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  New to The Jehovahs Witness Faith and need some help

  by jnjburkett in

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  hello there i am new to the faith and have been studying for about a month.

  i am very excited and hungry for the truth and have not missed a meeting or study since the memorial.

  we do about 2 bible studies a week.

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  runForever

  You know what I think this is all a social experiment from some college kids or such. She met 3 or so witnesses at the ymca? Of all the

  places to say you met witnesses why ymca? Then they had a 'sick relative'. That's pretty convenient for giving yourself sometime to research stuff. And of

  course she has apologies to keep the readers engaged. I'm callin it. BS. Watch for more randomly timed comments with great space inbetween them. Seriously

  anybody can probably come on here and comment in under a minute. You don't have time? take 1 minute away from your sleep you'll be fine.

  She goes on to make this strange comment

  "when i "stumbled" across this site i thought it was a "support group" for witnesses"

  Why would you be looking for a support group for witnesses if you were just studying? Did a witness beat you up or something?
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  How to cope with depression?

  by make yourself in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i know its very common for jws and ex jws to deal with depression.

  maybe it's a side effect of cognitive dissonance or the whole outlook on life being a jw.

  but what are some ways to cope with depression?

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  runForever

  If you have clinical mental problems getting drugs probably would help(there are multiple drugs so if one doesn't help another might). There are some promising drugless therapies being tried such as magnetics and deep mind stimulation you might want to research.

  I don't know how bad your mental condition is but finding out if it's serious or not by talking to a professional might be a good step.

  Otherwise. Exercise, cut fast food out, eat healthy and drink water. Make sure you get your electrolytes in with things like ultima replenisher.

  Avoid canned food and anything with BPA or similar in things such as canned food, or clear tupperware. The less pollution the better you'll feel although you might feel terrible if you try a juice detox diet which might release too much toxins at once - better to go gradual on that.

  Mentally if something is too stressful stop thinking about it. Take time to relax your mind regularly. If exercise is too much at first try stretching and

  then work up to exercise. Cardio works good. Avoid stressful and negative people if possible. I hear people who believe in God are happier but

  you'll have to look into that yourself.

  I am not a doctor these are just things I researched myself.
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  Why Jehovah's Witnesses qualify as a Hate Group

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  they use vile hate speech towards the victims of the cult who leave and speak out to warn others .. .

  words like.

  haters of god.

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  No hate here.
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  What is the GB Giving Back?

  by kneehighmiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in harmony with acts 6:1-7, what is the gb giving back to the r&f?

  the post about the cos being retired and recent wt articles about caring for older ones made me think.

  the gb is doing everything to cut costs while at the same time asking for more sacrifices.

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  runForever

  

  obey and give money
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  Regarding the permission of certain blood fractions, what is the biblical basis?

  by I_love_Jeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  with regard to the permission of certain blood fractions, what biblical basis is the watchtower's selection of approved and non-approved components or fractions made?.

  two key words here: biblical basis.

  one answer by a jw caught my attention: .

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  runForever

  It was very obscure but they do have a reason.. Something like the way blood naturally separates in a centrifuge. The 4 main components supposedly

  separate from the rest.

  It is hard to find but I read it somewhere.
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  Get out of her My People.. Jeremiah 51:45 / Revelation 18:4

  by objectivetruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for any christians, i'd like to get your opinion.. i believe that all organized religions are a part of babylon the great.

  this includes the jw organization, in my opinion.. what do you feel is required to "get out of her"?would disasociation / disfellowshipment be appropriate?if one chose not to dissasociate himself, would it be wrong to still attend meetings with the hope of turning some to the bible?when jesus speaks of the scribes & pharisees do you feel that these could be compared to the elders or the gb?if the scribes and pharisees are among the religions of babylon the great, what would be the signifigance of jesus words at matther 23:2,3?

  " "2the scribes and the pharisees sit on moses seat, 3so practice and observe whatever they tell youbut not what they do.

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  Matt 23 has been researched by a hebrew scholar - Nehemiah Gordon. When Jesus said the scribes and pharisees sit in the seat of Moses that was an actual chair in the synagogue so the original hebrew was something like " 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, 3 so practice and observe whatever he tells you—but not what they do. For they preach, but do not practice. " So he was saying do whatever Moses tells you through the torah but not all the tedious oral traditions of the pharisees.
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  95% complete table of vaccination references from 1920 to 1954

  by ILoveTTATT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  wilton, m.d.negativo7golden ageoctober 12, 1921, p.9doctorpositivo8golden ageoctober 12, 1921, p.9-10a.m.

  wilton, m.d.negativo9golden ageoctober 12, 1921, p.10-12l.w.

