Leaving is the goal. The sooner the better.
No matter when you do leave, you'll always wish you did it sooner.
Posts by kairos
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16I left the organization
by Issa ini left the organization.
my awakening was this month of july, the first week of july.
i couldn't answer my own questions about the organization or the doctrines, i couldn't understand the prophecies, i couldn't figure quite well what i was feeling.
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Whenever I read a WT quote...
by kairos ini hear it as if it were being read by stephen lett.. any other gb voice is also amusing.. it just makes the content sound even more like a joke.maybe, it's just me....
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kairos
I hear it as if it were being read by Stephen Lett.
Any other GB voice is also amusing.
It just makes the content sound even more like a joke.
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Feb. 2017 "Who is Leading God's People Today?"
by Saethydd ini know that i am not by any means the first person to take note of this article, but today i finally got around to reading it.
i quickly found the now infamous line "the governing body is neither inspired nor infallible.
" in the interest of fairness, however, i decided to finish the paragraph, which led me to finish the lesson.
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kairos
I cannot understand how that entire paragraph wasn't seen as admission of charlatanism?!?
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NWT - revised 1984 vs revised 2013 versions
by Tallon inin the latest 2013 revision the footnote of john chapter 8 states; a number of ancient and authoritative manuscripts omit vs 53 (of chapter 7) to chapter 8, vs. 11.. yet the 1984 revision quotes a similar footnote, however the passage of scripture is included in the text, albeit separately at the bottom.
this passage of scripture is about the scribes and the pharisees who brought a woman that was accused of adultery before jesus to test him on the punishment to be meted out.
then came his famous reply; let the one of you that is sinless be the first to throw a stone at her.. i just found it interesting that the wtbts would leave this out in the latest revision.
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kairos
Shunning doesn't hold up if they leave John 8: 1-12 in the NWT.
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Who are the trolly dolly jobos?
by punkofnice inso, i've been away from any meetings of the jobos for around 5 years.
i'm glad i'm out but the fallout and loss damn near destroyed me.
but, being a stiff upper lip brit, i 'kbo.
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kairos
My wife "works" a cart every Tuesday morning.
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Spiritual Junk Food?
by stuckinarut2 inwe all know how the society likes to say that they alone "dispense spiritual food from jehovah" through the f&ds / gb.
the claim was that from russell's day, the society alone is gods channel.... so that got me thinking.... if they dispense spiritual food, yes spiritual nourishment to all witnesses, that clearly implies that all the past wrong teachings, and incorrect doctrines and practices must not have been "nourishing spiritual food" right?.
in effect, they were just like parents that order a fast food drive through "meal" to keep the kids happy and fill the hole in their tummy.. yes, rather than providing a well prepared and healthy nourishing meal, a quick-fix junk food fill was sufficient.
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kairos
'Jesus never said it would be perfect spiritual food'...
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Can a jw past come back to haunt a person ?
by lancelink inwhen a person joins the jw organization, do they make a statement claiming that they totally renounce any other religion ?.
i recently took a class titled " religions of the world" and for a final project students need to attend several religious services, and write a paper on the experience.. i find religions to be very interesting to study, but it has crossed my mind that i may have agreed to something when i became a witness back in 1977/ 15 years old at the time.
it is not a major concern, but i would just hate for some statement to appear, or be found by someone stating that i once completely disavowed any religion outside of the jw's.. not being neurotic here, just don't want that ridiculous part of my past jumping up and stabbing me in the back😜.
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kairos
The bigger question is, after we die, can we come back and haunt JWs?
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The great tribulation is now coming VERY soon!
by The Searcher inwatchtower october 2017, par 11, page 28 - "very soon the political powers of satan’s world will form a coalition that is bent on the destruction of god’s people.
's] have anything to fear?
not at all!........at that critical moment during the great tribulation, the angelic soldiers of jehovah of armies will come together to protect god’s people..."[j.w.
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kairos
"...the political powers of satan's world will form a coalition..."
That's the statement that interests me. What are they alluding to?All of the impending pedophile lawsuits and upcoming government investigations?
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The "faithful slave" urges confession in latest Watchtower!
by The Searcher inwatchtower october 2017, page 11, par.
17 - confess and abandon secret sins.
some christians who have committed a serious sin try to cover it over in order to avoid embarrassing themselves or disappointing others.
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kairos
I firmly believe that *everyone* has something that he elders could use to DF them.
Even a bad attitude could do it.The confession of secret sins is a way to scare the r&f.
I don't see more confessions, just a reinforcement of the power the elders wield to DF and ruin friendships and families to maintain control.The reminders to shun contained in the current and future studies prove this.
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You will recognizes them by their fruits
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Are Witnesses TRULY Honest, Humble and Hungry? (The 3 H's)
by stuckinarut2 inhow many times did we hear the worn out expression "that anyone who accepts the "truth" needs to have the 3 h's".
yes, they must be "honest hearted.
hungry for truth, and humble enough to accept that they need to change".
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kairos
they threw in a 4th 'H' in our area- Home.
They have to be 'home' to get the kingdom message... barf