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  The Faithful and Discreet Slave - A JW Myth

  by 00DAD in

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  2. friends

  probably this topic has been dealt with before, but i'm relatively new here, so perhaps y'all will be willing to indulge me in my pursuit for clarity.

  regarding the anointed, the gb recently said this: .

  "we thus have no way of knowing the exact number of anointed ones on earth; nor do we need to know.

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  Were organ transplants ever forbidden?

  by stillstuckcruz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as an apostate, i'm currently compiling a list of changed doctrines and "new light" changes over the years.

  this is mainly for discussing with witnesses in the future.

  i feel if i don't present full truth of their own doctrine, they will knock me down and rightfully say that i did not give full infomation(hypocrites much?).

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  Have Jehovah's Witnesses (The WTBTS) taken the Best Years of your life?

  by Hairyhegoat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  having been a born in for 44 years i can say yes to this question.

  my 2 sisters and 1 brother and my dad have nothing to do with my family now we have made our stand against the jw's.

  i was always downtrodden at school for been a jw.

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  StandFirm Says The Watchtower Society Has Never Lied!

  by LostGeneration in

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  2. beliefs

  check it out:.

  http://stayawake-standfirm.blogspot.com/2011/04/watchtower-society-has-never-lied.html.

  standfirms disclaimer is that the definition of a lie is: "to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive"-emphasis added.. of course, other definitions of lie include: .

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  What "Unwritten Rules" Did Your Congregation Have?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i knew of a hall that allowed only white shirted speakers on the platform for sunday public talks!

  when a visiting speaker did not wear the official white shirt he was either told that he couldn't give the talk or he could change shirts,as the hall kept a variety of sizes, just in case of an emergency!!!

  i don't make this up.

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  Society's position on illegal aliens

  by sir82 in

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  2. friends

  one of the things that has always irked me is the society's position on illegal aliens.. paraphrasing a us boe letter (can't remember the date, not a recent one though), elders were instructed that they are not "policemen", not responsible for enforcing "caesar's laws".

  so, if there are any illegal aliens in the congregation, elders do not report them to any authority.

  no (congregational) disciplanary action at all is taken against them.. however, illegal aliens are not "exemplary", in that they are knowingly breaking caesar's laws.

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  What's Everyone's Favorite JW "Urban Legend?"

  by Jaypeeto in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my personal favorite, popular in my area in 1982, was the story that little plastic "smurf" dolls were biting the ankles of hapless witness moms who had bought the demonic toys for their little children.

  does everyone have a favorite laugh-out-loud jw urban legend?

  please share!.

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  Philosophy: Satan's tool?

  by M.J. in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have heard much railing from the wts about the snares of "worldly philosophies".

  according to the wts, much of what is evil in the world, including the teachings of "babylon the great" is rooted in philosophy.

  this appears to be one of their hotbutton "buzzwords" to promote irrational fear about anything related to philosophy.

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  JWD a Dysfunctional Place?

  by Victor_E in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with the recent blood baths we have seen in this forum it got me wondering of how you can objectively understand it and more importantly not let it affect you if you so choose.

  what i write is not meant to be taken as gospel truth since there is no gospel truth nor is it my intention to get on my soap box since i left it when i walked out of the kingdom hall.

  most of what i have to say is subjective based on personal experience and i feel no need or desire to debate anyone about anything i write.

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  Why No Disfellowshipping Before 1952?

  by blondie in

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  2. friends

  why was there no official arrangement before 1952 to disfellowship people?

  was there a different procedure with a different name?

  was no one committing disfellowshipping offenses?

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