maninthemiddle

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  business as usual in my kingdom hall

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we have a very dedicated, sincere, humble, older elder body in our hall.

  along with a pretty zealous group of publishers.

  [even though no one has come out of our territory in 35 years] it seems i am the only one aware of the pattern of false prophecies and mistakes by the society.

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  maninthemiddle

  excellent Lore!

  There really is an xkcd for everthing.
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  business as usual in my kingdom hall

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we have a very dedicated, sincere, humble, older elder body in our hall.

  along with a pretty zealous group of publishers.

  [even though no one has come out of our territory in 35 years] it seems i am the only one aware of the pattern of false prophecies and mistakes by the society.

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  maninthemiddle

  How would someone else indentify you as having this knowledge?

  How would you know that you are the only one who knows the truth about the society? are you activly having open and honest conversations with people?
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  Rock Center 1/17/2013 Expose on Scientology drew JW similarities

  by RagingBull in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did anyone watch the nbc program "rock center" last night?

  it dealt with scientology defectors and the stories, (shunning, tax-exempte etc) sounded very much like the watchtower/jehovah witnesses!.

  i sat with my family...and there was dead silence throughout the report.

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  maninthemiddle

  This is the second part, even better.

  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/50502469#50502469
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  untitled

  by Honeybucket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  about six months ago i deactivated my facebook account.

  i got tired of witnesses reading my posts, taking it the wrong way, and then going to the elders about it.

  and they share it with others in the hall.

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  maninthemiddle

  verify you are posting as private.

  http://www.binaryblogger.com/2012/12/facebook-privacy-settings-how-to-lock.html
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  Rock Center 1/17/2013 Expose on Scientology drew JW similarities

  by RagingBull in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did anyone watch the nbc program "rock center" last night?

  it dealt with scientology defectors and the stories, (shunning, tax-exempte etc) sounded very much like the watchtower/jehovah witnesses!.

  i sat with my family...and there was dead silence throughout the report.

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  maninthemiddle

  http://rockcenter.nbcnews.com/
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  JW.ORG section again some irrelevant news

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how lovely the very old jw lady is, it's not about her.. but the jw.org is using every opportunity to make (irrelevant) news!.

  http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/europe/france/irenise-moulonguet-centenarian/.

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  maninthemiddle

  That would make her part of "The Generation" that saw the end of the gentil times.

  Or was that the second generation that simply born by 1914?

  Er..if she is overlapping with a generation...no wait... so she is the overlapped generation not the overlapping generation?
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  I've just been 'Outted' by my own sister

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i thought that we could just fade away peacefully, but i guess my mother told my sister that we no longer wanted to be jehovah's witnesses so now all hell is breaking loose.. .

  it's a relief tho.

  i feel really sad and upset also, because my mom lives with my sister and now has been forbidden from contacting me or vice versa.

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  maninthemiddle

  Unfortunatly there is no middle ground with the org, if you choose to be inactive that is the same as saying you don't want to be a JW, which is the same as disassocation.

  The real world isn't so black-and-whiite, but they are.

  Also remember their definition of an apostate, is as simple as someone who believes differently or leaves. You don'thave to speak out or write books, private thoughts are held against you.

  You may want to spend a few emails just saying Hello, talk about your day. Just try to establish conversation that is not about anythign JW. Hopefully your sister won't interfer. If you mothin has made a choice you probabky just want to be friendly for a while and not give you sister any reason to block your email.

  I wish you the best and congatulations and taking control of your own life.
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  Homeschooling VS public/private schooling

  by PSacramento in

  1. social
  2. family

  i was wondering on the views about homeschooling vs public/private scholling.. thoughts?.

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  I was home schooled (HS) by my JW parents, just left to finish the work without help.

  i took the easiest classes (Armageddon was coming soon) just to finish. I am all the worse off for it now, and regret it daily.

  Some parents are up to the task, sounds like JeffT's wife is doing a great job, but I feel people like that are few and far between.
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  Governing Body Past Professions and Ages

  by jw07 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anyone have acurate data on the current governing body...i mean...watchtower clergy...i mean...faithful and discreet slave members' former professions and ages?.

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  maninthemiddle

  I can tell you Anthony Morris the Third is a Vietnam war veteran...

  Because he mentions it every talk, and every chance to bring it up?
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  Cut and Paste of "The List" by Prominent Bethelite of Previous Watchtower Predicted Dates

  by TMS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  " {watchtower sep 1 1989 12}.

  " {tiah 240-1, also references in wr oct 1879 3941, tkic 84}.

  '" {zions watchtower mar 1880 repr 82}.

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  maninthemiddle

  mark and a bump