Posts by GrandmaJones

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Black People Would Become White in the Paradise?

by God_Delusion in

i have just been informed that the watchtower society lovingly stated that all black people would become, over time, white.

this would happen when the earth is to become a paradise.. please tell me that what i have heard are the mutterings of a fool and can't possibly be true!.

my wife is of mixed-race origin and i quite like her the way she is.

GrandmaJones

duh...Never mind, I found the other thread. Right under my nose!

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Following GB equals following Christ (Visual Aid)

by Rank&FileGuy in

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just a visual aid to help everyone understand what message they're conveying in the watchtower study this coming sunday.

it's funny but just by using their first names instead of "governing body" really brings home the ridiculousness of it.. -rfg.

Black People Would Become White in the Paradise?

by God_Delusion in

i have just been informed that the watchtower society lovingly stated that all black people would become, over time, white.

this would happen when the earth is to become a paradise.. please tell me that what i have heard are the mutterings of a fool and can't possibly be true!.

my wife is of mixed-race origin and i quite like her the way she is.

GrandmaJones

Didn't I see pictures from this on another thread? (Might have been an old one)

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Are Golden Age Complete Sets available for 1925-1931?

by pirata in

wtarchives has the golden age for 1919-1924. research applications has 1932-1937. does anyone know if complete sets are available for 1925-1931?.

GrandmaJones

I can't get on the research applications link. Some problem? Do I have the spelling wrong?

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russel and the pyramids

by serein in

jw
friends

now tell me u lot is it true that russel used the mesurments of the pyramids to get his dates for 1914, cos i told my son and he went over to his grandmas house and told her, shes a jw,.

she showed him the latest dvd on the jws and stuff i dont know which one as i havnt been in a wile,.

anyways she was showing him it and it showed russel at the piramids and my son said see hes at them now on there, she said its not what ur mom thinmgs he was just traveling around,.

Would You Let Them Touch Your Junk?

by minimus in

jw
friends

well?.

I guess I don't have "junk" per se, but I have submitted to a patdown and the sliding of hands all over me. I travel a great deal, and frequently get pulled aside. I guess I look like an old lady terrorist?

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Did you Fade Gradually or Stop Attending Meetings Quickly ? Reasons ?

by flipper in

jw
friends

been thinking about this and curious about what makes us all come to the decisions we came to in our fade/exiting the jw organization.. i think for myself having been born-in & raised a jw my doubts about the generation doctrine had simmered for years within me quietly and by the time i finally left in 2003 i had reached my breaking point.

also seeing unjust treatment of rank & file witness ( myself included ) just propelled me into my decision even quicker.

so - one day after meeting with 3 elders in a back room before a meeting and seeing their judgmental aggression towards me - i just told myself " enough is enough ".

GrandmaJones

I began having doubts that were difficult to ignore when my mother, in an argument, told me that only apostates don't listen and obey the FDS. I told her apostacy was a rejection of Christ, not the governing body (FDS) or the Watchtower. We ended the argument quickly, as she is really, and I mean really old. I try not to upset her. I went home, looked up what apostacy was, and she is right, I am an apostate, and apparently have always been by the WT definition. No one has ever considered me one at the hall, and my mother was just upset over my disagreeing with her, and didn't really mean the remark. As a matter of fact, most every family member I have is an apostate who doesn't know it.

Regardless, when I read the definition, I began having such doubts that I began researching online. I couldn't accept the fact that I was not ALLOWED to question the doctrine, or have PERSONAL OPINIONS! Beginning of the end for me. I looked up Jehovahs Wittnesses on Wiki one night to refresh my memory on a point as to when Rutherford took over, (I had already read the Studies in the Scriptures and the Rainbow books) and saw the section on scandals and controversy (or something like that) and decided to read Coc. I ordered it and when it came I read it in practically one day. Then I wrapped it in layers of newspapers and threw it away. I was so uncomfortable. It was like it might burst into flames in my hands! I had never dreamed I would read "apostate" literature, and was as afraid of it as a Oujia board.

Shortly afterward, I discovered JWN and began lurking. After a couple of weeks, I joined. My first post was terrifying for me, as it seemed as I was taking a long stride towards complete apostacy and a total rejection of "the truth". I guess I was right.

My update as to my family is on another thread.

I joined JWN and went to maybe two more meetings and just stopped. I have had some family emergencies that called me out of town, but since I cam back, I still haven't gone, and I do not intend to resume. I will just never set foot in the hall again. No one has called, my family hasn't questioned me, the elders have ignored it so far. (I really don't expect this will continue, I think they can't imagine that a person of my age could just "fall out of the truth".) So I will get calls I am sure. I may be upset. I will let you all know.

So, the answer is I stopped quickly?

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