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  WT study

  by inbetween09 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it became rare, i thought, when considering last weekends study article.

  it became rare, that most of the message is actually quite ok. the gist was to avoid loving oneself, money and pleasures more than god.

  thats ok, if you're a believer.. this was my take until i saw the pictures, and discovered the real message behind the article.. as often, they use pictures to contrast bad and good behaviour (in their eyes at least).

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  moreconfusedthanever

  Exactly sparrowdown. Bullying and intimidation are the current modes used by our family to get us to "return to Jehovah".
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  God! No one really cares!!!!

  by JaniceA in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  there are exposes right and left.

  australia, canada , uk, usa.

  news reports, court cases.

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  moreconfusedthanever

  You are right. Ones like my mother have latched onto the idea of eternal life in a paradise and no amount of scandal and evidence that JW are just another false religion, will shake her from her resolve to do exactly as they say in order to get there.
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  Special Talk

  by EmptyInside in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone listen to the "special" talk today?

  i guess it was given by one of the governing body members and shown at all the halls.

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  moreconfusedthanever

  Wow! If I had gone and seen Terry O'Brien on the screen I would have had to leave. His outright lies and deception during the ARC can not be forgotten.
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  A funny idea about dating in the paradise...

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. social
  2. humour

  how in the hell would it ever work?

  everyone is youthful, everyone is perfect, everyone's personality is loving and kind.

  how would you choose somebody?

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  moreconfusedthanever

  HB the answer to your question would be Matthew 22:23-30

  23 On that day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came and asked him: 24 “Teacher, Moses said: ‘If any man dies without having children, his brother must marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’ 25 Now there were seven brothers with us. The first married and died, and having no offspring, he left his wife for his brother. 26 The same thing happened with the second and the third, through all seven. 27 Last of all, the woman died. 28 So in the resurrection, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her as a wife.”29 In reply Jesus said to them: “You are mistaken, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God; 30 for in the resurrection neither do men marry nor are women given in marriage, but they are as angels in heaven.
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  After leaving the JWs - Has anyone stayed with Christianity?

  by rulehayl in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i recently made the decision to stop studying with my study conductor, due to a situation i found myself in that led to a high possibility of my unbaptized publisher "rights" being taken away from me.

  i have since told my study conductor i have joined a new church (to which she dropped me like a hot rock, of course).... last time i posted on here, i was progressing nicely towards baptism, and was well into it.anyhoo, i like my new church, very hillsong-esqe.

  so just wondering if anyone else has stayed the course of christianity after leaving the jws, and if so - where did you go?

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  moreconfusedthanever

  Welcome back. Speaking for myself, I have trust issues now and can't believe any religion.
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  What is this "religion"?

  by Kom 197 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for a long time, i was convinced jehovah witnesses were just people preaching the word of god in a different way than other christians.

  i was shown the real truth over the past few months.

  i've been friends with this guy for over 5 years.

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  moreconfusedthanever

  It is unfortunate that your heart is already taken by this man. Your path choices will hurt which ever way you choose to go.

  If you had only just met him and came here for advice, I would say run run run. Plenty of fish in the sea and all that.

  You are not a JW. The elders have no say over you or control of you.

  You should continue to research this religion as much as you can. Share what you find with your boyfriend. It is NOT a harmless, loving religion. It IS a mind control cult.

  He started this relationship with you in contravention of the rules of the cult. The burden is his not yours.

  Make no mistake, if you want to continue to see him, you will be expected to convert.

  Choose wisely.
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  "DO NOT look here! Seriously...just dont!"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, so you all looked here??.

  this thread is prompted by losch's stupid 'decrees' in the march 2018 broadcast, where he denounced online information that may be 'negative' about the organization.. it strikes me that the gb are so dumb!

  the moment someone says "dont look at something", human curiousity will make most people look.

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  moreconfusedthanever

  Unfortunately there are still those who will not look at anything other than the borg site for fear of Satan taking over their brains.
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  Now That JWs Are Encouraged To Use Ipads Is There Evidence of Getting in Trouble on the WWW?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i’d imagine that if you have a ipad or ipad that some witnesses will get into trouble.. what say you?

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  moreconfusedthanever

  My mother just this week accused my sibling of feeding me "rubish" to stop me from attending meetings. Said he was killing me. He told her that he has not spoken to me at all and that the internet is full of information. She told him the internet is full of apostates. They are scared to look anywhere other than the borg site. Satan will take over their brains from one wrong click!
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  Help Elders poking nose in

  by Formerbrother in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what can i do when elders want to poke their nose in?.

  they want to have another chat with me and my wife, but we dont want to, it just gets us down..

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  moreconfusedthanever

  Get an answering machine and screen your calls. Just don't talk to them at all.
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  How long is a generation?

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what splain does in his talk and chart illustration is make the leap that a generation can have two groups.

  and in this case the two groups span more than 108 years.

  but no where in scripture is there ever a notion that a generation has two groups.

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  moreconfusedthanever

  Generation definition is. "all of the people born and living at about the same time regarded collectively". Synonyms "age, age group, peer group, cohort, stage of life.

  It is mind boggling that anyone at all actually buys the overlapping generation explanation. Further proof that they are not actually listening. They have latched onto the promise of eternal life with raised dead ones in a panda patting paradise and all the rest is not relevant to them.