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  Posted 3 months ago "After 15-17 years daughter coming for a visit". No word since.

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the wife told me it was more like 20-22 years since i seen or talked to her.but since that visit we.

  we have not spoke to one another, not a word.

  my family members (not jw) ask me have i called.

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  What a dilemma to face! Would writing an honest, heart-felt letter prepare the way for a conversation or a meeting? It may at least break the ice before you meet face to face. I wish you a peaceful result, whatever transpires.
  
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  The shunning has started and... I like it!

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so not having turned in a time-slip in a loooooooong time and making fewer and fewer meetings, and from time to time attending a local church service... the majority of local dubs are overtly shunning me.

  there are those who i talk to and who visit our home from time to time, but this last meeting i went to hardly anyone made eye contact, when i greeted folks passing by me, they ignored me.

  it actually felt good.. i was surprised at my reaction.

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  Isn't it a weird paradox that we may actually appreciate being shunned/ignored in the J.W. world, but in our normal day to day life we'd be disturbed at such treatment by so-called friends/relatives?
  
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  What do you think would have happened to you if...

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you found out about ttatt way back in the 70's or maybe the 80's (basically before the internet) and you thought that you were all alone in this knowledge?

  what do you think would have happened to you?

  no jehovahs-witness.com, no john cedars, no arc, no jwfacts.com and no crisis of conscience to fall back on.

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  The Searcher

  In all honesty, the Watchtower Library CD ROM has played the greatest part in my discovering how corrupt the WTBTS really is. The brothers who devised it should be praised!

  The internet provides the icing on the cake with so many different aspects of the org's corruptions, but "out of their own mouths" the self-proclaimed & self-glorifying "faithful and discreet slave" gives an abundance of proof in the CD ROM to demonstrate that the org is anti-scriptural, anti-Christ, and apostate!
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  I need to know more on why its a problem for me dating a JW girl.

  by seekinghelpp in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  ok not to throw no shade or no disrespect to the jw religion.

  which i truly do respect because my girlfriend is part of but i just don't understand, i have researched so much about it.

  so much about how its discouraged for her to be with me just cause of different religion.

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  CHOOK said - "If you think it's complicated now imagine having kids , NO birthdays, NO Christmas , NO tooth fairy, NO valentine , NO Easter."

  Without debating these topics, would you seriously abandon your belief/practice of them to be with your girlfriend? The fact is that she almost certainly wouldn't adopt them, so your relationship would face terrible strains when it came to celebrating such things.

  Just ask her how she feels about such things - you'll quickly see that you don't/won't belong together. Sorry.
  
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  Stuck

  by Cindy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i feel so stuck.

  i am married to a wonderful man.

  i have been married for almost a decade and adore my husband.

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  Welcome Cindy. Things will get better. Just take small steps and protect yourself as you fade.

  You have a P.M.
  
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  Lets be honest we will never expose the danger to the world of JW.org

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i thought, ok the case in australia would open the eyes of the world about this dangerous cult.. well that passed without a ripple.

  we talk about the un and the wt link, none jw's don't.

  understand the significance.

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  The org and its real masters (not the G.B.) know that the legal machinery in different continents is going to seriously damage them - just as the internet is revealing the skeletons in their cupboards.
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  The 1914 doctrine: How long it will last?

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  one hundred years have passed and the society still supports this lie, which of course, is the basis of their other lies, like that of the unfaithful and not discreet slave appointed in 1919. however, i wonder, what will happen after 50 years, when the overlapped generation will pass?.

  and if you want, what will happen with this religion in 2100?, could it survive with the same lie??

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  1914 is the cornerstone of J.W. dogma - it's the foundation of their "last days" predictions. They cannot afford to discard it. On that basis, it will only disappear when the org itself goes out of business. (Think positive - Lehman Brothers, Woolworths, Pan Am, Berlin wall, etc.
  
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  WT “Study” for 11th Sept 2016 – “Why Must We ‘Keep on the Watch’”?

  by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was really puzzled when i opened this edition of the wt magazine at the above “study”.

  what on earth has this picture at the top of page 13 got to do with christian watchfulness?

  i wasn’t making a connection at all.

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  I'm so glad that I stopped "doing Sundays" two years ago. Meetings are nothing about worship - and everything about WTBTS's conditioning/programming for the recruitment drones.
  
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  This week's WT study article "Keep on the Watch" - the latest dumb article from the Gang That Couldn't Think Straight

  by sir82 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ok so this week's wt study article is entitled "why must we keep on the watch?"..

  it is filled with statements on the importance of "being watchful" for the beginning of the "great tribulation".

  paragraph 2: “keep looking, keep awake, for you do not know when the appointed time is.”after that, jesus admonished them repeatedly: “keep on the watch.”.

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  The RNWT says,

  (Acts 1:7) "He said to them: “It does not belong to you to know the times or seasons that the Father has placed in his own* jurisdiction".

  *And by extension, the jurisdiction of the G.B. of J.W.'s.
  
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  Looking For WTS Quotes

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for practical reasons (a study next week).

  i'm looking for wts quotes that claim.

  the religion of jehovah's witnesses is the only true religion.

