Exactly Snowbird. While I was a "true believer" in all JW matters, with a very guilty conscious I got an education and a career. That act of disobedience was the best decision ever.
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Turning 60 today (Happy Birthday to me)
by NewYork44M init is my birthday today.
given that i turn 60 today means that i graduated high school in 1975. time flies when you are having fun.. i remember the council i got about not worrying about a career because this wicked system was rapidly coming to a conclusion.
now i am 60 and most of those bastards are dead and the end is still in the future..
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Turning 60 today (Happy Birthday to me)
by NewYork44M init is my birthday today.
given that i turn 60 today means that i graduated high school in 1975. time flies when you are having fun.. i remember the council i got about not worrying about a career because this wicked system was rapidly coming to a conclusion.
now i am 60 and most of those bastards are dead and the end is still in the future..
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NewYork44M
It is my birthday today. Given that I turn 60 today means that I graduated high school in 1975. Time flies when you are having fun.
I remember the council I got about not worrying about a career because this wicked system was rapidly coming to a conclusion. Now I am 60 and most of those bastards are dead and the end is still in the future.
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Governing Body-Part of Great Crowd
by TakeOffTheCrown init appears that the governing body members today are part of the great crowd and are not of the anointed.. to those with some knowledge of the subject, is it possible that the christian congregation would eventually be lead by those who are not anointed?
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NewYork44M
There will always be highly motivated assholes who decided to "partake." This is clearly a strategy that will propel their career in Watchtower-land. That being said, The Wt has painted themselves into a corner with the overlapping generation. They need brothers who started partaking before Franz died.
Of course, is all they need to do is "clarify our understanding."
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The wages of sin...
by joey jojo insomewhere in the bible it says; the wages of sin is death.. just death.
not pain or anguish or agonising illnesses.
so , why do we have to endure all of the heart-breaking torment that goes along with life?
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NewYork44M
everybody sins, everybody dies. Sounds pretty simple to me.
We only get one life, try to keep your sins to a minimum and appreciate the gift of life until you meet the great equalizer - death.
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Last song at Regional Convention of 2016 was stolen from Audiomachine
by LevelThePlayingField inas far as i know, i did a search, and you may not know this but, the last song play during a music video of the regional convention, was not of watchtower.
it's stolen from a group called audiomachine off their album epica.
the song is called eternal flame and it is exactly and i mean, note for note the same as the music video.
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NewYork44M
There is no question that this is the same song. The best guess is the Wt paid a royalty to a worldly band. It probably was not a major expense.
The real issue is the message coming from the bunker videos, which is highly cultish.
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Porneia !
by zeb infriends!
we haven't heard that word for some time!
it must be due for another round from the wt you know what you can and cant do in marriage.. incoming!.
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NewYork44M
I am a big fan of pornia. I look forward to a productive discussion.
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April 19, 2017 BOE Re: Kingdom Ministry School for the 2018 Service Year
by wifibandit inapril 19, 2017 to all bodies of elders and ministerial servants re: kingdom ministry school for the 2018 service year.
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NewYork44M
"...approximately 8 hours!" Ugg, I can't imagine how painful that will be.
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How many in your generation are still JW???
by Christian Gutierrez inhow many in your age group are still jehovahs witnesses?
from where we are at, there aren't many left.
each year it gets smaller and smaller haha .
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NewYork44M
I am turning 60 in May, which means that I graduated high school in 1975. I do not keep track with my "generation" but my guess is that most are either dead or have abandoned the faith they were taught.
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Good Morning!
by snowbird ingood morning, all.. it is good to be here.. thanks to all for your contributions.. love and blessings.
sylvia.
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NewYork44M
good morning snowbird
It is a great day to be alive.
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Russian news article re: financial misdeeds of the WT in Russia
by OrphanCrow inthe way that the wt conducts business in russia, hiding ownership of property and moving money overseas, was a large factor in the jws falling afoul of the russian authorities.
it wasn't just 'extremist' views that came into play, it was also their handling of money that was illegal.. this article is from a russian news source - i had to use google translate to read it, so i have copied and pasted the whole article (i usually don't...apologies to the author of the article).
if someone has russian language skills, please feel welcome to offer a better translation.. .
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NewYork44M
As I suspected, it is all about money and real estate. If a few brothers get sent to prison, no problem - bot you gotta save the money.