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  what is the history of this site?

  by tornapart in

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  hi, i just wanted to know as i came here believing it is an 'anti-jw' site.

  or at least one where former jws can meet together (or ones struggling within the wt).

  yet looking at some early posts it seems it was originally for active jws.

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  Mad Sweeney

  This place is the Wild West of Ex-JWs on the Internet and I LOVE IT that way.

  There are places for more highbrow discussion. There are places more focused on support and recovery. But NO place has EVERYTHING like THIS place has.
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  Elder father sent me an email about Feb 2012 WT - my resposne

  by TheStumbler in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm not sure if any of you will remember but i posted on here six months ago about a correspondence i was having with my dad, an elder, about who would die in armageddon.

  i was asking some tough questions about children being killed in armageddon and i could tell he uncomfortable with the answers he was giving.. i drafted an email in resposne to his email but in the end i decided not to send it in the interest of maintaining friendly relations.. .

  last week, out of the blue, my dad sent an email link to the february 2012 watchtower article about armageddon and said it would answer some of my questions.. here is my response which is a critique of the feb 2012 wt article and some of the broader ethics concerning 'armageddon'.

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  Mad Sweeney

  They are taught that "illustrations" make your point clearer. They aren't taught that it doesn't work if your point is WRONG.
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  Elder father sent me an email about Feb 2012 WT - my resposne

  by TheStumbler in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm not sure if any of you will remember but i posted on here six months ago about a correspondence i was having with my dad, an elder, about who would die in armageddon.

  i was asking some tough questions about children being killed in armageddon and i could tell he uncomfortable with the answers he was giving.. i drafted an email in resposne to his email but in the end i decided not to send it in the interest of maintaining friendly relations.. .

  last week, out of the blue, my dad sent an email link to the february 2012 watchtower article about armageddon and said it would answer some of my questions.. here is my response which is a critique of the feb 2012 wt article and some of the broader ethics concerning 'armageddon'.

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  Mad Sweeney

  So typical. They are taught how NOT to reason and they label it "reasoning from the scriptures" so they THINK they CAN reason. In short, itsacult.

  Have you read Steve Hassan's books, TheStumbler?
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  Elder father sent me an email about Feb 2012 WT - my resposne

  by TheStumbler in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm not sure if any of you will remember but i posted on here six months ago about a correspondence i was having with my dad, an elder, about who would die in armageddon.

  i was asking some tough questions about children being killed in armageddon and i could tell he uncomfortable with the answers he was giving.. i drafted an email in resposne to his email but in the end i decided not to send it in the interest of maintaining friendly relations.. .

  last week, out of the blue, my dad sent an email link to the february 2012 watchtower article about armageddon and said it would answer some of my questions.. here is my response which is a critique of the feb 2012 wt article and some of the broader ethics concerning 'armageddon'.

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  Mad Sweeney

  I haven't read all the comments so apologies if this has been addressed already. Great letter TheStumbler. I feel like the point needs to be made to your dad that you are not criticizing Jehovah himself by making clear the Watchtower's position that he is a baby killer - you are showing that the Watchtower is misrepresenting the loving God they claim to worship and represent. If they're mistaken on fundamental points like this one, what else can they not be trusted about?
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  Are you CONFRONTED by Elders? 7 points to practice

  by Terry in

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  2. beliefs

  remember that old movie, the adventures of robin hood with erroll flynn?.

  there is a scene where robin wants to cross a creek by walking across a log used as a bridge.

  friar tuck is determined to stop him.. the are both standing on the log over the creek opposing each other with not-all-too-friendly banter.. somebody is going to end up in the water!.

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  Young People Ask . . . March 2012 Awake

  by sizemik in

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  2. bible

  i read very little wts propaganda these days, even on-line stuff .

  unless it's for a specific purpose.

  most of you will identify with that.. i perused this article while checking out something else and was disturbed by the manipulative reasoning directed at jw youths.

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  Mad Sweeney

  I really feel for the kids...sad.
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  NEW YEAR STRATEGY: CHOOSE your BATTLEGROUND carefully!

  by Terry in

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  abraham lincoln was once challenged to a duel to the death when he offended somebody.. as the one challenged, it was his right to pick the weapons and the place of battle.. lincoln's challenger was a short fellow and an expert marksman.

  don't fight in magic land.. .

  no, not their interpretation---the bible itself!.

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  WTS successfully refutes bogus UN conspiracy theory/hoax

  by trthskr in

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  2. scandals

  http://jehovahsjudgment.co.uk/watchtower-un-ngo/translatable.html.

  there will be more to come folks, when i'm allowed to start another topic.

  cheers.. to respond to the posting below (since i can't reply right now), it's because they weren't aware of the change until then..

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  Mad Sweeney

  It's no more insane than claiming that the "trumpet blasts" of Revelation are District Convention talks. LMAO at myself for EVER believing any of their crap.
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  When did this "written review" idea get started?

  by james_woods in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for some reason, i simply cannot remember any written review being done and graded in all my jw time (1962 to about 1980).. have i completely forgotten this, or did it get started after i had left?.

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  Mad Sweeney

  I loved the written review. It actually gave us kids something to DO at the meeting besides sit still and shut up.
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  Evil Spirits

  by LizLA in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  does anyone on this forum have knowledge about casting out demons or evil spirits?

  there's at least two of them that have been harrasing me even before i was a jw.

  i recently attended a deliverance church to find some help but it was apparent that the holy spirit was missing from that church.

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  Mad Sweeney

  Questions: Why don't spirits ever do anything useful, practical, or logical? And since all they ever seem to do is bother people in ridiculous and mundane ways, why insist on calling them things like intelligent and evil? They don't seem particularly bright or wicked to me, just stupid and annoying.