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  Are You Moving Ahead With Jehovah’s Organization? Study WT May 2014

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  obedience is key in the paragraph below and the urgency is also emphasised with an exclaimation mark.. .

  10 the earthly part of gods organization is moving ahead in many ways.

  it helps us understand bible truth more and more clearly.

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  FadeToBlack

  Great rendition BluesBrother: Do as your told, show up for meetings, and don't ask questions.

  I may need to make a banner of both to post above my desk as a means of silent protest...
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  Went to SAD

  by leaving_quietly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  b.o.r.i.n.g.. same ol' stuff.

  highlights:.

  - reading the bible "must be more than an intellectual experience".

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  FadeToBlack

  Have to say, I'm glad I missed that. Thanks for the report.
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  Victory in Defeat !

  by cookiemaster in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  maybe you guys remember that in january, i shared here our situation with the ongoing conflict with the ms that was conducting the wt study in our home.

  well, my parents decided to talk to the elders about it.

  the last time he held the study in our home he really said some insulting things during it.

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  FadeToBlack

  I think quellycatface nailed it: this type of behavoir is not normal among mature, fully functional adults. The light bulbs should start going off....
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  I am at a gay bar!!!

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so fun!!!

  full report later..... .

  dd.

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  FadeToBlack

  Great story. Next time I come back to the states, we are going to hit the strip joints in your area, and you are paying.. Start saving! We should do well since I always get the - you look like Mark Harmon comment. I had to look it up after my last trip to the states because I had no idea who he was.
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  Hello

  by GoUnion in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello everyone it's nice to finally be able to post i had trouble getting emails last month and was never able to sign up.

  this has been a very informative site which has really helped me grow and to think for myself.

  please allow me to introduce myself.. i was born into a witness family and was baptized at a young age an was part of a small kingdom hall.

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  FadeToBlack

  Welcome and please stick around. I agree with you that college is not for everyone.
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  Do you think not having the book study in private homes has had much effect?

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's been a few years since the organization ended the book study arrangement in private homes.. gone was the last opportunity to have tea and biscuits and a natter with the friends afterwards.. do you think people regret losing the book study?

  for some, it may have been the only time they were able to get some "associaton".

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  FadeToBlack

  LongHairGal is on the right path. They should get rid of all meetings. That way, you won't be corrupted by unbelievers.. Simple. Problem solved.
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  According to WT rules, the virgin Mary and Jehovah are guilty of Por'neia!

  by BU2B in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  according to wt tamud, if a jw does in-vitro fertilization, carries a surrogate child, uses a surrogate, and so forth then it is "por-neia".. the bible says that mary was a virgin when implanted with the embryo of jesus christ.

  under the mosaic law adultery was punishable by death.

  since mary was already engaged to joseph, if she was to sleep with another man it was the same as adultery in the eyes of the law.

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  FadeToBlack

  Good catch. Sounds like something our contributor 'Processor' would do. Or SD7, he was good with this kind of material.

  On the other hand, stop it !!! You are going to drive yourself crazy. I'm already there... Just get on with it....
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  What was your mild superpower?

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am in awe of the level of intelligence, wit and funnybones that alot of you posess.. which made me wonder, did you have a mild superpower while you were in?

  for instance was it giving talks, commenting, research?

  maybe it was pissing people off (a much underated skill).

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  FadeToBlack

  Not sure if it qualifies as SP (even mild) but I managed to get thru it all with nobody being pissed-off at me. Same in the corporate world. Actually, now that I said that, it sounds like a weakness. Who knows...
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  I'm not trying to brag, but being an EXJW is awesome!!! Status Update-

  by Coffee House Girl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello jwn!

  i don't get to check in here or comment as often as i would like because i have been working so hard at school...but i just have to share my news in hopes that newbees can see that taking the leap to enroll in higher education is worth it-.

  i am graduating this spring with a bachelor degree in art history, minor anthropology...many people (including nonjw's have given me flack for choosing a "dead end" career path) but since leaving the watchtower organization's group-think mentality and "leaning on my own understanding" instead... i decided to say fuck everyone else's opinion...i am going to pursue my passion to work in a museum as a curator or archivist-.

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  FadeToBlack

  Congrats. Follow you passion.
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  Chat with Elder, how would you reply?

  by awakening in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  had a sit down chat with an elder who is aware of my doubts.

  we were on the subject of new light, i was saying that if the org changes a teaching then the old teaching was wrong and cannot qualify as truth at the time it was taught, so where did the falsehood come from?.

  his response was the gb is imperfect!!

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  FadeToBlack

  Good stuff Island Man. Under normal circumstances, that would be enough to cause a few heads to explode.