Topics Started by Zico
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Reading 'apostate' sites? - Can you be disfellowshipped?
by Zico ini would like to make it aware to some friends that i have read some 'apostate' sites, so i can share my doubts with them.
i'm hoping that they'll keep what i tell them to themselves, but what i was wondering is, if i did this could i risk getting disfellowshipped if my friends told the elders?
all my family and friends are still very much a part of the organisation, and so i am not ready to be shunned yet.
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Armageddon is coming! Armageddon is coming! I've got to tell the king!
by Nosferatu infrom what has been described in recent posts, this seems to be how the r+f are reacting to the wts's push for the big a. we've got a whole convention focussed on it called "deliverance is at hand", a new book entitled "keep jehover's day in mind", a campaign to invite people to the deliverance convention, a campaign coming up in september, and they're studying the outdated revelation book in 2007.. people on this board have mentioned that some r+f members are saying that armageddon is coming within the next few hours, and even the whole bethelite layoff excuse (going into the field) promotes all of this.. but there is no date.. the wts is doing the exact same thing that they did for 1975, but they haven't mentioned any date.
they're getting the r+f excited about armageddon talk, but there is no goal.. how long do they expect to keep this up?
they can't keep the jws running around for too long with high expectations, or they're going to burn out.. are they preparing for the year 2014?
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John 8:3-11
by Zico in3the teachers of the law and the pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery.
they made her stand before the group 4and said to jesus, "teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
5in the law moses commanded us to stone such women.
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Chaperone rule.
by Zico inthe chaperoning rule has got to be one of the craziest rules the society has come up with.
has anyone had a problem with it?
i find most congregations don't seem too strict on it, but my one is very strict.
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The name Jehovah and demons.
by Zico inthe society teaches that if unexplainable things are happening in your home, then shouting out the name jehovah will cause them to stop.
as you probably know, this is meant to be because these strange things are caused by demons, which may have posessed an object from your home, which was previously used in demonic activity.
but, supposedly, since they fear jehovah, shouting out this name can cause these things to stop, even if only temporarily.
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Elder says no to congregation picnic: Brooklyn says no large gatherings
by truthseeker inour congregation has really gone down in recent months.
the friends don't talk to each other, there have been many disfellowshippings and jc's.. an elder i was talking to in the kh after the meeting says that "he and the other elders would like to have a congregation picnic but can't because bethel disapproves of large social gatherings.".
i looked at this elder and felt sorry for him - it was like hearing a child cry because mother wouldn't let him outside to play baseball.. the cong.
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Daniel Book
by 5thGeneration inmy super zealous father told me the other day how he just "loved" studying the daniel book for the second time.
he got "so much more out of it this time".
holy crap, give me a break!.
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How did you cope?
by Zico inwhen you found out that this religion probably wasn't the one true religion like you had believed probably for a large portion of your life, or maybe even all of it, how did you react?
my whole life belongs to the society.
all my friends are witnesses, my family are witnesses, even my job is dedicated to the society.
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Question about the Anointed
by Zico ini have just joined this site after having been visiting as a guest for a few months.
i am searching for answers so please be patient with me.
a friend of mine in the congregation has directed me to this site as he has been having doubts about the organization, though he said he never posts on it.