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  JWs are the Modern Day Pharisees

  by ilikecheese in

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  i've been reading the gospel of matthew a bit lately, and it kind of strikes me how much the pharisees seem to resemble the jws.

  i'm sure this topic has come up several times before, but i've been thinking about suggesting this topic to my jw boyfriend to see what happens.... probably nothing good.

  i'm up for a good whiny argument.

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  When we studied the Greatest Man book back in 1997, I came to the same conclusion...this was the beginning of my exodus.
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  Is There A Nice Way To Say, 'It's Dying?'?

  by metatron in

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  i got into one of those extended conversations with relatives i haven't spoken to in ages.

  it was full of things unsaid and careful avoidance of saying too much about the organization.

  lots of nice social hypocrisy, so nobody gets upset in the fairy-tale world of watchtower-ism.. is there any discreet, tactful, inoffensive way to tell them, "the organization is dying"?

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  According to my family members, it's thriving and so are they (spiritually speaking). If anything, they are getting stronger and stronger "in the truth". However, they are dying financially (due to lack of education) and stressed out most of the time but to them it is just a sign of how much closer to the end we are.
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  Who else remembers the poster fred7777??

  by unshackled in

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  i miss fred7777...he was one helluva an apostate.

  though his time here was brief he will not be forgotten..

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  I remember Fred.
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  Anyone here converted to the dark side by monitoring this site for WTS?

  by TweetieBird in

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  another thread got me to thinking...is there anyone (elders in particular) that eventually had a change of heart by monitoring this site as a believing jw?

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  Does anyone know of someone that this happened too?
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  Gilead School Changes to be read to all Congregations

  by bnybyt in

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  2. beliefs

  as of this week, and to be read from a letter to all congregations to coincide with the part on wt education at the service meeting, the announcement will be made that the gilead school will no longer be open to pioneer couples, rather it will become a specialized training school for special pioneers, traveling overseers and their wives, and those the governing body deems worthy of attending.

  the gilead school has, since it's beginning, always been held in high esteem by the r&f, and seen as a summit to reach for service minded young jw couples.. could the recent dissentions by 2 gilead graduates who are actively promoting apostate ideas be influencing changes at how the gb sees the role of the gilead school and felt the need to shine this noo-light on its "educational" program?.

  seems like another cemented pillar of the wt religion is crumbling as the new gb 2.0 tries to keep the ceiling from coming down.. maybe kool-aid man can devote a conference call to this subject ;-) .

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  "Could the recent dissentions by 2 Gilead graduates who are actively promoting apostate ideas be influencing changes at how the GB sees the role of the Gilead School and felt the need to shine this noo-light on its "educational" program?"

  I hadn't heard about this...details?
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  Anyone here converted to the dark side by monitoring this site for WTS?

  by TweetieBird in

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  another thread got me to thinking...is there anyone (elders in particular) that eventually had a change of heart by monitoring this site as a believing jw?

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  Another thread got me to thinking...is there anyone (elders in particular) that eventually had a change of heart by monitoring this site as a believing JW?
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  Self-shunning Syndrome / The Prime Directive

  by cedars in

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  2. experiences

  i've recently been reunited with some close family and friends having been away from them for some time in another country.

  to begin with, i was a little apprehensive as to how they would treat me.

  they don't know the extent of my feelings or knowledge (or what i've been up to!

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  I totally identify with what you said, cedars. We avoid our witness families as much as possible. It seems like the further away we get from "the truth" the closer and deeper they get into it. At first I felt sad that the relationship had changed but now that we have friends that are non-witnesses and activities to keep us busy, it doesn't bother me anymore. While I will always love them and would do anything to help them, honestly, I look at them as a sad bunch. They are afraid to do anything with their lives because armageddon is right around the corner. All are struggling to get by financially because they never pursued education or any kind of career.
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  That crazy FDS and the GB connection...or lack thereof.

  by Aussie Oz in

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  2. bible

  the whole fds and the gb representing them is a huge jump of impossible logic.... if the wt do not by their own admission, count the annointed nor know how many real ones there are, if they dont consult the remaining ones, the faithful slave how the hell can the gb 'represent' them?.

  i mean, how can i for example tell the world that i represent the people of my town in parliment if not only have they never met me, i have never so much as asked one single towns person anything?

  if i don't even know how many people live in my town?

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  manohman...what blogs and websites???
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  Where Are You From?

  by finallysomepride in

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  alot of members don't have a flag or country name beside their user name, and well frequently one doesn't know where that particular person is from, tell us your country, state, county or what ever you feel like giving out.

  if you are going to post please at least devulge your country.. me, i'm originally from taranaki, new zealand via auckland.

  for the most of this decade i have been living & working in brisbane, queensland, australia.. .

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  The Emerald Coast
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  You might have a problem when the conversation ends with your wife walking away from you...fingers in her ears.....yelling " Jehovah help me! Jehovah help me!"

  by oompa in

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  but when they end like that three times....it's strike three... or maybe it was strike #3,333,333.......but it is sad and painful for us both i know.....a person must be in a very very bad place to act like that in front a man you have loved and been intimate with for 15 years....and at that moment i am satan in front of her....a begging pleading attempting to reason satan...but still satan to her and her friends.....but this nice woman needs satan out of her life now....oompa.

  i am not a bad person...i am not satan...i asked her why she thought i had tried so hard....told her that if she was in a burning building just how hard would she think i would try to get her out??

  she did not like that analogy either...so i have started the painful process...the building is going to burn to the ground now....and i will never put her through that fingers in ears thing again.... and i will be fair and reasonable....and pay her the alimony and give her half....i could so be a satan to her in divorce....but i won't!...i can at least prove to them all that i am decent man...and not mentally diseased or satan.....and ahhhhh i feel good about that....plus both my boys are free now...

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  I'm so sorry, Oompa. Having been in the spot where your wife is (kinda) I know how she feels. However, the brain is a computer that stores information and eventually some of the things you have told her will come forward. I hate to see your marriage end if you both really love each other. What about a trial separation? Faced with losing you may help her to open her eyes. Whatever the outcome I'll be thinking of you. Please keep us posted.