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  wow, shaking my head

  by Hortensia in

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  my neighbor told me she had been talking about me recently.

  "i was saying to carrie in the office i just don't see how anyone can deny the existence of a higher power.

  she needed some q-tips, and found a box of them on the free table by the office.

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  I am surprised she is impressed by Q-tips....

  Ask her to pray for something like winning the lottery.....
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  Guilt, Regret or Denial

  by game1914over in

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  in your time of being a witness, have you witnessed a jw experience death of a loved one due to refusal of a blood transfusion?

  i know this is an extremely sensitive subject and can reopen deep emotional wounds.

  if you're willing to share, i am interested.

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  Like Absalom, I am angry...I feel no guilt, nor regret, nor denial...those have morphed over the years to anger plain and simple....I have seen many die due to not taking blood...for the majority it was their choice. However, there were a few young ones where that decision was made by their parents after considerable "encouragement" from the elders. I recall the Awake! magazine from May 22 1994, entitled, "Youths who put God first" This magazine featured the death of 3 young witnesses who needed transfusions. They "chose" to abstain. All three died. Now, no one knows if a transfusion would have helped or not...who could tell? The reality though is that these were kids, plain and simple, kids who should not have been allowed to make a life and death decision like that due to the fact that they were "encouraged" by people whose lives were not on the line. Their loss angers me. They lost their lives because someone told them "GOD" expected them to make that decision or else lose out on eternal life. Angry? I am downright enraged!!

  At this moment in my life, I do not believe in the hereafter, or the next life, or heaven, or eternal life in paradise. If it exists, then I hope that God, if there is one, recognizes that I have been as sincere in life as I could. I have tried to help more than harm. I have loved deeply those who are my own. That should count for something. I am sure he understands my anger.

  As for the brother who commented on "a few days," well, he thought he was being a comfort...turns out he may well have fulfilled the proverb on "expectation postponed makes the heart sick." Can't blame him for touting the party line....
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  Lowering the standards: The sign of a cult struggling for survival

  by Hidden-Window in

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  many of the recent changes in the jehovah's witness organization are a clear sign of a cult that is struggling for survival.

  the internet has change the scenario in a very dramatic way.

  many of us who for years struggled alone with doubts and cognitive dissonance thinking that we were the only ones, that we, as individuals were the issue, now know that there is a large community of individuals who see the organization as what it is, a mind controlling cult that is not only false, but also dangerous.. the governing body clearly understands the consequences of this awakening.

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  I think you are correct. However, I would say, they are lowering the standards of time required to visibly participate while ramping up the rancor as to what the GB require.
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  My Yoke is Kindly and My load is Light! What did this scripture mean to you as a JW?

  by BU2B in

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  jesus said that "my yoke is kindly and my load is light" what did this scripture mean to you when you were mentally in?

  did you feel the jw load was kindly and light?

  if not, what was the point in him uttering those words?

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  It meant nothing to me as a witness. The fact is, I was, along with most here, bombarded with the sense that I was simply NEVER DOING ENOUGH. As the Pharisees piled on burdens for the jewish believer, so too, the organization with its GB piles on more and more so that people are always in a state of spiritual panic. Their assemblies are filled with "examine your circumstances" while the husband with the five children and wife who is on dialysis gives his experience of full-time pioneering while holding down two jobs and being the Coordinator of the Body of Elders and a volunteer fire fighter for his small town while simultaneously working with Doctors without Borders to help bring the Ebola crisis under control. No, I was never able to meet the minimum.

  You know what's really funny.....the commission to preach, if you are a Witness believer, was never given to the "other sheep." The ORG says that the Bible was written for, and particularly the New Testament, the anointed. It is THEIR responsibility. So, why should I even fret?
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  "Opinions about dress and grooming..."

  by leaving_quietly in

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  2. beliefs

  from the july 15, 2014 watchtower, page 15. par.

  "opinions about dress and grooming, health and nutrition, and other personal matters may also trigger controversy.

  accordingly, if no scriptural principle is being violated, jehovah's people wisely abstain from arguing over such matters, "for a slave of the lord does not need to fight, but needs to be gentle [tactful, ftn.

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  Ahh, yes, TOMO was more than gentle and tactful, a true follower of the Lord and his agents, particularly the Apostle Paul, who by the way, when he decided to give his own opinion on a matter stated, 1 Corinthians 7: 25-27- "Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord, but I give my judgment as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord."

  Yep, Paul made sure they knew it was his OPINION regarding socks, tight pants, SPANXX and ministerial servant before marriage.....oh, wait, he didn't say anything about that did he....Why? you ask. Because it is so stupid there's no reason to.
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  "It's the intent that counts and not the result."

  by donny in

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  "it's the intent that counts not the result.".

  i have been out of the jw organization for some 22 years now and i sometimes get a reminding jolt out the hoops that some will jump through to make their religion make sense to them.

  the first line in this post is what a jw on the street here in salinas told me on saturday when trying to justify the society's history of false prophecies.

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  You know....that's what they said about the Chinese Cultural Revolution
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  Nethinim - (Barb Anderson please comment if you can!) :)

  by wallsofjericho in

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  *** w06 2/15 p. 28 par.

  11 walking in the path of increasing light ***.

  the year 1992 saw still another refinement, one that is comparable to what happened after the israelites and others returned from exile in babylon.

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  When the Nethinim arrangement was institituted some believed it was just a way to give credit to those brothers that actually did everything. I do appreciate how the distinction was made, just as reminder to THEM, that the helper was not EQUAL to one of the anointed/GB/FDS.
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  My Parents have gone FULL CULT MODE! Having a job is SATANIC!

  by BU2B in

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  to give a little background, my parents are in their late 50s.

  around a year ago, my elder dad got laid off from his job.

  he worked as a auto mechanic making ok money.

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  If you are going to go CULT...you have to go FULL CULT. Anything else would be unnatural.
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  Armageddon will be here in less than 4 years!

  by hoser in

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  that's the word according to my mil.

  mrs hoser is starting a new career and the college and work training will take her four years to complete.

  her mom is giving her a hard time telling her that the system will be over before she graduates.

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  That's great news! My car loan is for 6 years!!! I end up saving a lot of money!
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  The Regional visit, better than Seinfeld!

  by Separation of Powers in

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  seinfeld was a show about "nothing.

  " it had no plot.

  no twists.

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  Seinfeld was a show about "nothing." It had no plot. No twists. No real sequence. But, it was funny. Hilarious in fact.

  Well, this Regional visit was just that. It had no plot. No twists. No real sequence. And, it was funny. Hilarious in fact.

  Thank you Anthony Morris III and Samuel Herd for being so comical. For providing absolutely no substance to a meeting where over 1,000,000 people were hoping to be encouraged and enlightened. Instead you provided countless hours of entertainment on message boards and forums like this

  NO SOUP FOR YOU!-

  NO SPANXX FOR YOU!-