Oubliette

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  Door knocking is so last century. See how we got rid of them.

  by betterdaze in

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

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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

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  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  ToesUp: I agree but they just can't give it up. They don't know where else to go. It scares them to leave their comfort zone. It is also there only source of "friends."

  I mostly agree with you, except they CAN "give it up," they're just afraid.

  I have become convinced that deep down, most--maybe even all--JWs are cowards. They are afraid to face so many things: the real truth and the fact that they've been fooled/duped/swindled.

  But maybe their biggest fear is to become self-reliant.

  "Fear is the mind killer." - Frank Herbert, Dune
  
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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  "he claims that he does not expect that the big A will happen in his lifetime."

  Well the LEADERS of this religion consistently claim it will, soon in fact.

  So if these people don't believe the WT leaders, then why, of why, do they follow them?

  Frankly, that's just stupid. It shows a lack of personal integrity and intellectual honesty.

  Let's review: It's a cult!
  
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  That old time religion............JW.Org

  by punkofnice in

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  i had a secret conversation with a dyed in the wool jw recently.. they told me that they felt that the organisation now was a different religion to the 'good old days' when knorr was the boss.

  the books were more interesting.

  the zeal was there.

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  Exactly. This is not the religion I joined in the '80s. It was a cult then--in retrospect, I recognize that now--but at least it was interesting and there was some genuineness.

  Now its all so vapid, insipid and flat out inane and has turned against almost all of the beliefs that were initially attractive.

  The real apostates are the current Governing Body.

  Let's review: It's a cult!

  
  
  
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  Am I understanding this generation overlapping "New Light"

  by greenhornet in

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  so i'm thinking...my daughter has a great grand mother that was born in 1900. she was 14 years old in the 1914 year.. well this grand lady died in 1990. my daughter was about 9 years old at that time.

  so my daughter can live until 2065.. she will be about 84 in the year 2065. so this "new light" means that 2065 is the new 1914?.

  can someone say im right?.

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  Anyone that thinks they "understand it" has failed thinking ability and compromised moral integrity.
  
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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  the comet: doctrine doesn't matter

  That's for sure.

  This is NOT the religion I joined back in the '80s.

  
  
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  Found this artist rendering,.. shows how Jesus had issues explaining the "overlapping generations"

  by notjustyet in

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  That's awesome! Loving it.
  
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  Who am I to screw up their happiness?

  by Crazyguy in

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  that was the question to me tonight.

  because of their beliefs they have a moral compass, a net work of friends and a support group.

  they have what they believe is a loving god.

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  Clarity: Oh geez thanks Oubliette ....it has been so long since I have garnered any positive comments ....I am actually giddy ().

  You're most welcome!

  I'm glad you're free of this cult!
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  How to evade questions from elders when you stop going out door to door

  by Olivia Wilde in

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  due to circumstances right now i cannot leave permanently the watchtower, however i need honest advice of what to say when elders question me how come im not meeting the group out for door to door & going out in " field service"... what would be proper responses not to draw suspicions since i'm aware of ttatt.. .any serious advice please...

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  Playing the depression card generally works.

  "I'm sorry brothers, I just so depressed right now. I simply am not emotionally ready to go to meetings, go out in FS, etc."

  If they press and ask why, tell them it's personal.

  Lather, rinse, repeat.

  If they suggest a "shepherding call" politely, but firmly, decline. "Thanks for your concern, but I'm just not up for it."

  Eventually they'll get busy on something else and give up.
  
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  Watchtard Dancing Around the Word "Rapture"

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there were so many things wrong with this weeks watchtower, its hard to pick one, but one that really bothered me was this watchtower business and their delivery.

  i have never seen them quite have to explain something away like this in a study article like this before.

  shows me they are battling people feeling confused.

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  It's totally the rapture.

  The latest WT teaching is essentially what Fundamentalist Christians mean when they use the term: Rapture, (minor details aside). Although I doubt JWs will start using the term anytime soon.
  

  JW's now believe in The Rapture