BonaFide
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I would like to know if you have succeeded in helping your friends or family SLOW DOWN in their zeal as a JW
by BonaFide ini have read thousands of posts on this forum, and i am finding with all your experiences that however hard we try, it's difficult to actually get a family member or friend to disassociate themselves.
after all, some of us are still "active jw's", right?.
but, i have been noticing that some seem to have accomplished enough with questions and comments that at least their family members or friends are less active as jw's.
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I need some good responses to the excuse "The elders are imperfect"
by BonaFide inplease make them simple, i have noticed that some of my friends can only stand logic for about 30 seconds before they start changing the subject.
i need some good questions, or points to make them think.
i have tried my own, but i need a better response.. here are the comments my friends have made:.
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Please Welcome a dear Friend of mine-Red Fireball!
by ohiocowboy inthanks to the internet, a friend that i grew up with has found me after a quarter of a century!
it feels so good knowing and finding someone from my past!
it is an incredible feeling that i can't even describe.
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Any great elder or JW experiences?
by cognac ini was in an abusive marriage.
these elders were so incredibly loving that i really believed even in there mistakes they were directed by god.
mistakes that could have and did cause me physical harm by my ex.
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How many of you knew about the"Jesus is not your Mediator" teaching when you were JWs??
by Lady Liberty inhi everyone.... just curious how many of you knew when you were active, about the societys official teaching regarding jesus the mediator.
i was floored to find in my research, that they teach jesus is the mediator for the 144,000 only.
and it is only by our association with them that we might have salvation.. i don't know about you guys but i was blown away when i learned they taught this.
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Can anyone make sense of this? I am trying a new method to circumvent Cognitive Dissonance
by BonaFide inthis is what happened to me a few minutes ago as i came home.
i live in a almost 100% jw apartment complex, so i have a lot of contacts with witnesses every day, apart from meetings and service.. so i have been trying with a few friends to use a "third person" that doesn't exist, to try and get them to reason.. here an example of what happened today outside my apartment:.
friend: "hey bonafide, what's going on?
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At the hospital today I apologized to a disassociated sister
by BonaFide ingot back from the hospital awhile ago.
an older brother i know is very ill. in his 60's.
one of his family members is a girl in her 20's.
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I went on another Bible study yesterday - Any suggestions on what I could have said?
by BonaFide ini was visiting a friend that is a witness yesterday.
his mother was preparing for the bookstudy with another sister who is very new.
we are on the chapter about blood this week.
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Are we the same as JW's talking about Armageddon being close, when we say, "I think the JW Organization will end soon because..."?
by BonaFide inthe end of jw's is close!!!.
the end of jw's is close!!!.
the end of jw's is close!!!.
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I had one of those discussions this weekend - Am I getting anywhere?
by BonaFide inlast week during bible highlights, a sister commented on leviticus 19:28 about not having a tattoo.
i also commented, saying that we are not under the law, but the principle should be taken into consideration.. a sister i don't speak with very often called me.
she is in the same congregation as some of my family.