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  New here

  by MarkofCane in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello and thanks to everyone for participating on this forum it has really been of much value, for those of you that post here know that your words are not lost you never know who is reading your expressions, lives are being changed and nonsense challenged.

  i’m not much of a writer so excuse my untrained writing style and grammar but i want to share my story to help anyone who is visiting here to see that we are real people, fathers, mothers, sons and daughters who have come here for answers, there is no agenda, just searching for truth.

  i hope my story will help others as so many here have helped me..

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  KiddingMe

  Welcome!
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  Can you guys help me? I need to find all the recent articles on the WT's most recent stance on education and carreers

  by macys in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am at work talking to a current jdub and i am making progress (i think) with her and right now the theme is education.

  she says that the wt no longer looks down on education and is claiming that the wt no longer says we are close to the end!

  tia!

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  KiddingMe

  They touched on this in the meeting last night. Our Christian Life and Ministry Workbook (January) - the section Digging for Spiritual Gems - 2Ch 32:7, 8—What is the most practical step we can take to prepare for future difficulties? (w13 11/15 20 ¶17)

  Part of the WT article quoted states,

  
  

  (4) Now is the time for any who may be putting their trust in secular education, material things, or human institutions to adjust their thinking. The elders must stand ready to help any who may now be wavering in their faith.
  
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  Umbertoecho here.

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  hello people.. i'm tired and a bit sick at the moment but i can't let anyone think that this is going to go away.... i am able to tell you a few things in order to prevent any confusion in the minds of those who are thinking that nothing will come of this arc;that nothing will effect the wtbts in america and other places.. i have been there and given my testimony.

  helen milroy and her assistants were there along with another group of people who are there to lend assistance if you crack up at any time during or after the hearing.

  i did not crack up but can see how this happens.. security is tight and anonymity is sacred to them as they want to protect all who come forward.

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  KiddingMe

  Thank you for the update. Sending hugs and wishing you continued strength!
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  Time to Spill my Guts

  by Hadriel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  been lurking around here for several weeks.

  posted once or twice but not too much.

  i'm a covert fade at the moment.

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  KiddingMe

  Welcome!
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  Does Jehovah Intervene - JW Teaching

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have been a jw my whole life and i have never been able to get a clear answer on this question.

  jw's do not believe that jehovah will intervene if someone is sick, dying or stopping a car crash.

  they feel that jehovah is letting "this world" play out before he solves all of these problems.

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  KiddingMe

  This past WT study (October 15, 2015, Serve Jehovah without Distractions), which focuses on doing more for Jehovah in paragraph 17 states,

  
  

  17 Consider a Welsh couple, Mark and Claire, each of whom entered the pioneer service after completing school and continued pioneering after they got married. “We were able to simplify our lives further by giving up our three-bedroom house and our part-time work so that we could enter the international construction work,” explains Mark. For the past 20 years, they have traveled throughout Africa, helping to build Kingdom Halls. Once, their personal funds dropped to 15 dollars, but Jehovah took care of them. “It gives us deep satisfaction,” says Claire, “to spend every day serving Jehovah. We have made so many friends along the way, and we lack nothing. The little that we have given up cannot be compared to the happiness that comes from serving Jehovah full-time.” Many full-time servants have had similar experiences.#

  
  

  There's also a reference article that states,

  
  

  After a two-day journey by train, we reached our assignment in Tiruchchirappalli, a city in the southern state of Madras (now Tamil Nadu). There, we joined three Indian special pioneers who were witnessing to a population of 250,000 people. Living conditions were primitive. At one time, we had less than $4 (U.S.) left in our pockets. But when that money ran out, Jehovah did not forsake us. One person who was studying the Bible lent us money to rent a home suitable for holding meetings. Once when we were low on food, a neighbor kindly brought us some homemade curry. I loved it, but it was so spicy hot that it gave me hiccups!

  
  

  It's interesting that Jehovah used a non witness to provide for his servants.
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  Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi people,.

  i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).

  1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.

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  KiddingMe

  1) converted

  2) baptized 1995, at age 21, did some internet research but not many sources that appeared to be rebuttable enough to deter me

  3) awoke 2013, at age 39, after researching a JW issue on the internet

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  Just put on ARC website: submissions of senior counsel

  by Tornintwo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/downloadfile.ashx?guid=359d7249-0d4f-4c51-9265-1c40aa6b3b21&type=transcriptpdf&filename=submissions-of-senior-counsel-assisting-the-royal-commission&fileextension=pdf.

  just having a quick read through, the findings are damning.

  mr toole is being reported to the law society of australia.... a few highlights so far:.

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  KiddingMe

  Thanks for the link!
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  I just found out that my youngest brother committed suicide

  by SnakesInTheTower in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my middle brother called me a couple of hours ago.

  our youngest brother, josh, who was 38, was found by his friends in his apartment.

  he hung himself.

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  KiddingMe

  I am so sorry for your loss. Wishing you strength in the days to come.
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  My first post

  by thewalker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi, i just joined the board and wanted to present myself.. i'm active, in fact very active in congregation activities serving "where the need is great" in a foreign language congregation somewhere in western europe.

  as a young brother, i'm seen as an example as i'm doing all a good witness should do.. i had doubts years ago but i decided just to ignore them and move to another congregation to preach more.

  that worked for some years but i'm now at the exact same point.

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  KiddingMe

  Hi the Walker! Welcome! I am also active. Take your time while figuring things out. Do research and ask questions.
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  WTS checklist for Elders to destroy evidence?

  by DarioKehl in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/3t1yp7/marc_and_cora_posted_on_utube/.

  hot off the presses from exjw reddit earlier today.

  massive leak in uk.. if true, this is big (and very, very disturbing)..

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  KiddingMe

  No Apologies- I apologize, I mistakenly clicked the "dislike" button while I was scrolling my acreen.