Jeff, Remember the classic JW recruitment is to catch people at a 'down' point in their lives and offer them something they think they need. Friends, I was never a JW or a member of any other religious group, I am 53 years old and my 'true friends who will always be there for me' I can count on two hands (and I don't need all the fingers). Its not just a JW thing. Quality not quantity is the key.
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Maybe I should go back and be a good little dubbie again!!
by AK - Jeff ini believe that i am experiencing a profound change in my personality, and those changes are at a stage where i have honestly contemplated this recently.
honestly.. i don't think i could ever do it - anyone who has followed me on the boards here know that i am neither suicidal nor an apologist for that lot.
yet, having been off work for a few weeks now with surgical recovery, i have had time to make assessment of my future.
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If you were stillajw ... what would you think if
by What-A-Coincidence inan elder/former bethelite stopped coming to the meetings cold turkey?
as a witness you may be thinking what???.
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Interesting, As a JW, would any of you have ever thought something like.............'maybe he is ill, perhaps I better call round and see?'
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rantings on jw fellowship board
by gspradling ined-->some thrilling experiences that just goes to show jehovah knows:
does jehovah know what is going on, and does he help?
1. the bomb planted in the kingdom hall in australia, where one brother was killed, was meant to kill everyone, and would have; but the bomb rolled backwards so the force or the blast was away from the friends, rather than aimed at them
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He returned to tell his boss he'd finished the job at the Hall. The boss replied, "Hall!? I told you to go to the mall!"
Must have followed the driver back to his bosses office to know that hm?
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Where exactly is Satan?
by IronClaw insince leaving the jw's most of us have also left most of their doctrine.
so that being the case, most of us have left the wt understanding of 1914. now you know that the wt claims that satan was hurled out of heaven in that year down to the vicinity of the earth.
so the question is: if 1914 is just another year to us, then what are your thoughts as to the whereabouts of satan and his followers?.
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Where exactly is Satan?
God (remember him, the all knowing one?) asks much the same question at the begining of the book of Job.
God: Where have you come from?
Satan: From being on the Earth and walking up and down.
I dont think the book of Job was written in 1914 though
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JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU HEARD IT ALL!!! THIS IS SICK!!!
by Lady Liberty inmy mother called me last night and shared with me something my dad just discovered in doing some research on the internet.
it is out of the book published by the wathchtower in 1966, entitled, "life everlasting in freedom of the sons of god".. my parents have the book, and listen to what was written about adam and bestiality.... page 45, para.
before god created anything new, a woman, god left the man free to determine whether there was a suitable companion for him among all the lower animals.
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How could Adam have named all the animals in a single day?
Strangely enough, Adam was only required to name animals that were know to the Israelites.
I wonder why?
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What JW's think people think of them...lol
by loosie ini got this email and i thought i would share.
i got a chuckle out of it.
at morning worship with the bethel family, bro.
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The co-worker asks: "Aren't they the ones that don't accept blood
transfusions?" "Yes", the driver replies.Typical that they say in the publications that it's a personal choice, but examples like that show it isn't.
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For Newbies: EXCELLENT Judicial meeting with LOTS of info!!
by Lady Liberty inthought i would bump to the top this excellent tape recording of a judicial meeting.
you will find the person "on trial" has bneen a elder himself.
once he realised things were not adding up he ended up disassociating himself along with his wife.
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All those cities he mentioned; I live close to. It's interesting that these elders actually listened to what they had to say instead of just saying "Do you believe this is the Truth?" like so many JCs nowadays.
I wonder why this is?
Could it be a dumming down of the 'elder class'? A resignation in trying to discuss/defend doctrine? A policy shift (as in 'just get rid of them')?
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For Newbies: EXCELLENT Judicial meeting with LOTS of info!!
by Lady Liberty inthought i would bump to the top this excellent tape recording of a judicial meeting.
you will find the person "on trial" has bneen a elder himself.
once he realised things were not adding up he ended up disassociating himself along with his wife.
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Really good DA letter that was read out on the tape.
My thoughts when the elders of the committee were talking about 'Gods organisation in the first century' that they failed to see that Paul, who was mentioned, not only critisised the organisation (in his argument with Peter) but effected a change in policy (over circumcision).
Something that would not be allowed to happen in the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation.
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THE BACK PEDDLING HAS ALREADY BEGUN......
by Mary inas i mentioned before in another thread, my dub aunt, along with several other witnesses, told me that they were specifically told that the governing body let it be known that tract work would trigger the beginning of the end by infuriating the other religions and somehow causing the governments to "turn on babylon the great".
this was supposed to start before the end of this year.
one thing i mentioned is that they were smart enough this time, not to put anything down in writing, but simply let it get around by "word of mouth".
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One man, many IP addresses is all you have proven. I am still only one man. What is your point?
My point is that if you are all you say you are, you would not have to hide behind many identities.
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THE BACK PEDDLING HAS ALREADY BEGUN......
by Mary inas i mentioned before in another thread, my dub aunt, along with several other witnesses, told me that they were specifically told that the governing body let it be known that tract work would trigger the beginning of the end by infuriating the other religions and somehow causing the governments to "turn on babylon the great".
this was supposed to start before the end of this year.
one thing i mentioned is that they were smart enough this time, not to put anything down in writing, but simply let it get around by "word of mouth".
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branch wrote
I am the faithful and discreet slave, one man
erm, not exactly ONE man,
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