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  I hope Armageddon doesn't come before the new Star Wars movie comes out

  by Zoos in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ever had this thought about an upcoming movie?.

  and then i would feel guilty for putting my entertainment desires ahead of god's kingdom.. .

  shameless!.

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  Zoos

  Ever had this thought about an upcoming movie?

  
  

  And then I would feel guilty for putting my entertainment desires ahead of God's kingdom.

  
  

  Shameless!
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  Searching for a quote about education

  by Zoos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower (or awake!

  ) quoted some secular entity that made the observation that educated people were difficult to manage.

  can you please help me find this quote?.

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  Zoos

  Thanks, Splash. I don't think that's the one but I appreciate your input.

  
  

  I actually discovered the quote while lurking on this site so I know it's here somewhere. I just can't remember the wording accurately enough to   pull it out of the search engine.
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  Searching for a quote about education

  by Zoos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower (or awake!

  ) quoted some secular entity that made the observation that educated people were difficult to manage.

  can you please help me find this quote?.

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  Zoos

  The Watchtower (or Awake!) quoted some secular entity that made the observation that educated people were difficult to manage. Can you please help me find this quote?

  
  

  Just the fact that a little quip like that would capture the attention of the faithful slave so much that they just HAD to print it, is very telling of where their minds are with regard to education.
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  CANDACE CONTI - MIXED EMOTIONS

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  whatever the outcome of the appeal, i fear that most of us are going to be very disappointed.. a) obviously if the org wins.. b) if the org loses, they will put their plan 'b' into action - damage limitation - which will iinvolve confidentiality agreements being signed by pending/future victims, thereby settling the majority of cases out of court, and winning in several ways;.

  there are probably other benefits, but these are the principal ones, and for these reasons i reckon the floodgates will never be allowed to be opened!!!

  they've seen how other establishments have responded to their pedophile cases, and have picked up some good tips on how to minimise the effects.

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  Zoos

  With CBS's (?) request to record the proceedings, I assumed the the media's juices were already flowing.
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  Jehovah's Witness Elders Question A Brother For Not Turning In Field Service Time

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  found this on youtube.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy3zlxley6u.

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  Zoos

  not turning in field service time is worse than porn because sexual urges are natural, disobeying the b0rg is not.

  
  

  

  Okay, I'm done!
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  Losing Faith

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've always been a "spiritual" person.

  i've been an avid bible reader since as early as i can remember.

  i read the bible cover to cover for the first time when i was about 17 years old and have read it at least twice more since then.

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  Zoos

  You know, that new covenant included a clause wherein God would "put [His] laws in their mind, and in their hearts [He] shall write them."

  
  

  We're not bound by the contents of the bible. It's okay to graduate, move on, taking what is useful and leaving what is not. If you keep confining yourself to the pages of a book and the mentality of Religion, Inc you're not leaving any room for God to write anything in your heart.
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  NEW LIGHT FROM SLO CIRCUIT OVERSEER "Warning, Blood on Doorposts", "The Couple who Missed One Meeting Died With Their Kids, Don't Miss Any!

  by Trailer Park Pioneer in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  sorry, i messed up before i could put the right title on this new light from our circuit overseer, his visit show's a great desperation in the organization's mindset, adding more anxiety and guilt to jws who already feel they don't measure up!.

  hi, i attended the circuit overseers visit and got really angry because our c.o.

  gave information coming from the governing body's chief apologists regarding "meeting attendance" and "the couple who missed one meeting and lost their entire family because they did not get the "411" when armageddon was coming!

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  Zoos

  Tough luck for the brothers and sister in the other congregation who are home watching TV that night.
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  inheritance

  by truthseeker100 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have a good life and i am now worth around 3 million us.

  my two children have their university degrees and a promising future.

  what should i do with my money?

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  Zoos

  You could donate it to the Kingdom Hall fund... or the world wide work... or...

  
  

  
  

  LOL

  
  

  LOL
  

  
  

  [EDIT]: Just saw what ZORDINO said. Yeah... something like that!  
  
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  If the Watchtower Society was given a cheque for 1 million dollars would they cash it ?

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  if the watchtower society received an envelope containing a cheque for 1 million dollars, made out to the society, along with a letter explaining that the money was won from gambling, either casino or lottery, .

  1] would they cash it?.

  2] if they did not cash it but rather returned to sender, what explanation would they give?.

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  Zoos

  "In the same way the Israelites gleaned much gold from Egypt prior to their departure, to be used in pure worship to Jehovah, so too God's earthly organization today uses the wealth of Satan's doomed system to support it's work in spreading the good news to all the inhabited earth."

  
  

  "This money has done the devil's work long enough! NOW it wil do the LORD's work!" - Baptist preacher who received lotto money donation.

  
  
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  First Time Post - Long time reader

  by Samaritan At the Well in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  today is my first post on jwd, i was one of jehovahs witness for almost 50 years of my life, i was born into the religion.

  i was baptized at a young age and once i got married i was a very spiritual woman as they would call me.

  my husband and i served as full time pioneers, we traveled abroad and went to international conventions, did some special pioneer service in other states in the us.

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  Zoos

  Nice intro. Welcome!

  
  

  Crisis of Conscience is a game changer. I remember when I read it I was so upset, not only by what he was saying, but also by the fact that he the documentation to back it up. There's no getting around the truth of that book. I took a lot of comfort in the final chapter where he talks about how we just keep going. Don't let your awakening be the end of your story.

  
  

  In Search of Christian Freedom, by Ray Franz, is another must read in your journey. Interesting summary in that book as well.