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  Rutherford's smear campaign (a must read)

  by Leolaia in

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  there has been some interest recently about the moyle case, and how it may have set a precident in what became the society's disfellowshipping policy.

  in july 1939, the chief legal counsel of the watchtower bible & tract society, olin r. moyle, resigned from his position in a protest over conditions at bethel and rutherford's mistreatment of workers.

  he did not want to continue living under those conditions and he felt he could effect positive change for his brothers by taking such a stand.

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  happy@last

  Just been reading this, definitely movie material. What an ego 'the Judge' had!
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  Just a quick update

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  2. friends

  i have been inactice now for about 4 months.

  i keep getting visit from elders and well meaning ministerial servants.

  i went back to two meetings about two weeks ago.

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  happy@last

  I like the analogy that clarity made, very good. For me the hurt and pain being associated with JWs was so great i knew i had to go
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  newbe

  by emperorslaundrist in

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  thank you for this forum.

  thank you for your stories which helped wake me up from my delusion.

  thank you for letting me join you.

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  happy@last

  Welcome, great intro. It's amazing how you see things in a different light when you take the blinkers off.
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  I really thought i was going to live forever

  by Aussie Oz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  random discussion today ended up in my wife mentioning when she saw halley's comet (1986?

  ) and all of a sudden i had a total recall moment!.

  when it came by, rather than make the effort to watch it, i flippantly said "nah, i'll see it next time!".

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  Today will never come around again - make it count.

  Would you have seen it next time round if the water canopy that was used for the 'flood' was re-instated? (sarcasm)
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  Go ahead, tell me how you really feel - Modern Christian Art

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've stumbled across a most creative artful photography, placing jesus in contemporary scenarios.. http://www.thejourneysproject.com/c-294-fine-christian-art.aspx.

  for a mere $1,000 i too, could have jesus working his makeover in my bedroom.

  ooh, la la.. i am having strong and mixed reactions to this work, and i welcome your input..

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  happy@last

  Even Jesus wouldn't take the JWs life saving bread
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  Ever dream You could fly?

  by insearchoftruth4 in

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  happy@last

  Have a look at this:

  http://youtu.be/lxMBCWfDV5Q

  I'd love to do this, if I had the money and the nerve
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  share your reaction after reading CoC and ISoCF

  by suavojr in

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  2. friends

  after reading coc and isocf i cried, i was in shock, disillusioned, angry, and afraid... anyone wants to share their experience?.

  i would like to see what you think about these questions when compared with your account.. why people from different backgrounds feel similar reactions?

  (cannot be a conpiracy).

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  happy@last

  I had already stopped believing in a loving god despite being an elder and was suffering nervous exhaustion due to trying to help people follow the bible and not the rules laid down by the GB, I stopped attending meetings and FS. Then I read CoC properly (I had read snippets years before but just said 'theres 2 sides to every story') and it just confirmed what I had already suspected about WTBTS.
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  Dealing with a problem, what advice would you offer?

  by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

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  2. beliefs

  i got a email from a close friend "estimado arboles.

  a bastard is moving next door to me, he is a phucking lying ahole jw, him and his family are moving up the ranks in the jw holy roller world.

  i enjoy smoking weed outside, i never planned on being df'ed but i fear he saw me smoking and now i am waiting for a jc.

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  happy@last

  Does he have any witnesses to the alleged event that can back him up? Failing this the medical reason will hopefully work
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  I Thing Being Friends With My Jehovah Witness Friend is Taking A Mental Toll On Me?

  by TheNurseInBlack in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  everything was great untill about two years ago untill she realized i wasn't a jehovah witness.

  i didn't notice it before but now i noticed the next day she began to give me verses about the "truth".

  it recently got worse with her religious debates lately i've been able to prove her wrong with most of them.

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  happy@last

  I just think she is trying to conform to being a 'good JW' and in order to maintain your friendship would love you to be one too. As good friends you need to say that you'll each need to respect that you have different views on religion and it's best not to discuss the subject
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  Now that you know

  by Kool Jo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this question is primarily geared towards those that are "still in" or trying to "fade" like myself....now that you know the "truth about the truth"...if their is someone that knows you or your family are associated with jw's and ask you for your opinion of the religion or ask about studying with the jw's...how would you respond?.

  my reason for asking is that a girl i knew for many years now (since childhood) was invited to the kh by her coworker...she knew that my family and i are jw's since childhood...she went to the meetings and stated how she's learnt something new and she got "love bombed"...she's a fanastic girl and don't want her sucked into this cult...if she asks me about my experience as a jw, i want to be honest with her, but if i tell her how i feel, she may go back to my parents or the coworker and spill the beans...how would you handle it?.

  the second part of my query...we know that the wtbs bashes education...here's my situation....i got a college degree, i have a decent job for my age with possibility of further progression...there were many persons who were critical of me for attending college....saying how i could go to bethel, or pioneer or some other rubbish...now that college is done and you're working...you're ask to help out someone in the congregation financially...even the person who was critical of you...the person fell on hard times and needs a hand with their bills...would you assist this person out of the goodness of your heart, or would you abstain from helping because they were critical of you during college?.

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  happy@last

  if she asks me about my experience as a JW

  To me it sounds like she might not, if it were me I'd initiate the conversation and ask what she thought and wait to see her reation. If she then says she is thinking of going back, I would say "before you do, why not check out both sides of the story, you might find a few facts you didn't know about"

  As to helping out, on this occassion it would be a conscious decision (how institutionalised does that sound!), but I would weigh up amount needed/why needed/who is it for etc.. Nothing wrong in being charitable, but another being taken for a mug