  lamson, ph.d.negativo97golden ageapril 12, 1933, p.440generalnegativo98golden agenovember 8, 1933, p.90generalnegativo99golden agenovember 22, 1933 p.122generalnegativo100golden agedecember 20, 1933, p.178-179generalnegativo101golden agejanuary 17, 1934, p.242generalnegativo (positivo para las transfusiones)!102golden agemarch 14, 1934, p.372generalnegativo103golden agejune 6, 1934, p.568generalnegativo104golden ageaugust 1, 1934, p. 692generalnegativo105golden ageaugust 29, 1934, p.766generalnegativo106golden ageoctober 10, 1934, p.31generalnegativo107golden agejanuary 30, 1935, p.269generalnegativo108golden agemarch 27, 1935, p.409generalnegativo109golden agemay 8, 1935, p.493-494generalnegativo110golden agemay 8, 1935, p.505generalnegativo111golden agejuly 3, 1935, p.634generalnegativo112golden ageseptember 11, 1935, p.792generalnegativo113golden ageseptember 11, 1935, p.793-796dr.

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  runForever

  wow had no idea how many references to not taking vaccines there were.
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  Wonderful story from "the road to everlasting life have you found it?" brochure

  by runForever in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this brochure is targeted at african people seeing that every photograph has african people in it.

  enjoy:.

  one night while iwas.

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  runForever

  This brochure is targeted at African people seeing that every photograph has African people in it

  enjoy:

  One night while Iwas
  asleep in bedwithmy husband,
  I heard a voice call
  my namethree times. Then
  I sawthe ceiling split apart,
  and a fiery, ball-like object
  dropped ontomy stomach.
  Of course,my husband
  could see none of these
  things. Nevertheless, I felt a
  terrible heat that lasted for
  severalmonths.
  Sixmonths later, the voice
  calledme again. Immediately,
  the whole house seemed
  to be in deepwater. A large
  python cameout of thewater and crawled
  aroundmy hand. I tried invain to shake it off.
  Iwas terrified. Then thewater and the snake
  vanished, and Iwas violently thrownto the
  ground. Iwas unconscious for several hours.
  The voice then toldmeto return to a spiritistic
  healing temple in the village.When I asked the
  spirit his name, he gave a namemeaning “possessor
  ofwealth but no child.”He promised to
  makemerich through healing powers.
  Sick people came tomefromnear and far.
  Before arriving atmy house, theywould appear
  inmy specialmirror. Then, as one arrived,
  Iwould slapmy palm against his palm, and
  the nature of his sickness or problem
  alongwith the remedywould immediately
  be revealed to me. The spirit
  also toldmehowmuch
  money people had to pay.
  Money and giftswere
  pouring inbecauseof the
  effectiveness of the cures.
  I became a “possessor of
  wealth,” but I also learned
  themeaning of “no child.”
  Each time I bore a child,
  his immediate seniorwould
  die. Thiswas very distressing.
  During the 12 years
  that I served this spirit, six
  ofmy children died.
  I began to pray toGod
  for help. I prayed fervently.
  One day Jehovah’sWitnesses
  knocked atmy door. Although I usually
  chased themaway, that day I decided to listen.
  In the discussions that followed, I learned that
  Iwas servingademon!Imadeupmymind to
  quit spiritism.
  When I told that to the spirit, hewarnedme
  againstmy decision.However, I said: “Iamfinishedwithyou.”
  I burned all the things I used in divining.
  I studied the Biblewith theWitnesses, became
  a servant of Jehovah, andwas baptized in
  1973.NowI have five healthy children.My
  husband also becamea baptizedWitness.
  —As told by Josephine Ikezu.
  Box: How did one woman break free from the
  demons?
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  2012 & 2013 MEMORIAL ATTENDANCES LOWER THAN 2011: Strategies for Beefing up the Numbers

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  worldwide attendances at the witnesses' annual memorial in 2012 and 2013 were lower than in 2011. in 2011, 19,374,737 attended, whereas in 2012, 19,013,343 and in 2013, 19,241,252 attended.. true, attendance does fluctuate from year to year - but it is less common for the numbers to show decline for two consecutive years.. given the memorial is touted as the most important "display" meeting on the jw calendar, what additional push will be exerted this year to get the numbers up?.

  reports of attendances at meetings, memorials, district conventions are incredibly vital to the organization's image of itself as a successful answer to christendom's allegedly nominal membership and poor attendance.

  when you criticize other religions in terms of their reported apathy and/or state of decline, you've got a lot of money on your own religious "health" - as shown by numbers, numbers, numbers.

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  runForever

  You nailed it. I was sort of wondering why they put that statement in the km. Nice post thanks.
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  Putting Things into Perspective

  by startingover13 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some time has passed since my disfellowshipping, and even more time since i've been to a meeting.

  with the stress of finally moving out, university, and work issues, i haven't had much time to reflect on my past life as one of jehovah's witnesses and what it really meant.

  as i left my hometown on the bus yesterday evening, i finally had some "chill" time.

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  I would still be careful and avoid the organization if I were you.