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  Name a song title..........

  by punkofnice in

  1. social
  2. humour

  replace one word in a song title with the word 'elder/s'.. eg.

  the elders are back in town' (boys).

  smoke on the elder (water).

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  smiddy3

  Great thread punk, some good titles by all keep em coming.
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  Name a song title..........

  by punkofnice in

  1. social
  2. humour

  replace one word in a song title with the word 'elder/s'.. eg.

  the elders are back in town' (boys).

  smoke on the elder (water).

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  smiddy3

  Knock knock knocking on Elders doors { heavens }

  Elders be good {johnny}

  Elderlujah {Hallelujah }

  I can`t get no Elders {satisfaction }

  I did it Elders way { my }
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  Bringing reproach on Jehovah's name.

  by ScottyRex in

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  2. friends

  i have thought long and hard about this, you know in those midnight hours.. you will probably string me alive in what i say, but here you go-.

  i feel that the jw's do have the truth.

  i do agree with the doctrines and biblical exgenesis they propound.i do feel that they have the 'truth' i do understand they are imperfect, and i think they have had to 'refine' their teachings as time has gone on-and change accordingly- i see nothing wrong with this.

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  Scotty is just one of those guys who left the "truth" but the :truth" never left them and they go back & forth in and out for years without ever coming to an accurate knowledge of what the real TRUTH really is.

  Basically the reason is because it`s an emotional feel good feeling they get with the indoctrination and the false friendships that exist at Kingdom halls.

  People like him/her have never really tested whether what the WT/GB say is factual and just take it on face value without doing their own private research of non JW material.

  Do yourself a favour Scotty and research all that JW`s have preached these past 140 odd years then if you still think JW`s have the truth you deserve each other.

  { You have been on here for 8 years and you still haven`t learnt TTATT ? }
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  My Cognitive Dissonance is Eating Me Alive (Intro Post)

  by pometerre21 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been lurking here for a couple of weeks now.

  i'm starting to "awaken" and it is all that has been occupying my mind.

  i've always, always had doubts, some of which i expressed to family members who always had the same replies:.

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  Welcome Pom ,the majority have gone through what you are now going through don`t let that get you down.It took me a couple of years before I shook off all the shackles that bound me.

  That was about 11 years ago when I first was introduced to the internet.I am indebted to those guys forever.

  At first I could not believe some of the things I was learning about the religion, continued research proved these things true.

  I hope you stay around on this forum ,I have learnt and proved more about the JW religion than I ever knew in my 33 years as a Jehovah`s Witness .

  What organization is ashamed of their early history that they need to continually re-define their early history .

  What they say now about their origins compared to what was actually printed in there publications does not gel.
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  Daughter gets fondled -- mother's loving strategy takes back seat

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  nightmare on elm street.

  mother to elder: tiffany, my daughter, shocked me last night.

  she told me she was fondled by our hispanic neighbor after she babysat for their children.. elder: that is terrible to hear, sister.

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  What gets my goat about the "real life" cases that happen is the response Elders and the organization give

  ",We abhor Child Sexual Abuse and the parents have every right to report such a case" or words to that effect.

  What they fail to acknowledge is the fact THEY should be reporting such abuse when it comes to their attention .however THEY continually fail to do so.

  This fact was made quite clear in the ARC into child sexual abuse in institutions.

  This very same fact has been demonstrated in other Child sex abuse cases in the JW organization around the world.

  On the one hand they claim they abhor child sex abuse among Jehovah`s Witnesses

  On the other hand when it comes to their notice of child sex abuse against a Jehovah`s Witness minor and they hold a Judicial Committee of three Elders to investigate they ALL fail to notify the appropriate authorities of the crime.

  They neither protect the child in the congregation nor do they protect children in the community by withholding such information from the authorities .
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  Free Minds Web Site

  by garyneal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone know what has happened to freemind.org website?

  it's still up but it looks like a shell of the site i remember back five or six year years ago.

  if i am not mistaken, i think randy may have taken ill over the years.

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  I hope Dogpatch is OK as he was one of the first ones I came across when I first had a PC about 10-12 years ago and like others have said I found this site through him.

  Another one I would be thankful for for my knowing TTATT is Shaun`s site ,10 or 12 years ago ,I am indebted to both of them for where I, and my family are today .
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  Confusion with 'Message of Judgement'

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there has been some discussion regarding the change in the jws message so i thought i would have a listen to the recent annual meeting to try to get an idea as to why the jws are not clear on the matter, once again.

  it's strange that the annual meeting hasn't been put on jw org tv to date.it looks like the confusion stems from a talk given by tight pants tony and i've written out a part of that talk.

  his talk was titled 'making our blows count'.

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  So whats new ? the big" A" or "GT " just around the corner ? It`s imminent ?

  How many times and how many years can they get away with this BS? The average JW has to be a lot dumber than I would ever have imagined .

  This crap was doing the rounds in the mid 1970`s that the message was going to be changed to one of judgement against those who had not taken heed of the life saving message JW`s had been giving up until that time.

  Here we go again I suppose
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  Work Christmas functions: Being a Bible Student (unbaptized)

  by rulehayl in

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  2. friends

  hi all,i have been studying with the witnesses for more than 6 months and regularly attend both midweek & weekend meetings, and i am nearly at the end of the "bible teach" book.

  my boss is adamant i attend team christmas functions.

  she knows about my studying and potential baptism next year, and has suggested that i attend and just not participate in activities like kris kringle.

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  What can I do?

  What you can do is take the advise of all the above posters and get away from this mind controlling manipulative family destructive organization before you lose your self worth.

  I gather you believe in a God ,OK ? no problem, he gave you a brain for you to use and make decisions for yourself in other words you are in control of your own destiny.

  However if you get baptized as a JW you then give your brain over to those few men in America who will decide what you can do and what you can`t do in all activities of your life including your family ,friends.associates ,etc,etc,etc,

  It does not happen all at once it is a slow process that they use to control all your activities.

  It`s like the" Hotel California" you can enter but you will never leave on your own terms.

  Save yourself the trouble and a lot of heartache

  
  
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  Charles Manson Is Dead

  by Bangalore in

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  2. current

  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/obituaries/charles-manson-dead.html.

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  The Fall Guy

  Their is a difference in JW speak as to what is sin and what is a crime .The Adamic sin, disobeying Gods command not to eat of the forbidden fruit should not be confused with committing a crime such as Manson did.

  According to what I was taught as a JW the likes of Manson ,Bundy, Hitler ,etc possibly may not get a resurrection for what they did.

  And yes I know JW`s speak out of both sides of there mouth in issues like this.

  As for crimes of this nature where their is no reasonable doubt about who is responsible I am all for the death penalty and not incarcerating them for the rest of their life at taxpayers expense.

  The victims did not get justice in this case.
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  The end of this system is so very near.....NOT

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  world headquarters of jehovah's witnesses - warwick, new york.

  “yes, the end of this system is so very near!

  is that no reason to increase our activity?… reports are heard of brothers selling their homes and property and planning to finish out the rest of their days in this old system in the pioneer service.

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  The end of this system is so very near.....NOT

  Jehovah`s Witnesses,
  and their definitions/meanings of words.phrases.?

  Soon (on the never ending plan)

  Imminent (? That`s already passed a thousand times)

  Last days (That go on for Decades /years/ a century)

  Around the corner (on a roundabout)

  So very near (yet so very far)

  World events mean it cant be much longer.( The majority of Nations/people have never had it so good)