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  What's the purpose of restrictions after reinstatement?

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  the parable of the prodigal son.

  i will set out and go back to my father and say to him: father, i have sinned against heaven and against you.

  " "my son," the father said, "you are always with me, and everything i have is yours.

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  As elders we were taught at KM extension schools that restrictions are always to be imposed on the reinstated. That is in addition to the one year automatic restriction on pioneering. This is allegedly to make sure the person sees the seriousness of staying on the road to recovery. Actually many never return to meetings regularly after reinstatement and so never come off of restrictions. One can't help but wonder if it isn't a tactic to in effect keep them "marked" in case they weren't "truly repentant".

  Isaac
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  Witnesses increase by 44% in 7 years Study Finds: 2001-2008

  by Joker10 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a more detailed look at the just released american religious identification survey (aris) shows witnesses have increased from 1,331,000 in 1991 to 1,914,000in 2008. that is 583,000 more people, or a whopping 43.8 percent growth.

  they now make up 0.8 percent of the u.s. population.. who says jws are in the decline?.

  (http://b27.cc.trincoll.edu/weblogs/americanreligionsurvey-aris/reports/aris_report_2008.pdf).

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  The poll likely allows self-identification as the criteria to judge whether someone is a JW - which allows hundreds of thousands of disfellowshipped people, who still somehow belive "it's the truth", to call themselves JWs when an anonymous "worldly" pollster asks them.

  I think you have something there sir82.

  Isaac
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  Favorite Quotes

  by Abandoned in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i love inspirational quotes.

  i read through them from time to time and i always feel better after sharing the thoughts of yesterday and today's greatest minds.

  "if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.

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  I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
  - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  "The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men."- George Eliot
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  DOCUMENTARY: The End of The World Cult

  by Eyes Open in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  wondered if anyone else is going to be watching this programme tonight... .

  documentary: the end of the world cult .

  on: channel 4 (4) .

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  truthsetsonefree

  Well we see where this mutt's prediction ended up....

  Isaac
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  What is wrong with me?...........

  by oompa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why oh why can't i seem to shut up!......i am not the ragin open doubter/apostate i was two years ago and who raged on for a year.....making me a shunned being to most of my so called friends and causing my wife scars on her soul..........but why the hell do i feel so compelled to wake up my retired mom and dad and wife/son/?......and the other jw friends that will still come over for one of my famous grillouts (just ask changeling, newlite, robert7, and wings)???.

  i know it is tough enough for me to move on socially at 45 but how much harder for my parents?

  why the hell do i so want to alert/wake up them and my wife and son and anyone else i care about to the lies we have believed since birth?.....after all, they do have a right to believe what they want, and i (hope) i respect their position.....so wtf is wrong with me there??.........oompa.

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  As mentioned, you're probably a caring individual who wants to help them. It's tough to see people believe in BS and know that it's such and then just keep quiet. Of course, that's also the JW excuse for knocking on doors.

  Isaac
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  Do not Disassociate, Anull your baptism

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am now a jedi, so trust me on this.. .

  why dis-associate, you are just playing by the wts rules?

  how can you dis-associate anyway, you never thought you were baptised as a watchtower society member, you thought your dedication was to god, so why formally disassociate from something you did not formally join?

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  I wish there were a legal way of pursuing the "minor" issue. Of course it would make little difference. One would still be an apostate in their eyes anyway.

  Isaac
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  HI! I am one of the 63% who have left

  by outofservice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello everyone hope there is room for another newbie.. i feel like i know all of you from reading your posts over the last months.. and i must thank you all for your great and very informative posts.

  it has really reinforced all the things that i had been feeling for years.

  my husband and i were both raised in the "truth".

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  Welcome OutOfService. I had a lot of the same feelings when I left.

  Isaac
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  Lets welcome Hittman to the board!

  by asilentone in

  1. jw
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  i noticed that he did not have a welcome mat here yet, so lets welcome him here.

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  Welcome Hittman.

  Isaac
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  Religious Leaders Fight N.Y. Bill to Open Abuse

  by Lost-In-Translation in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  seems like new york state legislature is trying to make it easier to bring lawsuits against sexual abusers.

  new york state wants to temporarily lift the statute of limitations for lawsuits alleging the sexual abuse of children.

  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/nyregion/12abuse.html?hp.

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  Wow, I was just going to post this too. We're on top of our stuff here. I say any NY JWs and ex-JWs should start thinking about their pasts and how they could utilize this law if passed. Being a New Yorker I'm willing to help in any way I can.

  Isaac
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  2008 Service Reports 236 Lands preached......No China...No Korea

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the 2008 service reports shows that jehovah's witnesses preached in 236 lands.

  the preaching work is banned in communist countries such as china(which have over 1.3 billion people) and korea.

  there might be underground preaching work but not enough to even cause a concern.. my question: how does the wts explain what will happen to all these people who will never hear their message?

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  truthsetsonefree

  This is Jehovah's problem. We should just do our job and preach to everyone we meet.

  Isaac