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  I may have a friend

  by Defianttruth in

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  okay, i am almost forty and outside of my wife i haven't had a friend in decades.

  sure i have tons of people with whom i am friendly towards, but they all share something to do with work or business.

  i remember thinking last year i had no one who called just to talk.

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  FayeDunaway

  DT I am really happy for you! You mentioned an important key to making new friends...joining a club for a cause you care about.

  I joined a church and a bunch of other stuff. The church people are like family to me now. Actually it's unbelievable how many people I know now, through all walks of life. But still, my best friends are the women who knew me long ago, who left the religion way before I did and who I found again after I myself left. But when you are a witness you are constantly putting a wall between yourself and everyone not a witness. Breaking that wall down, you talk to people differently than you used to! There's no more reserve. More eye contact. More questions. More interest.
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  June JW Broadcast - Jehovah's & Jesus' names Are Interchangeable!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  mr. geoffrey jackson hosts this month's propaganda-fest, and uses a favourite catchphrase of the org - "by extension" - to get out of the dead-end which the scriptwriters had put him in.

  he quotes matthew 10:22 - "and you will be objects of hatred by all people on account of my [jesus'] name; but he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved.".

  mr. jackson knows only too well that probably no j.w.

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  FayeDunaway

  Gtte, it's the opposite of the trinity. It's disregarding Jesus. I don't really believe in hell, but somehow, someday, they will be punished for this.

  splash....that quote is unbelievable!!!
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  Demon Stories

  by humblepotato in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so we all know that "crazy" brother or sister.

  every kingdom hall has one.

  they give the best comments (from a hilarious perspective), have experiences with the "demons", but most importantly, they are on about 10 deifferent kinds of medications.

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  FayeDunaway

  I think theres definitely some weird stuff out there. I've heard stories from reputable people too, things that happened to them personally. I think much of this stuff does have a scientific reason, but not all of it.
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  I Went Into "Cult Mode" The Other Day..

  by humblepotato in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you recall, i'm just coming to grips with ttatt and atheism after a few years of doubts.

  made a long post around here, a while ago, talking about the very subject.

  but, anyways.... so the other day, my wife was telling me how she was just exhausted and "peopled out.

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  FayeDunaway

  Hp, that is the power of brainwashing, manifesting itself!
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  The Russelites explanation and documentation of what happened when Rutherford took over the WT by force after Russel died.....

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  674 kb.

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  FayeDunaway

  Some of this information is new to me. I remember most of it from crisis of conscience. So interesting...I remember when I was very young my best friend (whose father was a big shot) told me about the Russelites, how they STILL followed Russell and never went along with his successors after he died. How they met in people's houses to study Russell's old books and how pathetic that was. But after hearing what really happened, who are the real apostates?

  It's just like a country with a king who chooses his successor, but someone else jumps in and usurps the throne. The witnesses are the pathetic people who followed the USURPER.

  And what a guy he was. ' You have to follow US because you will die otherwise!! We are God's chosen!! All those other religions are EVIL and SATANIC!! Oh, and the prophets of old are going to be resurrected and going to need somewhere luxurious to live, and it's going to happen in 1925, so buy me a mansion for them, and I'll live there until it happens, if you don't mind....'
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  The "Final Push" before the GT!!! I think they REALLY believe it!

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't know if i have shared this with everyone, but there seems to be a new theocratic term, at least in my circuit.. the term is "final push.

  " wtf does it mean?

  well, an eldub said that the gb are "all in" with warwick and they might spend all their money on the project.

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  FayeDunaway

  I still don't understand why the r&f think the governing body has some sort of special insight into the future, some mysterious connection that tells them Armageddon is almost here. Have they ever been right in the past? Haven't they constantly changed doctrine and what their 'truth' is?? WHAT have they done that deserves such reverence. WHAT?
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  Disfellowship, Disassociate, or fade. What would you do different.

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hindsight: .

  many times because of the shock of learning ttatt, a person loses it.

  you want to scream and tell the whole world that the watchtower is a big lie.

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  FayeDunaway

  I would have talked to fewer inactive but iffy witnesses...I too often assumed they were safe. But noooo, you never know who wants to go back, and who is safe. Be careful!
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  Govening Body and JWN

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  do you think any members of the governing body visit this site-jwn regularly?.

  how about the heavies in the organization, like the writers, lawyers, and other who work at headquarters?.

  for all we know john aquila could be a member of the gb..

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  FayeDunaway

  Half banana, I was trying to remember 'inside the kh''s name too while reading this thread. Thanks for remembering for me! He had said he was on some sort of mission and he wouldn't share what it was. I remember wondering if he was a society spy.
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  Who Owns the Copyright to Crisis of Conscience?

  by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently there was a thread where someone asked if there was a copy of crisis of conscience they could purchase.

  raymond franz it seems had limited resources yet he was able to provide crisis of conscience in printed form to what?

  thousands?

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  FayeDunaway

  I think perhaps we should band together and put this book back in print. I have no idea how to actually do such a thing, but I will contribute to the cause if one of you does know and is willing.
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  Ideas how to answer a jw friend

  by Daniel1555 in

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  2. friends

  i faded completely (no kh visits or field service).. just recently a close friend from the kh wrote:.

  "dear daniel.

  it's a pity that we don't see you anymore at the kingdom hall.

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  FayeDunaway

  Yeah, just keep it really upbeat

  hey, thanks for your concern and I miss you too. But everything is great and I'm really happy these days, I've been... (whatever it is making you happy)...if you want to have lunch sometime that sounds fun! But please don't feel sad for me, I'm better than ever, seriously.