You and the Mrs. are the reason the GB is ramping up their hate campaign to include those within the congregations still attending. The Dec 15, 2013 Watchtower calls those like you "deciples of disorder", They HATE that you don't play by all the rules and worse, you are no longer making contributions. You are taking up space and wearing out the carpet without assisting with the work. If you can stomache it, and ONLY IF you don't have children, I say knock yourself out. Just be aware that you may be making things worse for true believers.
Posts by 3rdgen
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29Am I in a "cool hall " or what?
by ?me? inanybody else in the situation i am?
me and the wife go to a hall that is pretty "hands off".
i have not really been out in service for probably 1.5 years and my wife has went out maybe 3 times in the last year.
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Yet More Annual Meeting Speculation. . .
by breakfast of champions inso, yes, there will be a "new bible" released at this annual meeting.
worst kept secret ever.. however, the new bible will no longer be called the "new world translation".
again, this is pure speculation, but it would kind of make sense since the term "new world" is very mason-y, old-time jw-y, and doesn't appear in the bible anyway.. what they would call it, i couldn't even guess..
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"The New and Improved Version of the Previously Botched Translation of the Scriptures" will be followed by a new publication explaining the changes entitled: "Things in Which We Were Wrong but have Revised in an Attempt Not to Loose any more Followers. Written posthumously by Fred Franz Edited to add; The publication will be a LARGE two volume set
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wt 8/15/03: Easing Nature - Is it for Christians?
by Scully ineasing nature is it for christians?
easing nature the very phrase itself brings to mind the odious product of this activity.
yet, many people have the understanding that this natural bodily function is a practice in which true christians may engage.
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Scully, please don't interpret my macaroni and cheese suggestion as critisism. Your Bible based research is impecable. True Christians would do well to heed this Godly council. :)
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wt 8/15/03: Easing Nature - Is it for Christians?
by Scully ineasing nature is it for christians?
easing nature the very phrase itself brings to mind the odious product of this activity.
yet, many people have the understanding that this natural bodily function is a practice in which true christians may engage.
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Dear Scully, Your article was most informative. However, I must differ with you on the recommended use of mashed potatoes in an effort to "eliminate" easing nature. In my years of experience with this unclean habit I have noticed that mashed potatoes actually STIMULATE the bowls thus making supressing them even MORE difficult. On the other hand Macaroni and cheese----now THAT is the tie that binds.
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Registration errors
by Simon inapologies if you've registered in the last few days and tried to verify your account but received an error.. the problem should be fixed now so if you retry the link in the email it should work.. email me ([email protected]) if you still have problems though ....
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What's in it for them? (GB)
by SyntaxError1974 inif the wbts is just another business?
then what do the gb get out of all this?.
tim cook (ceo apple) makes around 378 million a year.. donald trump makes around 60 million a year.. i understand the wbts may have vast property holdings, stocks, bonds, and revenue from donations.. but i can't grasp the incentive for the gb to make this stuff up.
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3rdgen
Welcome Syntax, throughout the years people have wondered the same thing about the GB. BOC said it's complicated and I agree. These ordinary men with only basic education were mostly born-in. As one myself, I can say that you grow up believing in "the truth" the same way you believe the earth is round. For at least six decades the WTBTS has stressed social association ONLY with believers . "Keeping seperate from the world" distorts a persons view of everything. So in the beginning the GB members no doubt were true believers who liked attention and wanted to be promoted to "serve". However, with power comes glory-intoxicating! Once on the "OPIUM" there is no motivation to change or leave even when it comes to their attention that a particular doctrine or policy is wrong. The organization must be preserved at all costs-and it is! The present GB have a visual aid of what happens when a member disagrees with the majority-Ray Franz. Who of them wants to be kicked to the curb at this later point in their lives. Go along with the program and prosper. A no-brainer.
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Gorby's father collapses at home after new light watchtower study
by Gorbatchov infriends,.
sunday my father, a strong believing witness, former elder and still a ms, collapses at home after the new light watchtower study.. the cause was extreme stress.
i asked him about his worries.
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It is such a shame that the faithful are not prepared for old age and death. It's like an 80- something still believes in Santa Claus. If they start to realize they were wrong all those years it is devistating! Who will be of comfort and aid to such ones? Certainly NOT the WTBT$. So glad you are there for your dad, Gorby.
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Today I had coffee with Mouthy!
by NVR2L8 ina few months ago i found out mouthy lived a short drive away from where i live and we communicated by pm.
so this morning i called her and was able to meet with her for coffee.
what a pleasure it was to finally meet her.
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I'm glad for both of you.
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young JW;s on facebook
by besty injust trawled a round a few next-gen jw's back in my old neck of the woods up in scotland - kids of my gen really.
couple of things stood out:.
1 - some serious fb'ers in there - 800+ friends on one of them.
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Loosingit, Yeah, I found out about the 2 accounts only because I looked up an old friend of mine (she's not old just hadn't talked to her in years lol) She was newly remarried to a man who by his appearence was NOT a JW. All her friends were either non JWs , inactive or DFed many of whom I know. So i thought, goodie! xxxx is obviously Out so i sent her a friend request. She accepted but told me in a private e-mail that she had been reinstated that THAT WEEK (I didn't even know she had been DFed) and put me on her OTHER account with active JWs only! Whhhhhatttt? I didn't WANT to be with them. I didn't have the heart to tell her she put me in the WRONG group!
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young JW;s on facebook
by besty injust trawled a round a few next-gen jw's back in my old neck of the woods up in scotland - kids of my gen really.
couple of things stood out:.
1 - some serious fb'ers in there - 800+ friends on one of them.
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Besty, I recently did the same FB thing. I was curious about the grown children of my JW friends who live in other towns and States. It is interesting how open their pages are. Only a very few had privacy settings in place. About half appear to have left the religion or never were baptized. They openly show Christmas and other holliday pictures. They show themselves in sexual poses and other objectional situations (to their JW parents) A couple openly said they were Athiests , others said they are Buddests. One included working at a "Hustler" sex shop under work history. It is as if they are trying to publicly humiliate their JW parents and grandparents. Of the ones who seemed "still in" their friends included DFed and "wordly" people. Many of the "still in" have 2 FB accounts: one for their non-jw friends which is locked down tight, and one for their JW friends which is open to the public. I wonder where they got THAT idea. :)