The Berean
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Do You Think The Organization Is Corrupt?
by minimus inmany witnesses regard the organization as their "mother".
whatever "mother" says is what we do.
"mother knows best!".
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The Berean
The scriptures they use amount to an admission of corruption. (1Corn. 15:50 NWT) advises that flesh and blood cannot inherit Gods Kingdom since it is corrupt ... Decidedly, the answer must be YES.
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Now... How do I stop thinking about this...
by marketman inok... this is marketman (a.k.a ptucker) and you have all been very helpful in your previous postings.
now, maybe someone can give me some advice on how to stop thinking about jw doctrines, jehovah, and everything else associated with this situation.. i wake up thinking about it... i go to sleep thinking about it... i thought this was it... i thought this was the spiritual direction i needed even though i am questioning every aspect of it now.
yesterday i went to a bible service at another church and i enjoyed it a lot but i kept thinking "what if this is wrong... what if jehovah is the answer..." i need to stop thinking about it... can anyone provide insight on how some of you mustered through.
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To me, it's like a cancer or malaria... the disease will always be in our mind even after we believe we are past the crisis ... formerly being a JW for many is a life-long battle. I personally know people who have not been in a KH for 40 years who are still so angry they keep a gun by their front door in case any publisher mistakenly knocks ... wish I had better news, but I doubt that flashbacks of your traumatic experience will ever completely go away ...
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Why do American's pronounce herbs as 'erbs?
by yadda yadda 2 init's spelt herbs and it's not a silent h, so why do american's pronounce it 'erbs?
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ell if I know!
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Did you ever experience caution or fear at being introduced to a brother with a beard?
by cattails indid you ever experience caution or an uneasy fear when being introduced to a brother with a beard?.
for years everytime i met someone introduced to me as bro so-and-so who might have a beard (and there weren't that many times), my here-comes-trouble radar turned on.. .
i would be very cautious in talking to this brother.
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I still do!
Mother raised me to be prejudice ... I believe it is the one mindset that is environmental rather than genetic.
Shamefully, I have a list of negative "first blush" judgements that, at this point, have been life long ...
Besides demonic facial hair, please do not comment if you are Black, Yellow, Italian, Jewish, Worldly(???) or Sucessful. Do not bother me if you wear leather pants, short skirts, shirts with sports logos on them, have long hair OR shave your head. Leave me alone if you belong to the Lion's Club, the Military, work for the Police Derpartment, or have been seen entering or leaving a church. I must condemn you if you have ever saluted a flag, owned an early american lamp with an eagle on it, played high school sports, sat on Santa Clause's lap, or used the word orgasm ... I could go on but I must now go into my bathroom, stumble over a pile of my wife's Watchtower magazines, and throw up ...
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Do you suppose there is a form of human life somewhere else in the universe?
by The Berean inhmmmm ....
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Hmmmm ...
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Awake 1973 ="Chess causes family fights and is a game of War not for Witnesses!!"
by Witness 007 inmost brothers are shocked when i tell them chess is banned because it's un-wholesome!.
awake 1973 3/22 p.12 ..."the spirit of competition between players can lead to unpleasant circumstances...most families manage to keep the conflicts that arise in a game to the chess board.
but, in some homes tensions linger long past "checkmate.
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Oliental fliend say:
Person who think can get to King by following Bishops get Rooked ....
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How Do YOU Handle Busybodies?
by minimus inwe all know elders believe they have the god given right to ask any question they want, especially if they are "investigating" a matter that could be "judicial" in nature.
but not only elders are known to ask personal questions.
i've seen elder's wives ask inappropriate questions simply because they were "elder's wives".
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How Do YOU Handle Busybodies?
by minimus inwe all know elders believe they have the god given right to ask any question they want, especially if they are "investigating" a matter that could be "judicial" in nature.
but not only elders are known to ask personal questions.
i've seen elder's wives ask inappropriate questions simply because they were "elder's wives".
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The Berean
Request that they share with you who discussed what in ............................
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How would you respond if a Witness tells you that you are "negative?"
by BonaFide inwhen i bring a subject up and then talk about old wt's or the blood fraction, i occasionally get that response.. yes, i know i can reply, "but i am telling you the truth.
don't you want the truth?".
but i am looking for something more subtle, something that can help a witness to get beyond their cognitive dissonance.. but without a standoff.
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The Berean
Think of it in terms of photography. A " negative " is a dark shadow that becomes clear over time as the picture gets "lighter and lighter." (Provertbs 4:18 NWT)