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  Reflections - Updating MD card - did you stop updating?

  by berrygerry in

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  i finally removed my md card from my wallet yesterday.. although we were encouraged to create a new card annually, i had an internal hesitation, and a lack of enthusiam for it, as well as the meaningless cards for my kids.. the card that was pulled from my wallet was dated 1994. i obviously had some unconscious, if not conscious, problems with the borg, maybe with the 1995 generations bs.. did others stop updating their cards long before exiting?.

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  Don't let your kids carry that card.
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  Blown away-- where to go from here

  by All for show in

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  2. friends

  i stumbled upon this website a few weeks ago due to the jw.org ridiculousness, since then i haven't been able to pull myself away.

  the thoughts, feelings, and concerns i have had the past few years aren't just mine.

  it's global.

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  Welcome

  Thanks for your post.

  Many JWs think that to believe in Jehovah and Jesus means to believe in the organisation. But that's wrong. You can personally believe in Jehovah and Jesus and come to realize the organisation is wrong on many things and not guided by god.

  All the best in your journey.
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  Oh my God, I knew it!!!

  by Crazyguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am a big fan of the group 30 seconds to mars, and whats amazing is many of their songs seem to have a anti cult theme like "huricane" "up in the air" and others.

  so after i watched a video of the song huricane, so i could see the lyrics i googled to see if they, the lead singer jared leto and his brother shannon, were former jw's and yes they were.

  crazy small world!!!!.

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  30 seconds to Mars is my favourite group.

  Some of their songs deal with religious topics and some are "anti cult" songs.

  Just look at the lyrics of the song "End of all days."

  30stm are especially a great live band.
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  Failure

  by backformore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so tonight just sucks ad i just want to vent to people who don't know me irl.. my wife and i have two kids.

  i was still in when we got together but my wife never was.

  when we actually got married i moved out of my parents place and never went back to a kingdom hall again.

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  You and your wife did not Fail!

  You have 2 wonderful children. You are together as a family. You and your wife love each other. You are not stuck in WT land. You and your wife, why don't you concentrate all your love and strength for your 2 already existing wonderful children who deserve your FULL attention, care and love?

  Just some thoughts from a father of 1 son, after reading your post.
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  Goal for new service year

  by Daniel1555 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the secretary of the congregation said in a talk, what the congregation should have as goal for the new service year: attend field service meetings!.

  he explained in a sad tone, that he visited all of our 3 or 4 service groups.

  and what happened at the field service meetings.

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  Actually the service overseer is a very kind and approachable young brother.

  I think the reason is that most brothers hate field service. No wonder half of the congregation must be reminded in the middle of the month to hand in the report of the last month.
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  Goal for new service year

  by Daniel1555 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the secretary of the congregation said in a talk, what the congregation should have as goal for the new service year: attend field service meetings!.

  he explained in a sad tone, that he visited all of our 3 or 4 service groups.

  and what happened at the field service meetings.

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  The secretary of the congregation said in a talk, what the congregation should have as goal for the new service year: Attend field service meetings!

  He explained in a sad tone, that he visited all of our 3 or 4 service groups. And what happened at the field service meetings. He and his wife were alone with the group overseer and his wife LOL. No one supporting the group, and that was not an exception.

  I was laughing inside and had a smile on my face.

  I know the CO will not be happy at all.
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  Radiocarbon dating totaly inaccurate before 2000 BCE

  by opusdei1972 in

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  2. bible

  it seems that this portion was published in the watchtower in the year 1977 (as i have in the spanish version):.

  the radiocarbon dating method has been widely accepted by many scientists as showing that humans lived back to at least 50,000 b.c.e.

  that conflicts with what the bible says.. but physicist r. brown of andrews university claims that this radiocarbon dating method is highly inaccurate.

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  Until about 12000 years before christ radiocarbondating is very accurate as it is calibrated by dendrochronology. Dendrochronology and cores from glaciers and certain lakes show in detail how the atmosphere was tens of thousands of years ago.
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  Cairns On Mars !

  by metatron in

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  http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evidence-reports/2006/109/spirit-rock-growth.htm.

  sometimes it seems like the really cool stuff on mars is always in the distance.

  maybe martian celts built it.

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  Looks just like a simple single a bit bigger rock.

  To me not a hint of life on mars at all.
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  Paranoia of today's WT study!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. bible

  the wt study for sept 7th just breeds such a spirit of paranoia!.

  using old biblical references just so as to prevent anyone from using critical thinking skills and analysing the "truth".. then using incorrect, leading reasoning to paint any who "think outside of the box" of the org as "apostate".... pure manipulation!.

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  Hey stuckinarut

  The wt study of next week is even worse.

  One more reason for me not to attend.
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  I'm meeting with my congregation Elders Today HELP PLEASE

  by LennaB in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  meeting with my congregation elders today.. going to tell them about the things i discovered about c.t russell.

  (astrology, racism, ect.

  ) i don't know how to present this information or what to say.

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  Dear Lenna

  You will have a wonderful life ahead of you.

  Love, compassion and respect for other, caring and helping in smaller and bigger things can bring real meaning to your life.

  As to the question about if there is a god. Pray to your creator, even though you don't know who he is. After studying and meditating about old testament accounts of Jehovah ordering genocide and mass killings of children even babies (for example Numb.31) it is clear to me that this is just the tribal god of old Israel and NOT the true creator.

  After doing research about the blood doctrine, shunning of df even among family it is clear to me that JWs are NOT the true religion (I doubt that there is a true religion.

  I believe in a loving father / creator who wants individual persons to be free and enjoy a life of love, compassion and joy.

  There are good times ahead of you. Don't let JWs make you feel guilty and bad. They might be individually loving and kind people but the organisation and its teachings CAN NOT be guided by the true god.

  I wish you and your husband all the best from my heart.