Ticker
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letters of D/A to congregation members
by scarecrow inhi all when my wife and i sent a registered letter of dissasociation to the watchtower socety ( georgetown ,ontario canada ) a few yrs ago, we regreted not sending copies to congregation members at the same time .we regret this because we wondered what the elders told them rather than convey our reasons for leaving .
also, had we done so could we have helped some others in eventually leaving.
i was wondering if any of you who wrote such letters of d/a to the elders ,ever wrote copies to the rank and file of the congregation .
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Book Study Inventory House Cleaning
by Ticker ini remember often times the same book would be studied over again at the book study of the jw's and sometimes it would happen within a short period of its original consideration.
they always gave the reason that their was necessary information for the times and thats why it was being read over again, but i read something last night that really made sence as to why they schedule certain books to be studied again.
not surprisingly it has little to do with any spiritual concern but rather it is all business, all dollars and cents for this publishing giant called the watchtower society.
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JOHANNES GREBER....Who Was He?
by RevFrank inover the period of time i've watched and read plenty on the watchtower society and their leaders, yet not too much on johannes greber.....no he wasn't the founder of gerber foods.....lol... so i did a little more research on him and he was a former catholic priest....here's what i found out......... who was johannes greber?
johannes greber was an ex-catholic priest who took it upon himself to translate his own version of the new testament.
to aid him in this endeavor, he contacted the "spiritworld" to reveal the proper remderings of the scriptures he sought.
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Fear sells but whos buying?
by Ticker inanother thing i always disliked about the organization was all the fear tactics.
a god supposedly with a forefront quality of love was always shown in mags and books to be a tyrant ready to swiftly execute the evil in his hot anger.
everything was fear.
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I'm another one...
by chrissee in...who just ordered crisis of conscience...it should be here next week.
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Afraid of change
by Ticker inthis is just a little diddy i thought of today as i was listening to this song, but thought its words were very truthful to all or at least some of us.
"landslide" lyrics by stevie nicks .
"i took my love, i took it down.
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For those wanting to maintain Christianity...
by gespro ini just noticed this link angarhad posted [thank you angarhad!
and found this teaser at the end of the chapter entitled worship jesus [
http://www.jwfacts.com/index_files/page426.htm]
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What did you hear to get that fear ? (No.2)
by A Paduan inhere's is a next in a series of biblical sayings that people run with their assumptions with - this particular one has been discussed recently but i thought it so basic that i should include it here, and again - so score yourselves - how did you used to perceive this - how do jws perceive this - how do you hear/perceive it now?
fear of god is the beginning of wisdom
people who don't fear god are not christians (score 0)
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Paradise = Fountain of youth
by JustTickledPink in.
i realized today that jws aren't unique, almost everyone is searching for the fountain of youth.
there are more plastic surgeons and medicines and elixers, drugs, herbalists, and religious nuts all promising the same thing.... youth..
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The Stone - How do you reflect on it?
by Ticker inplease read these lyrics and reflect on your time as a witness and as you exited and let me know what memory's and thoughts it brings back to mind.
im interested as to how you all felt at that critical time in your life.. i've this creeping.
suspicion that things here are not as they seem.