BereanThinker7

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  No Private Beliefs Allowed!

  by BereanThinker7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  looking for references that talk about witnesses not being able to hold any private interpretation or belief that isn't in line with official doctrine.

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  i know i've seen them before but of course now i can't find any of the more in your face statements..

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  BereanThinker7

  Thanks to everyone who gave relevant links and sources!!
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  No Private Beliefs Allowed!

  by BereanThinker7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  looking for references that talk about witnesses not being able to hold any private interpretation or belief that isn't in line with official doctrine.

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  i know i've seen them before but of course now i can't find any of the more in your face statements..

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  Can people not read?

  I am asking for quotes from the organizations publications, where they spay that individual JWs should not hold beliefs other than what the organization teaches even if they keep it private.

  help would be appreciated
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  No Private Beliefs Allowed!

  by BereanThinker7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  looking for references that talk about witnesses not being able to hold any private interpretation or belief that isn't in line with official doctrine.

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  i know i've seen them before but of course now i can't find any of the more in your face statements..

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  BereanThinker7

  thats super helpful thanks
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  No Private Beliefs Allowed!

  by BereanThinker7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  looking for references that talk about witnesses not being able to hold any private interpretation or belief that isn't in line with official doctrine.

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  i know i've seen them before but of course now i can't find any of the more in your face statements..

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  BereanThinker7

  Looking for references that talk about witnesses not being able to hold any private interpretation or belief that isn't in line with official doctrine.

  I know I've seen them before but of course now I can't find any of the more in your face statements.
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  Anyone from the chicagoland area?

  by mjarka911 in

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  2. friends

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  beside bradley (logansrun), is there anyone from the chicagoland area posting?

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  BereanThinker7

  bump for an always relevant question. . .
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  Why isn't this forum growing like reddit exjw??

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  admittedly it 90% crap over there but still they are up to 80k in subscribers.

  over here it's the same half dozen or so that posts something, including myself.

  why is that?.

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  honestly i think its as simple as there no mobile app, and the "mobile version" isnt too user friendly.

  Young people arent googling JWs on a desktop or laptop.
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  For Born-Ins - If You Were 18 Again, What 7 Things Would You do Differently?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's mine:.

  1. go immediately to college and study construction management.

  2. set up an ira and start contributing every year.

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  1. Dont necessarily leave the org but ask questions exposing the logical fallacies in every meeting study material for years. . . and years. . .and years, in other words stick around just to raise doubts and hope to help others exit

  2. buy a second property, I already bought one property when I was 18.

  3. open Roth Ira's and max them out,

  4. support biblical unitarian ministries financially since I'd stay "pimo" as long as possible

  5. start bands with my music friends

  6. have kids earlier
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  Which of you readers are being shunned by their relatives / friends ?

  by stan livedeath in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a simple " me" if you dont want to say more--or a short explanation about who is shunning you and how long has this been going on.. i'll set the ball rolling: my daughter--her husband and children; my younger son --no contact from them for 40 years...because i left their religion.. (edit--i just noticed the typo in the header--if should be of ).

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  My wife, myself, and our newborn daughter whom the family has never met, shun us.

  All 4of my grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, the whole family 3 generations deep.

  Thankfully most of the wifes family is out.
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  which Translation Now?

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for those of you who still respect the bible, which translation/s are you using now?

  why?.

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  I like the English Standard Version best since it is a pretty good mixture of word for word translation and thought for thought.

  From the biblical unitarian perspective, and one that retains the use of Gods name in the text I like the Revised English Version.

  Matthew 1, REV Bible and Commentary (revisedenglishversion.com)
  
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  Grace Gough ("Mouthy") and the 83 Tapes

  by JW_Researcher in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  grace gough (“mouthy’) sent me 83 cassette tapes 16 years ago (2006).. .

  when she sent them, i understood them to be ‘testimonies’ of jws who became christians.

  there are some labeled “so-and-so’s testimony” so at least some are that.. others appear to be talks, like the morning session of the 1981 “ex –jws for jesus” convention.

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