Isn't this a wonderful new provision from the Governing Body Jehovah?
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that's their new monthly theme!.
that's all folks!.
dark spliver.
Isn't this a wonderful new provision from the Governing Body Jehovah?
Eden
pattern of excuses.
" zion's watch tower 1894 jul 15 p.226.
(compare isaiah 8:11-13.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv6bn0rcjzc
Where and when was this talk delivered? San Francisco? In what capacity did he deliver that talk? Can we be SURE it was Sam Herd? This is just too stoopid to be true.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqzc2m8_mba&list=uus0vqkpnsxult0gsz6ahpta.
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a lot of members of this forum are still notionally active jws, in many cases because of worries about the loss of contact with family and friends if they were to leave.
i was never in so it's hard for me to judge, but it seems to me that if the watchtower org were to announce tomorrow that shunning is wrong and jws should keep contact with family and friends who leave then the effect would be devasting for congregation numbers.
if so then obviously such an announcement is highly unlikely, but is my view correct?
If there was no shunning enforced, I would DA myself and continue to attend meetings ocasionaly with my wife, for the sake of keeping in touch with friends.
That won't be happening, unfortunately. The WTS doesn't have the balls to let go of that powerful card.
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it was made by a women who in later years wore crotchless panties and bras which had holes in the nipple areas.
he not only knew the woman in question (she's now deceased), he has met her numerous times.
up until recently this secret of her year's long sexual affair with rutherford was kept by the family.
everyone knows i have been playing this dating game, and what a fun game it has been.
i have met a few nice guys but remained strictly platonic, and also met some really pushy guys too that just wanted sex.. i have not met mr right yet, but who knows what the platonic guys could evolve into.. it's all a game and anyone who says they don't play games when dating is lying.
does a man always have to make the first move?.
Men are usually bad at guessing what a woman wants. Most men won't do any decisive move because they have no idea how the woman will react, so they protect themselves from shooting their feet. However, if the woman drops hints, men are usually quick to understand and make decisions based on those... depends if you want to lead the process or let the man imagine he's leading it ...
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here's an interesting excerpt from forged by bart ehrman (pay particular attention to the last sentence):.
"a number of the books of the new testament were disputed already in early christianity, among the christian scholars of the second to the fourth centuries, who were arguing over which books should be included in scripture.. the most famous instance is the book of revelation.
a third-century christian scholar of alexandria, egypt, named dionysius, argued that the book was not actually written by jesuss disciple john, the son of zebedee.
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after reading from another thread, i felt it was worth asking this question.. if you left the borg on your own, have you attempted to meet others whom you used to be connected with while you were "in", but who have also become ex-jw's before or after you have left the wts?
if that's the case, has it remained a friendship, or the connection grew cold?
just curious as to what keeps friendships "stick" [or not] once you no longer have the borg's doctrinal glue.. your experiences are welcome.. eden.
It's curious that, once the 'doctrinal glue' dries off, many of us realize that we don't have much in common with the other JW's and the friendship tends to fade off. This can only be realized when both are "out". Naturally there are exceptions, but this comes to show that indoctrination is such a powerful equalizer and nihilifier of one's individuality.
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They will be known as JayWeeOrgz ...
[Vidiot beat me to it: J-Worgs is better :P ]
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