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  CO visit this week

  by JerkhovahsWitless in

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  for the first time, i didn't attend the meeting when the co came.

  my family went, which i figured would lead to them being questioned about me.. i thought for sure the cultists would be knocking on my door with the fat old wind-bag co to "encourage" me.

  unless they stopped by this week when no one was home, it looks like no one wants to save me from armageddon.

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  Lieu

  I think he's supposed to be like a Paul reconstruct, except he is nothing like Paul.
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  Am i correct?

  by angel eyes in

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  this is just an obsevation from me...ok i dont mean to annoy anyone but is it true or just me?.

  i feel that ones raised in the truth are so much better of than us who came in from the world.

  i say that because they have family who are witnesses too.

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  Lieu

  Black Sheep, how could you?

  LOL ... I hated that book as a youngster. I can't recall a single good thing about it ... pure fearmongering.
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  Proof the GB does not really believe the end is comming.....

  by Albert Einstein in

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  if you were a leader of a small group that should survive a worldwide disaster and will be left on their own, not being able to use now common services would you:.

  a) encourage your members to learn all possible skills and to get all possible today available education, maybe even organized "who will learn what" to cover really every aspect of future life and to be really prepared ..... or.

  b) discurage your members from education, letting them just sit home or at meetings and keep repeating: "the end is comming, the end is comming ... be ready, the end is comming...".

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  Lieu

  ...out in FS, I recall the pioneers taking "dibs" on people's houses. I was under the impression they felt as though the houses and stuff would remain.

  Even if infrastructure remained, who is qualified to keep things working? [powerplants, water systems, communication etc.] Is everything supposed to just pop into everyone's mind?

  Can't imagine where they get those thoughts from ... ?
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  Did You Start "Losing It" As A Witness?

  by minimus in

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  were you emotionally or mentally unbalanced at any time while you were a jehovah's witness?.

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  Lieu

  Nope. Unless thinking about driving wooden stakes through certain people is a disorder.
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  New Light: Don't hold hands during prayers

  by RR in

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  from the watchtower november 15 study edition.. 19 when we are being represented in public prayer, we need to display reverential "fear of god.

  " (1 pet 2:17) there may be a proper time and place for some actions that would be inappropriate at a christian meeting.

  (eccl 3:1) for instance, suppose someone sought to have all in a group link arms or hold hands during prayer.

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  Lieu

  They're telling people not to do it without telling people not to do it .... classic!
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  Young JW sisters in a hurry

  by asilentone in

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  did you notice any young jw sisters in the past that did rush to get married too young and to have a baby right away before the end comes?

  did you hear any stories of regret?

  i was wondering if the watchtower is to blame for?.

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  Lieu

  Yep, seen plenty and those 'sex' marraiges last about 2 yrs tops, with a few exceptions.
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  How Are JW's Sins Forgiven?

  by Perry in

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  matthew 9:6 but that ye may know that the son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.. .

  john 1:12 but as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of god, even to them that believe on his name:.

  why did we beg for jehovah's forgiveness at every prayer when clearly the son has this authority?.

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  Lieu

  The same way all those claiming to be Christians are ... you find out after you die at the Judgment if what you did has been forgiven.

  If one can't raise the dead, one can't forgive sins.
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  Can Someone Please Explain....

  by Cold Steel in

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  i'm not a jehovah's witness, nor have i ever been one.

  (neither have i played one on tv.

  ) but i have relatives who joined back in the late 60s, and we've heard precious little from them since.. i've read many jw publications, talked to their missionaries and am at a loss.

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  Lieu

  Rutherford claimed he had a dream to call his new group Jehovah's Witnesses (never said God spoke to him though) ... thing is, Rutherford was a known drunk.

  There's no real proof. The dates just make me believe they were practicing astrology and numerology to base their conclusions on.
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  How high have you been?

  by wouldacouldashoulda in

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  i pop into jwd/jwn almost everyday.

  some posters name i recognise.

  some posters i admire and cannot wait to read their comments.

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  Lieu

  Someone got high off a giant Shitake? ... or is that some type of Oyster mushroom?
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  has your life been "blessed" since leaving?

  by tigeress in

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  while in the org we are constantly told that if we just tow the line and behave that will we be blessed and everything we want will come to us.

  personaly i havn't found that to be the case in the 30 years i spent trying to tow the line.. but now i've left wonderfull things are starting to happen in my life and i'm so very happy!.

  so i wondered, have you encountered more "blessings" or less since leaving?.

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  Lieu

  Yep.

  Real people and real friends who don't run behind your back gossiping or telling your every faux pas. The freedom to chose who I like and do not like.

  Being able to help anyone I so choose without others questioning it has led to feeling better as a person at an inmeasurable magnitutde.

  The self righteous can immediatly be denounced and avoided. No need for forced association or their being held up as an example to deal with.

  No wearing clothes unfit for the weather. No stress about superficial things.

  Last but not least, I have a choice whether to believe in God or not, and how ... that's the real blessing.

  Freedom to chose what type of person to be is a blessing.