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  Ever feel guilty for learning the TTATT?

  by cognac in

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  i feel like i've always been a bit of a selfish person.

  i try to be loving and humble, but i really have to work at it and am usually not successful.. anyways, tonight i watched my younger sister.

  she is the most loving person i have ever met it my life.

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  Emery

  To answer your question, no. The only thing I regret is not allowing myself to examine it further at a younger age.
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  How I recently handled JWs at my door

  by Christian guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the jws stopped by my house a couple weeks ago on a saturday morning.

  i knew that with others most likely waiting for them out in the car they probably did not then have much time to engage in any serious conversation.

  so i let them talk while i feigned interest in what they had to say.

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  Emery

  Christian guy, thanks for relaying this experience, I loved every bit of it. I've learned that with true believing JWs you need to reach them using the bible, which you successfully did.

  Marked*
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  Anonymous vs WT: sooo, was that just a big ole hoax???

  by grumblecakes in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  so gosh like at least 6 months ago i think i was perusing jw survey and saw rhe anonymous targeting the wt video and thought "sweet!!!

  " ...so i googled it, and nothing came up but the actual you tube video and the thing on jw survey (i posted a comment on jw survey asking about it but nobody repied.... so since it was never spoken of again i guess it was a ho-ax?

  just one dude make a fake vidoe and anonymous was never really after the wt?

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  Emery

  It's not like they're organized or anything. Anonymous is mostly made up of a bunch of teenagers who hang out at 4chan.org

  If Anonymous really was attacking the WT they would made a viral video on YouTube and declared the attack like they did with Scientology. It would have made worldwide news. The only video I saw was recycled footage from previous Anon videos that anyone could've made. There are a lot of wannabe Anon videos and hackers out there, so take it with a grain of salt but hopefully I am wrong.
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  Another Revised NWT Thread - subtly sowing seeds of doubt with chart

  by mindnumbed in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  pages 1744 thru 1746 feature a chart of the kings of the southern kingdom, ending with zedekiah in 607.. praise the new bible and all of the teaching aids .... draw attention to kings list and how convenient that is ... but, strangely, i decided to look up information in an encyclopedia about the different kings, and the dates are not the same ... so i checked a couple of sources and they are all different than the chart in the bible .... why would that be?.

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  Emery

  The majority of believeing Jws could care less, they're more concerned about making a comment at the meeting than researching the solidity of doctrine.
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  Comprehensive NWT Comparison Project (calling all technically skilled members)

  by Apognophos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is anyone aware if this project is already being done by someone?

  if not, perhaps we can brainstorm how to go about this, now that the pdf for the revised nwt is out.

  a couple initial impressions:.

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  Emery

  amazing work guys, thanks for the hard work!
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  Why do you still go to meetings?

  by Aroq in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm asking this because there are a few on this site who do not agree with the wt or gb, but yet still go to meetings.. .

  why?.

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  Emery

  Both my wife and I are fully awake and know TTATT. We go to keep her mother happy, especially since she's old in age. We've tried fading and saw it slowly depress her mother and we want to avoid it possibly adding to her health problems. So to sum it up, we go out of love for family. Sacrificing our Sunday mornings is worth it, and we still have friends that we can wake up in the process. However, we go when it's convenient for us -- meaning -- we do not sacrifice ANYTHING to attend. Also, we do NOT do service, midweek meetings, conventions, or quickbuilds. We've wasted too much of our time supporting an apocalyptic cult full of pedo bears.
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  For those who are still IN and attending meetings, do you still study the WT & other books?

  by ohnightdivine in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those of you who are still attending meetings due to various reasons, how do you prepare yourself for each program?.

  do you still read and study the wt?.

  do you still read and study the okm, jeremiah, etc?.

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  Emery

  No, I just read other books and get my apostate reading in on my iPad. Funny how the holy spirit doesn't prevent me from bringing Satan's literature into the hall.
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  The reason behind why the ex-JW community can never match Jehovah's Witnesses' success.

  by Stand for Pure Worship in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  an average of five kingdom halls being constructed daily, almost 8 million brothers and sisters, dissemination of bible literature in 595 languages, 111,795 congregations worldwide, distribution of 179 million bibles available in 116 languages, 239 countries where jehovah's witnesses have a presence, etc.. need i go on?.

  on the other hand........... crisis of conscience, freeminds, the awaa, jw.net, ummmmmm........hmmm........idk six screens or something?

  not exactly working out for you guys.

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  Successful enough to cause Jehovah's governing body to give a whole symposium on "Human Apostates" world wide.
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  Things in the Bible that the JWs don't follow/practice.

  by UBM101 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am pretty annoyed to read/hear them saying that they are the true christian religion because they preach, follow the bible bla..bla..bla... let's list down the things in the bible that they don't follow/do.

  i'm sure they are plenty.. the fruits of the holy spirit, that's for a start.. .

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  Emery

  If you want to get nit picky, they do not follow the Sabbath, which was never abolished. It's part of the 10 commandments for crying out loud.
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  Are JW's scared of visiting apostate websites?

  by yadda yadda 2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i believe they are.

  i think it's their biggest fear besides dying at armageddon.. there's a saying that anyone who reads ray franz's books is never the same again.

  i think many jw's secretly know that there is information out there that would almost certaintly seriously damage their truth in their religion, and they are terrified of it.. they would rather keep their heads firmly stuck in the sand than even take a peek at critical information that might begin a slippery slope leading to the collapse of their unique worldview.. jw doing their version of the islam prayer:.

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  Emery

  I have the book of Franz here on my bookcase in my room (had it long before i became a Witness) and am familiar with this website longer than you are a member.

  Suuuuuurre. Can you tell us what Ray Franz talks about in his book? And which book are we talking about here? Are you aware that you're contradicting yourself? You're a Witness with "apostate" material in your bookcase? Not buying it.