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  Can anyone help?

  by Pink sapphire in

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  2. bible

  hi, i'm doing some research, which many here have participated in and could do with some help.. on another forum some months ago someone commented that in a july 1992 watchtower it said that the emotional effects of disfellowshipping may last far beyond reinstatement.

  i thought this a really interesting statement and would like to include it in my assignment, acknowledging the harm done by disfellowshipping and its not just a protective and disciplinary process.

  i don't know if i believe they would actually go that far.. my problem is that i have no access to wt literature (i dont really want fo visit my old congregation library) and the online library on www.jw.org only goes back to 2000. does anyone here have access to bound volumes and a bit of time that they could check this out for me?.

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  Newly Enlightened

  I have the WT CD-rom lib and I did a search for that phrase, also just the words 'disfellowship' & reinstatement but couldn't find anything from the 92 WT. If you could get maybe which July WT it was. I will be happy to look it up
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  Why Is This Video By Jehovah's Witnesses Sign Language Dept. So Wrong

  by BlindersOff1 in

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  2. beliefs

  sorry could not resist.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2gsvcfrmjq&feature=youtu.be.

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  I find this freakin' hilarious.
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  Girl scout cookies are demonized

  by Gojira_101 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay so i think it might be the concussion making me go on this rant...not too sure.. the girl scouts started selling their cookies yesterday and for the first time in my life i will be ordering cookies.....i mean wtf is so wrong with ordering cookies from them?

  i love the thin mint's and guess what?

  you can only buy them from girl scouts!!!!!!.

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  Newly Enlightened

  OK, so now since I'm an evil wicked apostate buying Girl Scout cookies and Keebler fudge magic cookies, I have truly gone over the cliff. I went to the bank this morning and the kids were selling chocolate bars for the United Way. I bought some!!! And didn't even feel guilty.
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  "They went out from us, but they were not of our sort..." - worst ever scripture to lead an anti-apostate talk?

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the program for the 2013 convention series has been drawn to my attention.

  here is a link to it.... http://www.jw.org/download/?fileformat=pdf&output=html&pub=co-pgm13&langwritten=e&option=trgchlzrqvnyvrxf&txtcmslang=e.

  there is a saturday morning symposium on "apostates.

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  Newly Enlightened

  According to their interpretation of that scripture and the context......1 John 2: 18-20

  I guess we're the anti-christ now!
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  Project: I need help finding Watchtowers that show hate, prejudice, and name-calling.

  by Emery in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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

  Well, you may get more evidence now. According to Cedars new post, the Sat morning program of the 2013 DC is all about hating us evil apostates!

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/249228/1/They-went-out-from-us-but-they-were-not-of-our-sort-worst-ever-scripture-to-lead-an-anti-apostate-talk
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  "They went out from us, but they were not of our sort..." - worst ever scripture to lead an anti-apostate talk?

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the program for the 2013 convention series has been drawn to my attention.

  here is a link to it.... http://www.jw.org/download/?fileformat=pdf&output=html&pub=co-pgm13&langwritten=e&option=trgchlzrqvnyvrxf&txtcmslang=e.

  there is a saturday morning symposium on "apostates.

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  Newly Enlightened

  Thanks Cedars, great catch.

  I guess that I must truly be an apostate then, because I find their assembly program hilarious. HATE, HATE, HATE
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  Raphael Aron in The Age newspaper: Jehovah's Witnesses 'a cruel cult'

  by WinstonSmith in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this popped up on the age website today, might have to buy the paper tomorrow..... http://www.theage.com.au/national/jehovahs-witnesses-a-cruel-cult-20130315-2g5x3.html.

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  For WTBT$ to outright lie to the world like that is unbelievable to me. But that Vincent Toole, really is a 'tool'. But I LOVE Snarky's video....

  http://youtu.be/0_suDumCqAE
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  Well, the WTS got at least ONE end-time prophesy right

  by irondork in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  they participated in the fulfillment of prophesy at luke 21:8:.

  and he said, see that you are not led astray.

  and, the time is at hand!

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  Awesome find! Great. Thanks for that.
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  JUSTICE #13 - Praying to the Devil!

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a little history: prior to 1971, the jw congregation government was organized around the congregation servant (cs).

  he was considered the sole elder, having attained spiritual maturity, and qualified to serve.

  our cs was considered a highly respected elder in the region.

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  Oh, we know these thigns happen all the time in congregations. We come from a small congregation in Central AZ that was well known in the circuit as the 'Peyton Place' of congregations. From Elders wife-swapping to drunken parties put on by MS's and serving alcohol to minors. Every 3 months a large group would go down to Mexico to party and every time they came back there was a month full of judicial meetings. Once even had every single elder removed except one older one [in his 70's].

  Thanks for the post Amazing
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  New Girl

  by Gypsy Sam in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hope everyone is having a lovely day.

  i ended up here after spending the past few months researching jw, without the blinders on.

  i was a born-in, baptized as a teen, pioneered out of high school for a couple years (turning down a 4 year scholarship).

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  Newly Enlightened

  WELCOME Gypsy. Glad you're here with us!