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Update on Fading Question
by wallievase in
1. jw
2. friends
the other day i posted my delimma about dealing with family and leaving.. update: my wife came home from the hall sunday (i have now missed about 3 weeks in a row) and the elders now want to schedule a sheperding call.. should i just blow them off, or when they come over (because im sure my wife will have them over even if i decline) just tell them i cant do it right now?.

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Advice on fading needed
by wallievase in
1. jw
2. friends
these 2 options are before me right now-.

1. write a letter to the elders and my family, not da myself but basically saying i have too much going on in my life and am confused, so that they will stop bothering my wife and stop asking me questions all the time.

after i write the letter continue to go to the hall less and less.... 2. appease my wife.
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Better than God?
by wallievase in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i still go to the hall for my wife's sake.

so i was reading the weekly bible reading and came across the great example of abraham.. abraham was always questioning jehovah/god- will you destroy the city if it has this many faithful ones... and this week in genesis 15- he asks what are you going to give me for an inheritance and later- how do i know these things are going to happen... i bring up this up to say- if the almighty god of the universe doesnt expect unquestioning obedience and blind faith, how does the gb or elders?

are they thinking they are above questions when god doesnt consider himself above questioning?
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Why the 2014 yearbook is the most hypocritical book out now.
by wallievase in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the supposed reason the yearbook is published is to encourage the friends with experiences and seeing growth by numbers.

if that is the case, why not emphasize that more people than ever are partaking at the memorial showing more people supposedly being accepted to heaven which should be great news?

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Witness Hypocrisy
by wallievase in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if you follow the bible and the bible says to love all, how in the convention letter about special needs can a person be disqualified from receiving help if they arent in good standing?

what does that have to do with attending a convention?.

you are supposedly following the 1st century model- why dont the c.o.s work like paul did?.
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Finished Crisis of Conscience Recently
by wallievase in
1. watchtower
2. bible
well i finally got around to finishing crisis of conscience.

2 things stood out to me most.. 1. the fact that the gb can question beliefs and noone else can.. 2. strangly the most disturbing fact- its a small one- but actually made the biggest impression on me out of the whole book-.

the fact that they agreed to send him a copy of his meeting tapes and then refused and admitted in writing that they lied.. obviously there was much more that i got from it and i do find franz situation unique in that he had a whole support system outside of the "truth" and most today including myself have nothing- if i leave my wife hates me, my family wont talk to me, etc- it doesnt provide any solution for that scenario.. any thoughts on the above points- let me know.
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disfellowshipping untruths
by wallievase in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if the whole disfellowshipping arrangement is from the bible, where are the scriptures that say you can appeal decisions or that if you are reproved what 'privileges' can be taken away?

or what about the fact that any offense they want can be lumped under uncleanness and used to kick you out?.
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preaching is not the priority
by wallievase in
1. watchtower
2. bible
if preaching and reaching everyone was really the goal, why not shut down all bethels and kingdom halls, stop people from wasting time building those complexes and printing literature and just have everyone use just the bible and just meet in homes?

they would have more time to preach and heck more money from bot supporting all these random projects so everyone could work less too..
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witnesses do not have biblical precedents for actions
by wallievase in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
cases i was thinking about today- the printing of literature for mass distribution and further the existence of bethel and branch complexes world wide along with kingdom halls(early christians just met in homes).

if you say you follow the bible, how do you create things like this that have no precedent in the bible?

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my first post and some questions
by wallievase in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is my first post after deciding to finally open an account here after months of 'lurking'.. a couple of issues i want to address-.

i have issues with people who go from being a witness to losing all faith in god or the bible which seems to be the case with some members of this site.

i just don't think you can let any religion change how you view god or the bible.. second-i don't feel the gb are bad people, i think most witnesses including them are misguided by something that has been drilled into their heads since they were little and are actually sincere people.