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  The only organization that God directs.

  by man in black in

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  during the decades in which i was a jw, so many times i heard comments about how the wtbts is the only organization that god is directing here on earth today.

  in fac there was a popular story in the late 70's about how the us army once came to a district assembly to observe, and learn how to better organize large groups of people.

  ( i remember the speaker commenting on how many attendee's thought the tribulation was starting because the army was there.

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  thanks for the comments,

  one thing I forgot to mention is that this happens about 12 times a year here in Chicago, and they fly to Washington from all over the country.
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  The only organization that God directs.

  by man in black in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  during the decades in which i was a jw, so many times i heard comments about how the wtbts is the only organization that god is directing here on earth today.

  in fac there was a popular story in the late 70's about how the us army once came to a district assembly to observe, and learn how to better organize large groups of people.

  ( i remember the speaker commenting on how many attendee's thought the tribulation was starting because the army was there.

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  man in black

  During the decades in which I was a jw, so many times I heard comments about how the wtbts is the ONLY organization that God is directing here on earth today. In fac there was a popular story in the late 70's about how the US Army once came to a district assembly to observe, and learn how to better organize large groups of people.( I remember the speaker commenting on how many attendee's thought the tribulation was starting because the Army was there. .)

  Well, since leaving the jw religion I have seen firsthand how other organizaions operate, and without a doubt I think the wt is pretty low on the totem pole when it comes to a focused, efficient organization.

  This past Wednesday I flew to Washington DC as a guardian for Honor Flight, these people fly veterans from WW-2 out to Washington to spend the day.

  The direction, focus to detail, and efficiency was just awesome, here are some of my pictures .

  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.10150226546344882.364918.503309881&l=28e32a9393
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  Eating Disorders and the JWs

  by the_raisin in

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  hey everybody!

  so i was wondering something... am i the only who realized that eds ran rampant throughout the witnesses?

  i remeber dreading the conventions and memorials because, as every young girl involved knew, we all covertly checked each other out and snarked on each other's bodies.

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  man in black

  eating disorders ??

  I saw lots of overweight witnesses who had NO problem in the eating dept.
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  Most humiliating...

  by Igot2bme in

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  i was at home this morning typing up a couple legal documents for some general contractors to sign that were going to be doing some tree removal on my property, when i get a visit from a sister in the hall i used to attend.

  she usually stops by at least once a week.

  i haven't been to meetings for over a year now and didn't attend memorial this year, but she was quick to remind me how i missed out.

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  man in black

  is she an elderly lady ?

  If so I can understand the respect reason as to why you let her keep coming each week, but start by not answering the door
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  July 2011 Awake, LMAO @ Cover

  by Yan Bibiyan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  mag available here.

  setting is obviously in the "new system", i'd say quite some time after the big a. everything looks neat and clean, so it can't be just few months or even years after the big slaughter.. let me point out few things that made me laugh:.

  every effort was made to depict natural materials, but you see leather straps with metal rivets holding the picnic basket lids.

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  man in black

  An interesting commen I found while looking at one of the articles, are these writers just plain ignorant of the watchtowers problems ? :

  We may also suffer because of the selfish choices of someone else. Indeed,humans have perpetrated the most disturbing

  evils, from Nazi atrocities to the abuse of children. By misusing free will,some make decisions that bring suffering

  to others.
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  July 2011 Awake, LMAO @ Cover

  by Yan Bibiyan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  mag available here.

  setting is obviously in the "new system", i'd say quite some time after the big a. everything looks neat and clean, so it can't be just few months or even years after the big slaughter.. let me point out few things that made me laugh:.

  every effort was made to depict natural materials, but you see leather straps with metal rivets holding the picnic basket lids.

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  man in black

  

  Hmmm, sounds to me like you have a problem, and don't believe EVERYHING that the governing body writes, or draws.

  Don't you know that these little annoyances you mention will be taken care by God after the big A ?

