All humans are God's children and just as normal human parents don't kill their children because they are disobedient so too the Almighty is not going to anhilate 6.5 billion people because wacky religion says they are being disobedient to Him.
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What are some personal truths you now believe in after leaving the WT?
by lovelylil inthese are things i hold as personally true for me:.
1) there is no religion today that has the only truth about god.
2) the bible contains truths for christians but other religions have books that contain truth for them.
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Has anyone ever met any members of the Governing Body?
by *jeremiah* inhas anyone ever met any members of the governing body?.
when i was 11 my family and i took a trip to new york and visited bethel or whatever.
we took a tour through the, i think it was called the home office or something.
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Nathan Knorr, Grant Suiter, Raymond Franz, George Gangas, Carey Barber, and Lloyd Barry. I must say that Lloyd Barry really seemed like a normal fun loving guy with a great sense of humor Barber too was pretty down to earth. Knorr and Suiter were rather arrogant and self assuming. George Gangas seemed by far to be the most humble and seemed to sincerely believe everything he was preaching.
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Are family heads regular with their family study?
by truthseeker inwhat percentage of family heads do you think actually have a weekly bible study with their family?.
the wt is keen to say that if you're not holding/participating in a family study, you're spiritually weak.. is having a family study a benchmark of whether or not you stay in the faith?.
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I always had my study on Saturdays after field service. I have fond memories of those times not so much because of the material we studied but because it was quality time spent with my dad, which I believe played a major role in cementing the great relationship we have. My dad did make the study interesting though, it was not just question and answer but more of a real discussion in which any question was entertained and logically discussed. After our study we would do something fun such as go swimming, to the park to hit some balls, the zoo, sledding etc... then we would come home and the three of us would go out for dinner. My father really was the perfect role model. I love him dearly and equally so my lovely mother. The ONLY obstacle in my exiting this God forsaken religion are these two exceptional people. It will be so hard to not openly asscoiate with them. Now I'm getting off topic. To answer the question posed, our family head when I was growing up was regular with the family study.
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How can twelve years olds get baptized? it is crazy!
by happehanna inmy daughter's step child is getting baptized at the ripe old age of 12.. my sil is angry and i feel he should try and stop it through the courts, but they feel that would make his ex more determined for baptism to go ahead.. this child has no idea of the mistake they are making .
would she get married at 12?.
it is so sad and irresponsible for a child to take this step.. .
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I was baptized at 13! We were "privleged" to have Fred Franz at our DA that year he gave the closing prayer (talk) which lasted over 10 minutes on Sunday! What horrific memories-
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Do You Personally Know Of Any JW That Was Sexually Abused?
by minimus in,,,,while they were witnesses?
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I found out a couple of years ago that the reason the "Congregation Servant" (the equivalent of the Presiding Overseer in the 60s) in my old congregation was removed was because he was caught by his wife molesting his two step grand daughters. This disgusting slime bag was later appointed as an elder in the mid 70's.
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How many are like me?
by JH ini still believe in god.
still believe his name is jehovah or something like it.. still believe that jesus is his son, and he isn't god almighty.. don't believe in the trinity.
i believe in the resurrection.
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In my humble opinion, to be a real Christian all you have to do is follow Jesus' teachings in the Sermon on the Mount. I believe the "truth" is just that simple. The GB have complicated things way too much! John 8:32 says the "truth will set you free". Why is it that instead of feeling free one feels trapped into following countless rules and regulations most of which have no clear scriptual backing, i.e. 5 meetings a week, pioneering, shunning disassociated ones just because they don't want to be JW's anymore, NOT because they have broken any Biblical law, and countless other pseudo rules.
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Someone may benefit from this..regarding the Expos'es of the organization
by Lady Liberty inhello all.... i hope this day finds you all healthy, and happy.
i came acrossed some notes i made many months ago when i was going through the research phase of getting out.
my intent was to cover every subject i came across.
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Just to clarify, Fred Franz was not the President in 1975, Nathan Knorr was the president. I believe Knorr died in 1977 from brain cancer.
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Some incredible new publisher statistics and Graphs
by jwfacts ini have been doing some analysis on the declining growth rates of the watchtower society and they are very encouraging for all ex jws.
i will try to link to some of them below, but for the firefox users or anyone wanting to see the source table they can all be seen at http://jwfacts.com/index_files/statistics.htm.
number baptised compared to increases in publishers and number that have stopped publishing.
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Anitar--EXCELLENT points!!
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Is the WTS changing positions on the croos vs. stake?
by whyizit inmy husband was listening to a radio station the other day and said there was news that the wts has decided that jesus dying on a cross rather than a stake may not be as far-fetched as they once thought.. have any of you heard this?
i have been cruising the threads to see if there was already one on this subject.
if there is, point me to it!
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The new Bible Teach book still makes an issue out of Christ dying on a stake (tree) NOT a cross.
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