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  The Searcher

  All of these references are vilifying every other Christian denomination. Sorry about the formatting.
  

  km 8/07 p. 7 Theocratic Ministry School Review - How are the religious leaders of Christendom like the "stupid prophets, who [were] walking after their own spirit," described at Ezekiel 13:3? [w99 10/1 p.　13] km 3/04 p. 4 par. 2 A Cavalry Charge That Involves You - The anointed remnant and their companions, the other sheep, unitedly make known God’s judgments. This results in the complete exposure of Christendom’s spiritually dead condition. km 4/04 p. 4 par. 4 Spiritual Food at the Proper Time - How we rejoice in the rich spiritual truths Jehovah provides, as contrasted with the dried-out false doctrines of Christendom! km 1/97 p. 1 par. 1 We "Preach the Word" - The clergy of Christendom do not advocate the Bible. km 4/96 p. 6 Theocratic Ministry School Review - The weighty prophetic message from God’s Word is heavy with doom, announcing Christendom’s imminent destruction.

  ws chap. 15 pp. 125-126 par. 9 - Well, in the 20th century, who has taken the lead in reviling and persecuting Jehovah’s servants? Has it not been apostate Christendom through its proud clergy class? Yes! Christendom, the realm of false Christianity, has elevated herself to mountain heights in the affairs of this world. She is a lofty part of the organization of mankind’s system of things, and her religions form the dominant part of Babylon the Great.

  km 5/80 p. 6 Bethel Service - What do these two hundred million horses [in Revelation] symbolize? They picture the Bibles, Bible-study-aid books, booklets, magazines and tracts [of the WTBTS] that tell of the destruction to come upon Christendom in God’s day of vengeance.

  km 12/76 p. 4 par. 7 - the clergy of Christendom misrepresent God and the Bible.

  km 9/75 p. 5 - Matthew 13:31, 32 illustrates Christendom’s growth as counterfeit of Kingdom, misleading millions....Christendom is a fake "kingdom of the heavens" and is full of badness,

  km 9/73 p. 6 - Applies to entire wicked system, dominated by Christendom.

  km 9/73 p. 6 - Just as earthly Jerusalem was destroyed in 70　C.E., Christendom and rest of Babylon the Great will be destroyed

  km 9/72 p. 6 - Christendom, professing love for Jesus, actually rejects him;

  km 10/71 p. 5 - But when Christendom is wiped out, is it the end for Christianity? No. But individuals in Christendom will not escape unless they forsake her..

  w13 7/15 p. 4 - United Nations ("disgusting thing") will attack Christendom ("holy place") and the rest of false religion

  w13 7/15 p. 12 par. 8 - ....but he [Jesus] rejected all imitation Christians, including all of those found within the churches of Christendom.

  w13 11/15 p. 27 par. 7 - God’s condemnation of those shepherds can appropriately be applied to the leaders of Christendom.

  w12 6/15 p. 17 par. 15 - This harlot fittingly stands for all false religion, foremost of which are the churches of Christendom.

  w11 1/15 p. 3 par. 5 - The great day of Jehovah that struck Jerusalem was an indication of the judgment to come upon apostate Christendom in our time.

  w11 1/15 p. 4 pars. 8-9 - Still, as a people, "the chosen ones" and their loyal companions will physically survive the end of apostate Christendom by taking refuge in Jehovah and his mountain-like organization. On the other hand, Christendom deserves the coming destruction....

  w11 3/15 p. 30 par. 11 - We need to be determined to keep preaching without letup about the destruction of Christendom,...

  w07 12/1 p. 11 par. 7 - In our day Christendom, constituting the majority of those who claim to be Christian, has been rejected by Jehovah.

  w05 11/1 p. 24 par. 12 - Unlike apostate Christendom,..........

  w05 12/15 p. 25 par. 4 - Christendom’s clergy spearhead the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

  w04 11/15 p. 19 par. 20 - Second, the execution of divine judgment upon the apostate kingdom of Israel makes it certain that God will bring destruction upon Christendom, the most reprehensible part of "Babylon the Great," the world empire of false religion.

  w03 8/15 p. 13 par. 21 - No wonder Christendom will soon come to her end along with the rest of "Babylon the Great," the world empire of false religion!

  w01 2/15 p. 15 par. 15 - There will also be no escape for present-day practicers of false religion, including members of Christendom and those [J.W.'s] who have apostatized from Jehovah’s worship. w01 3/1 p. 13 par. 9 - As a result of such a rejection of Bible standards, Christendom’s flocks are like those men spoken of by the ancient psalmist: "They have not known, and they do not understand; in darkness they keep walking about." (Psalm 82:5)

  w01 3/1 p. 14 par. 15 - Today, the principal part of Babylon the Great is Christendom, whose clergy take the lead in opposing the Kingdom-preaching work of Jehovah’s people.

  w01 4/1 p. 14 par. 3 - Gradually, true Christianity was eclipsed by a counterfeit called Christendom.

  w01 4/15 p. 21 - The consequences of this apostasy are evident in Christendom today. Its beliefs and practices are a far cry from Bible truth.

  w01 10/1 p. 5 - But any reasonable person can see that Christendom only pretends to follow Bible principles.

  w00 2/1 p. 13 par. 22 - Jehovah will see to it that every vestige of Christendom’s religious system will soon be wiped out