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  Any other churches call themselves the 'truth'??

  by Beck_Melbourne in

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  old habits die hard...and quite often in my comments i will refer to the borg as the 'truth'.

  does anyone know of any other churches that refer to their own particular church or religion as the 'truth'??

  also, does anyone know how it originated...all my life i have used the term...comments like 'how long have u been in the truth?

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  Vanderhoven7

  I think Scholar and Fisherman are still onboard altho they haven't been too vocal of late.
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  Did Charles Taze Russell die a broken man?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  his 1914 predictions failed...but did he succumb to depression as a result?.

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  Sounds like Biden.

  I know he was ill and in a lot of pain for quite a while before his death. Apparently he died at 64 and a person close to him on his final train ride home described him as looking older than his 88 year old father. I wonder why he died wearing a Roman toga.
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  Did Charles Taze Russell die a broken man?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  his 1914 predictions failed...but did he succumb to depression as a result?.

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  His 1914 predictions failed...but did he succumb to depression as a result?
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  Will the GB Eventually "observe" Tithing?

  by Sea Breeze in

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  found this on fb from the recent losch talk.

  time for a new business model?.

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  Vanderhoven7

  No but they will shame people who give less in support of God's only Channel of communication, the Faithful and Wise Servant in charge of all some of the Master's goods.
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  Has the Watchtower Faithful Slave become the Evil Slave?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  what evidence suggests to you that the wt f&ds is actually more like the es of matthew 24?.

  45¶who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?.

  46blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.. .

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  Wasn't the Beast slain when the League of Nations was scrubbed but rose again as the United Nations?
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  Has the Watchtower Faithful Slave become the Evil Slave?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  what evidence suggests to you that the wt f&ds is actually more like the es of matthew 24?.

  45¶who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?.

  46blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.. .

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  Aprox 10 years as an NGO of the United Nations ending on 2000.
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  The Apostates' Handy JW Glossary

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  perhaps this has been printed here before...but still it gave me a few laughs...so here it is again.. the apostates' handy jw glossary.

  by doug checketts.

  "anointed" - an experience that, unfortunately, no "anointed" one has ever been able to explain.

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  Vanderhoven7

  This one deserves a resurrection.

  
  

  Oh! And here is something on a 10 year old whose parents became JWs by Grant Davies

  
  

  What is it like being raised as a child by parents who became Jehovah's Witnesses as adults?

  I was about ten when my parents became JWs.

  Quite overnight we stopped celebrating our own birthdays. We stopped celebrating Christmas. I was told to give up “worldly” friends, going to their parties and hanging out with them.

  My TV watching was monitored; the lyrics to the songs I listened to; equally.
  The books I wanted to read were monitored.
  My after-school activities were stopped.
  I was obliged to sit in a suit listening to material way above my grasp, five times a week.
  I had to go on the ministry door-to-door with someone I barely knew, with the spectre of a school-friend answering the door.
  I was told repeatedly by both my parents and others in the congregation that these sacrifices would realise their reward as the “new system” was coming any minute.

  My parents were in fact more liberal than most but my childhood was sucked dry of the some of the innocent joys experienced by class mates.

  What no one says and no one wants to admit to is that the reward is not based on any certainty.

  “It’ll be worthwhile IF you survive Armageddon.” This introduced an existential crisis. I was making all these sacrifices with no guarantee of any reward. That’s child abuse, isn’t it?

  Thank you.
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  Has the Watchtower Faithful Slave become the Evil Slave?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  2. beliefs

  what evidence suggests to you that the wt f&ds is actually more like the es of matthew 24?.

  45¶who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?.

  46blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.. .

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  What evidence suggests to you that the WT F&DS is actually more like the ES of Matthew 24?

  45¶Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

  46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

  47Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

  48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

  49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

  50The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

  51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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  Reinstatement Procedure

  by KerryKing in

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  what else has changed?.

  during the many years i have been df'd the org has printed a new bible, new song book, doctrinal changes, so has anything changed re reinstating someone?.

  i'm contemplating the leap for family reasons but due to my job and young family commitments there is no way i would be able to attend every meeting for months on end.

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  Vanderhoven7

  Hi Kerry

  Welcome to the forum!

  As you can see by the responses you have received thus far, this is not a Watchtower approved site.

  I assume you arrived here by accident. There are a few active JWs on board, but in disobedience to the Faithful Slave in New York. Who knows what will happen to them come the GT leading to Armageddon.

  We would encourage you to stick around as well and take your chances. Oh yes, and please feel free to share more of your story with us.

  God bless
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  Trouble everywhere.

  by BoogerMan in

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  a man caused a serious disturbance at a vehicle repair centre today, by screaming at staff that he self-identified as an electric vehicle.. the police were called - but after talking to the man, they said they couldn't charge him!.

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  That was the same guy who went to the garage because his motor was running roughly.

  The mechanic got out his screwdriver and turned a screw and the motor ran as smooth as butter. "How much?" asked the man. "Twenty bucks", replied the mechanic. " How do you figure that when you just turned a screw!?", shouted the man. "Yes, I know" said the mechanic," it's 5 cents for turning the screw; it's $19.95 for knowing which screw to turn."