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  Farewell from Confused and Alone

  by confusedandalone in

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  2. friends

  i use to hate when people who made goodbye posts on message boards.

  why would they think that just because you no longer post on a chevy truck forum or a los angeles lakers forum the world would crumble around those still left there.

  this place is definitely different.

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  whathappened

  We wish you all the happiness in the world. So happy you have your wife and kids. That is all that's important. You will be missed.
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  This is my first post

  by Make Lemonade in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i wanted to express appreciation to the members of this forum.

  there are resources here that are deep.

  like we heard from the stage, "what is your depth and breadth of bible knowledge?

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  whathappened

  Welcome to the forum...I love to make lemonade!
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  1975 end prediction

  by FL_Panthers in

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  does anyone have the article written by the wt saying that the end would come in 1975?.

  how did people back then come to this year?

  i need this information becuase i was told, this was never literally written by the wt in any publication.. thanks.

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  whathappened

  I was there. Every decision we made in the late 60's and 70's was based on the certainty that Armageddon was coming in 1975. There was even a prediction from a scientist in the old blue book "The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life" that said that animal life would be dead by the year 1975 due to polution, man's ruining the earth. The song "Chrytal Blue Persuasion" was written about the "Truth Book." That is what we called it. Anyone who was a JW in the late 60's & 70's knows what they were teaching. It was in all assembly parts and taught from the platform. If you didn't believe, you were considered spiritually weak or apostate. Later, the society denied they ever taught it. Many, many people left as a result.
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  In Reading Over My DA Letter Of 9 Years Ago, This morning...

  by Littleleslie in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this morning after coffee, in reading over my da letter from jehovah's witnesses which i posted publicly on the net, (june 2nd, 2005 exactly nine [9] years this day), i noticed something interesting, something that i said about the "wine of her fornication" [rev.

  14:8; 17:2; 18:3] that could be given even greater attention to today, more so than when i wrote about it back then.

  i wrote in my da letter:.

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  whathappened

  Leslie, I wouldn't give a seconds thought to what they are going to change next. They are a cult, you know that!
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  untitled

  by venting in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some of my musings.

  the last time the do was at our hall he talked about the borians.

  the ones who checked the scriptures carefuly to see if these things were so.

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  whathappened

  Again, they are constantly going above and beyond what is written.
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  Anyone recall a time when your congregation came to the aid of a Brother or sister in need??

  by jam in

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  2. entertainment

  i'm not talking about a individual, but a congregation as a whole.. i'm talking about a brother or sister that really hit hard times.. have there ever been an occasion where the brothers (elders).

  decided to dip into the kh funds and help one in need????.

  example, brother loose his job, get evicted, family of four or.

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  whathappened

  We had a lot of collections taken for people in need. They would make an announcement that someone was in need and to see Brother So and So and he would collect the funds. The congregation funds were never used.
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  The resolution was actually passed!

  by stillin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  who would have thought that enough people would raise their hands when the resolution was put before the congregation tonight?

  based on the pledges that the publishers put on those little pieces of paper, the congregation is promising the wts that they will send $1,000/month to support the society's building funds.. there is a traditional monthly shortfall of about $100 with the basic monthly bills usually around $1,000.

  i didn't raise my hand.

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  whathappened

  I sounds to me like a lot of people in your hall are depending on others to come up with the money. People sit passively and let these resolutions get passed and they personally have no intention of contributing a cent more that they already give. "Let George do it."
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  I was "totally" stopped in my tracks by an "atheist" comment.

  by booker-t in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i must admit i can at times be a little "egotistical" when it comes to knowledge and the bible.

  i have studied the bible for so long and have always had a passion for the bible as a jw and as an ex-jw.

  i guess that is all i have left when it comes to religion and as humans we do tend to stroke our egos.

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  whathappened

  Once again, I highly recommend the book "The Atheist's Book of Bible Stories," by Fred Titanich. What an eye opener. He really lays it on the line. Now I know that the one book I have spent thousands of hours studying and thought I was an expert on is really not worth the paper it's printed on.
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  Oops! I think my numbers up!

  by Oneoutallout in

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  2. friends

  had a call from an elder a few weeks ago, asking if he could visit.

  managed to get away with saying thanks but no thanks.

  had another one tonight.

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  Did you miss me?

  by Hortensia in

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  2. entertainment

  went to montana, had a really good time.

  flew there, drove back with a friend.

  was gone eight days.

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  whathappened

  Your vacation sounded wonderful.