Deacon
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Ruminations..whatever that means....
by Deacon ini read with interest java;s post re: a therapists view of leaving a restrictive religion.. using my own experiences, and those of others on the board, it would appear that there are only two ways to go, and one path that has to be taken in order to make sense or order of the situation.. i had to ask myself and do some heavy research as to what i no longer believe and why.. this is my present understanding on the matter.. shunning is a defence mechanism for the protection of the wtbts in order to keep members in and neutralise bad press.. 1914 would seem to be in serious error as a correct date in the chronology.. dichotomies exist within the organisation as to the anointed of god, the governing body and rulership thereof.. continual guessing and speculation of dates throughout its brief history, is unscriptural, unbalanced and just plain deceitful.. the elder arrangement is not working.
it is run on a set of cast in stone rulings from the governing body and proves no function other than to keep dissedents in check.... there is no real human love in any of the arrangements despite the usage of the words.. disfellowshipping destroys families regardless of the public message promoted by the wtbts.. disfellowshipping utilises, grief, sorrow, unworthiness, shame, hurt, physical seperation and unjust means to whip someone to their senses..or return with a broken spirit to be in servitude forever.. being a member of the wtbts is seriously ijurious to personal mental health.. i no longer believe that the wtbts has a clear direction from the creator, i no longer believe that the message of urgency is based on accuracy or common sense.
i no longer believe that there is a common goal anymore, it has been surpassed by maintaining and increasing material possessons.
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State of My Faith
by Amazing insome have wondered about where i come from on the topic of faith.
and, as we all ponder our past jw religion, and the events of the day, i need to take some time to address matters of my faith, as i look for some answers.. when adam was created, god did not wait for adam to play a guessing game and start praying.
rather, god reached out to adam.
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Raymond Franz Never A Member of GB/Fathers Email
by ladonna inyep, that's right!!.
i called my mother tonight to say a friendly hello.
you guessed it.
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Jon passed away this morning
by jonjonsimons inmy name is kevin and i am jon's partner.
jon gave me his password a few weeks ago and asked me to post to the board if something happened to him.
as some of you know jon had been undergoing cancer treatment since the end of july.
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Is this site JW or what?
by Ephesians6 ini have been on this site for a bite.
reading posts and where are all the jw's?
we have people who have gotten out of the watchtower, good for all of you.
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Im not tough
by joelbear inabout a week after the september 11th thing when i was feeling devastated and in total despair, i went through an "i give up" phase.. i came out of that phase (or thought i did) with a new gung ho, i ain't gonna take no crap concept of myself.
you probably saw my post about marshall arts.
this was gonna all be part of this new tough, ready to fight, kind of guy.. well, i'm not tough.
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a new religion?
by Deacon inok. i finally went and got myself well and truly immersed in the lawful side of being ordained as a religious minister...yes folk, all the legals have been truly investigated and complied with and i can now well and truly start my own church and take weddings and funerals etc.... now...i dont want to be a "reverend".. but i do want to well and truly investigate the entire bible to see what the real message is..and i want to see where i/we go from here.... if any one is serious about pursuing some serious bible discussion...then email me.... thats all the well and trulys for this evening lol
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Education idiot!
by FrightMare inif most of you were jw's at one time, am i right in assuming that most of you are uneducated?
anyone here actually have a degree of some sort?
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Why can't we own Canadians?
by closer2fine inlaura schlessinger is a us radio personality who dispenses advice to.
i have tried asking, but most women take offense.. d) lev.
he violates lev.
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October 7th Ex-JW gathering in San Francisco
by Stacey ini hadn't seen any recent posts about this event.
tonight i spoke to paul thomason, the organizer of the event.
he said that last year they had about 18 in attendance.