Posts by Newly Enlightened

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christian conscience

by alfredjones100 in

i have a question i'd like to ask long time witnesses and hopefully get serious answers ... if there is one.. can anyone tell me any area of life that active witnesses are totally free to use their own christian conscience on a matter?.

(for example, one that has not been commented on by wt articals).

Newly Enlightened

Which candy I can eat. No, seriously. They control every aspect of JW life. Even in the bedroom!

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How many of you followed the WTS direction on education years ago and have been screwed by it?

by Julia Orwell in

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i'm really interested in this question because i've heard for years that if you forgo further education and go pioneering, when you have a family down the track you will get a good job because jehovah will provide for you because you pioneered.

as long as i was a kool-aid drinker, even then, i thought, "how does pioneering pay your bills?

surely education should come first.

Newly Enlightened

Yeah right [Sarcastic like Dr. Evil]

YES WE GOT SCREWED!!!

My husband & I are 49 & 51. When I was a teenager, I asked my folks if I could become a veternarian and was told 'No, armeggedon is right around the corner. My teeth are so crowded that I have a tooth that sticks straight out and cuts my lip if I'm bumped in the mouth, but my mom told me 'Oh just a wait a little bit for braces, the new system will take care of that. So now I have problems chewing and my teeth are crumbling"

Same thing with hubby. Wanted to pursue a career in baseball. But because the new system was coming very soon, we quit school because that was what you did back then.

So now, we're facing retirement in about 15 years. Our Social Security [according to our latest statment they send you] won't be enough for our living expenses. My husband works at a farm that raises game birds, which is physical hard labor. We live from paycheck to paycheck and cannot afford a newer car. Mine has 215,000 miles on it.

Even when hubby was regular pioneering, God did not grow $$$ on trees and he had to come off the list.

AND, most Elders we know, left the org. to make their $$$ when they were in their 20's & 30's and now get up on the platform and tell us how to live a life of service to God.

Sorry, but we no longer buy into that because we have been faithful JW's for 40+ years and we have nothing.

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Who songs that remind me of the jehovahs witnesses

by hoser in

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two that come to mind are.

my generation and.

won't get fooled again.

Newly Enlightened

Classic 60's "Eve of Destruction!!!!

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Project: I need help finding Watchtowers that show hate, prejudice, and name-calling.

by Emery in

i know there are a lot of examples to choose from but i want to find wt references that are the most blatant.

the printed evidence can be a great resource to all, including jw lurkers who fact-check.. .

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Newly Enlightened

WT 92 7/15 pg 12-13 pp19 "The obligation to hate lawlessness also applies to all activity by apostates. Our attitude toward apostates should be that of David, who declared: 'Do I not hate those who are intensely hating you, O Jehovah, and do I not feel a loathing for those revolting against you? With a complete hatred I do hate them. They have become to me real enemies.' (Psalm 139:21, 22) Modern-day apostates have made common cause with 'the man of lawlessness,' the clergy of Christendom. (2 Thessalonians 2:3) As loyal Witnesses of Jehovah, we therefore have absolutely nothing in common with them. Being imperfect, our hearts could easily have a tendency toward being critical of our brothers. As individuals, those of 'the faithful and discreet slave' are imperfect humans. (Matthew 24:45-47) But this class is faithful and discreet. Apostates capitalize on errors or seeming mistakes made by brothers who take the lead. Our safety lies in avoiding apostate propaganda as though it were poison, which in fact it is.—Romans 16:17, 18." -

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I'm new, please come and meet me!

by Julia Orwell in

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long time lurker, first time poster.

i'm really glad i can join your community because i've been in the wts for the last 14 years and now i'm on my way out and it's great to meet like-minded people!.

about me: i started learning jw ways when i was in my teens.

Newly Enlightened

Welcome to our little community. Are you the same Orwell that is on JWstruggle and friends with my daughter Gojira101?

We wish you the best & peace on your journey.

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Homeschooling VS public/private schooling

by PSacramento in

i was wondering on the views about homeschooling vs public/private scholling.. thoughts?.

Newly Enlightened

I home schooled my daughter [Gojira101] at a teacher's recommendation because the schools in AZ are so bad that she wouldn't get the attention she needed because she was functionally illiterate [Slight dyslexia and comprehension issues] until age 9. So I started working with her and was using the 'Creation' book at her grandmother's suggestion. BAD IDEA! too complicated to teach someone to read. So I got a bunch of Dr. Suess books and started with the basics.

To get certified in AZ, to home-school, I had to go and take the same test that public school teachers take.

She worked hard and I'm so proud of her because... She took her GED at age 16. PASSED. Pioneered for 1 1/2 years then went to a technical college for Sign language interpreting. was an honor student had a 3.8 GPA

Now she is the newsletter editor of the state RID [Regional Interpreting Dept] board, but was just nominated for the secretary position on the board of directors.

Because of her training for interpreting and reading body language and gestures, she is now working on an article for JWStruggle. Sorry JJ if I ruined the surprise.

She has always been a great kid and has married a great guy [who has recently come out because of TTATT]

Point is: It CAN be done successfully

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Help with part on service meeting.

by msconcerned in

hello all i have the part in the yearbook and cannot find anything on the "smear campaign" and "media attack" on the witnesses in norway.

any ideas?

i have googled all kinds of inquiries and came up with nothin..

Newly Enlightened

MSC, can you record your talk and post it on Youtube for all us?

It's going to be difficult to do a neutral talk since WTB$ has brought most of this persecution on themselves.

One of those links in that article quotes a psychologist [? probably slaughtered the spelling] as saying that JW's are raising a new generation of serial killers

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If there is a God why didn't he sign our DNA

by scotoma in

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todays scientists can and do insert their trademark into dna.. why couldn't jehovah anticipate scientists learning this technique and stumbling across a strand that says "human by yhwh"?.

that would have answered a lot of questions.. he could have even included a model number human2.0.

Newly Enlightened

I was just watching a documentary and they said that a mathematical genius took the letters of the tetragrammaton YHVH and did a long drawn out calculation & formula, his conclusion?

The formula for the YHVH? = human DNA

I'll see if i can find that again and post it

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