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  Should I meet with the elders?

  by winnie12 in

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  so i posted my story somewhere on this board but long story short i have been expressing my doubts to my mom who is a jw.

  i have been fading since december 2013 and went to a sunday meeting for the first time maybe two weeks ago.

  i went only because i wanted to use the library that my hall has which had books published by the society from the early 1900's.

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  Don't let fear stop you from getting your questions answered. However, we must be 'innocent as doves, cautious as serpents'. Don't answer or get into any discussions about how you FEEL about certain subjects. Just ask questions. Don't make statements. That may or may not get you into trouble.
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  "New Light" for Care-giving and Concern For Family, Parents and Friends.

  by RottenRiley in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  am i the only one who has noticed the new push by jw autority figures that we should not pull missionaries out of the field to help with care-giving for parents or children who are not functioning well?.

  we are told "the government has programs that provide excellent care-giving and might be a better choice than pulling a pioneer or missionary from the field".

  can somebody else verify if you are hearing this nonsense, anti-christian message broadcasted by the watchtower organization?

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  From March 22nd Study WT P.22
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  Religious Spirit

  by lambsbottom in

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  2. bible

  hi all,.

  can anyone find any current or past wt publications that mentioned a 'religious spirit' or 'spirit of religion'?

  i couldn't find anything.. .

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  lambsbottom

  Hi all,

  Can anyone find any current or past WT publications that mentioned a 'religious spirit' or 'spirit of religion'? I couldn't find anything.

  Thanks
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  Just Watched A Documentary on Jonestown (Kool-Aid drinkers)

  by lambsbottom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just watch this documentary.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nq5kbzd8w0.

  because of what was written in yesterday's wt study.. .

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  Just watch this documentary

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NQ5KBzD8w0

  because of what was written in yesterday's WT study.

  My dear God! Is this what WE (JWs) are headed for? Closing off critical thinking?
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  Anyone Ever Read This? Ironic much?

  by lambsbottom in

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  2. bible

  *** yb74 pp.

  174-175 part 2germany ***.

  divisions add to the hardship.

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  *** yb74 pp. 174-175 Part 2—Germany ***
  DIVISIONS ADD TO THE HARDSHIP
  Cut off from the brothers outside, those in the camps felt a great craving for spiritual food. New arrivals were questioned by the brothers to find out what had been published in The Watchtower. Sometimes the information was accurately conveyed, and sometimes it was not. There were also brothers who tried to use the Bible to set the date when they would be delivered, and, although the arguments were weak, some hopefully grasped at these “straws.”
  During this time a brother who had an exceptional memory was put in Buchenwald. At first his ability to recall and to share with others the things he had learned was a source of encouragement to the brothers. But in time he became an idol, “the wonder of Buchenwald,” and his statements, even his personal opinion, were viewed as final. From December of 1937 until 1940 he delivered a talk every evening, about a thousand in all, and many of these were taken down in shorthand so that they could be mimeographed. Though there were many older brothers in the camp who were capable of giving discourses, this brother was the only one who did so. Any who were not in full agreement with him were referred to as “enemies of the Kingdom” and “Achan’s family,” to be avoided by the “faithful ones.” Almost four hundred brothers more or less willingly went along with this arrangement.
  Those thus labeled “enemies” were also brothers who had been willing to risk their lives to promote Kingdom interests to the best of their abilities. They, too, had been put into the camp because of determination to prove their integrity, even to death. Some of them were not fully applying Bible principles, it is true. Yet when they sought to establish contact with the responsible ones so that they too could benefit from what spiritual food became available in Buchenwald, these viewed it as “beneath their dignity” to discuss matters.
  Wilhelm Bathen from Dinslaken, who is still serving Jehovah, relates how he personally was affected: “When I realized that I too had been disfellowshiped I was so spiritually shaken and depressed that I asked myself how such a thing was possible. . . . I often got down on my knees and prayed to Jehovah that he should give me a sign. I asked myself if I were to blame for the situation and whether he too had disfellowshiped me. I had a Bible and I would read in it in the dim light and I found a great deal of comfort in the thought that this was coming upon me as a test, otherwise I already would have been destroyed, for this being cut off from the brothers was a tremendous pain.”
  Thus human imperfections and an exaggerated view of one’s own importance, led to divisions among God’s people, resulting in severe tests for some.
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  FBI infiltration during Rutherford's rule

  by lambsbottom in

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  can someone provide a reference for when the wt was supposedly infiltrated during rutherford's rule by the fbi?.

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  Well, I remembe that I heard it first from another JW. Just wanted to reference.
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  FBI infiltration during Rutherford's rule

  by lambsbottom in

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  can someone provide a reference for when the wt was supposedly infiltrated during rutherford's rule by the fbi?.

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  Cmon guys!!!
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  FBI infiltration during Rutherford's rule

  by lambsbottom in

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  can someone provide a reference for when the wt was supposedly infiltrated during rutherford's rule by the fbi?.

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  Can someone provide a reference for when the WT was supposedly infiltrated during Rutherford's rule by the FBI?
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  Christendom's Buildings

  by lambsbottom in

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  2. beliefs

  is it true that jws are buying old churches (from christendom) and then turning them into khs?.

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  Is it true that JWs are buying old churches (from Christendom) and then turning them into KHs?
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  The WT Society, Global Warming, and the NWO

  by lambsbottom in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  was just looking at how many articles the wt put out around the time when al gore was pitching the global warming bs for his nwo (new world order) friends.. .

  http://nypost.com/2013/12/05/global-warming-proof-is-evaporating/.

  wt would rather jws to:.

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  @ Barrold Bonds

  I loved your flash things...sooo funny lmfao.