Awakened07
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The amazing, magical self-healing house of cards!
by Awakened07 ini remember when i still believed, that if i would come across a teaching or some piece of news that didn't gel with what i already believed, and the evidence or logical reasoning for it was so strong that i was "pushed into a corner", i would think (or even say) "yeah, well - all the other things are still there, which i base my faith on.
so while i concede this point, there's still enough there for me to continue believing.".
sounds reasonable enough at first.
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Do you remember this change?
by Awakened07 inthinking about the 1995 change (1914 generation) made me remember vaguely another change that i seem to remember 'shook' me quite a bit, maybe even more so (not quite sure why exactly, that's why i'd like to remind myself of this).. .
-it was about how 'new light' had revealed that it wasn't jw who were separating the sheep from the goats while they go door-to-door, but instead jehovah (or jesus) that will separate them when time comes.. anyone here remember something along those lines, and if so, what publication it was in etc.?.
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Could field service turn into an "enemy" of the WBTS?
by Awakened07 inat least in western countries?
and if so - how will they solve it?
has it already started to happen?.
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~ I escaped it, a life wasted - I'm never going back again ~
by Awakened07 inlyrics and melody by pearl jam.. the music may not be for everyone, but i recognized myself in the lyrics.. .
you're always saying that there's something wrong.
i'm starting to believe it's your plan all along.
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Newly baptized JWs = strict, "old" JWs = not so much?
by Awakened07 inyes - it's one of my flashes of memories again:.
i remember how when someone new and really eager and zealous came along, at some point in the conversation (or later) it would be brought up how these new jws (newly baptized) were so "square" (in my language), meaning they were so strict, by-the-book, rigid.
whereas those who had been in longer were more "round", as in more relaxed, not so bothered by the "details"... i remember joking about how newly baptized people should have a year or two of "quarantine" from the field ministry, because they were being too assertive.. now that i remember it so many years later, it's actually rather interesting.
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Request for scans: WT Jan. 2007 QFR and May 2007 QFR
by Awakened07 ini would really appreciate it if someone could post high quality scans of the qfrs (i think it was) from wt of january and may this year.
what i'm after is the one about resurrection (to heaven) of some of the 24 elders and how they are working with the gb on earth today (if i remember correctly).
and the one from may, where they changed the 144000 / 1935 doctrine (if i remember that correctly).. thanks in advance..
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The Bible - all heart (and kidneys), but no brains.
by Awakened07 in- the topic title is a little 'tabloid' i'll admit, but actually more literal than you'd think:.
a thought - or should i say memory - from my active jw days came to me, and that was the often mentioned 'fact' that jehovah is the god who "tries our heart and kidneys".
this was a very common expression used at meetings while i was growing up.
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"-And your *personality* will be your salvation" ?
by Awakened07 ini remember thinking about this when i was still active, but was starting to doubt things i guess:.
-i had some friends that were naturally very outgoing and 'vibrant', and loved to conduct talks, loved the field ministry, loved pioneering and so on.
very upbeat, very energetic all the time, both "on- and off-the jw -'clock' ".
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Isaiah 35.
by Awakened07 inhttp://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2007/12/19/tuchman.i.35.to.heaven.cnn.
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no comment..
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The Governing Body: very busy?
by Awakened07 ini have a couple of gb related questions.. in crisis of conscience, ray mentions several times the way decisions are (were?
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having been brought up in another country (not us), i was rather surprised at the kinds of things they would decide; ray has a few copies in his book of letters from various congregations, letters that sometimes take up quite personal matters concerning a couple of people in one single congregation, for instance.