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  A House Divided Against Itself Falls-Luke 11:17

  by Stand for Pure Worship in

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  that text reminds me of one of a handful of problems peculiar to the ex-jw community.

  second only to the wild beast's internal divisions, is the divided makeup of the ex-jw populace.

  you know the one thing that indicates jehovah's blessing upon the worldwide association of kingdom proclaimers, is not only the continued success of the preaching work, but along with it the unity and love amongst the brothers and sisters.

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  Suraj Khan

  Personally, I wasn't severely oppressed by anyone in the Kingdom Hall except my older brother. As I've shared earlier on these pages, he brought editorials I wrote in school (of a somewhat political slant) to the attention of the elders in my home congregation. It was promptly announced that I was no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and my older brother's ambition was rewarded - he went to Bethel and is now an elder.

  Until very recently, I have been shunned from this family. I now have a beautiful wife and two morally upstanding teenaged daughters who most of my JW family has never met. My family was divided against itself, but I am glad that my brother's sick ambition and cult influence has not contaminated my own household.

  I am also glad that if one of my family members was in a serious accident, they would not hesitate to take a life-saving blood transfusion. I have donated over a gallon of my own blood to the American Red Cross. If Jehovah has a problem with me saving someone's life (and let's take this a step further - even at the cost of my own ticket to a paradise earth), then He can take it up with me later.

  The Governing Body's doctrine has corkscrewed painfully to cover its own mistakes. If you have read any of these pages, you have seen enough actual truth to question. If you choose to be willfully ignorant or blind to the harmful doctrine the GB espouses, that's on you. The fact that millions have left this cult in their own way and have not presented a united front in no way invalidates the original reason for leaving. It simply means they fled this moral and intellectual famine to different countries.

  I hope you find truth someday.

  Suraj
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  5go Update

  by 5go in

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  ok i am finally getting the big picture.

  it was a huge explosion of emotion and a lot of my preivous topics were sketchy becuase i really couldn't get the big picture without all the pieces.. 1 months ago i told his girlfriend that there was some info getting around about her.

  he came to my house in the middle of the night to force me to lie and say i miss heard it from him.

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  The Big AGM News is That There Was No News

  by cofty in

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  it was totally vacuous.

  despite the promise of "new light" in the opening talk there was nothing.. a few of the more clumsy phrases in the nwt have been improved, and it has a nice new grey cover - so what?.

  i am thinking about the jws who have spent a lifetime waiting on paradise.

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  Suraj Khan

  Wait.

  No more oral sex??

  THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE LAST STRAW *rolling up my sleeves*
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  OK - I've had it - My letter to the KH

  by LisaRose in

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  the whole time i lived in colorado, i had the dubs come by once and leave a tract.

  but since moving to california, they are at my door so often i asked them to put me on the "do not call" list.

  this did not stop them, in fact i have asked four times, plus once i called the kingdom hall and left a message, they still come, the last time this past saturday.

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  Suraj Khan

  I totally get what you're saying....but sending them a letter like this only gives them ammunition.

  You owe them no explanation at all. Giving them one means you're conceding they have power over you, and they do not.
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  From Prison to Prosperity - new JW.org video

  by cedars in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofo9xmhis5c.

  let no one say witnesses don't catch people at their most vulnerable, or use love bombing.. .

  cedars.

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  Suraj Khan

  Prosperity gospel is just as un-Christian as the Org, so I guess this makes sense.
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  I extend a small measure of sympathy.

  by Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice. in

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  allow me to extend a minute amount of symapthy to the forum members who waited with excitement the recent special jw meeting and attended.

  perhaps it met your expectations?.

  and, i almost, repeat, almost, feel sorry for those poor sods who deem it necessary to read the so called 'new' jw bible translation, and searching for all of the 'differences' from past releases.

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  Suraj Khan

  You had enough of pricks trying to control your life, but you relish judging and attacking people who suffered alongside you.

  Seems to me you would have made a fine elder if you would have only hung in there a little longer.
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  What Will Be the Penalty For Using the Old New World Translation?

  by LostGeneration in

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  so who here wants to run an experiment?

  if you still attend the meetings, are you willing to cling to the "old" new world translation?.

  keep using it in front of all of the rest of the cultists.

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  My money is on "five yards and loss of down".

  Seriously, though, I don't think it will ever raise an eyebrow.
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  XJW PTSD group forming on FaceBook

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  fyi.

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  https://www.facebook.com/groups/exjwptsd.

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  Suraj Khan

  Facebook? No thanks.

  Far too easy to infiltrate by those with very dubious motives. Last time I joined a FB group, I regretted it almost instantly.
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  Are we not overlooking the obvious?

  by newbie2013 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is my first post.

  however, i have been reading this board for some time (call it stalking or trolling...lol).

  so, hello to all.. i have had time to reflect on the agm since yesterday and my thoughts are that indeed the nwt needed much revision.

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  Suraj Khan

  Greetings Newbie,

  Welcome to the forum! I agree with much of the gist of your argument - it is difficult to reconcile the position that the Bible represents absolute truth with the action of deleting or making material changes in that absolute. That is not a problem unique to the WTBTS, mind you: many Christian sects, especially the more fundamental ones, would take the same stand. The Witnesses place themselves in something of a different category by right of being, first and foremost, a publishing company which also has attempted its own translation of Scripture (the chief criticism of which tends to be its willingness to alter Scripture to conform to its own doctrine). It follows that continuing revision of the NWT may reflect continuing doctrinal changes, which has been euphemistically referred to as 'new light'.

  We are left with trying to reconcile that this sect asserting it alone has the Truth (an absolute term) yet tinkers with doctrine ('new light') to suit its purposes and the ostensible basis of the doctrine itself, the Bible. It does not add up: logically, it cannot add up. Yet questioning is not only not encouraged, it is not allowed - and doubt alone is reason for excommunication.

  It is a sad legacy for a religion which once styled itself as Bible Students. I agree that we should not ridicule the WTBTS or the people trapped in its web - but we must, must relentlessly question and examine the motives and practices of those few who hold so many like us in chains.
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  I extend a small measure of sympathy.

  by Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice. in

  1. jw
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  allow me to extend a minute amount of symapthy to the forum members who waited with excitement the recent special jw meeting and attended.

  perhaps it met your expectations?.

  and, i almost, repeat, almost, feel sorry for those poor sods who deem it necessary to read the so called 'new' jw bible translation, and searching for all of the 'differences' from past releases.

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  Suraj Khan

  Actually, I think it's very much worth it to carefully note what they've changed in the revised NWT, if only to attempt to ascertain what doctrinal changes may be coming. You must realize there must be a motive here - maybe it is just renewing the copyright (the WTBTS is, after all, first and foremost a publishing company) but manipulating the Bible to suit JW doctrine is not without precedent, as any scholarly criticism of the original NWT will readily point out.

  Some of us spent a good deal of time in the Witness gulag and still have friends and family there. Would I seize upon something like this in an effort to free the minds of people I hold dear? You're damned right I would.