Topics Started by MrRoboto

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Be loyal when a relative is disfellowshipped
by UnshackleTheChains in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
well.....they showed that shunning video again.

you know...the one where goldilocks gets disfellowshipped- and the parents look across the hall at her with disdain.....yeah that video.. i was interested to see what kind of answers would be given during the discussion after the video and some of the reactions.

everyone sat there gormlessly staring at the video.
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Do A Majority of Those That Bother With Doctrine Reject the Current Teachings?
by OnTheWayOut in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
on another thread, shadow asked pimojw, a newbie still serving in a congregation, "how about the overlapping generation?

do you know anyone who actually believes that?

"answer was "no i dont!
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Some Things Just Dont Add Up, How Did We Miss This???
by pale.emperor in
1. jw
2. experiences
some things i just didnt notice at the time which now seem so obvious:.

the bible tells us that the end will come like a thief in the night, when we least expect it.

(matthew 24:44).
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When exactly did Jesus become king? The Insight Book tells us.
by The Fall Guy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it-2 pp.

61-62 jesus christ - "they [1st century christians] recognized him as their lord........because of his kingly position and authority.

it was in the full regal as well as priestly authority represented by jesus’ name that his followers preached.....to the “name” of this divinely commissioned king, the lord jesus christ.
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What are your beliefs now, religious/non religious?
by Jules Saturn in
1. jw
2. experiences
what are your convictions now that you are no longer one of jehovah's witnesses?

are you a born again christian?

have you joined another denomination of christianity?
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honesty
by midnight in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
regarding the recent 1975 video at the convention it hit me !.

when reasoning with people about the inspiration of the bible we used the bible writers candor ie/ there honesty when recording bible accounts about there personal mistakes .. how come the governing body despite its claims to be spirit directed are not honest about there mistakes ?.
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What woke you up?
by MrRoboto in
1. jw
2. experiences
for me, i think it was just the right time as i was starting to wake up on other fronts as well (anyone who had went through these will know what i mean).

but it started when i was looking for what info goes on a publisher card, which led to me reading one person's story (ex bethelite) which was pretty crazy to an all-in jw but who trusts those apostates...?.

then i started watching videos on cults, as if my subconscious was trying to tell my concord mind something... when i saw a particular one about a young man in lds getting ready to start their 2 year preaching campaign, including a school, social activities etc, i realized that i couldn't tell the difference between the folks of this mormon cult and the jws (save for some religious differences) .
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Newbee here - question about baptism validity and special circumstance
by MrRoboto in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i would like to thank the operators of this website and all the others here who support those who are walking up.

perhaps i'll share some personal story stuff at another time but i've been lurking here for a while, maybe 2 years or so.

finally got the bearings to create an account :).
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Did anyone see that JWR closed?
by supernerdboy in
1. social
2. current
no early warnings or anything, just gone!

anyone else notice or are members there?

any info would be nice.
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The story of Punkofnice. It was the 'Overlapping' that finally got me out!
by punkofnice in
1. jw
2. experiences
why i am now a faded apostate after the ridiculous overlapping teaching!.

i was raised in the trooooooooooth and both my parents were pioneers.

over the years i pioneered, was an ms and finally an elder.