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  4 Suicides I Am Aware Of This Year, Why Elders, COs Are Not Competent To Handle These Matters. (Life Or Death, Your Choice!)

  by AvocadoJake in

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  2. friends

  i would like to relate with the first suicide that took place this year, this was more than seven months ago.

  this person was deeply distraught and was talking about killing themself.

  the conduct of this person started to escalate (deep depression with morbid thoughts.

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  Effects of the Evolution Theory

  by mankkeli in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  effects of the evolution theory.

  in the early 19th century, religion and science enjoyed a fairly amicable relationship.

  just two years before the origin of species was published, biologist and harvard professor louis agassiz wrote that the living world shows premeditation, wisdom, greatness and that a major purpose of natural history was to analyze the thoughts of the creator of the universe.. agassiz viewpoint was not uncommon.

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  When is it time to fully open up to a spouse

  by ihadnoidea in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently my very active jw wife has been more critical of the wt and some of their stances.

  she has particularly been critical of topics that hit home to some of the things going on in lives of our families.

  i am still going through the motions as an active servant, but i am mentally out.

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  Past Organized Attempts to Level the Playing Field with WTBTS

  by Band on the Run in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am new to jw dissidents.

  a couple of weeks ago i created a post asking what attempts have been made in the past to organize some opposition.

  personally, i don't feel it would be fruitful to challenge the wt first amendment benefits.

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  Surprised reaction

  by truthseeker1969 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my brother who attends meetings was at the hall when they were explaining the "generation" new lite.. he said he was stunned when a rumble went through the congo which he said sounded like "oh here we go again" and then laughing.. the brother sittig next to him said 'what next" and after the meeting a lot of people were mad that instead of leaving what they do not know they re-invented it.. elders were being surrounded by people asking them to explain it.. this happened a few weeks ago but there is also alot of anger at the "mentally diseased " comment made by the gb as people view it as an outright attack on family members.

  i think i smell trouble.. he is not one who shuns and told the elders that until they show him where jesus said shun then he will continue to talk to me.. one elder told him that if he persists in talking to me then he could be brought before a committe to which he told him "it would be your funeral".

  so me thinks they are truly in a panic!.

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  Confirmation Bias

  by allelsefails in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've read a lot of crap in my life (not just wts) and i have finally found the phrase to describe almost every religious wrting i've read.

  "confirmation bias" affects how jws look at historical facts, how dems and repubs look at economic facts, or how all people look at information presented to them.

  i still go to meetings every once in a while to make my wife and my boss feel better about me, but sometimes i can't believe how idiotic some things are.

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  WTS Quotes on Evolution

  by sizemik in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the official wts website has a short article entitled .

  is evolution compatible with the bible?.

  http://www.watchtower.org/e/20080101a/article_01.htm.

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  Why can't you ask questions?

  by ihadnoidea in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know that some will disagree on this, and say you can ask questions.

  yet, i ask you to honestly think what would happen if you openly started asking questions on jw doctrine or evolution.

  likely you would be made to feel like i did below if you started asking these questions to other jws.. .

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  JWs and the Family Unit - Calling Maze to defend assertions

  by Retrovirus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the thread about the wt in russia, maze made the assertions below.. .

  jehovah's witnesses as an organization acts as a protection to the family unit.

  andthe lie that jehovah's witnesses ruin families is apostate poison.. to aviod derailing that thread, i ask maze to defend them here.. my experience is that the jw religion destroyed my brothers' marriage.

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  Went to the special day assembly

  by ihadnoidea in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it was mostly same old information.

  the theme was seeking refuge in jehovah.

  the part that really only stood out to me is the one knock they took toward education.

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