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I miss the 'good old days'!
by Outaservice in
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2. friends
lets see now.......... monday night: prepare for the tuesday night book study i will conduct.

also, have the family monday night watchtower study preparation.. tues night: drive over to an almost inactive brother's house to conduct the book study.

prepared questions for the children ahead of time.
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Did you ridicule apostates for attacking the Org. and not Bible doctrine?.
by Wasanelder Once in
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2. beliefs
when i was a busy little pie-in-ear we had a local apostate who would come and pretend to be interested.

he always attacked russell and rutherford and the early organization.

(this was in the late 80's early 90's) after he left, the young brother with me said, "these apostates always attack the imperfect organization but never can show anything from the bible.
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I think many of you will return to the religion one day
by free2beme in
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2. friends
i don't mean this as an insult, more of a life experience thing.

i saw a lot of people leave in my years there and a lot were angry with the religion and the people, and some even protested the kingdom halls and wrote things in the newspapers.

a lot though, came back in time, as it was just the comfort zone they felt at ease in.
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It's Proof! Why We Can Trust the FDS (The OD Book Chap 3)
by ezekiel3 in
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2. beliefs
from the new organized to do jehovah?s will (od) pages 18, 19. this is from a new chapter (3) in the book ?trusting the faithful and discreet slave?.

why trust "the faithful and discreet slave".

there are many reasons to have complete trust in the slave class.
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Letter From WTBTS Evidence of Mind Control Tactics
by Corvin in
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2. beliefs
the following is taken from ray franz's book, crisis of conscience, pages 341-344. this letter, sent out to all traveling representatives, circuit overseers, by the service department of the international headquarters, shows the society's demand for comformity no matter the cost to the rank and file.

jw lurkers: please read carefully.

the portion of the letter in blue is of particular interest, and franz's comments nails the governing body's intent.. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Any science fiction freaks?
by myauntfanny in
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2. friends
does anyone on here like science fiction?

i've read everything by all my favourite writers and am looking for some new ones.

any recommendations?
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Why I believe my baptism was not valid. (welcome comments)
by thebeliever in
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2. experiences
when i was 11 or 12, my best friend (who's father was also an elder) suggested i get some of my mom's cigarettes for us to smoke.

sounded like a good idea, so i did and we tried it.

i thought it was horrible, but she had done it before and whatever.
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William Osbeck-The CO that helped me get out of the borg.
by Sadie5 in
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2. friends
after reading cruzenheart's post on the letter about her father, and the treatment he received from the co, william osbeck, and the elders of his congregation, it brought back my own memories of this particular co and his treatment of people.

it was 1995 and one of the hardest years of my life.

in february of that year, i learned i was pregnant with our fifth child.
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We'd Like to KILL the apostates, but we can't....
by betweenworlds in
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i read this quote at tom's site (thanks tom!

) and then looked it up for myself on the wt cd.

this is truly disturbing and shows their true mindset....this is from the nov. !5th 1952 question from readers.
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Why No Disfellowshipping Before 1952?
by blondie in
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2. friends
why was there no official arrangement before 1952 to disfellowship people?

was there a different procedure with a different name?

was no one committing disfellowshipping offenses?