The anointed as the FDS went away May 1, 2007.
Gary, I didn't realize that was officially changed also. Dosen't that just figure...
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The GB is a cloaking device for the FDS
by cultswatter ini spent my first 25 years in the jws and could never figure out who the fds was.
today it was bugging me - why can't i relate to the fds even though i now know it is nonsense, but even more important, why can't jws understand who the fds really is?.
let's look at some facts.
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The Story of Minimus
by minimus inwhen i was a teen, i aspired to be an elder.
from my pre-teens until i was 18, i was in every circuit assembly and district convention----having either ministry school talks or parts or experiences.
at 20, i conducted a bookstudy in the afternoon, also regular pioneered, was the theocratic ministry school overseer in the 2nd school and regularly taught the main school.
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I eventually reasoned that God would not have to listen to me, He could do what he willed with the person and we were just applying "Bible law" as best we could .
BB, I had a serious discussion with an elder friend of mine, and he used a similar line of reasoning when I questioned him on the subject. Frankly, I was very disappointed with him, as he was the one jw I knew that actually knew how to think rationally. The point that disfellowshipping somone would ruin their current life as far as a relationship with their family and friends was concerned went right over his head. I hope I at least made him think.
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The GB is a cloaking device for the FDS
by cultswatter ini spent my first 25 years in the jws and could never figure out who the fds was.
today it was bugging me - why can't i relate to the fds even though i now know it is nonsense, but even more important, why can't jws understand who the fds really is?.
let's look at some facts.
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Cultswatter, I think your failing to understand who the FDS is in jw speak. They are the remnant of the 144,000, period. Blondie was trying to make a point that the remnant are not solicited for ideas or instruction to be used by the GB. The GB are the FDS in REALITY. They GB dosen't give a damn about what some 90 year old great grandmother has to say concering the organization.
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After reading many topics.. I'm confused. Is this a JW forum or an ANTI-JW?
by MichaelM ini'm studying with a jehovah's witness and it makes quite a bit of sense but i've been reading many topics on here and it seems that i can find every christian denomination and every religion except jehovahs witnesses.
do any jw's actually browse here?
maybe i'm just getting unlucky and picking the wrong topics where everyones discussing about how they used to be jw's.
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be very careful of the hatred of JWs here and other similar sites... a quick search of posts will reveal this. Also be careful of some JWs tendency to blindly accept teachings. But that doesnt mean it isnt the truth.
This is known as a red herring argument. The poster here attempts to confuse "hatred of jws", with disagreement with the organization of jws. Ex-jws don't hate jws. If we did, we would not feel obligated to tell both jws and those considering to be jws of the dishonesty and dangers of the organization.
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Keep watching and putting this BTT if needed. We'll tell you all we can for stunted XJW's.
Thanks.
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Macanudo Robusto ( ascots)- for everyday enjoyment
Great smoke, but I'm a newbie to the cigar thing, so this thread is actually quite useful to me.
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Did this ever happen to you???
by TheCoolerKing inthis topic came up the other night when i was chatting with nvrgnbk.
as some of you may know, i was born and raised as a jw.
i was actually a 3rd generation jw.
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But if the elders really wanted to address something they thought was wrong, why didn't they have the gonads to come talk to us about it directly?
That kind of bullshit used to infuriate me. Fu&^%g cult!
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...what was your 1st expirence like inside of a church?
by A-Team inwere you still a jw, or did you just leave?
what did you expect from a church, was it like you thought, etc.
what happened afterwards, especially if you were still a jw.
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I'm a Photographer and I do a lot of weddings inside other churches so it is no big deal to me, just a building.
As a jw, I did wedding photography for a few years while in college, and obviously worked in many churches.
Since leaving, I can't find any real desire to go. I just can't deal with any organized religion at this point in my life.
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What Actually Made You Leave The "Truth"?
by minimus infor me it was a combination of things over a long period of time.
being raised as a witness, you do things by rote.
but when you see sooooooooo many watchtower inconsistencies, mistreatment of the "brothers", elder abuse, and simple lack of love, it begins to make you start seriously thinking.
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Couldn't take any more delusional explanations of life...
Stayed away from meetings because of this and then...
Read CoC and told them all to go to hell...
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I attempted this once or twice when I auxilary pioneered. Come to think of it, I only tried that once or twice. Definately sucked.
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