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  Is Knowing/Using The Name Of God Important?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  i say no.. although the tetragrammaton appears close to 7000 times in the hebrew scriptures, the personal name of god does not.

  seems to me that god made sure that both that his personal name does not appear therein and that no one would ever actually know it or learn even how to pronounce it.

  he also made sure that his name (baring 3 hallelujahs in revelation) did not appear in the new testament.

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  sporece

  If it was extremely important, life and death important it would have been used by Jesus and the apostles.

  Jesus never used it, called him Father.

  JW use his name every other second and that's not what we see in the Greek Scriptures.
  
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  Good news to report: Congregations merged because lack of attendance, publishers & field service

  by Khaleesi in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so it's official, i am happy to report that we merged with another congregation having the same problem.

  why is it good news???

  because people are either waking up, fading or just not buying into this organization any longer or walking away.... i think many young ones are just not buying into it as much, i see many in the congregation i go to very depressed and some i know personally going thru major depression especially the young "sisters" in their early 20s.... .

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  Have seen it happening twice.

  Once in Brookfield Il. when in 1984 one became two and then around 2008 became one again.

  Happened to be in another congregation in Franklin Tn and same thing happened.

  There is hardly any growth, only a few young ones getting baptized.
  
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  When does it end? My marriage is 90% great for the most part, except when it come to this cult

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i know marriage is tough and it takes work on both parts.

  we have been together for 27 years.

  the last eight have been involved with this cult.

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  sporece

  After 32 years in the cult i woke up and my marriage of 26 years fell apart. She was a freaking nut that always put the GB first in everything.

  Best thing that happened to me when she left because she did not want to live with an apostate.

  At 55 started a new and great life and met a wonderful, reasonable woman that i live with.

  Don't waste more time
  
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  The Lion Awakes

  by eric hendrickson in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my name is eric hendrickson.

  i have been on a journey led by the holy spirit which has brought to this point that has allowed for me to open the seventh seal and understand god's master plan.

  i am the lion from the lost tribe of judah who has come to the world and be the messiah king.

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  You're the man...as soon as i have a question about the bible you will be the first to be contacted...stand by!!!
  
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  Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi people,.

  i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).

  1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.

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  sporece

  1) were you raised as a JW, or did you convert?

  Convert

  
  2) when were you baptized/started seriously being with the witnesses? (Date please, i.e. 1997)

  
  in 1975 at 22 years of age

  
  3) when did you leave/woke up completely? (date please, i.e. 2013)

  Left in 2007 after 32 years
  
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  One day assemblies

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this may have been discussed before.

  the costs for using the assembly hall for a one day last saturday was $12,000 with another assembly for the other half of the circuit on sunday, which will ring up another $12,000.

  if the assembly was for two days the friends might roll their eyes if it were announced the costs for the two days was $24,000.

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  Romeoville assembly in Chicago built around 1988-1990. Worked on it for two years
  

  Paid for in a few years by the brothers.

  They have made millions on that one in the last 25 years.
  
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  One day assemblies

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this may have been discussed before.

  the costs for using the assembly hall for a one day last saturday was $12,000 with another assembly for the other half of the circuit on sunday, which will ring up another $12,000.

  if the assembly was for two days the friends might roll their eyes if it were announced the costs for the two days was $24,000.

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  WTF

  $12000 to $22000 a day. Most of the assembly halls have no mortgages on it, they are paid for already.

  So how in the hell can it cost that kind of money when the society provides nothing.

  They pay no taxes on the buildings, all the work is done by volunteers, no food, the only thing is water at drinking fountains, toilets being flushed, toilet paper and electricity.

  Thieves, that's what they are.
  
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  Letter to be read at meeting this week about the downsize

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a family member who is a bethelite informed me today that there is a letter to be read soon ( this week or next) concerning the downsizing.

  so probably someone who has their midweek meeting early in the week will be able to fill in the details.

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  The society can do no wrong and since it's coming from GB Jehovah is backing them up.

  Jehovah knows what is doing...check his record of the last 140 years dealing the people he picked.

  And that's what every JW verbally has to confess....down deep in their hearts they know it"s a load of crap. .
  
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  CO Comes Up With A New Way To Be Judgemental...

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  at the latest co visit something very strange happened.

  during the meeting with the elders and servants he passed out a copy of a hypothetical publisher card and asked us what we could learn from it.

  upon receiving it i saw that the average hours were pretty good, it had return visits and quite a few bible studies.

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  Nothing new...it's been going on for decades. Was an elder for 21 years and when i look back at those meetings with the CO it was disgusting how some very good brothers, hard working brothers that were struggling in providing for their families and were always willing to help out on weekends when they were needed for their skills at the KH, yet they used to be looked down by others just because they were only turning in 5 hours a month,

  They were not exemplary in the congregation and were not even able to carry the mikes.

  Sick organization or should i say a sick cult.
  
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  Something interesting!

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was invited to a small get-together by a long time friend.

  we both served as elders for years.

  he is in his late 70s.

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  sporece

  Just found out that my ex father in law,81 years old, still an elder in the congregation and has been a witness for 60 years, a pillar in the organization is finally researching some " apostate" literature and books.

  Just blew my mind when i heard that but finally many are realizing that the organization and teachings are nothing but a load of crap. Failed prophecies and promises and money making business like the rest of the religions.