Wasanelder Once

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  What is CT Russell's motive?

  by sinboi in

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  what is russell's motive when he started examining the bible with a group of bible students?

  did he intend to form a cult and to mislead others?

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  Russell was approx 9 years old when the civil war began. His mother would have died four months before. Over 300,000 Pennsylvanian men died in the Civil War, Gettysburg being only 195 miles from his home. What are the odds that he knew many men/neighbors who died in that war. If he had such an inquiring mind I'm sure he wondered where they had all gone when they died. Then at the end, Lincoln gets gunned down. Would he have wondered why such a "good" man who saved the union went? He would have been 13 or so by then. Could he have been one of those who rode out to watch battles as a boy?

  His bio says he was disillusioned by the creeds of Christendom. I can imagine why. What kind of answers did the Presbyterian and Congregational ministers give him when he asked why and where had all these dead men laying in the fields go? Sincere then a victim of his own success.
  
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  Want A Good Laugh? Check this Out!

  by HiddlesWife in

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  i found this video this afternoon: .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zucfh2g5pfk .

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  Amusing
  
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  Why do so many that leave wind up coming back?!

  by nowwhat? in

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  i have seen so many that have left.

  and their life turned into a dumpster fire.

  most do not live the average life of living in suburbs, raising a family.

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  I was raised around the "Truth" for the first 16 years. At 16 it was all about the guilt. I couldn't measure up to who and what a witness was. I left because I was a normal 16 year old with urges and desires and opinions. After 11 years out I had satisfied most of those and the guilt once again kicked in and I sought redemption for being unworthy. What a mess I was. After 22 years back in the Tower I awoke to see it wasn't me who had the problem. Hell, look at these deviants, they are afraid you'll commit fornication with your pillow!
  
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  How do you deal with the loneliness after leaving?

  by Whynot in

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  2. friends

  i'm having one of those days where i feel lonely and wish i had someone to just hang out with.

  my husband got disfellowshipped 3 years ago and even though i didn't do anything wrong i was pushed away.

  my so called "friends" decided to avoid me.

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  Your husband was DF'd 3 years ago? Is he not in your life anymore? I am wondering why there is no one who is available as your friend if you are married.

  It helps not to attend any meetings or read any of that Watchtower drivel.

  Finding like minded people can really help. If you have autistic kids that must add to that despair. You need emotional support and understanding. There must be a support group. Stop thinking that people only want to take from you. That can be true with anyone, in or out of the Org. Building trust takes time. You just have to use the same good sense that woke you up. If the autistic group are depressing, find another group of some sort.
  
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  I want to talk with other people

  by Sammy12 in

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  i want to talk with people who are witnesses.

  i’m 17f and wanting some company.

  get in contact with me please.

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  You've come to the right place. We all left the JW's for association with people who do not put goofy conditions on friendship. There is so much to learn about what is really going on with the organization. There is a terrible worldwide coverup of child abuse, see YouTube videos on Australian Royal Commission.
  
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  Your Favorite Plays on Words

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, fellow word lovers:.

  please add your favorite, clever smithing of words.. ****************************.

  time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like a banana..

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  Wasanelder Once

  The salesman sold a belt to Toulouse Lautrec. When he put it on it was a bit small so he asked him, "Is that belt too tight Toulouse?"
  
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  Your Favorite Plays on Words

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, fellow word lovers:.

  please add your favorite, clever smithing of words.. ****************************.

  time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like a banana..

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  I bought a set of drums but didn't get any drumsticks. Of course I bolted them together because as you know, "If you can't beat'em, join em."
  
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  Tight pants dilemma solved

  by rebel8 in

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  the principles that we glean from god’s word should move us to avoid wearing clothing that is tight-fitting, revealing, or sexually provocative.

  that would rule out wearing clothing that exposes or accentuates private parts of our anatomy.

  nobody should feel uncomfortable or forced to look the other way when seeing how we are dressed.

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  I can't look at those pants without thinking he filled them with poop. Sorry, its just so droopy diaper-ish.
  
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  Has this quote on hatred been true in your experience with JW's?

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i came upon this quote relating to the results of hatred: .

  "i imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

  has your hatred of the organization been an effort to avoid dealing with your pain?

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  Wasanelder Once

  I came upon this quote relating to the results of hatred:

  "I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain."

  What do you think? Has your hatred of the organization been an effort to avoid dealing with your pain? I'm not so sure its true in my experience. I have not let hatred consume me in regards to the Organization.

  Isn't some hatred justified considering the pain, suffering and death they have authored by the crazy BS they have enforced on people? I do think some are blinded by their all encompassing hatred, not aware how much it has stunted them. What say you? How has it been for you?
  
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  God seems to have alot of failures?

  by purrpurr in

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  2. beliefs

  for an all powerful, all knowing god it seems most of his plans go awry, so why assume that armageddon/ new system will work?

  look at the track record.

  ... adam and eve... went wrong.

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  Wasanelder Once

  I guess you guys never studied "God's Eternal Purpose Now Triumphing: for Man's Good" the book. We studious ones learned that God does not have "Plans", he has a purpose. Plans may go awry, all the very things you mentioned in the OP for example, but Jehoobie has a purpose that will triumph as he makes it circumvent these attacks of Satan to stop him, i.e: the unfaithfulness of the Israelite's, and the influence of Satanic worship etc. He has been guarding his purpose all these millennia. Truly an amazing God. Oh, wait... I think that orange book from 1974 is old light these days... You live and you learn.