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Forum cleanup and archive
by Simon in
1. forum
2. announcements
i mentioned i was cleaning the forum archive when i bumped this thread by oompa:.

damm i miss jwd...this place will always be jwd to me.... rather than turn that into a discussion of the archive, i'll answer slimboyfat's concern here.. the things i'm clearing up are either:.

time specific and non jw related (e.g.
Splash

Just delete all those "... you have a PM" threads.
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A Cry for Help
by Thoughtless in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have been lurking here for months now, and i just decided to post here and actually interact with this community.

i have a very specific/unordinary life, so i will not divulge too much information to protect my privacy.

i am a baptized publisher who is under the age of 25 who attends college, and i do have responsiblities within the congregation.
Splash

Your education is so important. Miss out now and regret it for the rest of your life - just look at the stories on here of those who did just that and now regret it.
You could always say you intend to join the other lawyers, hedge fund managers, doctors, architects, dentists... in bethel once you have qualified.
60k is a lot of money, it is also blackmail and control. With a good education you will make that up in a few years.
Splash.
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Accused of thinking too much
by biometrics in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've been officially accused of "thinking too much".. i've tried to quit thinking, but i'm hoplessly addicted to it.i just can't seem to turn my brain off.. at times duing my school years i was accused of not thinking enough.

now i'm guilty of thinking too much!.

the brother even went on to say "could you imagine what the witness organisation if everyone was thinking independently like you do"?
Splash

"We need to rely on the Slave for our understanding"
Does that mean we must not look into things for ourselves?:
"Do not put YOUR trust in nobles" - Psalm 146:3
" when he entered the house Jesus got ahead of him by saying: “What do you think, Simon?" -Mt 17:25
Jesus asking "What do YOU think?" - Matthew 18:12; 21:28
"keep testing whether you are in the faith " 2Co 13:5
"present your bodies...a sacred service with your power of reason" Ro 12:1
"think so as to have a sound mind" - Romans 12:3
"go on perceiving what the will of Jehovah is" Eph 5:17
"make sure of the more important things" Php 1:10
"make sure of all things" 1Thes 5:21
"we request of YOU not to be quickly shaken from YOUR reason nor to be excited either through an inspired expression or through a verbal message or through a letter as though from us" 2Th 2:1, 2
"God gave us not a spirit of cowardice, but that of power and of love and of soundness of mind." 2Tim 1:7
"I am arousing YOUR clear thinking faculties by way of a reminder" 2Pe 3:1
"test the inspired expressions to see whether they originate with God" 1Jo 4:1
"he has given us intellectual capacity that we may gain the knowledge of the true one" 1Jo 5:20
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A Cry for Help
by Thoughtless in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have been lurking here for months now, and i just decided to post here and actually interact with this community.

i have a very specific/unordinary life, so i will not divulge too much information to protect my privacy.

i am a baptized publisher who is under the age of 25 who attends college, and i do have responsiblities within the congregation.
Splash

Hi!
Don't feel you are under obligation to explain yourself to everyone who are not entitled to pry into your business - take advice from the Insight Book:
*** it-2 p. 244 Lie ***
"Lying generally involves saying something false to a person who is entitled to know the truth and doing so with the intent to deceive or to injure him or another person."
Basis this you can, with a clean conscience, plan your exit strategy and misdirect those who are trying to interfere but have no business in interfering.
If you are young and still in academia then why not try moving. The change of circumstances and environment will make everything so much more easy.
Splash
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It's All Your Fault - 9.15.13 wt Study Ed
by breakfast of champions in
1. watchtower
2. bible
"in a similar way, at the beginning of the 20th century, there were a number of wrong expectations among true christians regarding the last days.

(2 tim.

3:1) for instance, in the year 1914, some thought that their being taken to heaven was imminent.
Splash

Regarding "tacking" the WT later said:
-- WT 8/1/92 p.17: "...to run "not uncertainly" means that to every observer it should be very evident where the runner is heading. The Anchor Bible renders it "not on a zigzag course."
Another reversal.
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Pronouncing things differently so they don't sound rude. Typical CULT persona. Political correctness?
by punkofnice in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i noticed over the years how bros & sis(tm) would pronounce words/names differently or totally substitute them so as not to sound offensive.. egs:.

instead of 'bible aids' a bro(tm) said 'bible helps' thus avoiding aids disease!?!.

instead of sodom the bro(tm) pronounced it 'sow dom'.
Splash

I once had the announcements halfway through the Thursday meeting.
The brother on the sound had screwed up the song I introduced by playing the wrong one, playing another wrong one, then finally getting it right.
At the end of the song I said: "Well we finally got it right, Third time..." (pause for effect, audience do a collective intake of breath) "...successful". (Congregation let out a sigh of relief).
Oh I love to tease.
Splash.
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A Chicken Story, by Anthony Morris the Third
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ukz5m-yo4&feature=youtu.be.

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cedars.
Splash

Given their propensity to quote mine and spin, I wonder what they left out of the story.
"Now one year later their small flock had increased to more than 60 chickens".
How many chickens were they left with after the 19 died? They could have been left with 59 chickens - we just don't know.
Did the chickens reproduce as we are being led to believe, or did they have to buy some more - we just don't know.
As usual, all unverifiable.
Splash.
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A Chicken Story, by Anthony Morris the Third
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ukz5m-yo4&feature=youtu.be.

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cedars.
Splash

But everyone clapped !!
(They were hesitant though)
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A Chicken Story, by Anthony Morris the Third
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ukz5m-yo4&feature=youtu.be.

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cedars.
Splash

That's some blessing for that family.
Although it doea make me wonder why an elderly sister had a heart attack and died at our DC last year.
Who's going to look after her chickens?
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It's All Your Fault - 9.15.13 wt Study Ed
by breakfast of champions in
1. watchtower
2. bible
"in a similar way, at the beginning of the 20th century, there were a number of wrong expectations among true christians regarding the last days.

(2 tim.

3:1) for instance, in the year 1914, some thought that their being taken to heaven was imminent.
Splash

Same old same old:
*** w90 10/15 p. 19 par. 20 Be Thankful—Jehovah’s Messianic Kingdom Rules ***
For 38 years prior to 1914, the Bible Students, as Jehovah’s Witnesses were then called, pointed to that date as the year when the Gentile Times would end. What outstanding proof that is that they were true servants of Jehovah! Yet, like first-century servants of God, they also had some wrong expectations. For example, they expected that the full number of anointed Christians would be raised to heaven by October 1914. They also thought that the war that started in 1914 would lead directly on to the end of Satan’s world.
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