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  Goodbye JWD/JWN (my last post)

  by slimboyfat in

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  2. friends

  after some considerable thought i have decided that i will no longer post on this forum because i want to return to jehovah.

  thank you for all the kindness and many interesting discussions over the years.

  i wish you all well in the future and the decisions you make.

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  jookbeard

  not another flounce! how many has there been?
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  JW Cart Witnessing = ONE BIG JOKE

  by Black Man in

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  was talking to a good buddy of mine a couple days ago (we pioneered and were in bethel together and have both left the cult a few years ago), about the current cart and d. and the consensus was that it is now a complete joke.

  was watching a couple witnesses last week sit at a table with their literature display.

  no approaching people for conversation, no initiating stimulating dialogue with passerbys, as was encouraged when i "pioneered" back in the day.

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  jookbeard

  an utter pointless waste of everyone's time, the R&F know it, the old adage about it "keeping them busy" is a myth and fallacy now, its sheer pointlessness and stupidity is really beyond any sense and logic, its days are numbered.
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  Building an Ark

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "make for yourself an ark from resinous wood.

  you will make compartments in the ark and cover it with tar inside and outside.

  " - genesis 6:14. because, you know, that's how you build a giant boat - just wood and tar.

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  jookbeard

  the insane fable if taken literally loses more credibility by the second
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  Bunker Video: Why No Concluding Scene?

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was wondering why they ended the "bunker video" as they did ... with an armed militia finding the jws huddled in the corner of the basement ... fade to black.

  the jws watching don't know what happened after that.

  did they kill them?

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  jookbeard

  there clearly was an end, it was merely a part of a set, the outcome came with Elder Brown, Elaine and co in the new world eating fresh fruit on the paradisaical settings, devoid of the billions of dead though, thats the end, like a fairy story but even more far fetched. The irony was though especially with our lot is that it left a far more deep reaching thought that they never would have envisaged, Kevin!
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  I'm disfellowshipped BUT working my way back

  by Want to serve in

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  2. friends

  i figured i would try this out.

  i'm currently disfellowshiped but working my way back.

  i was wondering if i am the only one?

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  jookbeard

  I can just imagine the sort of losers/abusers/misfits etc you are going to attract, you are probably one yourself, walk away their lifestyle doesn't work.
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  Printing presses, bye... bye...

  by sp74bb in

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  2. friends

  bye... bye.... no more new printing presses for jw.org... the growth is so tremendous (irony...).. all printing work in europe will be arrange in the next month only in selters (germany), but no renovation or upgrading in printing presses is expected... it will be a full outsourcing :).

  a worldly company axel s******* will be used.

  this company is known to be printing bild newspaper... the interesting part of it is the logistics will be as well outsourced.

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  jookbeard

  remember how proud they were of MEPPS?
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  WT Article - David Versus Goliath—Did It Really Happen?

  by ttdtt in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-no5-2016-september/david-versus-goliath-real/.

  the article ends with this:.

  there is no real basis for doubting the truthfulness of this historical account.

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  jookbeard

  I'm with the "no it didn't happen" camp, same The Flood, The Destruction of S&G, Lots wife being turned into a pillar of salt, Jonah being eaten by a giant fish etc.
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  Born Twice - Die Once .... Born Once - Die Twice

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  jesus taught that we must die unto ourselves, and allow the holy spirit to take up residence within us.

  some people get saved by simply inviting jesus into their hearts, to be the lord of their life.

  this serves as a countering force within the born-again christian to counterbalance the will of the flesh, which is still unsaved in this life and destined for destruction in imitation of our lord himself.. attempting to live the christian life without having this spirit within you is a waste of time at the minimum, and dangerous on the downside.

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  jookbeard

  I take what JC as seriously as I would watching the Cartoon Network all day and being told thats what life is like in reality
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  British Branch Committee

  by Paul Bonanno in

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  does anyone know the present members of the british branch committee?.

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  jookbeard

  is there a full list?
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  British Branch Committee

  by Paul Bonanno in

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  does anyone know the present members of the british branch committee?.

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  jookbeard

  I'd like to see the list also, I'm intrigued by the guy with the Chinese sounding name, where has he come from and why has he been fast tracked to the the committee, what is known about him? clearly not a previous old style heavyweight, seems plucked from obscurity but I smell a rat somewhere, somethings not quite right with him, I sense he may not even be a jw.