Doubting Bro

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  That does it ! I'm leaving ! ! !

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

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  leaving the university with my degree!.

  exams are finished and it's just a matter of days before i walk.. i was certainly stressed about doing this.

  i'm older than my classmates and armageddon was sooooo close!

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  Doubting Bro

  Billy,

  Sorry I missed this earlier but congratulations!!! Well done
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  Why doesn't the GB make field service optional for certain congregation members only similar to the Mormons?

  by yadda yadda 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ephesians 4:11 makes for a strong case that not every member of the congregation should have to go door-to-door.. "so christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,..".

  this shows that different members of the first century congregations served different ministerial functions.

  so why don't the jw's say that field service is no longer compulsory for all congregation members, only for those who feel a calling for it per eph 4:11..... the mormons sort of do this with their young men and women 'elders' doing 2 years voluntary, genuinely full-time service (these mormons boys put in some big hours 6 days a week and have their meals provided for them, etc!

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  We all know that the door to door work is unbelievably inefficient and largely ineffective at getting new recruits in developed countries. We also know the reason for turning in slips each month is for the elders to assess which individuals are "spiritual" (in other words fully with the cult) and which are "weak".

  I think the overall reason for continuing field service as we know it is to: 1) make a claim of being unique (not exactly true but whatever), 2) to reinforce an us vs them sort of attitude since most folks hate JWs coming to their doors, and 3) provide an easy method to assess whether or not men are committed enough to give them local leadership positions.

  You could certainly figure out another way to accomplish #3, but #1 & 2 are much harder. You'd have to replace field service with an unequally uncomfortable task and I can't think of anything more uncomfortable than going to a strangers hous and peddling religion. And that's way the door to door work will not go away. Change? Yes, it already is changing. Tract campaigns, using the WTS website, etc. Go away? Not in my lifetime.
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  Article: JW woman (19) - receives 29-month sentence for killing her newborn

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  morales receives 29-month sentence.

  http://m.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/article_402b8194-2f32-53a5-af1e-fbe9ba9bd76b.html?mode=jqm.

  by matt troutman [email protected] | posted7 days ago.

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  Doubting Bro

  What a tragic event.
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  AGM 2014 Detailed Highlights - including talks summary.

  by Da.Furious in

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  it is more likely to be one attack under different names.. gog of magog is not satan but a coalition of nations.

  1. what do talents represent?

  so who has the 5 talents?

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  Doubting Bro

  But it does call into question the 1919 appointment. I need to re-read this because it seems confusing. Maybe when the WT article comes out it will be a little clearer what they are trying to say.

  Wait, the overlapping generation makes even less sense so the theory that they really are making this up as they go along without worrying about how it fits into current theology is probably the answer.
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  don't say "worldly" say non-jehovahs witness

  by hoser in

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  here's another buzzword that burns my butt.

  worldly.

  i refuse to say it.

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  Doubting Bro

  I think a better word is "normal"
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  Lurker no more

  by DaleRivers in

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  hi folks:.

  i've been lurking here all summer and i finally decided to take the plunge and join you all.. i'm a single, 53 y/o black woman living in the nyc metro area (usa).

  i was brought up around jws:mom's mom, mom and my favorite auntie were all in.

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  Doubting Bro

  Welcome! Looking forward to reading your comments.
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  Well, it was a fine week to LEAVE!

  by RagingBull in

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  ....well, i was going to wait.

  go out with a bang!?

  i decided (like many others this week!

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  Doubting Bro

  RB - well done.
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  That's it......

  by whathehadas in

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  2. experiences

  this might be my last post.

  i've had quite a few things on my mind over the past few years, mainly my belief in god.

  i've tried to move on from the jw past but that's really being foolish.

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  Doubting Bro

  Obviously therapy would help. The key will be to release that anger. Believe me, I struggle with that as well. But resentment and pent up anger will only hurt you. The WTS could care less whether you live or die. Once you feel the same about them, life will be better.
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  Because The Governing Body Is In Denial They Can Not Comprehend The Suffering They Impose Upon Jehovah's Witnesses With Their No Blood And Disfellowshiping Policies

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  denial works it horrors on the needless suffering they cause their members.

  denial about their god delusion, denial about their faulty policies, denial about children dying in vain over some stupid ban on blood.

  if it is one thing the governing body do best it's denial, and denial is a killer in their case and the death toll will keep rising until they can face the facts, instead of pushing them away with denial.. yes they hear but only with annoyance any facts about their biblical interpetation as being wrong and delusional, because the stakes are high; their position as corporation ceos, a better future for their followers, the future of the corporation they are running, i'm surprised that none of them hasn't attempted suicide over the dilemma they are in over this denial thing, surely some must see the 'writing on the wall' so to speak?.

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  They know, they just don't care
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  Outrageous propaganda. "Treat your disfellowshipped loved ones like they're dead, but without mourning them." NOV 2014 study Watchtower

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  Doubting Bro

  Just a point of clarification about what was said at this year's RC/DC/IC/whatever the hell they want to call it! I was specifically listening for that part and what was said was that you should deal discreetly with unbelieving relatives and the speaker added NOT disfellowshipped. And by discreetly he meant to try not to act too much like you're in a cult but seem reasonable. Then they had a skit where a JW son who lived with his mother handled a request that would have involved him missing a meeting both the "right" way (arrange for another time to take his mom where she needed to go) or the "wrong" way (launching into a cult like speech about not forsaking the gathering together which of course promoted an argument).

  They in no way (at least at the Landover cultfest) say that you could associated with DF/DA relatives. Several times they mentioned things along the lines of what the newest WT said.