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  Satan Takes a Trip

  by Farkel in

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  jehovah ushers satan into his presence.. jehovah: "listen satan, the thousand year reign is just about up, and according to the bible, i've gotta let you go back to earth and tempt the people, so you'd better go down and see what's happening before you get to work.

  damn.

  i wished i had picked another book to endorse besides that bible.

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  Need help with how to respond to my husband

  by doublelife in

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  so i went though the whole 'generation' issue with my husband and i got him to admit that the "new light" does not make since.

  but he just shrugged it off and said that the society has been wrong about other things so it's no a big deal.

  the governing body are imperfect.

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  Thanks for all of your responses. You all gave me some things to consider. I feel like I'm in a better position to talk to my husband about this. I'll probably wait a little while before bringing this up since we just talked about this yesterday. I don't want him thinking I'm trying to attack him. But the next time it's appropriate to bring this up I'll be better prepared.
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  Confused about the current generation teaching? Get your Watchtower Generation chart

  by truthseeker in

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  enjoy!.

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  http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4126/generationh.jpg.

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  Thanks for the JW friendly version.
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  Need help with how to respond to my husband

  by doublelife in

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  so i went though the whole 'generation' issue with my husband and i got him to admit that the "new light" does not make since.

  but he just shrugged it off and said that the society has been wrong about other things so it's no a big deal.

  the governing body are imperfect.

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  I don't know why I didn't think of this before. I went to jwfacts.com and there is a page on JWs and War. There is an article quoted from the '97 Awake where it says jws are not pacifist. And it also gives a list of other religions that don't go to war.

  And Scully, I like your comment. But I can't seem to get past his circular reasoning that the "light gets brighter" and to "wait on Jehovah."
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  Confused about the current generation teaching? Get your Watchtower Generation chart

  by truthseeker in

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  enjoy!.

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  http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4126/generationh.jpg.

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  Albert Einstein: BTW, isnt this just a perfect time to dissassociate?

  I was thinking the same thing.
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  Need help with how to respond to my husband

  by doublelife in

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  so i went though the whole 'generation' issue with my husband and i got him to admit that the "new light" does not make since.

  but he just shrugged it off and said that the society has been wrong about other things so it's no a big deal.

  the governing body are imperfect.

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  Thanks for everyone's responses.

  Flipper: He does know that non-jws have good morals.

  What worries me is that I don't think there will ever be anything I could show or tell him that would make him doubt. He has told me more than once that he is comfortable in this religion and it's the way he was raised so he doesn't have a desire to leave. And honesty, he does seem to be happy in this religion. He recognizes when there is something he doesn't agree with and it still doesn't bother him. He just forms his own opinions even if it doesn't agree with the society's literature. And when I challenge some doctrine I don't see his cult personality come out the way I see it with my mom. Nothing I say seems to faze him.
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  Need help with how to respond to my husband

  by doublelife in

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  so i went though the whole 'generation' issue with my husband and i got him to admit that the "new light" does not make since.

  but he just shrugged it off and said that the society has been wrong about other things so it's no a big deal.

  the governing body are imperfect.

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  So I went though the whole 'generation' issue with my husband and I got him to admit that the "new light" does not make since. But he just shrugged it off and said that the society has been wrong about other things so it's no a big deal. The governing body are imperfect. He thinks that the society's view on most of Revelation is wrong too. So I asked him why he still has faith in the governing body. At first he said the preaching work and that, for the most part, jws live morally clean lives. I brought out that that could describe other religions(I've talked to him in the past about those other religions) so there has to be something else that sets the governing body apart in his eyes. So his answer was that jws are pacifist. The jws are the only religion who will not go to war and kill others. He said pacifism is something he feels very strongly about. How do I respond to that?
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  List of things to do

  by doublelife in

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  when i was 23 i made a list of things to do before i turn 30. then i thought, "what's the rush?

  when the new system gets here i'll be able to do whatever i want.

  " so i never paid attention to the list and now i no longer have it.

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  And btw, there are lots of things the society says is a personal choice but to be considered a "spiritually mature" person you would have to not do it. And when I became an adult and started pioneering, it was always drilled into me that pioneers have to be "above reproach." So it would have looked bad in my congregation to buy them.
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  List of things to do

  by doublelife in

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  when i was 23 i made a list of things to do before i turn 30. then i thought, "what's the rush?

  when the new system gets here i'll be able to do whatever i want.

  " so i never paid attention to the list and now i no longer have it.

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  Even though the society may say its a personal choice my mom always taught me that it was wrong. So it's still a big deal for me.

  But thanks for the clarification.
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  List of things to do

  by doublelife in

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  when i was 23 i made a list of things to do before i turn 30. then i thought, "what's the rush?

  when the new system gets here i'll be able to do whatever i want.

  " so i never paid attention to the list and now i no longer have it.

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  When I was 23 I made a list of things to do before I turn 30. Then I thought, "What's the rush? When the new system gets here I'll be able to do whatever I want." So I never paid attention to the list and now I no longer have it. I turned 27 a couple of months ago. In three years I'll be 30. I could start another list but I would only have three years to do everything. It depresses me to think of all the wasted time I could have enjoyed.

  I made another list recently of things to do that I was never allowed to when I was a jw. After I made the list I realized I might never be able to do some of the things on it(such as Valentine's Day) because my husband is still a jw.

  Someone at my work is selling girl scout cookies. I'm going to buy some and I'll be able to check that one off my list. Nobody at work knows about me not wanting to be a jw anymore. It's kind of weird that I can be excited about buying girl scout cookies. No one at work will understand how significant something like this is for me.

  btw, I'm not telling anyone at work because one of my co-workers has jw family. Even though they go to spanish and I go to english, I'm not taking any chances.