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  They never thought they woud die

  by Dawn in

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  i was over visiting my mom this week and i was suprised at some of her comments.

  she would usually say things like "this system can't last much longer" and point to world events she was certain marked the beginning of the end.

  she and my father became jw's in the 50's, were convinced armageddon was near, lived through the hoopla of the 75 fiasco.

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  All JWs better get used to feeling that way. They are all going to die in this world like everyone else. The WT will go on preaching that the end is near and conditioning people that they may never die at all. The WT relies on this gimic and will go on using it no matter how obvious it is that death is unavoidable because if the WT publicly recanted their "end is near" doctrine, the sense of "urgency" would be lost and many people would bail out of the religion.

  Dawn,

  The reason many JWs hang on to their beliefs even after most of the family and friends die off is because they still cling to the WT resurrection doctrine. That is their last hope. The cure all belief.
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  My undisfellowshipping

  by kwintestal in

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  revised statementhere's the sound byte.

  (i hope it works!

  kwin

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  Kwin,

  The chairman and p.o. were too arrogant to make your UNdisfellowshipping announcement. So they had some patsy do it.

  Who was on your appeal committee? It is supposed to be a different set of elders (more experienced elders) chosen by the c.o.
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  My First Apostate Vacation -- Surfing and Dope and Counter-Culture

  by tetrapod.sapien in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, it's been almost a year since i have been out of the borg "mentally".

  and almost 6 months since officially da'ing myself and stepping away from friendships that i had worked at for a decade.

  actually, they stepped away from me, but whatever.. it's been a heady year for me.

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  Tetra,

  LOL! Nice sense of humor. I am glad you had a nice time out there healing.

  Cheers to you.
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  'Questions from Readers'--made up?

  by rebel8 in

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  2. friends

  this thread got me thinking:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/98014/reply.ashx

  it be wrong for a christian to use wind chimes in his or her home?

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  The WT tampers with the "Questions from Readers" because all of the questions are written with proper grammer and in perfect JW lingo, just like the questions in the WT study articles.

  When most people send questions to the WT their questions are more complicated and not worded that way.
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  My First Apostate Vacation -- Surfing and Dope and Counter-Culture

  by tetrapod.sapien in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, it's been almost a year since i have been out of the borg "mentally".

  and almost 6 months since officially da'ing myself and stepping away from friendships that i had worked at for a decade.

  actually, they stepped away from me, but whatever.. it's been a heady year for me.

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  Tetra,

  Two questions about the psycholgical experience of your first apostate vacation...

  Did you think about Jehovah at all when you saw all those beautiful creations of his?

  Weren't you afraid that Jehovah sent that big brown she-bear to devour you... you 'disrespectful apostate' you?
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  WTS Emergency Meeting

  by doinmypart in

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  the disaster relief committee at patterson organized 3 meetings this past memorial day, monday september 5, 2005. the meetings were held in lake charles, louisiana; bossier city, louisiana; and ball, louisiana.

  over 1,200 elders were in attendance from louisiana, missouri, arkansas, and texas.

  i took horrible notes, but want to share a few things.. the elder opening the meeting emphasized the importance of confidentiality.

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  Since when have elders kept confidentiality? A judicial committee of 3 elders cannot keep confidentiality. So 1,200 elders will NOT keep confidentiality.

  The WT knows that. And for the WT to put a confidentiality order on helping hurricane refugees is suspicious.

  If the WT wants to keep this secret, just think of the REAL secrets they hide.
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  OMG!!! YOU MUST READ THIS!!!! My appeal letter worked!!!

  by kwintestal in

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  2. friends

  for those not up-to-date on my situation ... .

  i was disfellowshipped and i posted about it here.. i wrote an appeal letter, and wrote about it here.

  so, i just got home from a weeks vacation, i was home for 3 hours.

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  Did they make their reversal annoucement tonight or not
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  WT nominates 'John Roberts'

  by Smiles in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  isn't the wt appointing those middle aged men to the governing body as off-beam as nominating the young john roberts to the superior court?

  the purpose of such appointments is clear.

  the higher powers want to ensure the longetivity of their agenda.

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  Isn't the WT appointing those middle aged men to the Governing Body as off-beam as nominating the young John Roberts to the Superior Court?

  The purpose of such appointments is clear. The higher powers want to ensure the longetivity of their agenda.

  Here is an interesting quote:

  Bush and Senate Republicans are pushing to confirm Roberts before the new court session that begins Oct. 3. Democrats cautioned against a rush to judgment now that Roberts is a candidate for chief justice and at age 50, could shape the court for decades.

  "I would hope all senators, Republicans and Democrats, would ask very substantive questions because this is, after all, a lifetime position," said Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.http://msnbc.msn.com/ID/9209570

  The WT is onboard with the rest.It is not a decision made by "holy spirit" it is a calculated business decision. They want to 'shape their organization for decades' by appointing their younger proteges to lifetime positions... Because they know their "urgent message" is bogus and that "this old system of things" is going to be around for a long time, with no end in sight.
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  Gilligan Died

  by DevonMcBride in

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  http://www.cnn.com/2005/showbiz/tv/09/06/denver.obit.ap/index.html

  bob denver, tv's 'gilligan,' dies at 70 .

  tuesday, september 6, 2005; posted: 3:12 p.m. edt (19:12 gmt) .

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  Now he will be stranded in Paradise with a bunch of JWs when he is resurrected.
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  He will probably count those 20 seconds as 1 hour!

  by Soledad in

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  i went to brooklyn heights today, mapping out the exact route for our protest march on 10/13.. as i am waiting for the traffic light to change (on the corner of pearl st and sand st) out of the corner of my eye what do i see:.

  a young man in a wool suit (81 degrees outside kiddo!

  ) approaching me with a tract in hand.. poor kid.

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  Didn't you think that it was "angelic direction" that the young JW brought the tract straight to you? Jehovah trying to warn you or call you back into the fold?

  That is how the WT would tell the story.