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  Bart Ehrman on the Trinity

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  talking of watchtower quote mining, i wonder if they'll ever quote these comments, considering the source is bible sceptic:.

  and i began to see that many of the traditional christian doctrines that i had long held to be beyond question, such as the doctrine of the divinity of christ and of the trinity, were not present in the earliest traditions of the new testament but had developed over time and had moved away from the original teachings of jesus and his apostles.

  jesus, interrupted (2010), page 16..

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  problemaddict

  Bart Ehrman is an interesting read. I plan to start at the beginning with "Misquoting Jesus".
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  Book - "A People for His Name" by Timothy White

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

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  "a people for his name" by timothy white is an early, but still excellent, book about the history of the jws.. here is a page containing portions from the book.

  http://members.fortunecity.com/peopleforhisname/peopleforhisname.htm.

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  problemaddict

  Actually about 2/3's of the book can be previewed in google books just as an fyi.
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  Book - "A People for His Name" by Timothy White

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

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  "a people for his name" by timothy white is an early, but still excellent, book about the history of the jws.. here is a page containing portions from the book.

  http://members.fortunecity.com/peopleforhisname/peopleforhisname.htm.

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  problemaddict

  This isn't on google books yet?
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  Many At Bethel Head Quarter Know The Governing Body Are Psycho's But They Too Afraid To Say Anything

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think a lot of people at bethel especially the older ones are terrified of these new guys on the governing body and already know they are a bunch of over the hill narcissistic personality disorder cases.. but they are caught in the middle and i'm sure lots of people are waking up with these egomaniacs around..

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  problemaddict

  Lets assume he meant pycho in the pejorative sense?
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  Moved to Florida and an elder from my old Michigan hall shows up at the door.

  by dogon in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i moved to florida from north michigan a year ago.

  i have not been to a kh in over 15 years, that said they know who i am at my old hall.

  i got a knock at the door and it was an elder from my old hall.

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  Yeah how did they find you? If its been a long time, maybe they are just saying hi looking for a familiar face. Don't rush to judgement.
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  Shunned again today

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as i walked through the streets of my hometown i walked past a 'sister'tm).

  at first i didn't recognize her as i wasn't paying attention.. she sort of gave me a bit of a smile (or did she have wind/gas?).

  after i has passed her, it dawned on me who it was.. i'd given her family lifts to meetings and socialised with them.. i then realized she'd shunned me.

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  Good for you man to rise above it.
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  OMG...I missed the whole SPARLOCK craze....

  by Pyramid Scheme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i hadn't been on the board to visit much last year, so i have been going back and poking around through the older threads since i started to post here.

  i was on jwfacts.com, and noticed paul had posted a brief article about the jw video and the evil sparlock the warrior wizard.

  we have no children, and i never got those videos anyway (even when i was still an elder), so when i went back and read all of the old threads, i was crying laughing.

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  Great illustration NE. What we can see from this picture is how much Sparlock has let loose and is carrying out judgement. I also was able to appreciate from the picture how girl scout cookies can cause harm. We would do well to heed the warnings contained here.
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  No one who leaves "the truth" is ever happy?

  by El_Guapo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for years, i was told this..... " anyone who leaves the org is bitter, sad, and worse off, why do you think they come back???

  guess what guys i am the opposite, now i quit cold-turkey (looking back, i should have faded correctly) i am planning on going to the memorial this month just to hear all "the friends" tell me how much they missed me.

  since i have left the meetings, (jan. was my last meeting, i think).

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  You know I think it works both ways. Some people are bitter from their experience and their leaving does not help them but isolates them. It may not be 100% their fault of course. But there are people that really need some sort of anchor in their life, even if it is in my opinion, the wrong anchor. So when they lose it, they start trippin. In addition, there are alot of people that leave after beign raised a JW, and they jsut want to do all the things they couldn't do. So they go off the deep end into partying, drugs, etc... This is not uncommon.

  You, and most of the people here are introspective and leaving for different reasons. THAT is what enables you to have left and be happy. Its a perspective thing.

  Congruently, there are people who are in.....that are miserable. True. But there are many more that are very happy. I certainly was. I enjoyed my time, and the bad times were more than made up for by the good times. I had (and have) great friends, and I met my wife whom I love.

  So to speak in definite terms about anyone, doesn't do anyone any good.
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  Hi to EVERYONE, I LOVE being here in JWN land with y'all! & Family UPDATE

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi to everyone on here, my name is kim, i have been on here anonymously for about 6 months now giving our family's story.

  if any of you haven't read my daughter gojira's post about the latest, here's the updates.

  the witch hunt is on..... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/246388/3/the-time-is-near-for-my-families-crucification.

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  Sorry about the witch hunt. Mine is steadily coming for me. Take solice in the fact your family is supporting you. It is more than many get. I have to indulge the elders for the time being because of my wife still being in. It is hell. I certainly wish i could just not take the calls. it is actually the advise I give others!
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  POLL: How long did you remain a JW from point of baptism to leaving the KH

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was baptised --1963. left in 1978. fifteen years.

  pre-baptism, another 5 years.

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  Im still around, but fading as best I can. It will be 24 years. I was baptized pretty young.