JW's are taught to help only their own, and they don't do that very well unless there is some kind of insurance payoff when it is all said and done. There has always been a lack of concern and "kindness" toward the non-JW. Just like the Israelites. The "chosen" have always looked down on the "lost."
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'She wasn't a Jehovah's Witness anyway...'
by NAVYTOWN inyears ago, when i was studying with the witnesses, my bible studty conductor's sister in ohio died.
of cancer as i recall.
so he flew back to ohio ( from san diego ) to be with his family .
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Shunning Among the Shunned
by Quendi ini wonder if anyone else has had this experience or know of others who have.
when i was disfellowshipped, i approached another disfellowshipped person after the memorial celebration and asked him over for some refreshments and conversation.
he turned down my invitation saying that the elders had told him that he could not even talk to other disfellowshipped persons unless and until both he and they were reinstated!
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Never saw this personally, although it seems like something that could very easily happen. Df'd with Df'd? What? Is the DF'd person supposed to live in a cave like some kinda hermit?
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There will never, never be Peace and Security here on Earth.
by jam inwho are we fooling, as long as we humans exist there.
will never be peace even under god's rule.. i think god realize he have created a mess and said screw this .
and have left us on our own.. each day there is another crisis, what's next.... there is no solution to bring harmony among mankind, hell.
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Demon attacks on JW in past, where'd they go?
by thedepressedsoul inin the 80's and 90's (maybe even earlier) i remember hearing lots of witnesses talk about "demon attacks".
whether it was someone studying the bible who then started having strange things happen in their house to people bringing stuff home from yard sales and getting personal attacks and horrible dreams resulting in them dystroying stuff they brought home or getting rid of it.. .
i also remember hearing a sister say she had to pray in a home with a study because the study started to get attacked.
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Demons aren't as active now as in the past. They are too busy helping to make all those "spiritistic" movies coming out of Hollywood. In fact, I think that they now all have agents and have their SAG cards.
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DELIGHTFUL DROP IN MEMORIAL ATTENDANCES: 2011 VERSUS 2014!
by steve2 inthe us kingdom ministry shows the collective total 2014 memorial attendances of the countries that now comprise the us territory in 2014: 2,610,810.. those countries are: the usa, bermuda, jamaica, turks and caicos and puerto rico.. the same collective total for those same countries three years ago - 2011 - was 2,666,592.. that's a decrease of 55,782 from 2011 to 2014. i am happified.. while there has been the occasional year in which memorial attendances from one year to the next have shown decrease, this is a first: decline evident over a three-year period.. comments please!.
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anyone have the know how on how to provide the link for the kingdom ministry download?
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Its cause it keeps falling on a weeknight, people are tired and busy. When it falls on a weekend or Friday, then its too hard to go because of the dinner reservations.
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This week's Book study :the chicken or egg debate
by raymond frantz inthis week's book study has this to say on paragraph 11:.
11 all humans are by inheritance sinful and thus deserving of sins penaltydeath.
(romans 5:12) but jehovah finds no pleasure in the death of sinners.
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Witnesses don't believe in "grace." It is a foreign concept to them. It is not Undeserved Kindness as the ORG describes it. So, I don't really know how to address your question.
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The Governing Body Need To Get Their Head Out From In Between Their Derrière And Start Reading What Apostate Sites Are Actually Saying
by frankiespeakin init does no good for the governing body to burry their heads up their ass in denial as to what people who have left are saying about them and their insane selfserving teachings.
i know denial is a real bitch to deal with and i'm sure this bunch of over the hill gang will have a hard time doing google searches and they are probably not sure where to look but they oughta get some one to show them how to find all this information, this willful ignorance is really hurting them, and reality can come crashing in more horrible ways the longer the denial exist and is hiding valuable information you really need before you proceed to make better decisions for your company and the direction you want it to go..
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I understand your point, but what motivation do you think they would have to pay attention to anyone else's opinion. THEY are the channel, God's channel. They are the analog signal in a world where everyone else has gone digital. They have the rabbit ears when everyone else is hooked to cable. They live the life of the silent screen star who says, "Talkies will never last!" They live in a glorious, remarkable, make-believe world where their opinions are the only ones that matter and people laud them for it. Why on earth would they ever change? They don't care if they lose people. There will always be someone susceptible enough to the propaganda that there will always be money pouring in the coffers. If THAT were to ever change, then they might listen to someone else, mainly their accountants.
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Poll--How Many Believe In God, Do Not Believe or Are Not Sure Of His Existence?
by minimus ini believe in god but i'm not sure of anything....what about you?.
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Do not know...to me, at this point in my life, it really doesn't matter. I have learned the wisdom of the Marcus Aurelius quote:
"Live a virtuous life, if there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but they are unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones."
Just about sums it up for me.
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I can not find the recording of Fred Franz talk at Bethel about Governing Body being unscritual
by Greybeard ini thought it was on youtube.
did them big cowboys at the top remove it?.
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Don't think it was a video on youtube....I have seen a video from the Gilead graduation where he and Knorr both publicly denounced the idea prior to its enactment. I think it was a link on Dogpatch's webpage...Freeminds....If the video is no longer accessible, look for the audio...it is just as damning. SOP
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God is love, but if you dont love him back he will slaughter you!
by BU2B inthis was one of the things that first got me thinking.
i noticed how in books like "draw close to jehovah" they paint god as a loving, warm, just god who does not desire any to die.
i could not love him at all, let alone with my whole heart.
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And What's wrong with that? LOL