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Has there been any recent counsel or articles advising JW's to avoid associating with 'inactives'?

by nicolaou in

14 years ago

i ask because over the last few weeks i've noticed a marked 'cooling off' from my brother and sisters.

i don't think i'm being paranoid - has anything specific been printed lately?

bloody faith!.

14 years ago

Retrovirus 14 years ago

Welcome, ChainedNo Longer!

You seem to have a lot of your close family "in", which makes this latest witchhunt very hard for you.

I'm a non-jw, and my jw SIL has now also declined to keep in touch since I failed to progress in my "Bible" studies. The jw ladies who were uber-friendly at the start of the visits have also disappeared. Ah well.

Hang in there, and I do hope that as others have suggested, once the present stridency wears off, believing jws will revert to more moderate behaviour.

I understand from another thread that you have at least one child, kudos to you for raising her/him out of the watchtower! That's a great thing to do for your child.

All the best, Retro

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Being honest with yourself, could you have reasonably adjusted your attitude and continued on as a JW?

by miseryloveselders in

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14 years ago

i ask this question in harmony with deedub's swan song thread which i linked below.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/205902/1/time-to-say-good-bye.

to some degree, i think i understand where she's coming from.

just speaking from my own experiences since stepping into the world of anonymous apostacy, i went through a few different phases of personal outlooks.

14 years ago

Retrovirus 14 years ago

Hi DeeDubs !

How did your return work out? Have you been lurking for a while (ie, did you know Miz is nor No Room for George?)

Welcome back, Retro

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Does anyone know if they are still teaching the GT to newbies?

by aristeas in

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14 years ago

it has been quite an eye-opening last two weeks or so since i discovered & joined this site.

i'm learning a lot and there's no doubt much still to learn.

i must continue to thank so many posters for contributing information not available elsewhere on a wide variety of topics.

14 years ago

Retrovirus 14 years ago

Thanks, Aristeas! My study was discontinued due to my lack of progress. I've been learning here how lucky I was!

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A few notes on September 15, 2011 Watchtower, fresh off the presses!

by sd-7 in

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14 years ago

september 15th, 2011 watchtower, page 28, paragraph 13:.

"if a human overseer in god's organization provides you with instructions that seem extremely detailed, you might at times feel frustrated.

jehovah, however, is a perfect overseer who delegates generously and trusts his servants.

14 years ago

Retrovirus 14 years ago

From the "Marry only in the Lord" section. . they actually had the nerve to ask

What did David do when he felt lonesome

well, we know what David did - with Bathsheba. Great example!

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Does anyone know if they are still teaching the GT to newbies?

by aristeas in

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14 years ago

it has been quite an eye-opening last two weeks or so since i discovered & joined this site.

i'm learning a lot and there's no doubt much still to learn.

i must continue to thank so many posters for contributing information not available elsewhere on a wide variety of topics.

14 years ago

Retrovirus 14 years ago

Yes, my "Bible" studies used "What does the Bible really teach" also. The impression I had was that progressing through the book sets the hooks in (Paradise soon, relationship with Jeh, membership of a loving conregation) long before proceeding to detail.

The jw ladies also said that there was no need to go through the appendix with the calculations in detail; it just "proves" Chapter 8 ()

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My Last Thread

by Maze in

14 years ago

my interest in posting here has deadened lately.

this will likely be my last thread.

initially i participated here because i was interested in sharpening my perception against opposing points of view.

11 years ago

Retrovirus 14 years ago

What Ohiocowboy said, well, almost;

follow your heart and do what makes you happy, stop hurting yourself by judging others, have peace.

Best wishes, Retro

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What if you admitted you don't mind being destroyed @ Armaggedon?

by Knowsnothing in

14 years ago

isn't that pretty much the end of a conversation with a jw?.

honestly, now that i think about it, what is the difference between judgment day(armaggedon) and death?.

just curious to see how my friends and relatives would react if i responded that way... .

14 years ago

Retrovirus 14 years ago

The jw ladies who "bible" studied with me also asked that. As a deist, I asked shouldn't God be served out of love rather than in expectation of reward?

The back pedalling was quite funny.

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My dad wont make it too much longer, advise/experiences needed

by Coffee House Girl in

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14 years ago

hello all at jwn,.

so my mom called to tell me that my dad wont be able to come back home, he has been on kidney dialysis (along with having congestive heart failure and diabetes and dimentia...) but now he is breaking down and will have to be admitted to a hospice center for the remainder of his time left (without dialysis wont be two weeks).

most of you know my situation, faded (not dfd or dad) but most of my family treats me like i am disfellowshipped except my mom and she keeps getting warnings from elders to cut off dealings with me- my dad is inactive but as head of the household he demands that i be able to visit and take care of mom and dad (so my mom must be submissive to his wishes).

14 years ago

Retrovirus 14 years ago

CHG, all my sympathies to you all. I'm glad your brother will be there and hope you get through this stressful time as painlessly as possible. It's great that your Dad and CSG got to meet.

The measures you took to get the elders to back off are still in place, and I hope they remember that and leave you and your family in peace.

"you better do something if you want to see him again in paradise" - OMG, just read this. Could anyone at all be so crass as to say such a thing? I most sincerely hope that doesn't happen.

Strenght and peace to you. . . Retro

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Religious Reform

by Maze in

14 years ago

as a bible based organization, how do feel jehovah's organization should be reformed?

the answer is quite simple in christendoms churches:.

1. reject false doctrines like the trinity and 'all christians go to heaven' and use of images in worship.. .

14 years ago

Retrovirus 14 years ago

And yet the Watchtower Society offered a settlement. Why?

Contrary to what opposers may assume, the Watchtower's reported settlement offer of $50,000 was not made to Boer because they knew they were in the wrong and neither was the settlement offer involving the 16 persons made for that reason. The money was no doubt offered because they knew that it would cost more than that to go to trial and that it would be very time consuming. They were simply trying to offer a settlement as a way of curtailing expenses for a long drawn out court case

Poor, delusional Maze. Because of the gag order, this load of bad grammar cannot be verified. But, just this once, ask yourself . . .

If the Watchtower was so correct and justified, why did they issue the gag order??

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"When Was the Bible Written?" June 1, 2011 Public Edition--Oh, Wow!

by Cadellin in

14 years ago

i say, "oh, wow!

" because this article is a showcase for all of the ways that the writing dept.

has lost any shred of authoritative ethos or credibility.

14 years ago

Retrovirus 14 years ago

It's my understanding that "critics" is a Watchtower buzzword, like "opposers". As soon as my jw friends hear or read it, the shutters go up, as if a storm were coming.

That's why my guess would be that the misuse of "criticism" is probably deliberate.

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