Topics Started by jonjonsimons

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Is the GB guilty of stumbling christian? matt18:6
by Winston in
1. jw
2. friends
matthew 18: 6,7 "if anyone should cause one of these little ones to turn away from his faith in me, it would be better for that man to have a large millstone tied around his neck and be drowned in the deep sea.. how terrible for the world that there are things that make people turn away!

such things will alway happen--but how terrible for the one who causes them.".

has the governing body really been responcible for causing real genuine belevers in jesus christ to stumble the way jesus says at mathew 18?.
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Conditional love
by noidea in
1. jw
2. friends
being raised a jw sometimes you feel you only know conditional love.

you are only loved if you tow the line.

i only have one thing to say,.
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What is wrong with you people!
by larc in
1. jw
2. friends
hello brothers and sisters,.

i just can't understand what is wrong with you, and why you have fallen away.

dear brother russell got this whole thing started.
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Disfellowship?????????????????????
by tattoogrl333 in
1. jw
2. friends
today's study topic included disfellowship.

i'm a little confused i was told that the only way you can be disfellowshipped was if you did something you knew went agains jehovah and would not repent for it.

but the only person you can repent to is jehovah......... then i was told that the elders can however "keep the flock pure" b/c if jehovah is not happy with the congregation he can take his holy spirit away.
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Directed By Holy Spirit My Ass !!!
by Big Jim in
1. jw
2. friends
dont you think that it is stupid when you hear the dubs say that all appointments are made by the jehovahs holy spirit?.

how many times have you heard of elders/ms etc.

that were commiting all sorts of wrong doings while at the same time serving and passing judgement on others.. i remember when i was appointed ms there was a brother that was appointed at the same time, that accepted the assignment and served for almost a year before they found out he was commiting adultery all the while.. then you have the pedophiles that operate within the congregation some being elders etc.. i know for a fact that i could be a fornicator/drug user/closet queer/ are anything bad and keep it secret and i could move up the ranks as high as i pleased.. hell i could even be a undercover apostate/fornicator/all of the above and still get appointed if i kissed enough ass.. i could pioneer and lie about the hours,they would never figure it out.
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Any Buckeye's Here
by larc in
1. jw
2. friends
for those who don't know what a buckeye is, it is the state tree of ohio.

it also grows in michigan, but most michiganders try to kill them off and burn them at ohio state - michigan football games when ohio state loses.

the buckey tree produces brown fruit that look like a chestnut, except they are poisonous.
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IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THE G.B.? WHAT?
by Winston in
1. jw
2. friends
if you were granted to speak 100 words or less before the g.b.

and entire bethel family what would you say?

( all right maybe more than 100 words).
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Why Are You Here?
by larc in
1. jw
2. friends
the question, "why are you here?

" is simple enough, and your answer may be straightforward.

however, when i asked that of myself, i find that my answer is pretty complicated.
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POLL - Elders vs Molesters
by Amazing in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i wish to conduct a legitimate poll, or at least as legitimate as it can get on this forum.

unless you are or were a jw, please do not respond or make comments.

please simply give an answer, without extended comments.
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my experience
by jonjonsimons in
1. jw
2. experiences
this is my first post to this board so please be gentle with me.

ha!

i wanted to tell my story, which in itself is not all that different than others i have read here, but here goes.