Topics Started by LanDi
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My Kingdom Hall is near extinction!!
by RULES & REGULATIONS inour kingdom hall was started in 1973 with only 3 families totaling 13 people.it grew to 85 members in the early 90's and that's because many were related to these 3 families.with older members dying,the young leaving when they reach 18, 5 divorces and many disfellowshipped,the congregation is down to 26 members.talk about low morale.
where is jehovah's blessing now?
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To active or questioning JWs: Are you rational?
by Confession infor those of us whove discovered the truth about the watchtower society, it is never surprising when a person who devotes him or herself to an examination of all the pertinent information soon sees theyve been misled.
of course this can only be true for those who, as was the case with me, believe that the watchtower society represents the sole channel of communication from god for rational reasons.
if you are among those who hold this belief for primarily emotional reasons, it is possible that nothingno matter how convincingwill allow you to use your mind on this subject.
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They make you think there are no good people out there.
by LynnTink inwhat a wonderful response i have received from my last (which was my first post) post from everyone here.
the one thing that was drilled into my head was that you can not trust anyone that is not a jw.
i had only one worldly friend since high school and she has been there for me thru everything.
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Disfellowshipping is good for a person
by Honesty inmy spouse was df'd 4 years before we were married.
within 13 months she was "re-instated" and by the time we were married had almost healed from the "loving" treatment she endured in her "disfellowshipped state.".
she sincerely believes that her life was enriched by being disfellowshipped because, as a third generation jw she had never "made the truth her own.
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The Great Day of Jehovah is NEAR!!!!!!
by Gill inthe year's text for 2007 is from zepheniah 1:14:.
'the great day of jehovah is near.
as usual 'near', 'soon', 'approaching'.....blah blah etc...... watchtower dec 15th 2006.
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Why the number of "anointed" will never decrease...
by dozy injw theology suggests that the work of gathering in the "144,000" has all but ended , particularly since 1935 , and that the number will inevitably diminish to nil.
indeed , some jws maintain that all the anointed will have died and resurrected before armageddon arrives.
the watchtower claims that the fact (?
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What hobbies have you started/restarted since leaving the borg?
by exwitless inmy husband and i lament over the things we gave up to become jws.
i was a clarinetist (a good one, if i may say so myself) in the local citizen's band.
i had to quit it because we played patriotic songs.
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Latest JW Tract
by Icansaylucky ini posted this on personal experience, but thought i should share it here as well:
i came home to find the latest jw tract on my door.
it was titled "the end of false religion is near" what a catchy title, never heard that one before.
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Why will the UN ignore the JWs during its persecution of false religion?
by Qcmbr injust another thought which i may have misunderstood but doesn't add up for me is how do the jws expect the un to destroy all false religions without touching the jws - or are they included in the destruction of false religion?