Posts by EdenOne

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Why No Disfellowshipping Before 1952?

by blondie in

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why was there no official arrangement before 1952 to disfellowship people?

was there a different procedure with a different name?

was no one committing disfellowshipping offenses?

GOVERNING BODY: Thanks for nothing, you rat bastards!

by Terry in

as a jehovah's witness:.

two things finally struck me:.

for now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now i know in part, but then i will know fully just as i also have been fully known.. _______________________.

Anyone else notice the new Terms of Use on jw.org?

by leaving_quietly in

i first noticed it today... slides up at the bottom.

i wonder why they felt the need to do this?

this is just silly for a religious website..

Maybe the purpose is that you cannot copy from the jw.org website and then post that information elsewhere, so that no trace of evidence is left when the GB re-writes some of the past published information that gets edited because of some "new light" .... thus making "apostate" claims harder to prove.

Eden

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Reading the Bible Alone "Will Lead you to Apostate Thinkings!" Stay a Watchtowerite!

by BucketShopBill in

"from time to time, there have arisen from among the ranks of jehovah's people those, who, like the original satan, have adopted an independent, faultfinding attitude...they say that it is sufficient to read the bible exclusively, either alone or in small groups at home.

but, strangely, through such 'bible reading,' they have reverted right back to the apostate doctrines that commentaries by christendom's clergy were teaching 100 years ago.

the watchtower, aug. 15, 1981.. .

EdenOne

marked

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The Deepak Chopra Random Quote Generator

by cofty in

this computer program generates random quotes that sound just like actual chopra woo woo.... what gem do you get to guide you through life today?.

i got .... "death fascinates the progressive expansion of excellence"something to think about!.

EdenOne

I got:

"Greatness nurtures great observations"

Indeed?

Eden

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AnointedJW Response On Df'ing

by metatron in

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https://anointedjw.org/qr_august_2014.html#qr_082914c.

so, they are claiming that these new partakers associated with their site are not being df'd.. i understand that two witness guys run this site.

can anyone confirm that they are not df'd?.

EdenOne

From a doctrinal point of view, they're interesting, but their unsubstanciated claims of mass "conversions", especially of people highly ranked in the Org are simply too fanciful to be believed. Then there's their backing of the Urantia Book [from which they have since retracted], that gives me cold feet. I follow the developments with interest, but from a safe distance.

Eden

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All these people will be destroy unless they become JWs (Watchtower teaching)

by hardtobeme in

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no matter what they do, they will be destroyed forever!!!!

i can't believe i used to believe that s**t!!!!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx28dw9devu.

EdenOne

The other day I went out in FS with our congregation's COBE; when we rang at the gate of a beautful mansion, he commented: "Really nice house ... I wonder if it'll become available soon after Armageddon, because I'd love to take it". I just looked the other way, wanting to puke.

Eden

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My Story: from JW Elder to Born Again Christian to Agnostic

by passwordprotected in

i first posted here on 3rd june 2008. at the time i was an elder, appointed the previous october, i was 36 and i was a born-in.

at the time i'd become disillusioned with the society due to the governing body's letter explaining why the book study in private homes was being abolished.

april 2008 saw me start questioning this decision, privately of course, and this eventually led me to this site, to jwfacts and to many youtube videos, all of which began to errode my faith in the leaders of the organisation.. in july 2008, having discussed my doubts with my wife, i attended the district convention, deciding to give the society one last chance to convince me it was the truth.

EdenOne

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Eden

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An important message from a PRACTICING Jehovah's witness

by Sparks in

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hi, i am also a practicing jehovah's witness and very proud of it,to say the very-very least..!

i am a middle-aged man with many decades of being a witness of jehovah god in england.. this important letter is personally to you, just as many of the bible's 88 letters are to be taken personal by you the reader.

i am writing to you to urge you to take stock of your life, think what your future holds for you.

EdenOne

Sad ... And to think that most of us, at some point, were in a similar judgemental, arrogant mindset ... It's embarassing.

thank you for reminding us all what we don't want to go back to.

Eden

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Contemplating a Major Life Change.

by Joe Grundy in

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never was a jw, but been here long enough to have made some friends and respect opinions.. retired in 2004, lived in cyprus 2005-2010. back here in wales since then.. just back from a holiday in france (most recent of many).

love the country, the lifestyle, can get by in the language.. just seen an advert for a country estate (british-owned) they want someone to live on site, do a bit of handyman stuff, etc., look after (mainly brit) holiday visitors in return for zero rent (only utitlties).

family would be abe to come and stay for free.

EdenOne

Try Portugal ... ;)

Eden