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  Another JW Report from Haiti - this is sick....

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  http://www.ultimatebiblereferencelibrary.com/haiti_disaster__17.1.10_.pdf .

  two paragraphs were really bad:.

  "we suspect not a few of our young brothers and sisters attending universities may have died when those buildings crashed to the grounds with everyone in them.

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  lancelink

  I just posted on the FB site also,,,

  really disturbed people who buy that kind of reporting .
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  Forwarded JW email: proof of the Nephilim!

  by JimmyPage in

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  and the bible again was right.... all the ones who are familiarized, with the bible know about the nephilim.

  as related in the bible, these man of ancient times, apparently descenced from the heavens (they were angels), having been atracted by women on the earth....for that reason they took form of men, abandoning their original spiritual nature.

  that bible account, leaves many perplexed, which is very understandable, if you don t believe in god, but now archaeologist, have found rest of abnormal big skeletons....what at least make you think of the accuracy of the bible.. .

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  Good Photoshop jobs on these pictures
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  Facebook site

  by lancelink in

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  this afternoon i was wasting time just looking at different sites on facebook.. i ran across this ,,,,, jw friends.. .

  on the comment section for 12/24 this comment was made:.

  nice book to offer on december 25 would be the greatest man book.. lets all get out in service on that day, make jehovahs heart rejoice.

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  This afternoon I was wasting time just looking at different sites on Facebook.

  I ran across this ,,,,, JW FRIENDS.

  On the comment section for 12/24 this comment was made:

  NICE BOOK TO OFFER ON DECEMBER 25 WOULD BE THE GREATEST MAN BOOK.

  LETS ALL GET OUT IN SERVICE ON THAT DAY, MAKE JEHOVAHS HEART REJOICE

  10 people like this !

  After looking over some of the comments, I felt a little sick.

  After being out of the jw orginization for over two years, I just cannot believe that I actually believed this type of thinking for soooo long.

  Does anyone have a facebook site for jw's that makes your skin crawl ?
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  Help needed: Watchtower boastfulness

  by kurtbethel in

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  2. bible

  i need a collection of watchtower quotes that are boastful.

  i guess my problem is that there are so many of them that i don't know where to start.

  also, boastfulness can be subjective.

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  Great thread

  Only Jehovahs witnesses can be so proud of their hypocracy !
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  Talked to a good friend

  by EmptyInside in

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  i had one of the best days i've had in a long time.

  it was cold and snowy so i declared my own snow day.

  and went for a walk with my dog in 13 degrees fahrenheit while treading through snowy slush.

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  nice comment, thanks for posting
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  Did You Feel Let Down By Jehovah & The "Brothers"?

  by minimus in

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  did you find yourself disappointed in your life as a jehovah's witness?.

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  Yes I did,

  i always heard from the platform, "reach out for greater privileges and you will be blessed"

  For several years I made a focused effort to reach out for more responsibilities, and priveleges and realized that it was

  like putting a carrot before a cart horse.

  Bro elder : you need to work on your answering at the meetings.

  Me : Alright, ( next several months improved, and also improved service, family study,assisting literature servant who never did anything, and

  helping others in the hall who were old and needed help.)

  Six months later,

  bro. elder: well, you have a great reputation, and have improved in spiritual matters, but we have noticed that you don't have all your literature

  studied (meaning underlined) for each meeting. So why dont you work on that, and we will review your qualifications the next CO visit?

  Six years of this game and I realized that as long as I did not become a part of their "good old boys" club my position in the hall would not change.

  It was very dissapointing to me, i really was trying to do better, but the boe self-imposed glass ceiling prevented many brothers who were qualitied from reaching out. Family ties, business dealings, were more important than real spiritual qualifications
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  the RV just became a DNC!!!!

  by highdose in

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  some of you may remember me posting a few days ago that my shop had become some jw's magazine route.

  well today the staff who was supposed to man the shop has called in sick, which meant that i had to go in and open up.

  who should i find waiting for me on the door step with a big beaming self righteous grin on his face but a jw!

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  wow great story !!

  he probably is telling all of the jw's he knows about how he dealt in a godly way with the "persecution" that came from you.
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  Let the "Tithing" begin!

  by The Berean in

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  last night during the service meeting a letter was read indicating that more money was needed by jehovah's witnesses in order to expand the world-wide work .

  it was suggested that each publisher take a piece of paper and write down the amount of money they would be willing to give and hand it to the elders.

  it seems to be a cleverway to gather "seed money" by the organization while not calling it a "tithe.

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  in the picture from onthewayout,

  why is there tape on the box, looks like something was covered over ?
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  Photo of GB 2006

  by Titus in

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  please, compare this photo with the gb photo in the book "bear thorough witness".

  gb2006.

  isn't that the same photo?.

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  Is that Captain Picard with glasses sitting on the far right.

  And the guy sitting second from the left kinda looks like an older Oompa without his hood on.
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  i don't like to dig deep into the bible... am i bad?

  by ?me? in

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  i totally appreciate the posters who have a ton of bible knowledge and love research, but me being a witness for a few decades find myself not really interested in many of the discussions here and at the meeting.

  the current "grace/undeserved kindness" post by sir82 is a prime example.. first off i do know that my personality is to be sceptical about most things, and i usually focus on things that i can see or are more simple, especially if it is a topic i am less interested in.. but am i bad because i don't really care if jesus died on a cross of stake?

  or i am not interested in trying to figure out when (and if ) jehovah is going to take care of wicked people or resurrect dead people........ i kind of figure we will find out when it happens.. sometimes if feel stupid about bible things, but i take pride in trying to live by the basic bible principles and laws (about stealing, adultery, bad language, etc), although i do have a good deal of general knowledge about the bible, i could care less about breaking down the different "loves" in the hebrew language or greek language, or whatever..... i guess i have a similar knowledge of the scriptures as the "christians" before the wts "helped us figure it out" starting around 1900. .

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  I understand you totally, because I have felt this way for years, and dealt with the guilt myself.

  While we were JW's, my wife was / is the type of person who just devoured bible knowledge

  I never could get into the "meaty" things,,,,, just too boring for me.

  i kind of figure WE WILL FIND OUT WHEN IT HAPPENS.

  Sums it up for me, and like you I try to live by principals, not mind - numbing facts.

  Thanks for the post, and putting the feelings into words !!!