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  The fate of all of Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Half banana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have just posted elsewhere that there is no destiny for a jw other than to be deluded or disappointed, perhaps deluded or disillusioned would be a better expression.

  there is no such thing as armageddon, no such thing as everlasting life, paradise is a mirage of wish fulfillment.. a friend of mine who is nominally a jw but who does not believe a word of it, told me about the dying words of another friend's father.

  this man had been a lifelong stalwart jw and reared an exemplary jw dynasty but as he died he told his super zealous son that it (the jw religion) has got it all wrong.. ok, it's a social club for the majority of witnesses and an identity for those without self worth or clear goals in life, they will swallow the inconsistencies and biblical absurdities because it is in their community interests to conform.

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  jookbeard

  you are right, there is no heaven, no hell, no abyss, no new world, no paradise,no new heavens or a new earth no cataclysmic events that will see the end of this world as we know it, nothing, we/they will all eventually die in some way or another, at least I wont die heartbroken,skint,angry,bitter,hateful or disappointed , what a prospect awaits them
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  100-million man hours

  by Coded Logic in

  1. social
  2. current

  the james webb telescope is set to launch in october of 2018 and will allow us to study the formation of first generation stars, the molecular clouds that became the first galaxies, and directly image exoplanets.

  roughly one hundred times more powerful than the hubble space telescope the jwst is going to push back the current boundaries of science.. this is what 100-million man hours can accomplish.. .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8p0samsz7m.

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  what a monumental date when we find out the discoveries of this amazing piece of technology, I'm really looking forward to this
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  Simple question for everyone

  by kairos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  q. how do you explain the millions that have left or were dfd/dad from jws?.

  a. no evidence exists that it is the truth.. case closed....

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  jookbeard

  every single one of their doctrines,predictions does not have one single shred of truth attached to them
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  RC 2017 - Videos of the FULL English Convention - all 17 hours

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the full english convention videos - 17 hours in total (includes all videos, demos etc etc):https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/6dvjl5/2017_dont_give_up_regional_convention_official/the programme listings:https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5695993188188160/_post/6017797521932288the talk outlines:https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5695993188188160/_post/6213656196939776the new releases:https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5695993188188160/_post/5686585930547200.

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  jookbeard

  17 hours of videos? is that right? that more than two full days !
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  2017 Convention Video Remember The Wife Of Lot

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0qpoelk2r4.

  the dad in this is a total douche.

  i dont know if the videos have become more judgemental and culty in the year since i left - or maybe im just noticing it more?.

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  jookbeard

  I've seen snippets of it, I simply wont sit down to watch the whole thing, I noticed the oriental lady seems to have had a bad nose job, maybe her pursuit of furthering her education to gain a better job is so she can have more cosmetic treatments.
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  How Far Up The Ladder Did You Go In JW Land?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i pretty much did it all.

  vacation pioneered as a youngster and became a regular pioneer out of school.

  i became a ms then an elder.....the organization pushes you to be somebody within the confines of their realm.

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  jookbeard

  I feel rather deficient compared to many of the achievers here, I suppose it goes down to only spending just five full years as a baptised adult before I started to see behind the curtain, auxiliary pioneered, reaching out to be a MS which I was told was'nt too far away, platform and hall attendant!
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  Who has had most elders grilling them at one time ?

  by Chook in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  mine is 5 at a private table .

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  jookbeard

  groups of two when I was voicing my dissenting views , my jc comprised of 5 over 3 weekends including a separate group of four with the appeal plus the 2 original snitches were used to give witness testimonies in the original jc, quite heavy going I can tell you, still remember it very vividly it was late 1992 but its a lifetime away now.
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  Did you ever have a discussion with an apostate that helped your journey out.

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there seems to be a number of different ways that apostates try to get jehovah's witnesses realise they do not have the truth, ranging from subtle comments to aggressive attacks.

  do you have any that looking back helped you finally leave.

  some of the methods include:.

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  I was directed to a local apostate who supplied we with a lot of reading material which I was very grateful for, plenty of books and back editions of Comments From the Friends and Free Minds, we'd speak very regularly although we never really had any common religious standpoint, we was a member of a Bible Student group, I hear he is now a Mormon, we did't keep in contact though but I'm eternally grateful to him for his vast resource collection, my mind was 99% made up when I began my fade and I'd never spoke to anyone.
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  The New terroists That The World have To Confront What is the Answer ?

  by smiddy in

  1. social
  2. current

  this latest attack in manchester u.k. targeting a venue attended by mainly children and teenagers who go to a concert by their favorite singer and then to be attacked by a terroist has to be the last straw... surely ?

  22 dead at last count mainly young girls enjoying a concert of their favourite singer ?

  and at least 50 others suffering injuries ?.

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  jookbeard

  I think we have to seriously look at some sort of banning of Islam in our westernised civilised world namely Europe , first and full most banning it in the jails in the UK where these petty criminals are coming out as radicalised Muslims, talk about the benefit of hindsight but how long has this been predicted, Islam needs a huge reforming, how many of these bastards are "known to the security services" FFS? the future in the UK looks very worrying indeed , we could be hitting a campaign of relentless attacks in the coming year, so far this year we have had two here in the UK how many more?
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  Keep on being hardline Watchtower, you utter weltbags

  by jambon1 in

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  2. friends

  wow.

  their 2017 convention programme at times eclipses the horrific shambles of 2016. how hardline can they be?.

  its my opinion that the harder they push, the more people they will lose.

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  jookbeard

  is 2017 even worse than last year's bunker and paradise crap? they must have really pushed the boat out this time!