Pete Zahut
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If the RNWT is revised again...................
by The Searcher in..................then proverbs 3:5 could read thus: "trust in the governing body with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.
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's have already reached this point!.
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Or was it Designed???
by Slidin Fast inawake!
1 2017 says on its back page.
the saharan silver ant (cataglyphis bombycina) is one of the most heat-tolerant land animals known.
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Pete Zahut
To say this ant was created this way, is also saying the Jehovah intentionally created the scorching desert even though we were taught that the earth was cursed with harsh conditions as a punishment for Adam and Eve's sins.
Genisis 3:14 "Then the LORD God said to the serpent: Because you have done this, you are cursed more than any livestock and more than any wild animal. You will move on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life."
As a kid, when I'd question inconsistencies in the literature similar to this one example of the Saharan ant, the scripture shown above was always sited as a means to show me that God may have altered living creatures after he was done with creation. This scripture shows that serpents at one time must have had legs and feet, or some other way to move about, but because Satan inhabited the body of one serpent while tempting Adam and Eve , God cursed and then altered things so that all serpents hence forth crawl upon it's belly instead of using whatever means of mobility they had originally. (as if Satan's crime was the serpent's fault)
It was obvious to me even as a kid, that people were looking for any reason to continue with the magical thinking they were taught as children or came to understand when they were at a weak and vulnerable point in their lives and needed something to cling to.
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Hello and and introduction to Virtue Signaling
by WobblyVern inhi all - perhaps a brief intro from me would be appropriate..... i hail from essex, england.
a 2nd generation witness never knowing any other life and from a large and mostly devout family.
i was disfellowshipped in 1993 aged 21 and the worldly girl i met, got pregnant and married (in that order) is mother to my 3 grown children and grandmother to our beautiful baby granddaughter.
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Pete Zahut
I suppose one could say the JW version of this is when they haul some local family on the platform at the assembly and the family talks about how lively and fun their family study is. All the kids chime in and talk about how they can't wait for family study night and they all try to have some interesting point prepared to discuss.
Every kid in the audience is rolling their eyes or gagging on their own bile and most of the parents are wondering why getting their kids to sit down for the family study,is such a knock down drag out fight. The rest of the audience has tuned the whole thing out or has come to the conclusion that everyone else is more spiritual than they are and there's no point even trying anymore.
I remember there was this 20 something girl named "Laura" in our hall that constantly tried to impress everyone about how "spiritual" she was. A bunch of us were walking out the door after the Watchtower study and she piously announced to all who could hear "That was such a good article....I'm going to study it again when I get home !". One of the more outspoken sisters said under her breath but loud enough for everyone to hear " Shut up Laura...you friggin' weirdo!" Everyone within earshot started openly snickering...it was an awesome moment LOL!
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Hello and and introduction to Virtue Signaling
by WobblyVern inhi all - perhaps a brief intro from me would be appropriate..... i hail from essex, england.
a 2nd generation witness never knowing any other life and from a large and mostly devout family.
i was disfellowshipped in 1993 aged 21 and the worldly girl i met, got pregnant and married (in that order) is mother to my 3 grown children and grandmother to our beautiful baby granddaughter.
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Need your honest opinion
by poopie inthis is the scenario there's a guy who is df and being shunned big time.
we'll he needs a place to stay since he can't stay with his family you know the shunning thing well another jw in good standing says he can stay with him .the df guy is delighted but a little problem the elders are going to find out the df guy car parked at jw house.
no one in the area knows he's df because it's 90 miles from the cong he was df in so i told him he's takeing a risk but he says i'm going to show love to this person no matter what..
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Pete Zahut
So if your asking our opinion on whether or not the JW should let the DF'd guys stay in his house, I'd say yes he should if that's what he wants to do. The congregation 90 miles away shouldn't be a problem, but he'll have to figure out what to say when one or more of the local JW's notices someone is staying with him.
Since the DF'd guy isn't a JW anymore, he could be passed off as a "worldly" friend (which he now is) who had shown "interest" in the past (which he once did) and is now in need of temporary help.
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Stephanie Fessler v Watch Tower - Trial on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 in Pennsylvania
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://avoidjw.org/2017/02/stephanie-fessler-v-watch-tower/.
stephanie fessler v watch tower.
stephanie fessler was brought up as a jehovah’s witness by her parents, jodee and kevin.
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Pete Zahut
I can see how the Watchtower Society would be guilty because of their policy to handle these situations within the Congregation but once the parents discovered what was going on, shouldn't they be equally responsible for things having "escalated" between the girl and the older woman, later on?
Police report or not, in my mind the parents were negligent for not keeping their daughter out of harms way once they became aware of the situation.
I don't want to blame the victim here but at 15, isn't the girl somewhat responsible for allowing things to continue once things became known? It's not like she was a helpless 6 year old. If I'm reading things correctly, it seems crazy that she can sue the Watchtower for their irresponsibility, yet her parents, who were obviously not monitoring the girl very well all those years, are somehow not being charged.
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Birthday Wishes Welcome!
by LifesNotOver inmany of you don't know me or won't remember me.
i left the jw's and my husband and my home last september - forging a new life in a new town.
i haven't posted here for many months, but have been reading most days.
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Pete Zahut
Science has proven that the longer a person lives, the more Birthdays they will have.
Happy 71st !
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Goodbye friends
by Freeandclear ini'm not killing myself lol i just wanted to say a short goodbye.
i'm not leaving forever, i'm sure i'll pop in here and there but for the most part i haven't felt the need to check in here as often as i used to so i thought i'd say so long.
this journey we're all on (life) and trying to make sense of it all is a very personal one.
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Pete Zahut
Bye bye Freeandclear,
I don't believe we've ever met and it's probably safe to say you've never actually met anyone else who frequents this site, but thanks just the same for your concern and for the backhanded and self serving compliments, and for the assumptions you made about our sad lives.
Somehow I'll continue slogging through my pathetic existence with my lovely wife, 2 fine sons, darling new granddaughter, good job, nice coworkers, good health, beautiful home etc. It seems you pity me and those like me because we are still interested in the people we've encountered here but the main thing is, you got what you needed and have a new found sense of superiority to carry you through the rest of your life.
Pete
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Why do you get upset about family shunning you?
by mr_doubtful ini understand people love their family but i also don't understand why you end up caring in the end.
i'm ready to leave and i 100% don't expecting my family to have any contact with me nor do i want them to contact me.
if they are going to chose a man made religion over me, that's their choice and i will sleep easy at night.
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Pete Zahut
It might feel good to be done with them all and have your final say but when it comes to family and friends I'd advise you not to draw any lines in the sand or burn any bridges.
Offer them no explanations or excuses as to your new lifes course as it relates to the JW religion. Just keep what you know to yourself and go on about your business and sustain as little damage as possible. Why not have your cake and eat it too? It's not your responsibility to save or enlighten anyone else or suffer for some noble cause. That's one of those JW things you have to rid yourself of.
I've found that JW's are puzzled and even intrigued when they realize that they and their religion are mere passing thoughts to you. They are almost disappointed when you don't become a raving apostate who's life has become a train wreck.