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  My nine grievances against the Society from BEFORE I had ever visited a single apostate website...

  by cedars in

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  i mentioned on a recent thread by irondork that my wife recently showed me a handwritten list of grievances i had against the society from before i had ever visited a single apostate website (apart from wikipedia).

  the thread is below:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/226934/1/how-did-you-long-timers-do-it-before-the-internet-ray-franz-books-abundant-information.

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  As I said in your previous thread: In theory, the "light getting brighter" concept implies that, as focus on a particular verse progresses, the explanation would progress from the more ambiguous to the more defined, or specific... in most instances ... as in the current "overlapping generation" it's quite the contrary: the older explanation is supplanted by a more vague one. ... the King off The North/King of The South business is another example
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  The Makeweight Scenario - my way of explaining the increasing light doctrine

  by cedars in

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  many of you will remember when i first joined this forum i shared some reasoning with you related to "increasing light" and the logic that led to my personally abandoning it as an explanation for why the society repeatedly makes errors and failed predictions in its publications.

  i call it the "makeweight" scenario, and one or two have asked if i can launch a new thread for the benefit of new ones who may not have heard of it before.. i explain things on my latest blog article on the link below, but for those who would like to read just the part about the makeweight scenario, here is the part of my blog article that discusses the concept of increased light (slightly edited to separate it from the article).. is the light getting brighter?.

  we are constantly informed in the society's publications that any errors in books or magazines from years gone by are due to the light getting brighter.

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  In theory, the "light getting brighter" concept implies that, as focus on a particular verse progresses, the explanation would progress from the more ambiguous to the more defined, or specific... in most instances ... as in the current "overlapping generation" it's quite the contrary: the older explanation is supplanted by a more vague one. ...
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  Evidence For Impending Change Re: "Loose Conduct" to "Brazen Conduct"

  by DarioKehl in

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  2. bible

  on another thread discussing possible changes to the nwt, the post refered to a 2nd-hand report of a co leaking possible changes to 5 verses where "loose conduct" would be replaced by "brazen conduct.

  " although it is merely speculative at this point, i would like to remind those of you who did attend the 2012 dc this summer about some important evidence that supports this theory.

  if the program is still available on jw.org, feel free to see this for yourselves.

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  Hall - Elders leave disfellowshiped woman with baby carriage at bottom of stairs...is this insane?

  by Witness 007 in

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  I knew Bob Lang quite well-- I reported to him in my work assignment at Bethel, and thought him be a decent, considerate person.. above average for a Bethelite with a senior job, at least
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  Moshe received proof of a spiritual afterlife in 1999

  by moshe in

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  i have posted this experience of mine before- it's time to resurrect it again.. in 1999 i was in bed asleep and i had a dream- my father and i were shoping at a clothing store called fazios, that i hadn't been inside since i was a boy (closed for many years).

  we were looking at some denim overhalls and in walks my mother and brother ( she died in 1991 and my brother had died five months previously).

  they told my dad, it's time to go.

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  Coincidentally, the Dr. Oz program on the FOX network in the afternoons, broadcast an episode yesterday which prolied a woman ("Teresa") who claims to communicate with the departed..... several impressive examples...... still....
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  Hall - Elders leave disfellowshiped woman with baby carriage at bottom of stairs...is this insane?

  by Witness 007 in

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  Interesting, I don't recall this incident in either of Ray's books....
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  What's up with this?!? - The Newbury Park KH in California has a Facebook page!

  by 00DAD in

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  there is a facebook page for the kh in newbury park, ca!!!

  i thought facebook was part of the evil social media from satan?!?.

  this must be a rogue congregation ... lol .

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  Hey, it's California....
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  Jehovah doesn't like that

  by outsmartthesystem in

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  no matter what the situation is.....my children are now on a kick of saying "jehovah doesn't like that".

  birthdays?

  jehovah doesn't like that.

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  Ah, those JWs, they sure do a masterful job of whittling the "Majestic Lord God Of Hosts, Architect, Creator and Sustainer Of All That Exists" down to size!
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  Pictures of the Governing Body Members doing Personal Study

  by Iamallcool in

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  http://www.tj-archives.org/2012/06/personal-photos-of-members-of-governing.html.

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  don't these guys ever wear polo shirts?
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  Aid Book Vs. Insight On The Scriptures: Compare and Contrast, Anyone?

  by Room 215 in

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  2. experiences

  it appears that most of the substantive information in the insight volumes is lifted directly from its predecessor; my questions: what accounts for its immense increase in size?

  (i don't have the stamina or patience to make the comparision) i suspect that one reason for it was to distance its content from the main authors of the aid book, i.e.

  ray franz, ed dunlap and several others who defected in the 1980s, as their contributions to the latter became more or less general knowledge in wt circles..

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  It appears that most of the substantive information in the Insight volumes is lifted directly from its predecessor; my questions: what accounts for its immense increase in size? (I don't have the stamina or patience to make the comparision) I suspect that one reason for it was to distance its content from the main authors of the Aid book, i.e. Ray Franz, Ed Dunlap and several others who defected in the 1980s, as their contributions to the latter became more or less general knowledge in WT circles.