Topics Started by 00DAD
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GB Backgrounder Information
by 00DAD indoes anybody know how to find out specific details about the current gb members, such as: .
educationemployment history bethel or relatedsecularmilitary experiencemarriage(s)criminal and/or civil convictionsfamily background: childrenfamily members that are jwsreligious backgroundhow they "came into the truth"theocratic record: when baptisedpositions heldjudicial matters - were any of them every reproved or df'dnotable talents, skills or accomplishmentsqualifications - what, if anything, specifically and uniquely qualifies them to be a gb member please, do not say, "holy spirit appointed them!
"any other similar items of interestvirtually every other organization on earth puts out at least a "for public consumption" bio or resume sketch.
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JWs Depression and Suicide
by 00DAD insince jehovah's witnesses supposedly have "the truth" and are part of god's visible organization living in a "spiritual paradise" you would naturally expect that they should be the happiest people on earth!
this clearly is not the case.
wha happened?
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Jesus of Brooklyn: Invisibly Present Since 1914
by 00DAD ini was thinking it would be informative and fun to start a thread comparing the jesus of wt theology with what can be factually stated about the historical jesus of scripture.
in particular, how jw doctrines misrepresent the christ in both what they do teach about his as well as what they do not teach.
i know, there's lots to debate about who and what is the real, historical jesus, but at least try to stay on topic (the comparison) and let's not get all "born again" on me!
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Disfellowshipping Rescinded!
by 00DAD inhas anyone been successful in getting their disfellowshipping rescinded?
i specifically do not mean getting reinstated.
i want to know if anyone that was disfellowshipped was able to officially and through the congregation and/or the organization have their status as a "disfellowshipped person" changed without getting "reinstated" through the normal procedures?.
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Do the Governing Body members ever go Door-to-Door?
by 00DAD inin his book, in search of christian freedom, ray franz wrote that that gb members for the most part never participated in door-to-door work.
they were "too busy with more important things.
" (gee, how come that excuse wouldn't work for the rest of us?
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In Search of Christian Freedom - Missing Images in pdf version!
by 00DAD ini'm reading a pdf version of "in search of christian freedom" and got to pages 182 - 183. apparently there are supposed to be some digital images (photocopy) from the "commentary on the letter of james" but the pages have huge blank spaces where the photocopied text presumably should be!?!.
this is an authorized pdf which i purchased legally from commentary press.
has anyone else had this problem?
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The Faithful and Discreet Slave - A JW Myth
by 00DAD inprobably this topic has been dealt with before, but i'm relatively new here, so perhaps y'all will be willing to indulge me in my pursuit for clarity.
regarding the anointed, the gb recently said this: .
"we thus have no way of knowing the exact number of anointed ones on earth; nor do we need to know.
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Islam More Lenient on Apostates than the WTBTS!
by 00DAD inislam more lenient on apostates than the wtbts!.
this morning i came across this thought provoking comment in a cnn news article:.
harris zafar, national spokesperson of the ahmadiyya muslim community usa, does not mince words on the subject, stating in a huffington post opinion piece that "islam prescribes absolutely no punishment for apostasy.".
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Mind Your Own Business WT Pharisees!
by 00DAD ini just started reading eric hoffer's seminal work, "the true believer: thoughts on the nature of mass movements".
in it he made this very interesting comment: .
"a man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding.
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Higher Education and Disqualification for Privileges in the Congregation
by 00DAD inwhen i was still serving as an elder in the late summer of 2006 in a congregation of jws in socal we received a letter from the "christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses" (read: the governing body) directing that anyone pursuing a higher education would be disqualified from privileges of service: elder, servant, pioneer, etc.
i remember this quite distinctly because i had just received by ba in education in june a few months before this.
in 2002, i had decided to pursue a degree under the society's then current "it's a personal decision" policy and was quite shocked at their drastic policy change.