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1975
by general indo any you ever remember the elders admonishing you to change certain behaviors, attitudes, and actions that could be considered a consience matter if it was stumbling another brother or sister...they always quoted a scripture "he that stumbles the faith of another will perish in gehena" (i think it goes like that...) correct me if i am wrong.. so i have been reading crisis of conscience and i am at the part about the 1975 debacle...my question is if " jehovah is directing the faithful and discreet slave (eka governing body, wts, etc) why would he direct them into making a colossal blunder on when exactly armeggedon was coming, thereby stumbling the faith of those in god and driving them away from him?
" in essence, its almost as if jehovah allowed them to drive the flock away, which according to the wts he is so "desperate to protect" hence the need for disfellowshipping and such.
yes, it can be argued it was the act "of imperfect men" but don't you think jehovah would have given them a flash of "new light" to correct the fallacy in their reasoning before the disastorous ramfications that occurred in 1975?
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Lets give JH our love and support!!
by ButtLight inhe, and his family are going through a tough time right now.
he got a call that his dad has a tumor, and also found something in his liver, believed to be cancer.
i just wanted everyone to let him know we are all here for him and his family!.
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Any One here interested in History??
by general ini was just wondering if we have an history fanatics on this forum.... i am personally into the napoleanic wars, american civil war, wwi, and wwii.
if anyone is into history whats your favorite time era??
war??
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JWs as spouses for "worldly" people
by greendawn indo you think a jw man or woman would make a better spouse for someone compared to a "wordly" person?
not that many jws would want to marry non jws but it would be interesting to discuss such an issue to see what comes up.
some may argue that a jw spouse is more likely to be loyal and gentle but there are also many pitfalls with jws.
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The JWs and Jesus as their Lord
by greendawn inhow would the elders react if a jw began using habitually expressions like "jesus christ our lord" or "our church" instead of "our organisation" or "may jesus help you/be with you" expressions that are scriptural and apostolic but which the fds does not really like?
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new girl (sort of)
by bebe57 inhey everyone.... i dont really know what to say, here i am, i guess.
i was raised as a jw in a very small town, and da'd myself when i was 15, because i just didn't care about meetings.
im now in my early twenties.
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Need help guys, please!!!
by brutusmaximus inmy wife and i got baptised at 16 which is now 21 years ago and we haven't been at the borg for 7/8 years but for some reason they still class you as a witness, weird!!.
anyway my sister in law is getting married (sept 06) and wanted my wife her sister to be a brides maid, she met the po he said read a 1984 wt and let me know what you think.
they read it and said they wanted her sister as bridesmaid so he said ok, no problem.
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STALKED II
by general inas i was studying last night for organic chem the phone rang around 10:30 p.m. eastern as i predicted it would.
when i answered it was my mom on the other end, again as i predicted.
afterall, it was tuesday night, the night of theorcratic minstry school and the service meeting and of course i knew the elders were going to speak to my mom about the little incident out in the shaws parking lot.
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Songs that helped you through leaving the cult of JWs....
by Sirona intell us which songs helped you when you left....it might be something others choose to listen to.. one of mine:.
"i don't believe" by skunk anansie.
cold blood, broken smile that is all that i have to give.