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  Guilt

  by FreeFallin in

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  thought i should post here as my problems are miniscule compared to what's going on in the world right now.

  i feel so disloyal to jehovah by reading all the info on this web site, but what got me to post here in the first place was the information on the un.

  i guess i'm trying to tell myself that it's reaally not that bad, that they had a very good reason for forming a slight alliance with the disgusting thing, etc.

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  Jay Dubs right about 1914

  by FrightMare in

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  please study this chart very, very carefully: http://www.sru.edu/depts/artsci/ges/d-3-2.htm.

  why has such an unprecedented boom in population and technology occurred during the specific time the bible points to the 'last days', 1914?

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  Witnesses instructed not to harbor private ideas

  by cyberguy in

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  today's watchtower lesson instructs witnesses not to think for themselves when it comes to bible understanding:.

  augest 1, 2001, p. 14, par.

  first, since "oneness" is to be observed, a mature christian must be in unity and full harmony with fellow believers as far as faith and knowledge are concerned.

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  Coming Clean

  by wokeup in

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  i have a question.

  if for instant bro.ingoodstanding comes to an elder and says he wants to confess a serious sin, and says " i raped and murdered 6 boys 15 years ago and they're buried in the backyard.

  would the elder(s) report it to the police wether or not the bro.

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  mindset is the same as hellfire doctrine...

  by Richie in

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  just an observation; when a witness decides to write the congregation that he or she does not want to be associated anymore for personal reasons, why is it that this person must be disfellowshipped?

  or why is it that if someone makes an issue about a wrong in the congregation such as pedophilia, and this witness decides to officially warn the elders about this wrongdoing or suggest to contact the police, that this person must be disfellowshipped?.

  get my drift???.

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  DISFELLOWSHIPPED RANSOM SACRIFICES

  by Englishman in

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  i posted yesterday regarding a df'd young lady who is attempting to get re-instated into her local congregation.. she doesn't believe a word that jw's teach.

  when she is eventually re-instated, this lady will say goodbye to her relationship with her boyfriend, her dancing, even the clothes she wears will all have to go.

  she will submit herself to the iron will of her elder father and attempt to enter her mothers tut-tut world of submissive sisterhood with its demure prissiness wrapped up between peter pan collar and ever longer skirts.. this lady is paying the ultimate price - her very self - to redeem her hostage family from its kidnappers.

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  Jesus' illustration of the Wheat & Weeds Ma...

  by wokeup in

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  this question is addressed to those who still esteem and value gods' word.

  those of us who were raised in the "trooth" we were taught that the "sons of the kingdom" pertained only to the "faithful slave".

  in jesus' illustration of the end time harvest period, the angels separate the wheat from the weeds , distinguishing two distinct parties.

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  Well, Howdy, Yall :).wanted to introduce myself

  by Gimme3steps in

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  i found this place, purely by accident, and have been very amazed, at all of these touching, personal revelations, that many are sharing, here.

  i actually was doing a search, jus tryin to learn how michael jackson's appearance came to be so radically changed..(that's a whole nother topic, and i came away, feelin sorry for him, after all i read, but, another time ) and ran across this forum.

  im 41, was "raised" in the truth, my mother and her whole side of our family are long time witnesses, my father converted when i was around 4 years old.

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  New to the Forum

  by wokeup in

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  hi to all in the forum.

  i am new here and would like to briefly share how i arrived here.

  i was born and raised a witness.i'm in my 40's and married.i had some doubts as regards to some docrinal teachings and changes in the 80's.

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  Blanket Bomb Or Snipe?

  by hillary_step in

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  i wish to open a thread on a bit of a controversial issue so belt-on the self control!

  my question?

  why do some of us attack jws as people and who are our real targets?.

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