Topics Started by Quendi
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"Reassignment" or Exile?
by Quendi inhello friends,.
i know this has been brought up elsewhere, but i wanted to relate an experience a witness friend shared with me only last night.
i'd appreciate any additional details others may have on this topic.. many of us are aware that the wts is "downsizing" its staff at branch offices around the world, including brooklyn bethel.
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National Anthems and Such
by Quendi inwell, football season (gridiron for all you commwealth-types) will be here soon and yours truly plans to attend a few games.
i'll also be going to quite a few basketball games when that season starts in november.
in the u.s., the national anthem is played before the start of such events.
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Heavenly Hope
by Quendi inhere are some questions i want to pose to our friends here.
does a person have to be baptized to go to heaven and if one must get baptized, how is this to be arranged and by whom?.
the reason i ask this is many here have professed their belief that they are part of the body of christ, should partake of the emblems whenever they celebrate the lord's supper, and will go to heaven after they die if they have been faithful.
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The "Ten Toes"
by Quendi ini talked to my witness friend who attended the district convention over the weekend about the program.
we have been in constant and close communication during these six years that have passed since my disfellowshipping.
he enjoyed the program.
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Lead Codices Now Called Fake
by Quendi inwell, that huge sigh of relief we're hearing is from brooklyn.
evidence is mounting that the lead codices found earlier this year which depicted jesus being executed on a cross are fakes.
so jehovah's witnesses can still maintain their assertion that christ was executed on a stake and not a cross for now.
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Apostasy vs. Heresy
by Quendi inhello friends,.
the july 15, 2011 issue of the watchtower and its hard line on "shunning" of the disfellowshipped has generated much discussion on this board.
i thought i would start a thread on a related issue because i would appreciate getting your thoughts on this.. we all know how liberally the wts uses its favorite curse word, apostate, to describe those who have left the organization.
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Anyone Here With an "Earthly Hope"?
by Quendi insince the memorial is a little more than two weeks away, i thought i would raise this question, particularly for those of us who have left the organization.
do you have what the wts calls the "earthly hope"?
i know many ex-jws have renounced religion altogether and don't believe in any of these things.
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Worst Night of the Year
by Quendi inwell, it's that time of year again.
the memorial season is upon us and jws the world over are getting ready for the celebration which this year falls on 17 april.
for the first time since 1975, yours truly will not attend and i couldn't be happier.
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Fred and Jeanie Maes
by Quendi ini cannot recall exactly where on this forum i read this, but there are people on jwn who knew fred maes.
fred had served in brooklyn bethel, i believe, and was also a circuit overseer.
i first met him in 1976 in tuscaloosa, alabama.
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Annual Visit
by Quendi inthis is a question for those who have either been disfellowshipped or disassociated themselves.
i was disfellowshipped in september 2005 and have no intention of returning.
what i want to ask the rest of you is, did you ever get that yearly visit from the elders to see if you wanted to return to the organization or just how you were doing?