ThomasCovenant
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Voluntary answering at meetings
by ThomasCovenant inwatchtower august 1st 1953 page 458.
'hence starting with the congregational study of this issue of the magazine, the conductor may call on persons whether they volunteer or not'.
i never saw this happen at my meeting.
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Announcement: Another favorable court ruling regarding Napa County lawsuit
by AndersonsInfo ini'm thrilled to tell you about the latest court decision made in california a few days ago which kimberlee norris said would be announced today, monday, on jwd.. on july 3rd, i started a thread where the last two rulings in the napa county, california lawsuit, charissa w. v. watchtower, new york, et al., were posted.
both decisions were favorable to the plaintiff.
see http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/8/116108/1.ashx.
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How do you stop hating?
by ThomasCovenant ini'm finding it very difficult not to hate those still in.. my wife says i hate the religion but shouldn't hate the individuals.. i think she's correct but it's getting more and more difficult not to show my feelings of anger and hatred.. the thing is i was one of them for 30 years so i should have more patience, respect and sympathy.. i think they fall into two camps.
1 deluded.
2 self deluded.
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My JW friend just read Crisis of Conscience!!
by fullofdoubtnow ini have recently been in fairly regular contact with a long - time jw friend who, despite my da status, decided to put our 25 - year long friendship before the shunning doctrine.
she has visited me, discreetly of course, several times, and has read on jwd and other sites when she has been here.
she recently watched some of the child abuse videos on silentlambs, and all she has seen has caused her to doubt the truth of the wts, after 45 years as a baptised jw, with many of those years spent regular pioneering.. it was the local dc a couple of weeks ago, and she only went for half a day, and missed the rest of the sessions, and she hasn't been attending all of the meetings lately either.
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Would a "devout" JW's not go to a DF'd/DA'd child's funeral?
by booker-t inafter reading a post by jwfacts the other day i am wondering how far a "devout" jw's would go to followering the wts rules on shunning.
if a "devout" jw's df'd/da'd child suddenly died would that jw's go to the funeral?
i just cannot believe a person can be so cruel or brainwashed as to not attending their own child's funeral.
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Learning on the Loo / WT53
by ThomasCovenant inwt 53 march 15th page 164.
wt 53 march 15th page 164.
wt53 april 15th page 227.
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Blood transfusion = rape article
by ThomasCovenant insomething tells me there was an article in the society's literaure equating forcing a transfusion to rape.>
please could somebody find it for me as i want to bring it to the attention of some former friends who said the blood issue is no big deal.>
if their young daughter had to have blood then they would just let the authorities make her a ward of the court and give her blood.>
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Definition of an apostate?
by ThomasCovenant inmy first post but i've been looking for about 12 months.
very interesting to get others views on jw matters.
very quick background.
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Apostates and Slacker Dubs Commit the Unforgivable Sin
by gumby inif your not too rusty with dub teachings, you remember that to commit the unforgivable sin, you had to deny the holy spirits begetting you.
it would be like one of the annointed purposely saying................ "i don't want to worship jehovah anymore nor have any part of him or his son inspite of the fact he annointed me".. in christendom, it is likewise a denial of the spirit when you know it's for real.
!...one day freddy franz got so pissed at apostates and slacker dubs, he decided he was gonna write a watchtower article and kick some major ass!