Whatever the reason is it's all psycological. Weather its HOPE for seeing their dead loved ones again, or not having pain anymore, or just to have an organization protect them from the law when they molest their children. People look at just the reward of the paradise as like a life time retirement where their worries of today are gone forever.
Joshinaz
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A Possible Reason Why Some Want To Be Jehovah's Witnesses
by minimus ini think some want to be witnesses even if they know some of the teachings and views are questionable because they feel special!.
if they get a "privilege" or are allowed to pioneer or allowed to preach from house to house and be "ministers", they feel like they are somebody.. what do you think?
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Joshinaz
One of my sisters moved to brazil for a few months to learn portugese so she can help out one of the portugese congregations in Ma. I wonder if she saw any of this?
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Ex-JW Resources
by brotherdan indoes anyone have some good ex-jw or current jw resources that are free and online that they would like to share?
i know that one thing that helped me greatly was hearing mp3s by the late great bill cetnar.. i though this thread could be a place to save as a favorite and keep for whenever you need some reminders about why the organization is so wrong and how to build yourself up.. here are a few sites i've come across that have great audio and video resources for us:.
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/j02ag.html.
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Joshinaz
Lots of places have meetups for EX-JW's or fading JWS check your local area under meetups for ex-jw's. Anyone is invited even if you are a JW or studying to be, or a ex JW. Its not an apostate group just a support group with some great people.
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Ex-JW Resources
by brotherdan indoes anyone have some good ex-jw or current jw resources that are free and online that they would like to share?
i know that one thing that helped me greatly was hearing mp3s by the late great bill cetnar.. i though this thread could be a place to save as a favorite and keep for whenever you need some reminders about why the organization is so wrong and how to build yourself up.. here are a few sites i've come across that have great audio and video resources for us:.
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/j02ag.html.
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Joshinaz
or call: 1-800-WHY-1914 The lady (sorry I forgot her name) is really cool and she'll send you info or just talk about the history of JW's and 1914.
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Biology: A (Mostly Fun) Challenge
by TD incan you name this plant?.
the subject of evolution and the question of why one would believe that various living things are so closely related that they sprang from a common ancestor comes up fairly often.
very strong opinions are expressed.. i thought a visual challenge might be fun .
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Joshinaz
Kinda funny..the only ones who posted this and responded are from AZ.
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Biology: A (Mostly Fun) Challenge
by TD incan you name this plant?.
the subject of evolution and the question of why one would believe that various living things are so closely related that they sprang from a common ancestor comes up fairly often.
very strong opinions are expressed.. i thought a visual challenge might be fun .
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Joshinaz
Very common plants here in AZ
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Every publisher must pay for assembly costs???
by sacolton injust saw this posted on watchtower uncensored .... .
want to hear the latest debacle?
the po in my mom's congregation told them that at the next 1-day-assembly it will be the responsibility of every publisher to put 3 in the box towards the running costs at the assembly hall.
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Joshinaz
I know my sister goes to the assemblies and can barely afford the extra time off work. Nevermind the cost of Hotels, parking, gas, food, ect. I asked how she thinks she's gonna afford the cost of just going and she says, "Jehovah will provide." I just looked at her puzzled. Now I guess she'll have to put money into the contribution boxes too. I guess just being there isn't enough.
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WT Society Has to be Forced by Courts to Reveal Hidden Child Abuses
by flipper inin one of the new pieces of information in the new elders manual - section 5:18 - it shows how elders are instructed to keep all judicial committee information private from media or attorneys.
keeping in mind how secretive the wt society has been in hiding child abuse within the jehovah's witnesses notice these instructions to elders now.. it states, " if a member of the media or an attorney representing the accused ( or possibly victims ) contacts the elders , they should not give him any information about the case or verify there is a jc.
rather, they should give the following explanation, " the spiritual and physical welfare of jehovah's witnesses is of paramount concern to the elders, who have been appointed to " shepherd the flock ".
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Joshinaz
Its a shame the victims don't just go strait to the police instead of the elders first.
Its a shame the victims think they are going to get sympothy and the help they need from the cong. instead of reporting the crimes to the state.
I know too many people who were molested and had the elders cover it up from going to the law. Unfortunately, the crimes were too many years ago to pursue anything now. It just shows how long this crap has been going on.
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1975 And The Life Everlasting Book.
by Bangalore infound these on perimeno's site.. .
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Joshinaz
I can't believe that is bro. dan. Maybe his wife got a hold of the computer.
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Dubs at the Door
by Farkel inknock, knock.... hh (householder): yes?
dub1: good morning.
we are working with a group of your neighbors today sharing some christian good news about the future.
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Joshinaz
Great job! Wasn't that in a KM somewhere?