Thanks for sharing. Encouraging. Wishing you the best.
wannabefree
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My Story: from JW Elder to Born Again Christian to Agnostic
by passwordprotected ini first posted here on 3rd june 2008. at the time i was an elder, appointed the previous october, i was 36 and i was a born-in.
at the time i'd become disillusioned with the society due to the governing body's letter explaining why the book study in private homes was being abolished.
april 2008 saw me start questioning this decision, privately of course, and this eventually led me to this site, to jwfacts and to many youtube videos, all of which began to errode my faith in the leaders of the organisation.. in july 2008, having discussed my doubts with my wife, i attended the district convention, deciding to give the society one last chance to convince me it was the truth.
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wannabefree
I think this was just another legal issue. The "Congregation" is organized to preach the good news of the kingdom ... period. To label an event as a "congregation" event brings certain expectations and perhaps liability. Some people have a hard time distinguishing between the legalistic jargon and think that this meant no parties or picnics, what it meant was that the congregation did not sponsor them. The corporation doesn't like rank and file to blur the line between the actions of the followers and the corporation. JW's who understand the spin continued to organize gatherings without calling it a congregation event.
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WHO would Jesus Christ DIS-FELLOWSHIP? A look at the problem of DF-ing
by Terry inloving and forgiving are a huge component of jesus' message to his disciples.. in answer to the question as to how many times forgiveness should be offered to an offender, jesus gave the reply, "seventy (times) seven.
" (variously interpreted as either 77 times or a multiple of 70 times 7).. an example is given of a man who owed a considerable sum of money whose debt was forgiven.
this man failed to forgive a much smaller debt owed to him.
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The WT org has taken the first 11 verses of John 8 entirely out of their newest 2013 bible!
Sunny ... They did include it in the past version as a footnote while indicating that the account doesn't appear in the oldest manuscripts. This time perhaps they just wanted to save on ink and paper so left it out. I think it should have been left in even as a footnote, but at the same time, the oldest manuscripts of John also seem to leave it out. Interesting history over this account.
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An important message from a PRACTICING Jehovah's witness
by Sparks inhi, i am also a practicing jehovah's witness and very proud of it,to say the very-very least..!
i am a middle-aged man with many decades of being a witness of jehovah god in england.. this important letter is personally to you, just as many of the bible's 88 letters are to be taken personal by you the reader.
i am writing to you to urge you to take stock of your life, think what your future holds for you.
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wannabefree
3.Jehovah's witnesses are hated by all nations on account of God's name:( Matthew 24:9)
Matthew 24:9 ... Who's name?
Did you really go back? Or are you just having a good laugh? That was quite a novel to right if it was just for laughs.
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wannabefree
The numerous parenthetical additions you made to the alleged dialogue .... undermined it's reliability
I guess that's why they dropped the parentheses in the NEW New World Translation and just fully integrated their additions so as not to undermine the reliability.
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World's greatest website JW.ORG ?
by Pterist in.
http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/14030-jworg-greatest-website-in-the-world/.
thoughts, comments, outbursts ;) .
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wannabefree
video being shared on facebook
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It's All About Tablets
by metatron inwell, that seems to be the latest hot thing amoung witnesses.
everybody buys a tablet.
even the poor families that eat carb heavy meals are gettin' em.. maybe they can't afford the latest apple product like the maxi/mini pad or whatever they're calling it these days so a trip to ebay or overstock.com fills the bill.. use it instead of a songbook.
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wannabefree
With the influx of tablet usage, I have to believe that some will arrive at the meeting with a low battery and will race for wall seats near outlets ... a local needs talk will be on the horizon I suspect.
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wannabefree
Help! I am afraid of outing myself on this one. I can't handle it. That picture with the globe appeared on my fb wall posted by a JW. My daughter and wife clicked on like as did so many others. The comments are sickening. I am going CRAZY!
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Evolution is just a theory
by venting inthis ticks me off!
last sundays watchtower talked about how organised the heavens are.
how it works so acuratley.
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wannabefree
Evolution is a theory postulated on scientific evidence.
Creation is a theory based on ____________ .
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PEER PRESSURE!!! I gave in to Pioneering during August...I feel dirty...
by stuckinarut2 inok, i'll admit it...i am weak.... as everyone knows, the pressure to "pioneer" during "the most momentous, awesome, amazing, centenary anniversay of jesus invisble kigdom rule, & distribute tracts about a dodgy website" campaign is very strong at the moment.... also, many will have read my threads about the extreme views and expectations in our cong for "all appointed men to pioneer" etc..... every elder and ms and their families have been announced as pioneering....i mean everyone's name was read out except mine..... i was not going to do it, as i do not believe anyone should be forced...(and of course its the last thing on earth i would rather do anyway since learning ttatt).
but i am not quite ready to make the break yet, so i realised that i would stand out more if i didnt put in a form to pioneer.
yes it would make me more conspicious, and make fading harder to do...it would bring more heat on me if i didnt pioneer.. so i gave in and submitted a form.... now, of course, i'm only going to make sure i'm seen at the key field service groups etc...but then go and do something more interesting...like count blades of grass..... ahh....i feel hypocritical to myself now......
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wannabefree
Don't make your time, nobobdy really cares, they just care that they could announce 100% participation of the body, if they started announcing what percentage didn't actually get the pioneer time after the fact that would probably be a fairly high number .... actually they should start announcing that, then their aux pioneer ranks would increase because some of the ones that are honest with themselves may reason ... "oh, sister and brother super example didn't get their time, I guess I could try too!"