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Watchtower Doctrines JWs most commonly don't believe
by Diogenesister in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there was a recent thread on another site where posters maintained that many of the *most* long-standing jw's don't believe at least one official watchtower doctrine.

i've even read reports from bethelites saying they've heard bethel overseers say they don't believe some watchtower theology.

this made me think - i believe there are a few official doctrines that are common for many jw's to be either in denial about or simply not really believe ( often one and the same thing).. i'd say these are pretty high in the ranking:.
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why did they have to butcher the kingdom melodies?
by purrpurr in
1. watchtower
2. bible
its not like there was anything wrong with them was there?

i used to love the old ones.

these new ones feel like the equivalent of a deflated balloon.. does anyone have the answer?.
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When I decided to no longer turn in time...
by SG098 in
1. jw
2. experiences
being my 1st post i figured i should relate a personal experience.

a few months ago i decided to stop reporting time.

i'm mentally out of this cult now but still trapped because of family.
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Possible Dub pickup line
by soutx in
1. social
2. humour
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hey babe, how about you and me doing a -.

generation overlap
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Do You Honestly Believe That You Would Have Officially Left The JW Religion If They Didn't Shun You?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i left as an inactive person.

i pretty much have been left alone by the elders and witnesses, as far as being hounded.. i know of many that either disassociated or got disfellowshipped.. i'm wondering if you think you would have remained a jw, in name only, if the religion (cult) didn't shun and penalize as they do..
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They don't know what to do....
by pbrow in
1. jw
2. experiences
have been going to a few meetings to support my kids that have to go with their mother.

i knew it would be a powerful lesson for them to see how these loving people treat their father who da'd a while ago.

couple of elders tried to corner me the 2nd or 3rd time i went to remind me that i cant talk to anyone.... i however reminded them that i am not df'd and i can talk to whomever i want to.
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Bizarre comment about jw.org at SAD
by sir82 in
1. jw
2. friends
recently attended a sad.. bethel speaker was gushing about the wt's embrace of new technology, in the part of his talk warning about "apostate" web sites.. a loose summary of his comments:.

"and the brothers at headquarters have made it very safe for you to go to our website.

in fact, the brothers talked to the folks at google, and they made a special arrangement so that when you type in 'j w period' into the google search engine, it automatically shows you the jw.org website.
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2014 YB Up. Partakers 13,204
by LostGeneration in
1. jw
2. friends
that is all.

link.
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Could really use some help regarding legal letter to avoid DF
by Comatose in
1. jw
2. friends
i used to have a webpage saved and i have lost it.

a young man and his wife had faded.

they had a birthday party for their child and were called before a judicial committee.
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Ray Franz
by thedog1 in
1. jw
2. friends
am reading coc at the moment, about half way through.

just finished reading some of the details of what happened in malawi and mexico years ago.

which reminded me that in the early 80's a very well known elder in the country i was then living in went to new york as he had discovered all the discrepencies between what had happened in malawi and in mexico and wanted to know what the gb had to say about it.