Eiben Scrood

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  July 15th WT out - Coming out Swinging at Apostates Hard

  by LostGeneration in

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  this is one of the most aggressive watchtowers i think i have ever read.. four study articles on not "following the crowd" not following unrealities(page 13) not following false teachers, meaning apostates of course(p 15).

  avoiding false teachers means "refusing to read their literature, watch tv programs that feature them, examine their web sites, or add comments to their blogs.

  (para 7, pg 16).

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  Soon there'll be great banqueting in which the meek will share!!
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  How Old Were You When You First Became "Aware" ...

  by snowbird in

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  2. friends

  ... of the opposite sex?.

  it was the summer of 1966; i was a few months shy of being 13; it happened on our church ground.. i was hurrying between two vehicles to get into the building, when someone blocked my way.. annoyed, i looked up to find this cute, cute guy looking at me appreciatively.. he asked my name.. i froze and blushed profusely, agitated and confused at the tingling feeling in my tummy.. i didn't bother to answer him, but turned in the opposite direction and rushed into the safety of the church.. i sat down beside my mother, took her fan and fanned myself furiously!.

  afterwards, i told an older sister about the incident.. she gave me an envious stare and chided me for being so doggone shy.. ah, memories .... syl.

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  I was 10 when I first started to really notice girls and had my first crushes. I wouldn't kiss my first until I was 19 though due to JW rules and superstrict parents.
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  "Overlapping generations" and silent movies

  by sir82 in

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  2. friends

  i'm a big fan of tcm, the cable channel that shows old movies without commercial interruption.. last night they showed "the birth of a nation", the famous (infamous?

  ) dw griffith silent classic that defends the ku klux klan.. the movie was made in 1915 - 96 years ago.. as i was watching it, it occurred to me, "all these actors are now dead.

  most have been dead for 50, 60, 70 or more years.

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  You're totally right to bring this up again. I've been out of the Watchtower for over 5 years and this still angers me. It is absolutely insane that they could publish something so absurd AND still have a membership. It's scary actually. It speaks to the powerful hold a cult has on its adherents.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 04-10-2011 WT Study (CREATION)

  by blondie in

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  2. friends

  the physical heavens, the earth, and everything.

  heavens themselves were made, and by the.

  creative days three through six, god created.

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  You know, I'm very anti-Watchtower especially since the koolaid generation change last year but I have to say this is on the whole a good article. I don't like paragraph 19 so much because I don't think prayers can be proven to be answered but I agree with much of the logic of the rest of it. Of course, I don't believe in macro-evolution so that's a big part of the reason I think this is a good article.
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  Has anyone left still believing it was the truth?

  by FollowedMyHeart in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it seems that most xjws have left because at one point in their jw life something happened that made them start to think something wasn't right with the religion.

  when i left, i still believed the jws had "the truth".

  i was dying inside, trapped and unhappy (another poster's words, but describes exactly how i felt).

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  I left for a mixture of reasons. I believed (and still do to some extent) e-watchman's interpretation that the Watchtower was used by God but then became corrupt and will reap his punishment.

  I also left because I could not live such a lifestyle loaded with guilt and feeling constantly depressed and never able to measure up.

  I have attended the Memorial each year but this will be my first not going. The new koolaid overlapping generation bullshit sealed in my mind that I want nothing to do with the Watchtower again.
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  What Happened at Watchtower in 2001?

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  2. friends

  what happened at watchtower in 2001?

  ... the 2001 blood card that wasthen wasnt.. .

  i have added a new article addressing a unique event that occurred in year 2001 involving a change watchtower made on its no-blood cards, and then changed back.

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  When that incident came to light, it did have a strong effect on me. It was one more nail in the coffin.
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  My Letter To the Watchtower

  by AiAi in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is an exact copy of my letter to the watchtower.

  it never recieved a reply (i did not include 'attn writing committee' in the address however).

  please keep in mind that when i wrote this i had just started my intensive research into their beliefs/history, and despite my agressive tone i really did expect a satisfactory answer.

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  All very good points that they have no answers for. If people don't wake up after this new overlapping generation bullshit came out, they likely never will. It has to be the most ridiculous thing they have ever printed. I don't now how anyone could read or write this stuff and not just laugh. It's a joke and a bad one at that.
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  2011 district convention

  by obarac in

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  somebody know the theme of this years district convention or is still top secret?.

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  It's a real treat to sit there and have the privileged read from canned manuscripts. Why not just post the whole program online? Well, there is the (melo)drama where the overacting is beyond laughable. If you view it in a comedic light, it's possible to get some entertainment.

  The convention is always a special time for guilt trips too. Can you justify before Jehovah why you're not pioneering? Well, if you can't, then he's going to kill you. Now pick up your mop and move back in with your parents and turn in your application.
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  Did You Believe That The World Adored JW's?

  by mentallyfree31 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as a jw, i always believed that the outside world adored us.

  i knew that many people didn't care for us, and didn't believe our teachings, but i thought our conduct was a "bright light" shining to the world.

  from the stage, we heard endless stories of business people and other non-jws praising us because we were such nice people.

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  Their endless self-congratulatory comments are sickening. No one likes a braggart. They obnoxious. It's especially noxious when there's nothing to even brag about in the first place.
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  "How Awful This Place Can Be!" Life at Bethel by Keith Casarona

  by Dogpatch in

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  2. friends

  remember the video of all the nice dudes who were on the governing body in the 70s?

  (here's a refresher).. well this is what their lives were really like - the same as when i was there.

  by the time it got to the end, all was left was chicken backs.

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  I can't imagine a worse hellhole on earth. Why anyone would voluntarily submit to this was beyond me even when I was in it.