The wanderer
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I went to the Memorial.
by RichieRich ini'm just going to start at the beginning.. i was anticipating the memorial all day.
i was nervous but excited, kind of like standing in line for a roller coaster.. ok. so erika gets ready at her house, and i get ready at mine.
i'm wearing a black suit with a light green shirt, and a tie that had hues of green and yellow in it.
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Why 1914 Won't Be Abandoned...
by deaconbluez in"crisis of conscience" pointed out a lot of the following:.
jehovah's witnesses simply can't abandon the 1914 teaching because it is too much of a pivotal date on which a major portion of their doctrinal and authority structure rests.
their belief system is tied with 1914 in the following ways:.
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As A Former Witness, Do You Still Carry Your Watchtower Cross?
by The wanderer in<!-- .style2 { font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; color: #000066; } .style3 {font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } .style5 {color: #ff0000} .style7 {color: #000080} .style9 {font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; color: #000080; font-size: 16px;} --> as a former witness, do you still carry your watchtower cross?haunted by old memories, flashbacks and miserable personal experiences .
several individuals on this discussion board still carry the watchtower cross .
on their backs.. the time to move forward and the time to move on true, the watchtower experiences were earth-shattering events in most of our lives.
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Installment # 6 - Submarine Witnesses and the Lack of Brotherly Love
by AK - Jeff inlawence sperry piloted and demonstrated the first auto-pilot controls for an aircraft in 1914, the same year that, according to the watchtower organization, god's kingdom took over automatic control of the heavens.. auto-pilot systems do not work well in turbulent conditions, and in our case, the spiritual auto-pilot that had kept us just gliding along without much thought from 1975 till the early 80's had to be cut off, and flight had to be controlled manually at about that time.
i was working for a group of witness 'brothers' then, striping cars and adding automotive aftermarket products for new car dealers.
the men i worked for were good people, but lousy businessmen.
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Installment # 3 - The Indoctrination of Certainty
by AK - Jeff inour little town of 600 people was but a dot on the map.
but that year was great.
i saw great mountains, camped at elevation, redwoods, tasted pomegranates and olives from the trees they grew on, dodged black widows, explored and conquered the streets of a little town named patterson.
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Installment # 2 - The Early Years.
by AK - Jeff ini could hear it.
i lay on my back in the soft grass of indiana summer searching for it.
then i spot it.
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I saw red
by DanTheMan inthis morning i went to the break room at work to get a cup of coffee.
a jw lady from the cong that i da'd from 5 years ago was in there.
normally she doesn't say anything to me, but today she smiles big at me and says in a sing-song voice, "he-ey, the memorial, april 7th!".
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Why Cant You Just Accept That Its The Truth!
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 { font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } .style2 { font-size: 22px; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; color: #990000; } .style3 { font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: #990000; } --> why cant you just accept that its the truth!problems occur in the jehovahs witness world when an individual decides to think for him or herself.
personally, i suffered a great deal in the truth because of independent thinkingthinking like satan.. what about youre experiences?as a witness, did you feel doubts or questions come into your mind and if you dared, .
voiced your opinion on the matter, were you disciplined for it?
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Ex-Jehovahs WitnessesAngels With Dirty Faces?
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 { font-size: 21px; font-family: arial; } .style2 { font-size: 17px; font-family: arial; } .style3 { font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } .style5 {font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; } .style6 {color: #0000ff} --> ex-jehovahs witnessesangels with dirty faces?anyone who is familiar with the jehovahs witnesses .
religion knows how the watchtower society views fallen angels.. .
they view individuals who leave the truth as weak malcontents that share no appreciation for god or spiritual matters.