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  Gag alert! Latest email from devout JW Mom

  by bud2114 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mother knows i have lots of issues with the org.

  yet she still forwards me this crap as "encouragement".

  i love my mother, but i wish i could get through to her that jw's aren't any more special to god than anyone else.

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  Few Jehovah's Witnesses bother to GRASP THEIR OWN THEOLOGY!!!

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  keep this one fact in mind about jehovah's witnesses.

  they exist in three parts throughout their history.. 1. honest bible students attracted to the gimmicks of russell (charts, graphs, chronologies, pyramid inches, etc.

  ) expected the end of the world to come and they wanted to know more.. 2.contrarian hard heads under rutherford wanted to prove everybody was wrong about everything except themselves.

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  Why we must obey the F&DS - according to this "brother"

  by bud2114 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some may have seen this tid-bit being passed around in certain jw email circles.

  a "deeply concerned" jw relative (who knows i have soured on the whole jw thing) emailed this to me in hopes that it would improve my attitude.

  at first i was just going to thank them for their concern and for the "encourgaging" email, but then i decided i must respond to this.

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  Is the Tower of fear and deception really starting to crumble ?

  by Homerovah the Almighty in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  there has been some dramatic changes going on recently with the jws as everyone knows , i can only speculate this is due to the once well hidden secrets.

  that have been hidden so well from the eyes of the faithful followers, the overwhelming information on the inter-net may be the cause of this.. perhaps the power and arrogance that the gb held for so many years is indeed starting to weaken.. i'm actually seeing the faith weakening within my own family members that have been involved with the organization for decades.. they do seem to be down sizing a lot in their operations, wouldn't it be surprisingly ironic if " the truth " was the thing that really was to bring down their structured lies.. well we can only wish, right !

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  Bethelite: Elder burnout, R&F disillusionment led to book study change

  by pseattle2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  please visit the blog: http://governingbodyletters.blogspot.com/2008/05/bethelites-viewpoint-on-recent.html.

  a bethelite's viewpoint on the recent organization changesto me the most obvious reason has nothing to do with control, or money.

  it has everything to do with the serious shortage of qualified brothers who can (or who are willing to) be used.

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  Public Talk & Bookstudy Changes - the real reason

  by bud2114 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i havn't been able to keep up with all the discussion in this forum as to why the gb has suddenly decided to implement these changes and perhaps someone has mentioned this already, but to me the most obvious reason has nothing to do with control, or money.

  it has everything to do with the serious shortage of qualified brothers who can (or who are willing to) be used.

  i have been involved in the organzation for 40 yrs and i have never seen the level of apathy and disillusionment among those serving in some capacity in this organization.

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  Who really OWNS each Kingdom Hall?

  by gaiagirl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are the kh's owned by the local congregation, the trustees of the local congregation, wtbts, etc?

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  Mulisms now outnumber Catholics Worldwide

  by bud2114 in

  1. social
  2. current

  i thought this newsclip was interesting.

  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080330/ap_on_re_eu/vatican_muslims;_ylt=aje0aiebdhmqzgx_xqj0st10bbaf.

  the vatican is now saying that roman catholicism numbers have been surpassed by the numbers of muslims worldwide.

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  Repudiate "Valueless Things" 4/15/08 WT

  by bud2114 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hot off the presses - just some of the latest garbage coming out of brooklyn as found in the 1st study article - repudiate "valueless things" (4/15/08 koolaid edition wt): .

  par 17: another example of valueless words is found among the religious leaders of christendom.

  these claim to speak in god's name, but most of their utterances are not based on the scriptures, and what they have to say is basically worthless.

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  Bookstudy and the United Nations

  by bud2114 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  wondering if anyone else is taking advantage of the subject matter being covered these past few weeks at the bookstudy (revelation climax book) regarding religion's association with the blasphemous scarlet colored wild beast (un organization)?

  this week especially does the book get into religion's "heinous" involvement with the un with the wt society's writers even sarcasticly poking fun at other religions who have supported the un.

  i, for one, have been taking full advantage of this grand opportunity to "witness" to as many j-dubs as possible about the wt society's secret 10 year involvement with the un and subsequent coverup.

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