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  What would you do if JW's lifted the shunning policy?

  by bsand20 in

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  have you guys asked yourself that question?

  what if the gb decided that "new light" revealed to them that disfellowshipping was wrong and they would do away with it for current dfd members as well...... .......16 years of my life.

  would i welcome my family back?

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  I seriously doubt my mother and sisters would reach out to me. They would be too embarrassed after what they have done.

  I seriously doubt know for a fact I would not reach out to them. I'm too pissed after what they have done.
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  That's it......

  by whathehadas in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this might be my last post.

  i've had quite a few things on my mind over the past few years, mainly my belief in god.

  i've tried to move on from the jw past but that's really being foolish.

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  Zoos

  I've struggle in the friend-making department also. It's not an easy skill to learn later in life. But I HAVE, finally, made a small handful of friends and they are valued. It takes time. It takes going through the anger and coming out better on the other side.

  DON'T GIVE UP!
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  KM Oct 2014 - Homosexuality (week of Oct 13th)

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it would be interesting to have some present (stonewall?

  ) at these meetings to witness and record talk number three on the tms.. talk 3 - "what the bible says about homosexuality" (reasoning book p.368-369).

  the reasoning book tells us in part:.

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  Zoos

  This ststement is absolutely true:

  "The Bible’s counsel is very much up to date in meeting the needs of those who want a clean conscience before God and a life free from needless frustration."

  Through study of the bible this homo was freed of the WT cult and a lifetime of needless frustration.
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  JW's on a Saturday morning.

  by donny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  today on my morning run i saw two sets of jw's going door to door on boston st. one set was two ladies and the other was two guys.

  after i has passed them up on the sidewalk i turned around and began walking towards them.

  the ladies turned to go up to another home just before i got to them but the guys were still approaching.

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  "Well yes it is, but that is rarely shared with people who are not of our faith?"

  Because they KNOW how whacked it sounds.

  Even when I was completely in and hopelessly indoctrinated I struggled making sense of the 1919 explanation. I shrugged it off as over my head - not spiritually mature enough to understand.
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  Are JEhovah's Witnesses reaching out to the Gay community ?

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  apostate & ex-jehovalarious meme collection.

  https://www.facebook.com/groups/jwmeme/.

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  So what happens when JWs encounter legally married gay couples? Do they now encourage divorce?
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  Is the Watchtower Intentionally Trying to Force People to Leave the Organization?

  by kneehighmiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the leaks from the new november watchtower are alarming.

  they will disturb even longtime jws who haven't surrendered all rational thought.

  it's become so cult like its scary.

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  leaving_quietly: They will call it a "sifting" or "a refining".

  For the November 14th Watchtower is alive and exerts power and is sharper than any two-edged sword and pierces even to the dividing of soul and spirit, and of joints and their marrow, and is able to discern thoughts and intentions of the heart.
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  "Jehovah may be frowning" - Ohio newspaper sticks it to JWs over assembly hall

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.theharrison-press.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5918:jehovah-may-be-frowning&catid=79:columns&itemid=141.

  brief summary:.

  the jws, backed by county commissioners, contend they have a legal right to build an assembly hall in the jedd.

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  Zoos

  The WT has the attitude of, "It will be MY WAY and SCREW what YOU want!"

  Whatever happened to the principle of:

  And if a person wants to go to court with you and get possession of your inner garment, let your outer garment also go to him; and if someone under authority impresses you into service for a mile, go with him two miles.
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  Is God evil, just because he fails to prevent suffering?

  by defender of truth in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a poster on another thread made the following comment, that really made me think.. it is about god: .

  "imo i would say [god is] not evil but just indifferent.

  apathy allows it.

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  Zoos

  Whether or not it is evil to sit on your hands taking notes while humanity suffers... I don't know. But my awakening from this cult has shown me how utterly disconnected God is from humans, how the direction of holy spirit is whatever our imaginings tell us it is.

  I still believe there is a God up there but I have no desire to draw close to Him. I'm not even sure I want Him drawing close to me. I find his methods distasteful. And if our opinion of Him was as almighty important as some suggest...

  SecondRateMind: ...given the premium He seems to place on our freedom to accept Him, or not, and love Him, or not.

  ...then it is incumbent on HIM to cast Himself better.
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  Hey Anyone Want a Cool ex-JW Button??http://www.zazzle.com/watchtower+buttons

  by daringhart13 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.zazzle.com/watchtower+buttons .

  these are so funny ....i think i broke a rib.

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  Zoos

  LOL "Let Me Spoil Your Useful Habits"
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  Why do witnesses believe it was Jehovah said they would be persecuted in his name

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  why do witnesses believe it was jehovah that said they would be persecuted in his name......it was jesus that said we would be persecuted in his name.

  i often hear are the meeting the interchanging of names between jehovah and jesus.

  it seems like the sheeple drones at the meeting have no real clue about the bible or how to believe.

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  Zoos

  I truly believe the trinity concept is in full motion on a subliminal level.

  
  

  Mmm... I'm going to disagree with this.

  
  

  I left the org. over a couple of issues. I learned about everything else after the fact. One of the things that absolutely floored me was how much the GB had demoted Jesus and usurped his position. It never occurred to me just how diminished he actually is in the organization until I was slapped in the face with the evidence.

  
  

  I mentioned this to my wife last night that the poor Christians in Iraq are truly being persecuted in the name of Jesus. Again she gave me a blank stare…..as if trying to comprehend the reality it is in Jesus name and not Jehovah name that we would be persecuted.

  You slapped her in the face with evidence and made her think. Your observation of her reaction is spot on. I don't see any Trinitarian element to it, just a realization that the emphasis has been directed away from Jesus in the WT org.