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DO: what to do by doubts
by Gorbatchov in
1. jw
2. friends
the do told us at the recent district assembly @ the netherlands, that if you have doubts about jw doctrine, you have to remain a strong connection with jehovah god, because "you are dedicated to jehovah and not to an organisation".. later on a very old brother was interviewed and he gave the counsel "keep your doubts about doctrine in a refrigiator, just wait and see".

the do asked him "how many refrigiators do you have?

the brother told him "i have 3 refrigiators full".
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to date JWism has defined my life and i hate that TRUTH
by oompa in
1. jw
2. friends
and i am finding the adjustment to the real world far more difficult than i ever imagined...i f...it has been about five years since i totally woke up to the fraudulant nwt and then all my other doubts i had carried for years were proved true as well.

but almost all of my few friends are exjw or slack jw's and i feel so isolated...my sons friends are mostly exjw too but not their gf's and they have way more normal friends .

how have you done at replacing lifelong friends and family?
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"Overlapping generation" explanation - TRANSCRIBED EXTRACT from Friday's talk (DC 2011-12)
by AnnOMaly in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i thought this would be easier to examine if written down:.

god's kingdom will soon come.

so we know that god's kingdom will soon come.. .
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What do you really know about "Millions Now Living Will Never Die"?
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
pay attention to what you are told and how you are told it.. what is the actual message being communicated?

what is the intention behind it?.

this 128-page book millions now living will never die, was placed with the people on a contribution of 25c a copy.. .
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What's up with all these Gloom & Doom threads?
by whereami in
1. jw
2. friends
the forum has recently been peppered with all these end of world, gloom & doom threads.

some people all the sudden know exactly what's going on and it's meaning and what's going to happen next.. why do people love these conspiracy theories soo much?

have we not learned?.
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Exclusive Brethren video
by ranmac in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43kh91vhfko.

this is a very interesting video that will disturbingly hit close to home for most of us..
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Just Tell Us In Plain English
by headisspinning in
1. jw
2. friends
if god has instructions for sincere people why can't he just tell us what they are in plain language?.

he could do that and some people would fall in line and others wouldn't.. if i was god, that's what i would do.. as a parent, that's what i do with my kids.. i am so tired of all the guesswork..
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"Trust the Faithful and Discreet Slave" Transcript [2010/2011 Kingdom Ministry School]
by pirata in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
transcript for the talk "trust the faithful and discreet slave" talk given at the kingdom ministry schools:.

trust the faithful and discreet slave.

have we ever had to meet up with somebody with whom we've not seen before?
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Hot, Cold or Both about religion?
by mythreesons in
1. jw
2. friends
let me start by saying my wife and i are out, just not officially.

we have not been going to the meetings for over a year.

my wife and i had decided to check out other churches...i guess we had been feeling a need to do so.
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Can anyone come up with a morally acceptable reason for waiting thousands of years to end wickedness?
by gubberningbody in
1. jw
2. friends
i can't.. some bar-bet between jehovah and satan balanced against all the evil allowed just doesn't wash..