  It also proves without a doubt that you are a much to be avoided apostate
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  My Grandma's dying...I found out by way of an impersonal text message.

  by petitebrunette in

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  yesterday at work i received a text message from my sister that my 91 yr old grandmother is unconscious, her organs are shutting down, and they're just keeping her comfortable.

  she said that they moved her to a group home, and gave me the address.

  i thanked her for letting me know.

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  I'm sorry to hear about your Grandma, your feelings regarding her are more important than a twisted religious belief.

  Follow your heart, and act on what you feel is right.
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  According to the watchtower, it looks like we have a disability.

  by man in black in

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  i have heard quite a bit about the july 15th watchtower magazine on this sie.

  so i went and downloaded it and read several of the articles.. page 16 paragraph 6 states : "well, apostates are mentally diseased,and they seek to infect others with their disloyal teachings".

  how horrible, they seem to know sooo much about menal health !.

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  man in black

  I have heard quite a bit about the July 15th watchtower magazine on this sie. So I went and downloaded it and read several of the articles.

  page 16 paragraph 6 states :

  "Well, apostates are “mentally diseased,” and they seek to infect others with their disloyal teachings"

  How horrible, they seem to know sooo much about menal health !

  And how about this:

  What is involved in avoiding false teachers? We do not receive them into our homes or greet them.

  We also refuse to read their literature, watch TV programs that feature them, examine their Web sites, or add our comments to their blogs.

  Why do we take such a firm stand? Because of love.

  Sounds more like fear to me.
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  Couple of questions for the Christians here - CO's talk mentioned some things that I want to understand

  by Doubting Bro in

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  this is a question for all the christians on the board.

  i sat through the first co talk last night which was basically a plea to not give up preaching.

  one of his main points was that no one else had "the truth" and every other person that claims to be christian is in error.

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  Hello, A great post,,, I realy appreciate your thought here

  I was a Catholic most of my life, and what I learned during that time is highlighted in red below :

  2) What was Adam's motivation to rebel? The CO says that Christianity teaches that he wanted to go to heaven and the only way he could do this was to sin and die. Obviously this makes no sense and I sat there thinking there's no way this could be true.

  A), As I remember, his motivation was pressure from his wife, never did I hear anything about Adam wanting to go to heaven. I don't remember him actually having knowledge about going to heaven either.

  He also said that Christians don't commerate his death only his resurrection. I looked at my wife and said "what about Good Friday"? Isn't that the holiest day on the Christian calander? " No doubt that the Easter celebration has incorporated "pagan" influences but understanding how that came about makes sense to me that it would. And, to a person that never celebrated Easter, it seems to me that Easter would be a happy time to celebrate the resurrection (that God made good on his promise) as opposed to a more reflective, somber rememberance that Good Friday would involve (I guess, I've never been to a service so I could be way off base).

  Yes, Christians do commemorate his death.

  I have a local parishes current bulletin right here, and I quote from it,

  " Holy week for Christians is THE most important week of the entire year. It is the week that we celebrate the life-giving events of our salvation in Jesus Christ. Please make time this week to join us for the beauiful liturgies of Holy Week which celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus and the eternity that he won for us."

  I find it interesting that this "False religion" actually makes this season an enjoyable experience. Music, talks, things do do for the younger kids, etc.

  Quite different than what the jw religion does at this time of year
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  An Interesting Turn of Events

  by headisspinning in

  1. jw
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  big development.... i got a text message from my sister at 1:45 am that said: "i just told (my other sister) that i am disassociating myself.".

  we have been texting back and forth and i guess she told my mother the same thing.. memorial night seems to have been the clincher for her - she was very upset about three interactions with the elders and i guess she just had it.. we did talk a little bit that night and i very carefully mentioned some research i've been doing.

  i didn't get into it too much.. but she basically agreed that like me, she believes in god, jesus and the bible but not so much the 'organization'.. she is going to be talking to my family more today.

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  man in black

  get ready for them to pull out all of the stops !