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  Buy a Condo in a Former WT building, Get an Audi and Parking for Free

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  A Conversation That Sent Me On a Search ...

  by snowbird in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in 2000, my boss, a police lieutenant, was nearing retirement and had very little work to do.. every afternoon, he used to come out of his office and station himself near my workstation for a chat.

  there was something about me that seemed to fascinate him.

  i think it was my being a jw; he used to ask probing questions about my belief.. one day our conversation centered on sin and judgment.

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  Can anyone please help me find ....

  by xelder in

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  2. bible

  i read an article on a website a few months back.

  i'm 99% sure it was by ed dunlap.

  it was about the tree of life being christ.

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  My witness mum sent a birthday card.

  by creativhoney in

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  well if there is a congregation contest for shunning i am sure my family will win.. only my mother has been friends with a worldy for as long as i remember.

  - the lady in question has terminal cancer and so its a good reason for my mum to be a good christian friend.. mums friend is also mine though i am dfd she never took sides, until now its been a year and she didnt think my mother would be capable of carrying out the shuning to this extent.

  - she has lost a lot of respect for her.. today mums friend (and mine) phoned me, i asked what she had been up to how she was.

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  Judicial Committees - "Works Beffitting Repentance"

  by xelder in

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  2. beliefs

  a couple years ago the cos and dos were pushing a letter at elders meetings about being more critical of so-called repentant wrongdoers and being tougher on such claims.

  do their recent works prove it.

  don't just believe tears.

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  Love, Justice, Wisdom, Power - the Resurrection

  by xelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have always been taught and believed that, at the end of the day, god is a perfect balance of love, justice, wisdom, and power.

  when the ransom provision and christ's kingdom correct man's fall into sin, we will see this as true, no matter what trials we and all of mankind have had to face until then.

  honestly, it has never mattered which of the two groups i was in.

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  1930's Great Crowd - Still a "generation" problem?

  by xelder in

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  2. beliefs

  the recent "generation" explanation redo says that the generation means the anointed living now, and we can still have more anointed, therefore there is no limit on how long the generation can run.

  this is an attempt to keep 1914 alive and healthy.. however, the wts still teaches that the great crowd began to be gathered in the 1930's (ex: rutherford had people stand and said "behold, the great multitude) since revelation defines the great crowd as coming out of the great tribulation, doesn't that create a life span problem?

  what is going through the minds of even the youngest baptized 10 year old members of the great crowd in 1935 who are now in there 80's.. the other sheep of john 10 seems to fit a discription of gentiles.

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  Pray -Jehovah will save you...or let you die depending on "his will." Please Explain?

  by Witness 007 in

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  witness yearbooks are full of experiences where jehovah saved a poor witness who prayed for help...and the soldiers walked passed and did not see them etc, etc.

  however, other brothers prayed and still got executed by gillotine so...why does gods will allow such things?

  isn't this just random chance put down as god's will?

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  Governing Body's excuse - "the apostles made mistakes too"

  by xelder in

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  2. beliefs

  we have all heard how the gb can make mistakes and it's ok because jesus apostles had wrong expectations too.

  for instance.

  peter had faults, james and john too - also, "lord, are you restoring the kingdom to isreal at this time" - etc.

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  I need some assistance!

  by lepermessiah in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been posting on here this week, and all i can say is this has been the best form of therapy!

  there are some amazing people on here, many who have been through the same thing, if not much worse.

  there are so many of you that i would love to converse with, but understand why this format is for the best at this time.. i am in the early stages of breaking the chains that bind, and i need some suggestions on reasoning on these 2 points.

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