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  Best Use for Jehovah's Word

  by chipote in

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  i was wondering what the best use people ever had for "jehovah's word".

  for me, "jehovah's word" aided me tremendously in my gardening efforts.

  i had to borrow some books from my mom to get the full use of all this spiritual information but my new strawberry plants will enjoy all this material.

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  Help! Holy Spirit is Sucking me back in!

  by BloominMarvellous in

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  hi guys.

  its been a long time since ive been on here!

  just trying to get on with my life.

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  "Men of JWN: The 2010 Calendar"! Anyone in??

  by Kudra in

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  this was jokingly mentioned in another thread.... i think it would be great to do it- just in time for x-mas gifts!!!.

  what better to give your fave aposta-buddy than a scintillating men of jwn calendar??.

  a women of jwn calendar??.

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  Would you like to be a member of the "Governing Body"?

  by The Berean in

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  oh, the good life ... at what cost?.

  imagine for a moment that you could attain a position of adoration from seven million people.imagine that all of your everyday needs were supplied for you simply for talking about a pie-in-the-the-sky vision.imagine having millions of slaves who regularly sent you endless amounts of hard-earned money to fund such a "delusion"suppose you could write, change, and exempt yourself from the rules that an entire sub-culture lived by.imagine a free legal team at your disposal to justify, protect, and defend your every action.imagine that your entire environment waited with baited breath for your next statement, wrote it down, and took it as gospel.suppose you were led to believe you were closer to god than most everyone and that you were one who had the power to alter the course of history..consider having a staff of "front people" who would not only protect your access but would take responsibility for anything that might reflect badly on you.think of what it would be like if others believed that you should be treated the same as jesus.and yet, this is the world for those within the walls of the watchtower boardroom.. while members of the governing body of jehovah's witnesses are the focus of doubt and condemnation by former members, one has to wonder how many critics might "sell out," compromise, and accept the position as god's supposed mediator to enjoy the benefits of playing the game, even to the detriment of millions of suporters who seem to relish their servitude.. perhaps i am weak, evil, and selfish, but with a life of obscurity i would have probably thought long and hard about refusing such an anointing from people who were already bent on worshipping someone.

  would you?.

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  As a JW Did other Witnesses Annoy you by Condemning " Worldly Music" ?

  by flipper in

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  i know i got bothered by all the self righteous music police who would condemn me or others for our awesome record collections from early years as a teenager .

  several experiences were really quite odd .

  one brother came up to me saying i was wrong to listen to the moody blues " nights in white satin "!

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  Pole, Please respond

  by ldrnomo in

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  who is df'd.

  who is da'd.

  who is fading or faded.

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  Aposta-Camp

  by BloominMarvellous in

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  hi guys.

  would anybody be interested in an aposta-camp in southern england?.

  tents, alcohol and loads of laughs!!.

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  WTS causing more anguish

  by GapingMouth in

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  i don't really know where to start on my first post; i feel i have so much to say and yet i am so emotionally tired that it is hard to go through it all again in my head.

  but, i do need support and advice and so i will make the effort.. i started having doubts about certain beliefs of the witnesses about 2 years ago and did research since that i now come to the belief there is no god, and witnesses definitely are a cult.. at first it bothered me more on the god issue, but now i am more bothered by the cult issue, mainly because it dictates my life even though i am aware of it.. when i was a child, my mother and father divorced and my mother told me i will live with my father because she was going to die at armageddon being a non witness.

  i think, as well as many other pressures i cant list for fear of a very long post, this was the main pressure that made me get baptized even though i wasn't that happy being a witness.

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  The Void!

  by BloominMarvellous in

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  hi guys.

  i need a little more advise, i have spoken to a couple of friends about this void i'm currently experiencing after leaving ( being ignored so decided to leave) the jws.. i feel alone, i'm now longer allowed on the ministry and im not having to study for meetings, so i have this massive great hole in my life.. it's the mental agony as well, kind of knowing that friends that you thought would always be there, arent any more.

  and after two years of indoctrination, i feel that im displeasing jehovah or abandoning god.. my head was screwed anyway from ten years of depression and this thing with the jws has really taken its toll.. if you had any coping mechanisms i would love to know.. thank you in advance for your support x .

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  Why do I really want to go to the meeting tonight?

  by BloominMarvellous in

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  i've got this really desperate need to go to the meeting tonight!.

  help me, i don't want to get sucked back in!.

  cheers bloomin x.

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