Welcome! Be careful, this place can get really addicting! :-)
reubenfine
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welcome to me, another newbie
by fluttergirl2 inhello all.. i've visited here a time or two but this is the first time i've posted.
been out for five years now.
left because i realized i was expected to be perfect and that just wasn't gonna happen.
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Some Apollogist Info I found
by Valis inthis website has some irrelevant material, but there are some ideas i thought we might could consider or at least talk about when dealing w/apollogists here.
the top part is probably incomprehensible to us, but as you get to more of it, i think there is some usefull stuff to consider.. .
sincerely,.
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reubenfine
Will anybody really read all of this??
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Stumping bible questions for JW's
by Dawn ini have a friend who is studying with the jw's right now.
he's a very open minded guy and has been interested in hearing what i have to say on the matter.
he has seen the dateline show (i taped it for him) - and i've shown him some info about the history.
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reubenfine
Thanks for the welcome, gumby. I'm addicted to this place. I can't get anything done anymore! hehe
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Stumping bible questions for JW's
by Dawn ini have a friend who is studying with the jw's right now.
he's a very open minded guy and has been interested in hearing what i have to say on the matter.
he has seen the dateline show (i taped it for him) - and i've shown him some info about the history.
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reubenfine
My favorite one is at the end of the first chapter of Job. There it reads, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there." I'm still waiting for an explanation to that one!
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On the Verge of Leaving the Testigos
by Coqui inlooking for suggestions!.
i am 38 years old.
not raised in the "truth", baptized in 1984. married with three very young kids.
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reubenfine
Welcome to the board! Sounds like you answered your own question. It sounds like da'ing keeps it short and sweet and is what you want, so I would say go for it. I chose to drift away because of the relative thing. At least this way I can have some contact with them and keep some hope. It sounds like you've always been a free thinker. Welcome back to the land of the free!
Lyle
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Governing Body Summoned For Jud Hearing
by silentlambs inservice committee .
25 columbia heights
brooklyn, ny 11201 .
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reubenfine
Since the letter states that a judicial committee was requested on June 6th for September 27th, this second request for a committee seems redundant, no? Is the only difference now that the first request for a committee was by their selection and now this one is by someone else's selection? I'm just trying to get the point since the first request was ignored and I'm trying to understand what is to be gained. I must be missing something. It will obviously be ignored.
Lyle
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Paths along the way, after the borg, experiences?
by LyinEyes inall of us who were once jw's have had a hard time trying to find our place in the world.
many have just begun their journey since leaving the borg, only recently.
others have put it far behind them many years ago, even decades they have been away from it.
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reubenfine
Interesting points. I was raised in the hive, born in 1956, and started seriously drifting in 1991, then out for good in 1996. How I stayed in so long is the only thing that amazes me. I think most of my recovery happened while I was drifting. It took awhile, most of 5 years, to gradually come to the conclusions I did. Once the last straw hit, I was out and there was no looking back. I was always raised to think and then do the right thing. Once I was conviced there was zero love from the top down, it is obviously not the "truth." Then Crisis of Conscience was a great help in healing the scab that was left. I found out that my case wasn't unique but was typical.
What is funny is I now fall in the "too smart to see the truth" group. It always cracked me up when people said, "Oh, he's educated. It's harder for them to see the truth." Gee, I wonder why???
Lyle
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FIELD SERVICE REPORT thread
by TR in.
it's just for fun.. this week i put in two hours, and placed 6 brochures.. tr
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reubenfine
This week I offered for sale "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" on ebay. It is a fascimile reprint with an apostate's 6-page statement regarding the witnesses' false prophecies in front, though. Ooops!! Last week I sold a Studies in the Scriptures and also 3 Tarot books and a Morals & Dogma/Freemasonry book. Can I subtract my placements and time??
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Ogden UT or Mesa/Apache Junction Arizona
by reubenfine ini grew up in ogden, utah, washington terrace cong in the 1960's.
moved to apache junction in 1970. thought i would see if any old friends are around.
new friends are always welcome.
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reubenfine
Hey, notperfectyet, I sent you an email but haven't heard anything back so I thought I would reply here in case you changed your email or something. This is Lyle from AJ. Shoot me an email if you get a chance. :-)
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WT FEBRUARY 1 1999
by badboy in.
`the composition of the[1st century] governing body was adjusted accordingly'.
(as the apostles died off).
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reubenfine
Yes, Amazing, the first century example was the Type and this generation's example with be the Antitype, in fulfillment of Bible prophesy. Hallelujah, hosanna, hooray!