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  Overlapping Generations

  by JRK in

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  2. friends

  i remember when that came out, my mother didn't catch it in the original article in the wt.

  it was in one of the review "do you remember" thingies that she caught it.

  she asked me if it means what she thought it meant.

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  "My JW wife says she takes some things with a pinch of salt. She knows some teachings are BS, but still wholeheartedly believes they are right about most things."

  this statement by her is actually the opposite of what the GB has been teaching for years- We were indoctrinated to believe all or nothing- we were supposed to love jah with our whole heart soul etc etc. the reason we can't eat the candy bar in the gutter cuz it was in the gutter- remember that gem to teach the bible student why we couldn't celebrate pagan holidays..??

  As Jws u can't believe that part of the truth is the truth- we were supposed to believe and teach it all as truth- overlapping generation teaching immediately had the friends calculating the new finish line date for the end, and had the friends who were already done with all the BS saying no thanks
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  Today's Watchtowe Study, Child Baptism

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  suffice to say that i fundamentally disagree with the point of this article, a cynical attempt to boost numbers.

  it goes against bible precedent and their own long standing practice.

  they timothy as an example of a youthfull christian, a young man.. sure but he was not baptized young .

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  So now the GB is focusing on boosting their numbers by guilting these young ones into joining the cult, the same cult that they encouraged their parents not to even have them...? How ironic 🙄🤔
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  Gene therapy to cure disease and possibly aging

  by Comatose in

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  2. friends

  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140330151614.htm.

  this article is amazing.

  there have been other recent articles about reversing aging in mice.

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  All or nothing

  60 minutes tonight about crispr
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  Norwegian Article in English: THE ELDER

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  you’ll find this article very long and very interesting.

  it was published as part of a series of articles in a quality newspaper in southern norway.

  as seen from the article, the journalists have been working on this article for several months.

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  I want every active jw to read this article and ask themselves- how would the true God allow his organization to allow this? This is proof jw is not the true religion- wake up sleepy Jws- get out of her so you are not sharing in her sins
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  Endure or Enjoy??

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have we ever noticed how witnesses are constantly being told that life is something that needs to be "endured", rather that "enjoyed"?.

  life is always so tough, so hard, so difficult in "these last days".

  "persecution and trials abound".

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  This was a huge cognitive dissonance subject for me personally. Despite being raised as a JW, I am inherently a positive person. I used to completely dread a Sunday talk speaker going on and on and on for 15 minutes at the beginning of his cult talk about horrible world conditions- I used to turn to my husband and say- he hasn't opened his bible yet. Of course I felt guilty for not wanting to be there forced to listen to it...I also remember a series of wt study articles about joy and how it is a fruit of the spirit and we should cultivate it blah blah- as I looked around The KH for one example of someone doing that- no one was there. I think most JW are really jealous of people in the cong that are trying to be happy- a lot of them are self made martyrs
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  Another marriage bites the dust ...

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ... and this time it was mine.. mrs. eden decided to part ways and leave home, and so our 25 year long partnership is now dissolving.

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  just another colateral damage in a long list of colateral damages from being raised in the "truth".

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  I'm so sorry to hear this news, any chance of reconciliation?
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  Transferring Congregations

  by optimisticskeptic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is included in the publisher cards and other information when you transfer from one congregation to another?

  i was privately reproved and may be moving to a congregation where there are brothers i rather not know why i was privately reproved.

  is the fact i was privately reproved visible but not the reason why?

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  In a perfect world they won't say anything to the new congregation, but I wouldn't count on it.
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  Pioneer School scare tactics

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just talked with a pioneer who came back from school and she said that at the end there was emphasis put on two things.. 1: stay loyal to the governing body and their teachings.. 2: beware of propaganda.

  they said that in wartime the enemy will use propaganda to break the spirit of or confuse the troops.

  they said the same things is happening now, so reject negative reports about the organization.. this pioneer (who is fully pimi btw and enthusiastic about it) said she asked her cotboe about if we really have that problem here.

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  They must really be scared making this part of pioneer school- we never heard that during pioneer school when we went
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  Cousin's Runaway Girlfriend Living with us

  by RunAwayDaughter in

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  2. friends

  my cousin's girlfriend moved from another state and is now living in our home.

  they said she lived in a bad situation, but i don't believe them.

  my cousin lies.

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  Ask her the name and phone number of her bible teacher, and then tell that woman or called sister in (JW language)she is sexually active with him. That sister will have to report it to the elders of the congregation/ or church also known as Kingdom Hall. Also if you can find out the name of the congregation they belong to, you can call and speak with the head elder also known as coordinator of body of elders.
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  Cousin's Runaway Girlfriend Living with us

  by RunAwayDaughter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my cousin's girlfriend moved from another state and is now living in our home.

  they said she lived in a bad situation, but i don't believe them.

  my cousin lies.

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  Don't worry about that happening so fast, students have to study at least 1 book, answer a bunch of questions- jump thru a bunch of hoops before they can get baptized. If she is sleeping with the kid, that's already against the rules and makes her disqualified