Torture: Going in the field service with brother X. Brother X sees a group of boys my age and proceeds to approach them. Winding down his car window, he asks if they go to the same school as me.
Enough said.
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Growing up as a JW was a form of mental abuse for me
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Jehovah's Witnesses or Watchower's Witnesses?
by biometrics ini've often thought about it.
are these people witnessing jehovah or the watchtower.. in the abscense of solid proof that god is backing the watchtower they are only witnessing a group of men who beleive they have god's backing.. .
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I've often thought about it. Are these people witnessing Jehovah or the Watchtower.
In the abscense of solid proof that God is backing the Watchtower they are only witnessing a group of men who beleive they have God's backing.
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1969 "fact": You will never grow old in this present system of things
by Ding inawake!
"if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.
because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years... therefore, as a young person, you will never fulfill any career that this system offers.
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Stay alive till 75!
Since that article was written my mum had four children, 14 grandchildren, and is now a great grandmother.
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Who Taught You The Truth(tm) OR Who Counted Time, On You?
by LoisLane looking for Superman inmy mom's lover would bring his handsome youngest son, to our house, and along with my dad, would study with my brother, sister and i. wed 7 pm.. next an elder's wife, who was a regular pioneer and worked part-time, who had a daughter my age, came to our house, after school wed. ruth was the head of the house and wore the pants.
her husband was part of the 3 men who sat on all judicial committees in our congo and would tell ruth everything, which in turn ruth would tell the sister's.
ruth was very pious but at the age of 15 gave birth to her only child, and beat on her daughter all the time, never letting her forget what "trouble" her only daughter caused her.
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I grew up in a divided household. Mum was a JW. Dad beleived God existed but had no interest in being a JW. He did get along with them.
After dad died I seemed to have an endless array of elders and brothers studying with me. I'm talking 2-3 hours study per week. Usually on weekend after the meeting or Saturday afternoon. Looknig back the only thing I gained from it was better reading skills. And I'm sure they were just doing it for the time.
I'm sure if dad were around life would have been much different. I used to stay home with him rather than go to meetings, and never had any study indocrination lessons.
One brother used to say "If we're wrong about the truth. At least I've lived a good clean life". He said it like living a clean life is not possible outside of the watchtower organisation.
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JWStruggle post: Bethel Layoffs Reveal a Kingdom without Clothes
by Londo111 inhttp://www.jwstruggle.com/2013/07/bethel-layoffs-reveal-a-kingdom-without-clothes/.
despite everything, i still have a lingering admiration toward those who serve or have served in bethel.
it is not that i believe it is gods organization in any way, shape, or form.
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So why the lay-offs? It's not like they have to pay them, just food and shelter. And the Watchtower is swimming in funds from all the real estate deals.
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In Case You Had Any Doubts About Dinosaurs
by metatron inhttp://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/15/tyrannosaurus-rex-really-was-a-ferocious-hunter-new-finding-confirms/.
nature red in tooth and claw.
if jehovah is the creator of all, he made some very vicious, nasty stuff.
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I get so tired of people complaining about everything President Obama says or does
by booker-t infor the past 4 1/2 years i have heard everything said about president obama and now the lastest "obama being the anti-christ" just have me laughing my head off.
where do people get nonsense like this?
do they just sit around the kitchen table and say "what are we going to say next about obama and michelle?
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Praising Obama is like praising the captian of the Titanic, while it was sinking!
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Good to see Zimmerman got off. He was defending himself.
Pitty more attention isn't paid to the 1000s of black deaths caused by other blacks.
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Pyramid - Common Knowledge?
by NeverKnew ini was telling my extended family (also non-jws) about the pyramid near russell's grave i saw months ago.
i showed them pictures of the four sides and the interesting inscriptions along with the pictures of the founder's grave.. there are a couple of jw women who come to see my cousin every once in a while.
last week, she mentioned the pyramid.
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I understand what you're saying, but respectfully, I disagree. My child has her own life but was born of my womb. Without me, she wouldn't exist.
Without Seventh-day Adventists the International Bible Students possibly woudln't have existed either. And without the Bible neither would have existed ... you get the idea.
My original point was there was a split early on, the IBSA went one way, and the "Jehovah's Witnesses" went another. Just like there was a split between CTR and Nelson Barbor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taze_Russell#Split_with_Barbour).
Showing a current day Jehovah's Witness the Pyramid stuff would be like showing them Seventh-day Adventist documents from the late 1800s. They both mean nothing, and you'll probably get a blank stare and denial.
In my opinion you'd be better off focusing on modern day Watchtower blunders, or doctrine that links to that era (i.e. pyramid lengths 'proving' the year 1914).
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Pyramid - Common Knowledge?
by NeverKnew ini was telling my extended family (also non-jws) about the pyramid near russell's grave i saw months ago.
i showed them pictures of the four sides and the interesting inscriptions along with the pictures of the founder's grave.. there are a couple of jw women who come to see my cousin every once in a while.
last week, she mentioned the pyramid.
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Technically it doesn't have anything to do with "Jehovah's Witnesses". It's the work of the International Bible Students Association (ISBA) see: http://www.internationalbiblestudents.com
The International Bible Students Association still exist to this very day. They are active and hold conventions ... etc.
Here's an article examining why the IBSA are not Jehovah's Witnesses (and vice versa): http://www.friendsofjehovahswitnesses.com/2011/09/01/bible-students-are-not-jehovahs-witnesses/