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  Watchtower Now Considers Elders to Be Clergy Class

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my father's uncle and spiritual mentor, benjamin ray kent, had been a deacon (ministerial servant) in watchtower founder c. t. russell's home ecclesia (congregation) in brooklyn, and also served as russell's personal secretary at brooklyn bethel.

  after attending university my father served a 5-year prison term during world war ii, supposedly for his loyalty to god.

  while his mother's proud and patriotic family disowned my father for his decision, it was his uncle ray who regularly visited him in prison.. that is the culture in which i was raised, and for much of my life, i took great pride in the belief that my father was a man of integrity to god.

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  JW elders stumped by Watchtower Publications

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was approached by two jehovah’s witness elders who handed me a pamphlet advertising the jw .org website.

  each man carried a bible and an apple ipad.

  they told me that they enjoyed visiting with people about the bible, and asked if i was a bible reader.

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  You might surprised how many JWs are homosexuals

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  contrary to common belief, neither the bible nor the watchtower condemns homosexuality; however, they do condemn the practice of fornication.

  homosexuality is same sex attraction whether such attraction is acted upon or not.

  leviticus 20:13 describes a man having sexual relations with a man, or the act of fornication.

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  Forced to Choose Between Beliefs and Family

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  [please feel free to share.].

  forced to choose between beliefs and family.

  “no one should be forced to worship in a way that he finds objectionable or be made to choose between his beliefs and his family.” that statement appeared in an article entitled “is it wrong to change your religion?” in the july 2009 awake magazine, published and distributed widely by jehovah’s witnesses.. nearly everyone reading that statement would consider it to be mere common sense.

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  JWs shunning other active JWs

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how many others have noticed how common it is for active jws to ostracize and shun other active jws?

  as far back as i can recall, jws have had an ongoing problem with cliques within congregations, and special needs talks would be given from time to time to address that trend.

  but, it seems to me that the practice has become even more pronounced with entire congregations actively shunning other congregations.

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  My disassociation story

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  following is a summary of events leading up to my decision to disassociate from jehovah's witnesses and the unforeseen results of that decision.. a young man named joel engardio produced a documentary about jehovah's witnesses called "knocking" which aired nationally on pbs.

  i purchased the dvd from joel before it was even released and we exchanged emails.

  joel had been raised by his jw mother and had been active in jw activities during his adolescence, but he was never baptized as a jw.

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  Follow-up to my letter to my JW brother

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a follow-up to my letter to my brother which i posted earlier: .

  my brother, ronnie, had texted my sister, linda, and me regarding our late mother's estate.

  linda engaged ronnie in a text conversation about our mother’s ashes because he has ignored her texts for several years.

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  Witnessing to two JW elders

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was approached by two jehovah’s witness elders who handed me a pamphlet advertising the jw .org website.

  each man carried a bible and an apple ipad.

  they told me that they enjoyed visiting with people about the bible, and asked if i was a bible reader.

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  Ex-JW meet-up in the Austin/San Marcos/New Braunfels/San Antonio area

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my daughter and i are ex-jws, and we live halfway between new braunfels and san marcos, which is halfway between austin and san antonio.

  we are interested in meeting up with any ex-jws in this area.. please feel free to contact me by email at [email protected] .

  roger kirkpatrick.

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  Letter to my JW elder brother

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i sent the following letter to my older brother, a jw elder in grand prairie, texas, who actively shuns me since i left the religion for conscientious reasons two years ago.. may 11, 2017. dear ronnie,.

  in the opening scenes of the movie gone with the wind, a field worker hollers out, “”quttin’ time!” big sam protests, saying, “i’s da fo’man on tara.

  i sez when it’s quittin’ time.

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