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Major Doctrinal Changes Must Be On The Way
by notsurewheretogo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the statement in the article "who is leading gods people today?

" in the feb 17th study edition of the wt is very interesting.. it states: ""the g.b.

is neither inspired nor infallible" ..we can err .in doctrinal matters....".
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Why Is it the Girls who Hang in There?
by snugglebunny in
1. jw
2. friends
having seen many, many people leave the org over the years, i have to say that, when it comes to married couples, it's almost always the man who makes the first move to leave.

conversely, when it comes to being converted into the witnesses, more often than not it's the wife who joins up first.

although that wasn't the case with my own parents, my father became converted and my mother followed very reluctantly..
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Was it Adam who altered his own DNA so that sicknesses & consequent death would be passed on to his offspring?
by deegee in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the blame for mankind's sicknesses/diseases and consequent death has been placed squarely on the shoulders of adam:.

romans 5:12, 17 - 19:"therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—for if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man.......consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people........for just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners........".

1 corinthians 15: 21, 22:"for since death came through a man........... for as in adam all die.......".
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Summer Regional Convention
by miss.ives01 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
has anyone attended the sunday program of the summer regional convention, remain loyal to jehovah?.

i have been very concerned about the tone of discussion surrounding sundays program.

i went to friday and sat., not sunday.
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The physical effects of Cognitive Dissonance
by stuckinarut2 in
1. jw
2. experiences
most of us here have gone through, or are going through the various stages "cognitive dissonance".. this is a term used to describe a situation where our minds, and hearts just know that something is "not quite right", and therefore we find ourselves in a muddle trying to reconcile the things we know with the things we are hearing or being told.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cognitive_dissonance.

so just wondering, how many of you found yourselves (or still find yourselves) becoming phyiscally ill in some way during the time of fading?.

i know that when i look back, for several years even before i was awake to the many issues and facts about the society, i would feel ill at assemblies or conventions.
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The identity of "The Faithful and Discreet Slave", solved - I think.
by Island Man in
1. watchtower
2. bible
“who really is the faithful and discreet* slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?

- matthew 24:45. let's be honest, the faithful and discreet slave logically cannot refer to any and every christian.

this is not merely an encouragement for all christians to prove themselves faithful and discreet.
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At the assembly as I write
by wannaexit in
1. jw
2. friends
it's utterly boring.

jung from the canadian bethel is drooning on.

may be the worst assembly ever.
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Just called into the Kingdom Hall, Speaker said he couldn't tell if anyone was listening to his talk... Well I was and what a joke
by Greybeard in
1. jw
2. friends
just called into the kingdom hall, speaker said he couldn't tell if anyone was listening to his talk now that everyone uses electronic devices and nobody laughed... well i did!.

he also mentioned when everyone used the bible he could hear the pages flipping and he knew they were following along.

this was really funny to me.
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hidden image: JwFairyTales 5: teh end of this System of Things
by goingthruthemotions in
1. jw
2. experiences
so i sometimes go back and look at jw fairtales videos.

he such a good story teller and his video are heartfelt.. anyways i saw a hidden image at the 37:04 point.

does anyone know what book this is from?.
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Geoffrey jackson quote on fading/ leaving with no sanction
by Tornintwo in
1. jw
2. friends
can anyone help me find geoffrey jacksons quote about people deciding to walk away from the religion and not facing sanctions, i need it to cope with some busybody elders.

please xxx.