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  Late Lloyd Barry`s Prophecy

  by JWD in

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  most brothers know that former gb member lloyd barry was a missionary.

  here to japan many years ago.

  i have a japanese friend, elder for .

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  " ...Rutherford's girlfriend"???

  by MacHislopp in

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  im sure that an answer to this point would be interesting :.

  there have been reports and maybe even a picture of rutherford's girlfriend.. rutherford lived at the bethel or the home in san diego, while his wife lived.

  in monrovia, 100 miles from san diego.. did rutherford indeed have a girlfriend and if so, how was this accepted ?.

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  Should I Respect Mums Wishes?

  by Englishman in

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  my jw mum has chosen not to write a will.

  as she has very little in the way of worldly goods, she has asked my brother and i to sell her possesions when the time comes, and give the money to "the congregation".

  presumably the jw`s will decide suddenly that it`s now ok to talk to us df'd ones.. also, my mum has asked me to pack up all her 100's of wt books for presentation to the local congregation library.. now, i have to tell you that these books include the original watchtower and awake volumes.

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  I hope this is a friendly place

  by truman in

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  i hope this is a friendly place, because i could sure use some friends.

  this is my first try at posting on a discussion board, though i have been lurking here and at a few others on the same subject for a few weeks now.

  about 4 weeks ago i took the plunge and decided to see just what all the mystery and danger of reading "apostate" material was all about.

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  Evidence of "Independent Thinking"

  by COMF in

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  you need some history to understand what i have to tell.

  i have two grown sons.

  son1 is single and a staunch jw whose goal for years has been to go to bethel and to become a missionary.

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  THE TEST WAS POSITIVE

  by LDH in

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  i am preggers.. just left the doctor's office and my hubby's office.

  i dropped the little plastic thing-a-ma-jig off, and he said, "what's this?

  are you pregnant?!?!?!?".

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  Did Christ exist?

  by uncle_onion in

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  jesus christ is the main feature of christianity.

  what proof is there of him existing?

  we touched on this subject on the the last thread that i started, but i would appreciate in depth veiw points and "evidence" please.

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  I see little good left in WTS

  by Amazing in

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  you said, "so would it be wrong to accept the fact that the wts, despite its flaws, has many good scriptural truths to share.".

  i think most of us accept that the wts has done some good, but as the years pass, i find that the good i thought they did is getting less and less, and more importantly, the harm caused is getting greater than i could possibly imagine.. you continued, "can we reject what they have pressed to the world: god has a name, his kingdom is to solve mans problems, the earth is to become a paradise as god purposed, man will live endlessly on earth as intended, those who died will return in a resurrection of the dead rather that burn in hell, and this good news is to be preached in all the earth.".

  at this point in my life, after 25 years of being a jw and now an ex-jw, i find their message, its very root concepts, pure fantasy that may not necessarily god's will.

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  "this teaching"

  by somebody in

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  "if anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, never receive him into your homes or say a greeting to him.".

  i know that the "society" uses this scripture to instruct it's members on how to view other members that have been judged and condemmed.

  (i. e. disfellowshipped) i'm intersted in opinions of what "this teaching" is referring to in the verse.

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  That They Might be Kings

  by Farkel in

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  dubs like to speculate.

  about almost everything: how life will be in the new world ordertm, how and when armageddon is going to happen, whether the latest newspaper headline really signals that armageddon is about to start, what the latest new lighttm is going to be, and on and on.. so heres something to also speculate about.

  suppose that jehovah paid a personal visit to the wts leaders and said, .

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