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  Latest convention brochure on,,, the Governing Body

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've finally get my hands on a pdf of one of the two newly released brochures, this one entitled "who are doing jehovah's will today?".

  here's a link so you can download your own copy.... http://www66.zippyshare.com/v/98881625/file.html.

  predictably, the brochure is extremely vague on key topics.

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  panhandlegirl

  Quendiwrote:

  Many of us Witness veterans can remember when WTS literature would talk about "types" and "antitypes", "typical" and "antitypical" fulfillments of Bible prophecy. There is a school of theology which holds that the Bible is deeply allegorical and full of symbolic dramas. There is Biblical precedent for this as can be seen in the discussion in the book of Hebrews about Sarah and Hagar. Many took that discussion and ran with it, applying it to the Bible as a whole

  I remember all of those "types" and "antitypes" and those different classes they placed people into. Those studies used to be "deep." It made you think you were learing something important. Who would have thought it was meaningless, imo.
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  How many ex-jws poster here now believe in Hellfire, immortality of soul, trinity, etc;

  by booker-t in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am just curious about this because although i agree with many of the posters here that the wt society is guilty of many horrible deeds, i still believe they are right when it comes to doctrinal things as i mention.

  especially hellfire.

  i just don't see how anybody that has studied the bible for many years like many of the ex-jws here can make an about face and go back to believing hellfire.

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  Leolaia said;

  I attended the session on the book of Daniel at last year's SBL (with John Collins, Michael Segal, Stefan Beyerle, and others), and the discussion was very stimulating.

  I have not studied any of these subjects since leaving the borg. Since getting on a few jw sites, I have encountered quite a few terms I am unfamiliar with. The discussions are interesting. I had never heard of the Book of Watchers so I googled it and found some information on Ezra that you mentioned in "The Journal of the Hebrew Scriptures." I intend to read it this week. My question is "What is this SBL session that you attended." Sounds like an interesting session.. Your posts on this thread have been informative.

  Panhanlegirl
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  How do you deal with your "down" time?

  by compound complex in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  by that, i don't mean so much what you do in your leisure time but how you manage the freedom to choose what you will or will not do.

  off the wt treadmill, i no longer feel guilty about what is now my neglect of theocratic activity; however, after a nonstop week such as i have just lived through (barely), i am doing nothing, going nowhere, and accepting no new obligations (for the moment).

  i can stare at the sky, enjoy the beautiful day and not worry that demons are rushing to fill the void in my empty skull.. you?.

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  COCO, I have been going to University since about 1992 except for about 5 years that I took off. I finally decided to stop going last January. I feel so free now. I work three night out of the week so the other four nights I do what I want; sleep as long and late as I want. I may get up at 2 am and get on the computer or read and drink wine. I like to say that I am the boss of me. I have been out of the organization since about 1982 so I have forgotten what a hold they had on our lives. I am just now remembering how bad it was by reading what is going on at this site. Yes, it's great to be free from their constant demands on our time and energy. I cannot believe how much more control they want, even telling convention delegates what they can were when they go out to eat. It's wonderful to do as us to do as we please.
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  Who would like to send a card to Rick?

  by mouthy in

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  2. friends

  r.fearon.

  1037 north st. tewksbury ma.

  01876 u.s.a .

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  Mouthy, Thanksfor the info. So sorry to hear about Rick's wife. I wii send a card.
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  A JW book stand just started near my work

  by biometrics in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a jw brother has setup a bookstand in a shopping mall area (outdoor) near my work.

  i must say he's put some effort into creating the counter, and display stand.

  at first i thought it was a coroprate stand selling insurance or something, then i saw "awake".. he had a really comfortable chair, and looked bored watching people walk past.. the local gov allow market stalls there three days per week.

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  I encountered an elderly JW preaching from his car. He was parked close to the entrance of WalMart and called passerbys to his car and gave his semon. I let him talk and then asked him if he knew when the world was going to end. He handed me a small paperback book (Reasoing book?). He told me this book would answer my question. I gave the book back to him. I really wish I had taken it so I could have seen what they said but I didn't. Haven't seen him since.
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  So ... what happens when we die?

  by sacolton in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what do you personally believe happens after we die?

  i don't believe we really know everything about god or the afterlife.

  i do believe that we do transform to something beyond our physical comprehension.

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  As bad as I hate to say this, my gut tells me cofty may be right. I don't want it to be that way. I would like to have an afterlife but am not sure there is one. Therefore, I will live this life to the fullest.

  I confess to being confused.
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  How ManyYears Did You Waste Being A Jehovah's Witness?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was raised as a jw and i haven't been to a meeting in about 8 years..

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  panhandlegirl

  Too many. 39 years! my whole young life!! Also born in
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  2011 School for Congregation Elders Hand Book!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ( credit goes to average joe).

  2011 school for congregation elders hand book.click the link in the blue box by the blue arrow.http://www.sendspace.com/file/82jdej.or use this site.1.

  click the link and another page will open with the words "download file" in blue color, click on that link.

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  Thanks, Atlantis. Downloaded. Will make for interesting reading. Of course I was never an elder; wrong gender.

  I was just reading the last two pages as it was printing. WOW! It's all about the preaching work. I have been out so long that everything about the borg is so strange to me.

  Panhandlgirl
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  What the hell was I thinking?! Stupid me!!

  by freshstart in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so my husband and i have a son who will be 2 years old next month and i really wanted him to be socialized more.

  ever since we stopped going to meetings, we have been pretty much shunned even though there has never been an "official" reason for it (df, da..).

  i am terribly introverted, so it's difficult for me to get out there and talk to people but our son is a people-person and i wanted him to have more peers to be around.

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  I haven't had little ones in years, but how about a good child care center for just for a few hours or so. I have read it helps children to learn to be social and get along with others. I hate it that your young son was not accepted by the other kids but it was probably a blessing in disgise. The other posters seem to have good suggestions. You are a great mom for trying to do the best for you son.
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  **MUST READ** AlanF's email to Knocking.org

  by sf in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a must-read that, hopefully, will stay an "active topic" for all seekers and lurkers, by bumping it to the top as often as possible.

  alan wrote it in randys {dogpatch} thread regarding knocking.org documentary and in reply to the email mr. engardio sent to barbara anderson.

  however, it is so vital a read that it indeed needs its own thread:.

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  panhandlegirl

  BUMP.