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  I need some serious help

  by bulldogg1877 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i grew up a jw kid until the age of twelve.

  since then i have lived a worldly life.

  i have enjoyed alot of my life experiences, but i now feel like i am lost.

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  The Searcher

  Welcome Bulldogg;

  Before you commit to anything, take a few steps back and consider the 13 points I've sent you in a P.M.

  Hopefully you will clearly see that the WTBTS does not reflect what the scriptures actually say.
  
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  June 2017 Watchtower - Jehovah's Sovereignty is at stake if you disagree with us

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  four years ago the watchtower made the following demand.

  all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.

  they are not content with obedience and in the upcoming june watchtower they have this to say -15. how does respect for theocratic headship reveal our love for jehovah’s way of ruling?15 what is our response to divinely authorized headship?

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  June WT, page 30, par. 15 - "What is our response to divinely authorized headship?"

  Who divinely authorized the WTBTS/7 charlatans in Warwick? The only divinely authorized head for Christians is the Christ!)

  This self-promoting corporation-cum-religion exposes its corruption with every new piece of propaganda.
  
  
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  The sly tactics the elders are using to malign my name!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have had it confirmed now, that since stopping attending over 18 months ago, the elders have set out to deliberately ruin my name and character .. they have been talking to every witness from the local area and saying things like "be careful of him, he has the ability to implant thoughts in your minds, and he only pretends to be kind and caring".

  so, all i have to say to them is, "bravo!

  if that is the method you want to employ, you have reached the very depths of bad behaviour!".

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  The Searcher

  You should feel proud that the Little Napoleons consider you a threat to them.

  Some J.W.'s may even realise that what the elders are saying actually reveals more about them than you!
  
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  Day 2 - Fessler vs. Watchtower – Thomas Jefferson Jr takes the stand in Jehovah’s Witness Child Abuse Trial

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  day two (wednesday 8 february 2017).

  see also posts and threads regarding: pre-trial / day one / day one update / day five (last day, settlement).

  jefferson: not totally.. zeff: okay.

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  The Searcher

  Thanks for this post.
  

  ".........the Watchtower organization urges elders to maintain confidentiality, when they legally impale themselves by breaking confidentiality the moment they share a confession with other elders...... Watchtower attempted to claim clergy privilege to protect themselves, but this was denied multiple times by the court."

  I'm totally bewildered at the U.S. judiciary's ineptitude to bury the WTBTS's "clergy-penitent" red-herring once and for all time!

  Recent legal precedents (including this case) have proven J.W. elders do not keep J.C.'s confidential!
  
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  Infinity versus nothing

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some people like to believe in something others believe in nothing; so in what location did the substance that expanded into the time/space universe exist before the big bang?

  where did the energy that caused the big band come from?

  how did the substance that became the big bang change from being inert and sterile and come to life to having the properties and drive that it does?

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  The Searcher

  "Some people like to believe in something, others believe in nothing."

  A straightforward choice for most people: God & eternal life, or Darwinism & eternal death after 70 years or so.

  Both demand an acceptance that something/s always existed.
  
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  Their lamps are going out.

  by biblexaminer in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  everyone here has read mt.

  25 and knows the illustration of the virgins with the lamps.

  i have mentioned this illustration in conversation with several dubbies, to draw attention to their foolishness in following watchtower's false reasoning.. in the illustration, there are two kinds of virgins, or people.

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  The Searcher

  Spot on analogy! And many of the long-time J.W.'s are sighing and groaning at the worrying transformation of their dearly beloved organization.
  
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  My Story

  by WeatherLover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm a 4th generation jw.

  i started to realize it wasn't the truth over 2 years ago in late october/early november 2014. i don't know how exactly it happened.

  i remember i had just heard about confirmation bias, and it hit me: i realized that i would be guilty of confirmation bias if i didn't look at the other side.

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  The Searcher

  Hi Weather Lover, welcome to the forum. As others have said, take your time and consider your plan of action.

  You have a P.M.
  
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  Scientology Superbowl Ad

  by azor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  simply disgusted with that double standard by our system at times.

  cutting ads that question trumps bigoted wall, yet allowing a cult ad in.

  wtf..

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  Any links for us in the U.K. to see?
  
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  If the RNWT is revised again...................

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ..................then proverbs 3:5 could read thus: "trust in the governing body with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.

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  's have already reached this point!.

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  ..................then Proverbs 3:5 could read thus: "Trust in the Governing Body with all your heart, And do not rely on your own understanding."

  Many J.W.'s have already reached this point!
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  Cyprus JW's Military Service

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i work with a nurse who served for 2 years in the army of cyprus as is compulsory in that country.

  i happened to ask about jw's and their consequential punishment for not doing it.

  he laughed and stated that since 2009 they have to do it and that he personally knew several that 'served.

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  "If conscientious objector status is claimed due to religious or ideological reasons, the objector may serve either an alternative military or civil service, depending on the circumstances of each case." (Wikipedia)

  Since Cyprus is legally bound to the European Union and its human rights conventions, it looks like this story is a fabrication/wishful thinking on someone's part.