Best of Topics is what I am currently reading. I have been to JWfacts.com and read the articles there as well. This is a lot of information to get through, isn't it? But highly worth it.
GrandmaJones
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Will U Cry For the Babies
by Farkel inforgot about this one i did about two years ago.
found it on kent's site.
thanks kent!
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Greenlees & Chitty -- Some Sources
by AlanF inposted on an email message board:.
posted on an email message board:.
posted recently to the h2o message board:.
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GrandmaJones
The Watchtower never shares with us WHY some members of the governing body have left or stepped down.
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1975 - Lest We Forget
by GetBusyLiving ini find the topic of the 1975 end of the world scenario facinating, especially since i never lived through it.
do you old schoolers ever feel concerned that people will one day forget about what really went down?
with whitewashed tripe like the 'proclaimers' book informing dubs that it was just the false expectations of over enthusiastic apostates, are you at all concerned that the legacy of bullshit that is 1975 will be a forgotten moment in history blamed on you instead where the blame really belongs?
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GrandmaJones
Oh yes, we were all looking for the system to end in 75. Most of us were terrified. Whoever feels like they have done enough? It was such a relief for it not to have happened that we collectively turned away from the experience.
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My Life has been a total wreck
by bloominglotus inhi u guys, this is my first post.
i really dont know where to start except for now i have found out the truth about the "truth".
she asked if i want to still be a jw and i said no.
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GrandmaJones
You will be among friends here. Welcome. I am new myself, and wish I could offer you more comfort. Try not to do anything right now. Someone told me to "breathe". Right now you are feeling emotional, and you will think more clearly and know more what you want to do if you give yourself a few days more to absorb this. Is there some way to deflect attention away from this right now? Perhaps by telling your mother that you are confused and need time to think? Perhaps that might buy you a little breathing space. I wish I had better advice.
Grandma Jones
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Judge Bans Shunning
by Farkel intoday i spoke with a former jw i've been in touch with for several years and discovered what i think could be a major bombshell for the wts.
as we all know, shunning is the most powerful weapon the wt cult has over its members and for decades the wts has been able to get away with practicing it at their whim.
the us and other courts have permitted them to to use it, even though it destroys families and has ruined countless lives.
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GrandmaJones
Another interesting thread to resurrect for those of us who are new....
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Will U Cry For the Babies
by Farkel inforgot about this one i did about two years ago.
found it on kent's site.
thanks kent!
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GrandmaJones
I am so loving these questions...I feel like I am learning to think for the first time. I am not sure I know how
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"A Day for a Year": I Need a Beer
by Farkel ineveryone wants to find meaning and purpose in their life.
people who have been taught to believe in the bible seek stuff in the bible to give them meaning in their life.
some people make up stuff supposedly based on the bible to give them meaning in their life.. the watchtower society goes one step further: they make up stuff supposedly based on the bible to give their corporation meaning and importance in life.. far too many true believers have a difficult time accepting what should be obvious to any rational human: the bible meant exactly what it said.
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GrandmaJones
This goes to show that we (as JW's) don't question what we are taught. If it doesn't make sense, if it is nothing but smoke and mirrors and gobblety-gook, we think the problem is with us, not the WT. Perhaps the problem is that we are not "mature christians."
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Walter Salter's Letter 4 Newbies
by Farkel inseveral people have asked me about walter salter's letter menntioning smuggling cases of liquor for grudge rutherford.
i doubt that a letter more damning for da judge than this one could ever have been written:.
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GrandmaJones
And the scales continue to fall from my eyes.
Grandma Jones
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Beth Sarim Revisited 4 Newbies
by Farkel inat 4440 braeburn road, san diego, ca., in the rich and prestigious neighborhood of the kensington heights neighborhood sits one of the biggest embarrassments in the long and continuing list of embarrassments the watchtower society has created for itself.. most dubs know nothing about it, and if it wasnt for a few brief comments about it in the proclaimers book in 1993, even fewer dubs would know anything at all about it.. it is the home once known as beth-sarim (pronounced beth-sareeeem), the house of the princes.. it is a house with a history the society has shown by its historical lack of candor, hopes everyone would forget.
in fact, the society has done just about everything it could do to ensure that its history will be forgotten.
in the first book devoted to discussing the history of jehovahs witnesses, this house and its history is not even mentioned.
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GrandmaJones
I just had to "resurrect" this thread. Although I was already aware of the existance of Beth-Sarim, I didn't know about Beth-Shah. To think that all that craziness was going on only five years before my mother was baptized, I have to wonder. I know she didn't know. I asked her. How brazed Rutherford was. Under the new DF rules, could he get DF'd for "brazen conduct"? (smile)
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Rutherford's wife, why the info blackout?
by VM44 inrutherford ruled the watchtower organization from 1916 to 1942, traveled extensively, had several residences, most notably, beth sarim.
but absent always was his wife, mary, not to mention his son, malcolm as well.. ok, rutherford was so well known, why did no one inquire about his son and wife?.
when rutherford resided at beth sarim in san diego, why was his wife not there with him?
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GrandmaJones
Oh, I am so glad to find this information. How very interesting. I have been trying to read all the old postings and am spending many hours doing so. Thanks to you all for your wonderful research.