gingerbread
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How I miss the 'Truth' of my youth....
by gingerbread inmy family moved from the city to the country.. part of the reason for the relocation was to move 'to where the need was greater'.
i loved our new home - i was free to roam the woods and fields, enjoy the wildlife, work in our garden and feed the chickens.
i had new friends in our new congregation.
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A locally produced video for JW's - come to Tennessee!
by gingerbread inwe received this link through an email chain.
not too sure what the purpose is....it's mostly about food.. .
vimeopro.com/user4747451/tnvideo.
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Annual Meeting : where is yours?
by gingerbread inif the original announcement still hold for this weekends 'open' annual meeting, it will be streamed live to (only) english speaking members.
is this still the plan?.
i'm interested in hearing from all on the forum where 'their' program will be broadcast.. our local kingdom hall will be live streaming the meeting.. .
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Singing Listen, Obey & Be Blessed
by gingerbread inrecently attended the sunday meeting during the c.o.
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at the end of the final talk, he says the song will be 'listen, obey and be blessed'.
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Keeping it simple.
by gingerbread inas the convention season is upon many of us, i recall my first assembly that we attended during the very beginning of our questioning if this religion that we were raised in was 'right'.
by really listening to the talks and observing the behavior of the other attendees, we came away that weekend with real focus on uncovering the realities of being one of jehovah's witnesses.. i had, for many years, issues with some basic organizational practices and customs : turning in a time slip, counting hours, re-hashing material over and over, dress and grooming rules, congregational politics/favoritism/discrimination, the 'judicial committee', etc.. at the same time we were researching the history of the watchtower and it's core beliefs : what were the origins of the belief in a paradise earth, the faithful and discreet slave, and (most importantly) the watchtower's chronology/dating that leads to the 1914 conclusion.. to all who are in the beginning of this process, i recommend you keep it simple.
take one topic or issue at a time and prove to yourself that the watchtower's stance is biblical.
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Are you fading mentally or physically?
by gingerbread ini began my proactive 'fade' a couple of years ago.
it was due to multiple events: observing (once again) another botched judicial decision, researching the origins of wt beliefs and organizational history & reading the bible by itself.. when the kids were young, i made every effort to get them to the meetings, out in service, study with them, read the bible story book, watch the videos and have plenty of parties with other witness kids.
being raised in the 'truth', i felt this was the best way to teach them right from wrong.
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Seven signs you're in a cult ( Is our religion "cult-like"?...)
by gingerbread inan enlightning and disturbing story in today's atlantic.. ginger.
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http://m.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/06/the-seven-signs-youre-in-a-cult/361400/.
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This years Memorial talk outline
by gingerbread inperhaps i've missed seeing it.... can anyone provide a scan or link to the 2014 memorial talk and the following sunday's public 'special talk'?.
ginger.
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Does fear of military service motivate baptisms?
by gingerbread inas i approached the post office just before my 18th birthday to register for the selective service, i was scared to death.
i was registering for "the draft.
" i'd heard all the stories of young witness men being brought before registration boards to justify their neutrality stand.
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Using online archives as a research tool.
by gingerbread init's been a while since someone posted on jw.net about the internet archive.. this website is a great resource for research of the wt society with scans of out of print wt books, pamphlets, booklets, magazines, posters, and recordings.. it has been very helpful for me to build evidence in my mind that what i trusted and believed has been changed ad nauseam by this relgious printing group for over 125 years... i'm reading some scans of wt's printed just before 1925 (another armageddon year) and the scare & fear tactic is the same now as it was then.. a search of "jehovah's witnesses" on this online library brings up over 500 documents - scans, video and audio.. and it's free!.
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