years (in an unauthorized attempt to predict the end of the gentile times).... several religions recycled this bizarre calculation, including the adventists and the bible students... when armageddon didn't come on the variety of early 20th century dates predicted by several "dooms-day" religions of that time (including charles taze russell's bible students who predicted that the big a would start in 1914), they all finally realized that this 2,520-year calculation was nothing more than arbitrary mathematical speculation derived from erratic biblical extrapolation.... except for the bible students who continued to move up the date for armageddon 2 more times (1918, 1925) and then decided to use wwi as the starting point for the "last days".. all the while, one thing that seems to remain intact is the october 2, 1914 date.
oddly, for the watchtower bible & tract publishing cult, this particular date still marks the end of the 2,520-year period (that john aquila brown referred to in his bizarre 1823 book "the even tide")... again, no mention of this in any watchtower publication.
but, for jws, that date still remains the starting point for the period of time often referred to as the "last days" or even "the generation that shall not pass".. because of this, the governing body has been forced to change the definition of "the generation that shall not pass" countless times since the early 1970's.
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straightshooter
With the new generation explanation, the average jw will not even be numbed by the 2014 date. All they know is that the end is very, very close because the WTS tells them so.
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Doing my masters degree!
by avatar inf**k you, wt!!.
talk about an evil cult that will not even allow it's members to learn..
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straightshooter
You make me so jealous. I quit college because of the teachings of the WTS. Now I wish I would have finished my upper education.
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Will higher gas prices cause a policy change (New Light) re. field service?
by doinmypart inwill higher gas prices bring about some new light regarding field service?.
in the part of the u.s. where i live most of the territories require driving long distances.
some congregation members are unemployed and many are retired/living on limited income.
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straightshooter
The WTS cares less about what the publishers spend on gas. After all the publishers need to practice the self-sacrificing spirit until it hurts.
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concerned for Snowbird
by Glander inshe is in the middle of the severe storm/tornados in alabama.
tried to call her a half hour ago but the phone just rang..
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straightshooter
Definitely miss her postings. Hope that she is ok.
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Davy Jones dead at 66
by undercover insure, the monkees were a pre-fabricated band, but their influence was still immeasurable.
especially mike nesmith.. .
rip davy.... .
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straightshooter
Really sad news to lose anyone to death. I thought the group members were older. It just shows that I must be getting older too.
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New to the forums.
by ViridianSoul ini looked all over for a place to introduce myself and either i'm completely blind or i missed it.
i figured i'd just post it here.. okay.. hello to everyone.
my name's tabitha.
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straightshooter
Welcome to this forum. This is an excellent place to exchange ideas and gain support.