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  FlyingHighNow

  by Ex-Witless in

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  hello forum.

  my aunt, flyinghighnow, has passed away.

  i don't know if you remember her, but she was a long time member.

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  Ding

  Very sorry.

  She seemed like a really nice person.

  I enjoyed her posts.
  
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  JW.org greater than the Bible now

  by eyeslice2 in

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  2. friends

  there was a time when brooklyn bethel was emblazoned with the words; "read god's word the bible daily" but it seems to me now that even the bible has taken second place to jw.org.

  i remember having lots of studies using the 'truth' book.

  we asked the students in those days to prepare well and look up the scriptures in their own copy of the bible.

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  Fred Franz forget to train a theological successor.

  Maybe he really believed he would never die...
  
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  Scowled At By A JW

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday i got home from work and decided to buy a case of beer because, why not?

  it’s monday.

  the shop is conveniently round the corner from my place.

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  "Former sister, I was planning to buy scotch instead of beer, but I see Tony Morris has purchased their entire inventory already..."
  
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  Can someone compare the midweek meeting now to what it was say in the 60`s - 80`s ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i can`t believe the tidbits i`m finding out about the changes ,dumbing down of the meetings i used to attend and participate in up until the late 1980`s ...

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  It's not just with the rank and file.

  The GB hasn't had a real purveyor of WT theology since Fred Franz.
  
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  Jesus to rule for 1000 yrs yet he started in 1914?

  by krismalone in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i believe when we were in the jw cult, our brains and thoughts were hijacked by the governing body.

  i truly believe the gb thinks all members are stupid and they laugh at them in their wednesday morning secret meetings.. one such teaching that i never heard anyone bring out or question yet the absurdity and contradiction is blatantly obvious is: revelation chapter 20 says that christ will reign for 1000 years.

  it doesn't say he will reign more than a thousand yrs but only 1000 yrs.

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  Ding

  Jesus said in Matthew 28:19 that all authority in heaven and on earth had already been given to him. So how much more authority did he receive in 1914?
  
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  WT study 8 December

  by road to nowhere in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  had to look.

  first paragraph mentions that most of were probably born after 1914. most?

  i bet the dubs 105 and older can be counted on your fingers..

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  Ding

  Maybe we were born in 1914 or before if our lives overlapped someone who was born back then.
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  'Experiences(tm)'! Made up or totally true??

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at one assembly(tm), i was asked to relate an 'experience(tm)' which i did.

  however, during rehearsals, the geezer in charge elder or co or some such title, told me that i shouldn't tell it the way it was.

  i did a 're-enactment(tm)' with another 'brother(tm)'.

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  Ding

  This reminds me of the stories in the mags where some brother swam crocodile-infested waters to bring the truth to a remote village somewhere. While there, he was severely beaten and yet managed to swim back in time for the next meeting.

  Talk about a guilt trip for everyone who didn't want to get up early Saturday and spend the morning out in service!
  
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  105 yrs.of Jesus Christ Rule is About To End ....What has Been accomplished ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at this pace its going to take more than a thousand years to make earth a paradise .by my reckoning.. what have the g.b.

  been saying about his kingdom reign now that its gone over 100 years ?

  and what he has accomplished ?.

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  They used to say (maybe still do) that Jesus returned invisibly "in that he turned his attention to the affairs of earth."

  I remember thinking, "Where was his attention for the past 2000 years? Jupiter?"
  
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  105 yrs.of Jesus Christ Rule is About To End ....What has Been accomplished ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at this pace its going to take more than a thousand years to make earth a paradise .by my reckoning.. what have the g.b.

  been saying about his kingdom reign now that its gone over 100 years ?

  and what he has accomplished ?.

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  Ding

  They've published so much "new light" that the organization's doctrines wouldn't be recognizable to someone who saw the events of 1914.
  
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  Watchtower Propaganda Techniques

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is there a book (books, articles, etc.

  ) that systematically examines and exposes wt propaganda techniques?

  if not, do you think such a book would be useful in helping people escape the borg or in recovering from their own indoctrination?.

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  Ding

  Thanks, Atlantis! Looks very interesting.