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Are JW's really not allowed to view apostate material?
by Joey Jo-Jo in
1. watchtower
2. bible
on youtube there is this man who recorded is judicial commitee, the point i am making is that the elders viewed his material on youtube as stated on the recording.. my question his are elders allowed to view apostate material but not non-elders?

when did this happen?

!.
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Free Will in Paradise Earth
by FaithfulBrother in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was raised in a witness family but never got baptized.

i have been studying with an extended family member for a while after 20+ years of being away from the kingdom hall.

i asked them about the paradise earth after armageddon and if we will become robots if we survive.
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Did you used to be an assembly food rapist?
by yourmomma in
1. jw
2. experiences
i confess proudly that i was one of the biggest assembly food rapists when it switched to the donation arrangement.

in fact, i would roll up to the counter with a fake list and pretend i was getting food for a huge family, lol.

"uh, yes, hello sister, what a fine morning program that was, may i please have 6 roast beef sandwhiches, 6 chocolate puddings, 6 apple danishes, 6 sodas....etc" and i would eat throughout the entire fking program, as it was so boring there was nothing else to do.
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So you think you were a True Witness?
by FaithfulBrother in
1. jw
2. friends
fuck you.. i was raised in a jw family in the 1980's-1990's where we had to do the daily text 7 days a week during breakfast at the family table at 7am sharp between 7:00-7:15am.

this was followed by a "spiritual discussion," which was held every morning between 7:15am and 8:00am.. since we were homeschooled, our weekly field service was required from childhood on friday mornings immediately following the spiritual discussion, followed by saturday afternoon field service after the bookstudy, as well as sunday afternoon field service after the watchtower study.. i was also required to read each watchtower and awake magazine and give oral reports about each magazine i read in order for my father to be sure that i had actually read them.

i can't remember for sure, but i think each watchtower and awake was released every two weeks back then, making a new magazine to read every single week, followed by an oral report on every single article (including the watchtower study articles which i also had to read, then study in our weekly family watchtower study where we marked our answers, then studied again at the sunday watchtower study).. in addition to this, we also had a weekly family bible study at night each week, had a family bookstudy at night in which we marked our answers for the saturday morning bookstudy, had a family watchtower study at night where we marked our answers for the sunday morning watchtower study, had a family prayer together every night before bed, every morning before and after breakfast and every night before and after dinner (not including our half-family prayers for lunch by my mother since we were homeschooled.).
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R&F Rumblings
by biometrics in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so i had a good conversation wth my brother, who i thought was a devout jw.

he eventually asked "are you going to the meetings?

", i said "no" then he said "why not, you know we're near the end".
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The true, unsung hero of the Bible....
by Unlearn in
1. watchtower
2. bible
my undisputed hero of the bible is known by several names, depending on who you talk to...devil, satan, lucifer, etc.. read it, and you'll find that he was the only one who really stood up for you.. he asserted that you could make decisions for yourself...and told you the very real truth that, just because the piece of meat in your chest stops thumping, you positively do not 'die'.. he was your hero.

he stood up to a daddy-maniac and said, 'just because you made us doesnt mean you have the right to tell us what to do.

i thought we were free?'.
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Why did Satan want to kill Jesus?
by FaithfulBrother in
1. watchtower
2. bible
why would satan have wanted to kill jesus if jesus' death would defeat satan and save mankind?

why would satan enter judas at the last supper and get judas to betray jesus, leading him to his death, if this death is what defeated satan?.
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Oral Review Answers
by youngbro in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i am feeling rather lazy.

has anyone got the answers for the oral review for this week?

and although i love the personal comments, i do not think my family would enjoy them, so does anyone have the clean cut answers?.
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Need help
by 1visitor in
1. jw
2. friends
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OK, let's think about the Jesus and Michael thing. And a question.
by Chariklo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this post was prompted by musing after responding to a thread by metatron.

hmmm.

one of the watchtower teachings that really struck me right from the start as being without foundation is the whole concept of jesus and michael being one and the same being.. bear with me here.