A bent nail can never truly be straightened. The WTBTS is not, nor ever has been. the "truth". It is a bent, rusty nail seething with the infection of self- righteousness and legalism. It is run by small-minded men who, to keep their power, seek to manipulate the gullible masses.
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An Elder's honest opinion...saw this on another site...thoughts?
by MsGrowingGirl20 inby "shadow elder".
before i express my opinion to the readers and contributors to this website (www.ex-jw.com), i would like to explain who i am and to present my bona fides as someone qualified to comment on this website and jehovah's witnesses in general.. first of all, i am an active jehovah's witness living just outside of new york city.
being a large metropolis, new york has many kingdom halls located within the city and several more in surrounding boroughs, counties, and suburbs.
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What's the strangest thing you've heard someone seek counsel with the elders about?
by keyser soze inpersonally, i never went to the elders with anything(not voluntarily, anyway).
but a friend of mine once asked a couple of elders whether it would be acceptable for him and his wife to make a sex tape, for their own personal viewing.
needless to say, the idea was frowned upon..
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lumper
In our congregation we had a single elder's son in his early 20s who described himself as a chronic masturbator. (imagine that single and in his early 20s liking something like that) He would go to one specific elder and confess time and again and seek strength. Once he shared his "weakness" with me I don't recall ever shaking his hand again.
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Reduced Magazines Etc: Scenario Thinking
by metatron inforgive me for creating this thread but i believe there are aspects of watchtower downsizing that have not been fully understood or 'fleshed out'.. for example: you have a publishing company whose main source of revenues are book and magazine production and sales.
their international presence is supported by the profits they make on these.
so far, so good.... overtime, their products fail to sell.
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lumper
I am seeing "New Light"- in reconsidering scripture tithing IS in accordance with God's commands to the WTBTS! Failure to tithe is an offense punishable by disfellowshipping and tax returns will be demanded.
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Would this bug you?
by still thinking ini have a friend, she has been my friend for over 20 years...in that 20 years i have seen her reasonably regularly.
i visit her, she visits me.. the thing that has started bugging me is this...... when i visit her it is normally in the daytime.
i stop in for a cuppa and a chat.
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lumper
I am old enough to have lost some friends and acquaintances to death. So I say to you, picture yourself at your friend's funeral and realize they will never again invite themselves over for dinner. If that makes you sad, accept them as they are, and consider yourself blessed to be able to answer Christ if he asks when you fed the hungry- "Every few weeks when _________ and _______ dropped over unexpectedly."
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Did You See A Lot Of Drinking Among JW's???
by minimus ini did!
most jws that i know of love to drink.. interestingly, i noticed the heaviest drinkers were bethelites..
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lumper
I still remeber my late 70's wedding while a Jw. It was my responsibility to buy the alcohol for the Wedding reception. We had about three hundred guests and with a discount from a whiskey wholesaler my mother knew it still cost me $1100 for beer and whiskey. There was none of it left to take home. After we established ourselves in the local congo we were invited to the wine and cheese parties-woo hoo! Another occasion for the Jw's to drink till they were very happy. I always got the feeling we were always about ten minutes away from everyone dropping theri keys in a big bowl and the party really getting started. How glad i am to have escaped!
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What do you think of AOG church?
by shallbefree inhello friends, i am a fading jw and i am thinking of attending sunday service at a local aog church here, just for fellowship.
i have lots of friends but none of them are spiritual minded.
not that i am complaining but it would be nice to meet some spiritual minded people.
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What do you think of AOG church?
by shallbefree inhello friends, i am a fading jw and i am thinking of attending sunday service at a local aog church here, just for fellowship.
i have lots of friends but none of them are spiritual minded.
not that i am complaining but it would be nice to meet some spiritual minded people.
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What do Hosni Moubarak and the Governing Body have in common?
by slimboyfat inthey both tried to ban facebook and failed.
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They both are corrupt and been around too long
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when you were in, could you imagine yourself in the new system?
by breathing ini never could, like some others described, i could never ever see myself there, i just couldnt imagine it at all,.
i wonder if that was a sign that deep down i didnt believe it?.
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Admit it none of us imagined ourselves in the New sysytem. We had been convinced we were not good enough to go in and would die at Armageddon. A common theme of many of our 1970's conversations were "How is it going to feel taking your last breath at Armageddon"? Of course we were mentally unbalanced cult members :)
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I realized a positive outcome from my JW upbrining!
by scarredforlife ini have been on this board for over 2 years.
one thing that i have read over and over is to find something positive in my upbrining as a jw and i have been unable to do this.
all i have seen is negative.
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I learned how to deal with dysfunctional people. Not to downplay the scandal in the Catholic church or the "society" but we lived one block from a catholic church and thankfully Dad got involved with the cult and I didn't become an altar boy