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  gb leadership

  by johnna colins in

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  2. scandals

  who are leading the governing body?

  who is in charge of them?

  i don't mean the shareholders.

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  Who are leading the governing body? Who is in charge of them? I don't mean the shareholders. It seems more like they are puppets on a string to some degree. We can all see that Tony Morris is definitely calling some shots. And I guess Geoffrey Jackson when he so decisively said no that that two witness rule would not change. But power has considerably changed from when Fred Franz or Knorr were president.
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  Only a few days ago I was entirely lost and without hope the rug was pulled out from under me

  by elderess in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  only a few days ago i was walking around the house in a mindless wander thinking if i needed to seek professional help.

  then i got the courage to seek the comfort of complete strangers on the internet and found a world of support here on this website.

  thank you simon and whoever else has made this website possible.

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  johnna colins

  This is such fantastic news to wake up have those blinders off both your and your husband's eyes. Enjoy. And don't forget the power of prayer for your children. They can be helped too. May Our our Holy Father and Jesus Christ along with the Holy Spirit be with.
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  what buzz word from the jw's do you hate & why?

  by Sabin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my hubby has been on a bit of a roll about the jdubs, we were talking a lot about them & he said the buzz word he hate's the most is "worldly" why?

  because he say's "with that one word they have condemned (according to their believes) a person as being worthy of nothing but death.

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  Jehovah, not using it as God's names so much even though I much prefer Yahweh. But emphatically because the Watchtower org. Uses it interchangeably with themselves. It is a substitute for the watchtower. They don't know where God stops and the org or for that matter the gb begins.
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  Living as Christians at the C.L.A.M this week

  by Truthexplorer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this weeks meeting under the section - living as 'christians', starts off with 'repentance makes a difference', which is a talk given by an elder taken from w06 11/15 27-28 par 7-9. in a nut shell it discusses those who have been disfellowshipped and then show repentance.

  it then goes on to discuss reinstatement and how a certain amount of time must pass by before this can take place.

  it makes the following point in the paragraph.. 'a disfellowshipped person is not automatically accepted back into the congregation after a certain amount of time has passed.

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  The congregation I originally submitted my d/a letter to has changed considerably in faces but not attitude. They are still gossipers, back biters, snobs, and extremely cruel to those df'd and d/a'd. Even though 25 yrs passed they wanted a min of 24 months to go by before reinstating could occur. I should say there were some loving sis and bro but by far majority are as above. Cong I now go to wanted me back at 6 mo., then at 10 months. Orig elders kept playing games. Refused to answer phone calls, didn't return calls. Lied to elders. When they had me for their meeting, they interrigated for 3 hrs each time, you can only imagine how it felt. There were multiple times they told my elders they came to decision they were ready to send letter and no letter would come. Finally it came last week. And yes its for personal reasons. We all know my relationship with our Heavenly Father and his Son is not dependent on them. Now I walk a very fine line for reasons known by Him.
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  If YOU had to make the decision, would you respect a JW relatives wish to refuse a blood transfusion?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  a few years after i quit the meetings my mum needed her medical directive signed and witnessed and she asked if i'd do it.

  i was surprised to say the least!.

  i think she was just angling to include me and maybe find some lever to get me involved again.

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  johnna colins

  I would and already have honored my father's choice. Several years ago my father had a life threatening heart aneurysm. He needed open heart surgery of couse he wanted bloodless. He calls up after shunning me for 15 yrs and asks me to help him find a Surgeon. I did and also had him recooperate at my house. He did not shun me after that. He is 85 now.
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  WT beliefs keep somebody I know from suicide, any suggestions?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the religion is like being on a dangerous drug or major abuser of alcohol in which suddenly stopping it will kill them even though remaining on it is also killing them.

  someone i know has poor health, on welfare and very poor, and unable to turn around and change their life.

  they are very depressed and been on care and had several close calls and suicidal thoughts.

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  Yes when you say care, I trust you mean this person is being seen by psychologist. The one thing that clicked in my head and made me determined not to ever make a deliberate move to take my life was what my son said to me. He said you keep thinking everyone will forgive you. That it will end your hurt. Mom what you NEED to think about is the hurt that everyone of us is going to have to live with for the rest of our lives. We love you mom and by doing this you make us feel that the only one you cared about was the one you killed your self over. Don't you love us enough to stay alive for? His words changed me.

  I truly feel the Wtbts trains you to feel you must commit suicide. Just like they say you won't be happy if you leave. For me at 1st I was told I would be apart of my expectant ggrandbabies'lives then when they were born, I was told I couldn't be.
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  converting to catholic

  by SloppyMcFloppy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello i was wondering if any ex jw have converted to catholic?

  i have been tossing the idea around a bit and wondering if it was woth it from personal experience?

  thoughts?

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  johnna colins

  When one takes seriously the adult charechism book and studies it, researching all scripture, I believe one can find it is a good decision. It must be their personal decision. There are a couple of converted ex jws on ewtn tv, the Catholic evangelizing station that show how worthy it is. I have become Episcopalian but really my religion of choice is Anglican.Go prayerfully to our Father and together make your choice.
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  Searching for those who "know" TTAT

  by EyesOpenHeartBroken in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anybody have any tips for conversation starters to covertly feel out someone in the cong that you suspect is a "knower" about ttat?.

  any success or experiences to share?.

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  johnna colins

  I will say my father, very devout, noticed brother who was saying heavenly father in his cong instead of so called devine name. Maybe thats something to look at.