Liberty
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MORE ON 1975, FOR MUSKY
by Liberty inalong with musky's 1975 post i've just seen another so i wanted to try and reach musky again and reach others who wonder about the reality of the society's 1975 speculations.
af and others have done an excellent job documenting what was actually said by the watchtower society through their own official publications and spokesmen.
as a person who was actually there in those heady times of the late 60's and early 70's these official documents confirm what my memory tells me i knew all along, that of course the society actively promoted 1975 as a "marked date" or a date of "great significance" at the very least.
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1975
by musky inthere has been much said about the watchtower saying that the end would come in 1975. i have never seen any evidence that the watchtower said the end would definitely come in 1975. if there was such evidence, there would certainly be little or no witnesses left today, i believe.
i do not believe that excuses the fact that they definitely put that idea in peoples heads.
i was 10 years old then.
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New To The Board
by MarchOn ini should clarify, i am new at posting, not new to the board.. i've been checking in for a short time now.
"spying", "lurking", whatever you would like to call it.
but i thought it was time to come out of the "first closet" i've been in for more than 20 years.
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Thich Nhat Hanh
by wonderwoman77 inhas anyone ever read anything by this buddhist monk?
i am currently reading teachings on love, it is wonderful.
he starts out saying that you have to preserve your religious roots and he discusses the four immeasurable minds.
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HOW GOD GETS MESSAGE TO WATCHTOWER LEADERSHIP
by Liberty injust how do the 144,000 co-rule the earthly organization with christ?
i started thinking about this subject again after seeing the post on the watchtower as a false prophet.
do any of you remember how this was explained in the old days (i've been out so long i don't know if this is now "old light")?
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Jesus vs. Adam-Your Thoughts Are Needed
by Mister Biggs inthis goes out to anyone (jw's and x-jw's).. i was just wondering last night about how jw's teach that jesus was the last adam; how he balanced the scales because he was perfect; how only the sacrifice of a perfect human body can redeem mankind from its sinful state.
(of course, other religion's may teach these things, too.
however, i've only lived my life as a jw so i can't speak on behalf of other faith's).. anyway, jesus came to earth and passed the tests that satan threw at him.
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Being Deceived
by Dawn inwhat an interesting group here!
i have a question to toss out to those of you who were once active jw's that are now born again.. i was a "zealous" jw - raised as one and was an aux pioneer, etc.
my whole family is jw's (elders, etc.).
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Are you happy?
by teejay inin the context of this forum, happiness at its core is generally defined in one of two ways: a) being a witness or, b) not being a witness.
most of us consider ourselves happier since leaving the organization.
because of a recent discussion between violetanai and marilyn, i've thought about it some more, only to reaffirm the truth i already discovered some time ago.
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Response to RWC's Atheist Questions
by Liberty inhi rwc,.
i'm sure you're a very nice person and i don't want to get into an argument but rather a civil debate.
i just wanted to point out that as ex-jws many of us are a little obsessed with truth (not to be confused with "the truth" tm) and that after being burned by the watchtower society and hating ourselves for being so stupid to have fallen for its bs we have now become highly skeptical of the bible as well.