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My Experiments with TRUTH, a CO opens his heart!

by abiather in

this is the first message from the co:.

"william claire menninger, a co-founder of the menninger foundation in topeka, kansas, wrote 13 symptoms of mental illness.

one of them is: the attitude that i am always right and others always wrong.

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cofty

At least JW try to base their doctrines on the Bible - 1009

[1] Why do you think that is a virtue? [2] Have you read the bible in full from cover to cover? [3] Did it strike you as a book you should organise your life around?

When you claim to have a Bible-based religion, it is pretty cool to actually base your doctrines on the Bible (even when that involves 'complicated explanations, complex combinations of scriptures and in some cases something resembling cerebral gymnastics', like Ray Franz stated).
Yes, several times.
No, not anymore.

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My Experiments with TRUTH, a CO opens his heart!

by abiather in

this is the first message from the co:.

"william claire menninger, a co-founder of the menninger foundation in topeka, kansas, wrote 13 symptoms of mental illness.

one of them is: the attitude that i am always right and others always wrong.

A "cherished teaching", but based on what? At least JW try to base their doctrines on the Bible. The teaching of the trinity is even bigger fee-faw-fum. Accepting the trinity because the Church Fathers did so, is just plain stupid. And how is that teaching beneficial? Just because it can be interpolated into a statement about vices and virtues, doesn't make tha teaching beneficial.

I think this so-called CO is getting delusional.

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Just out of curiosity, how many elders (current & ex) do we have here?

by mrquik in

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me.

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Wow... In about 5 hours already 21 (ex-) elders.

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Finally decided to introduce myself here

by cookiemaster in

hey guys !

i've stopped believing the watchtower crap a few years ago.

i achieved this on my own, despite being raised as one.

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Hi cookiemaster,

As a fellow European (dutchmen in Spain) I'd like to welcome you!

You describe yourself as a nonbeliever and even a secret atheist.
How long do you think you can keep up the appearance of a JW?

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If the GB reinstated the Book study, would it take?

by BU2B in

i have been noticing in recent threads that people have been observing that the zeal has been waning among r+f jws.

i have observed that most zealous, die hards have gone to foreign lands, or foreign language congregations, leaving the others in the stagnant english congregations.

when you think of it, if you cared at all about bringing people into the cult, you probably would be preaching where it is fertile, the foreign field.

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I loved the book study. But most of the time I felt I was the only one.

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jw.org BREAKING NEWS (erm... almost a year later...)

by konceptual99 in

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http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/help-community/suicide-prevented-sky-tower/.

posted 21 nov 13. actual event.... 5 jan 13. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10857849.

perhaps this is why is does not appear in the news headlines.... http://www.jw.org/en/news/.

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Under the title 'Priest helps talk man down': "As well as three police negotiators, the man had asked to speak to a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses and a Catholic priest." - See http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10857555

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A radical direction for the WTS - speculation thread.

by besty in

what might the wts do to counteract growth stagnation and attrition?.

of course they could ditch certain teachings and practices such as blood, shunning and homophobia.. how about if they closed the kingdom hall network (all proceeds back to mothership) and built out more regional mega-churches?

<assembly halls>.

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They should make a clear distinction between clear biblical teachings and personal convictions . If the Bible is not clear on a particular topic, it should be a matter of personal conscience. That would then also include teachings like 1914, preaching, the earthly/heavenly hope, etc (so, uhm... basically every teaching ). Don't force people to believe in things that aren't obvious.

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