Posts by wantingtruth

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JW Hostages: Ray Franz

by compound complex in

to this day, in all countries, any persons among jehovah's witnesses who find they cannot conscientiously support fully the organization's teachings or practices live in a climate of fear, feeling they must constantly be on guard as to what they say, what they do, what they read, with whom they associate, from whom they receive letters, not feeling any sense of freedom even when among personal friends or close relatives if these are also witnesses.

as stated, in my personal experience i have had people phone who were afraid to give their name or who felt it necessary to use a fictitious name, some who even felt it necessary to take out a special post office box to be able to correspond without danger of their correspondence with me or other former witnesses being discovered.

they face a form of "hostage" situation, produced by the organization's authority.

wantingtruth

A list of video with Ray Franz

wantingtruth

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Were any of you anointed?

by TimothyT in

did any of you feel that mystical force telling you that you were of the anointed class?.

what did it feel like?

was it real?

wantingtruth

Found that on net ... click right here

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Not Raising My Hand at Tomorrow's WT Study.

by compound complex in

greetings, friends:.

wishing you all a pleasant weekend.

committed to attend tomorrow's meeting at the kingdom hall, i've decided that i am going because i love my friends and family.

wantingtruth

CoCo,

(the wt "arrangement" deviated long ago from God's purpose , so it is not God's anymore )

but the "sheep" are God's ... and He will take care of them ... see Ezekiel 34 ... it offers comfort ... it offered to me for more than 18 years

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Am i worthy to partake of the bread and the wine?

by TimothyT in

i need to ask a serious bible based question regarding the bread and the wine that jesus passed around on the night of the passover.. i understand perfectly what these mean, and i understand their relevance, however im struggling to understand, after 15 years of indoctrination, if i am deserving to partake of them.

today at the baptist church, we were all offered the bread and the wine.

i wanted to partake but i still feel that i do not have the right to, as i am not of the chosen nation.

wantingtruth

You should ask the Father / Matthew 7:7-11.

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Not Raising My Hand at Tomorrow's WT Study.

by compound complex in

greetings, friends:.

wishing you all a pleasant weekend.

committed to attend tomorrow's meeting at the kingdom hall, i've decided that i am going because i love my friends and family.

wantingtruth

I thought you are "out"

in fact I presumed all (in this forum) are ..."ex".

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Have you read my experience in the Awake?Read this

by ELON14 in

jw
friends

many of you already know my real name.i'm the one whose experience was published in the sep 8 1994 awake mag.

i would like to stress that although i have good reason to be angry and bitter, nothing i say here is said in anger but only in sadness.

i write this to say that if i could take back many of my words i said in that experience , i would.

wantingtruth

Rami is alive and well . . . and lives not far from me here in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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I hope the earthquake did not damaged you and him .

Please tell him I wish he continues to be Christian . This way he may enter in the Kingdom of God , which he has preached before .

Christian greetings from north

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Have you read my experience in the Awake?Read this

by ELON14 in

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friends

many of you already know my real name.i'm the one whose experience was published in the sep 8 1994 awake mag.

i would like to stress that although i have good reason to be angry and bitter, nothing i say here is said in anger but only in sadness.

i write this to say that if i could take back many of my words i said in that experience , i would.

wantingtruth

I read it

Ar you around here, Ovi ?

Ps - I have great sympathy for Jw (and those who loves Jesus and Father ) in Israel because I know their situation .

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Credit Card Donation terminals are currently being installed in JWs Assembly Halls...

by AndersonsInfo in

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friends

i received the following email from a former jw that i thought to share.

note: i retyped the boe letter that was sent from the christian congregation of jehovahs witnesses to all congregations in the us.

the letter is authentic.

wantingtruth

somewere I have read this:

2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said Jehovah unto me, The end is come upon my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

4 Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

5 saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

6 that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

7 Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

..........................................this is called "greed"...................................................

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For those of you who love the bible, do you think its been a little overcomplicated?

by TimothyT in

this weekend i read the gospel according to matthew and john.. it felt lovely as i was simply learning about jesus and his teachings, which are incredibly easy to understand and which amount to what i feel is a fabulous guide to life.. but what about the old testament... is it just history?

is it important?

should a christian spend too much time reading it?