Topics Started by The Rapster

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Clearly There Have Been Some Changes Since The 80's!
by The Rapster in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm fascinated by such widespread use of the word apostate in these threads.

has something happened with the term since i began ignoring jw dogma in the 80's ?

it appears a weird turn was taken somewhere in the last 25 years.. such liberal sprinkling of the word must mean one of several things: either the death grip of brooklyn has tightened around followers necks by expanding what an apostate is these days, or many are simply overplaying your card by dousing this most unholy description into everything from watching r rated movies to (jehovah forbid!
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My husband doesn't have a problem with celebrating New Year's
by doublelife in
1. jw
2. experiences
he's already celebrated this last thanksgiving with me and today he asked me if i have any new year resolutions.

i told him no, i hadn't given it much thought.

he said he did and i asked him what they were.
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REINSTATEMENT !
by iknowall558 in
1. jw
2. friends
luke 15 : 7 says : - .

"i tell you that thus there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner that repents than over ninety nine righteous ones who have no need of repentance.".

within the organization, the requirements for reinstatement of those who are disfellowshipped are 'repentance' of any any previous actions and attitude ; a demonstration of no longer practicing whatever 'sin' you got disfellowshipped for, as well as demonstrating submissiveness to the elders, the regulations, and the f&d slave.
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Any interest in helping write a movie script?
by cab1000 in
1. jw
2. friends
i am not a writer, but i thought it would be fun to write a movie script in which the plot is that the jw's had it right.

it would follow a family or two currently living as faithful witnesses, a family that is not faithful, and worldly people.

the story would then progress into the great tribulation, and then armageddon, and then the paradise.
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Should a Christian see the movie "AVATAR"?
by skeeter1 in
1. jw
2. friends
i give the movie a 6.5 score.

the scenery was wonderful, but the plot was not zipped up well.

it sort of follows the story-line of "dances with wolves", but in space.. .
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The increasing number of the anointed. Comments, anyone?
by dgp in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm very much enjoying "the orwellian world of jehovah's witnesses", by heather and gary botting.

now, this excerpt comes very much to the point of this thread, i believe:.

page 145: "still, in 1975 the society clearly feared a continuation of the upward trend in memorial partakers, and in an article entitled "annointing to a heavenly hope - how is it manifest?
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Were you a JW that "bend" the rules?
by Mr. Monday Night in
1. jw
2. friends
i knew a few jws (including some of my family members) who would go clubbing, concerts, play sports ,watch rated r movies and go to party's with "worldy" people.

at the same time, managed to live life in the "truth" (such as field service, give talks, hold the mic during the wt study, etc.).

were you one or knew a jw who was like that.
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DNCall Unmasked - Part 5 of 5
by DNCall in
1. jw
2. friends
startfragment.

during the appeal period of one week we sent the following letter to approximately 22 of our oldest and closest friends.

im including it here because it conveys how we feel at present, looking back over the half-century of our lives.. dear ____,.
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DNCall Unmasked - Part 3 of 5
by DNCall in
1. jw
2. friends
startfragment.

by the 1990s it became necessary for me to seek work outside of music.

barbara, who had to help support our family in the mid-1980s, was working as a legal secretary and suggested i consider doing the same.
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DNCall Unmasked - Part 2 of 5
by DNCall in
1. jw
2. friends
startfragment.

i was one year old at the time of my fathers conversion.

although my three older sisters were required to attend the meetings, they never accepted the teachings.