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  I am free

  by new hope and happiness in

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  yes the title of my first post was a little negative " shatterd faith" and the truth is i dont feel like that at all.. its wonderful being in a state of not knowing as it makes hope possible.

  and what i now learn i will learn from within and also enjoy doubt.. so why do i call this post " i am free"?

  because i will no longer allow a tiny few control the direction of my life.

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  whathappened

  Welcome to the forum. I will look back and read your first post, I must have missed it.
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  "The Finished Mystery" - William Miller, a member of the "little flock"

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  wiki: "william miller (february 15, 1782 december 20, 1849) was an american baptist preacher who is credited with beginning the mid-nineteenth century north american religious movement now known as adventism.

  among his direct spiritual heirs are several major religious denominations, including seventh-day adventists and advent christians.

  later movements found inspiration in miller's emphasis on bible prophecy.

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  whathappened

  Russell and Miller, like minded men.
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  So, my husband would not even meet the elders who just happened to drop by this morning.

  by Julia Orwell in

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  he stayed inside and kept going about his business like they weren't even there.

  i engaged them on the verandah hut politely explained that they'd caught us at a bad time as we were doing a big cleanup of the house.

  the elders had even bought a pack of chocolate cookies around, so they were expecting to be invited in and offered coffee.

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  whathappened

  Hopefully they picked up on the fact that they were not welcomed and will not return.
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  Charles Russell's family tree: a real tree

  by glenster in

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  one of these is an old world monkey that almost looks human.

  the other is a lesula.

  http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/09/13/47435.jpg.

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  whathappened

  Amazing family resemblance.
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  JW family made contact....

  by LouBelle in

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  .....after 8 years of us being disfellowshipped.

  the made contact through my aunt who is still 'in' - as in she has faded but is not disfellowshipped and will pop to a meeting now and again - she does this for my grans' sake.. the contact was from my aunt and uncle (he's an elder) these were the 2 witnesses used against me in my judicial case.

  they contacted my aunt and said to forward the message onto us.

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  whathappened

  Loubelle...good for you, girl. Don't let them change the rules at this stage of the game.
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  From the Governing Body

  by molybdenum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  dear mugs brothers.

  donate donate don't procrastinate.

  give us more and don't be late.

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  whathappened

  Does anyone know how much $$$ the governing body gets a month or what kind of payment they receive? I know their living quarters are very nice at Bethel.
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  Hello everyone it has been a very very very long time !

  by oldflame in

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  just popped in i heard about lady lee leaving and wanted to say bye but i guess they closed that thread .

  any old timers still around ?.

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  whathappened

  Hello and welcome back.
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  MOSES AND THE COPPER SERPENT......mysterious!

  by Terry in

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  2. friends

  isn't it odd; even mysterious that christians think jesus could be represented by a serpent?

  numbers 21:8 and the lord said unto moses, make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

  21:9 and moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

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  whathappened

  This is facinating, thanks for the info.
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  Got a angry letter from our oldest son today we are very hurt from it.

  by TotallyADD in

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  when i got home today from work my wife showed me a 5 page letter from our oldest son.

  he basically said he does not what anything to do with us because of all the wrong things we did as parents to him and his brother.

  he blames us for not being there for him and we are toxic parents.

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  whathappened

  I like your letter and hope things work out for you and your wife. We have all been abused in one way or another. It's a sad world for some of us.
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  Some odd developments

  by dissonance_resolved in

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  2. friends

  so things are not making sense at all here in my fade.

  as i had posted earlier, i had a long intense talk the other night with my husband where i thought it was crystal clear just where i'm at right now with the wtbts.

  then, the same week, he's not feeling well and asks me to take the kids to the mid-week meeting.

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  whathappened

  Your husband may be acting like he is ignoring the problem, hoping it will resolve on its own. Your parents may have remembered the council to just encourage the weak meeting attenders. Time will tell.