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  I'm meeting with my congregation Elders Today HELP PLEASE

  by LennaB in

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  meeting with my congregation elders today.. going to tell them about the things i discovered about c.t russell.

  (astrology, racism, ect.

  ) i don't know how to present this information or what to say.

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  joe134cd

  I'm going to be rather blunt here. " they are gunna kick your arse".
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  An important message from a PRACTICING Jehovah's witness

  by Sparks in

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  2. friends

  hi, i am also a practicing jehovah's witness and very proud of it,to say the very-very least..!

  i am a middle-aged man with many decades of being a witness of jehovah god in england.. this important letter is personally to you, just as many of the bible's 88 letters are to be taken personal by you the reader.

  i am writing to you to urge you to take stock of your life, think what your future holds for you.

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  joe134cd

  I think you missed the point. I don't have a problem with jehovah, jesus Christ, or his commands set out in the bible. I take my issue with a group of men sitting in NY. I think you are showing a very disobedient attitude by ignoring the faithful slaves directions by blatantly engaging with apostates.
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  Just wanting to hear experiences.

  by joe134cd in

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  it's funny how my mind works since walking out of the hall just a bit over a year ago.

  for some reason i just can't seem to bring myself to go to the jw.org site.

  i find it just to painful.

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  joe134cd

  Yes Steve that what I could compare it to. Seeing the ex walking down the street. Even from afar would be enough to do it for me.
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  Just wanting to hear experiences.

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
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  it's funny how my mind works since walking out of the hall just a bit over a year ago.

  for some reason i just can't seem to bring myself to go to the jw.org site.

  i find it just to painful.

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  joe134cd

  It's funny how my mind works since walking out of the Hall just a bit over a year ago. For some reason I just can't seem to bring myself to go to the jw.org site. I find it just to painful. Honestly I just find it traumatic. I still have dubbie f/book acuaintances who I am happy to talk to but that jw.org I just can't do it. I know I should, just to reference things and to confirm what I have been told is correct but I would much rather be lied to on an apostate site than have to go to jw.org to confirm its true. That's the fear the jw.org URL puts into me. Anyone else have the same problem.
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  Telephone Conversations Today with 2 Elders Re: Shunning - Or Not?

  by abbasgreta in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my alcoholic and aged jw mother is now extremely ill and is being cared for in every respect by my non-jw brother.

  3 sisters visited him yesterday and were adamant.

  that i (disassociated and shunned by her for nearly 3 years) was able to 'visit her any time' and that ' there was nothing to stop me seeing her' as long as i. didn't discuss spiritual things with her.

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  joe134cd

  I have read experiences of disfellowshiped ones who the first time they found out that a close love one had died was when they read about it in the paper. So the elder really doesn't understand his own BS when he talks about someone who never saw a dieing family member.
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  Question: Is JW religion the most attacked one?

  by Da.Furious in

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  2. beliefs

  i was having a chat with an elder and couple of friends regarding apostates and how to protect ourselves and funnily how to identify them!.

  during the discussion the elder mentioned: jehovah's witnesses is most attacked religion in the world.

  there are no other religions that are under the spotlight.

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  joe134cd

  Are they the most persecuted religion. Hell I would hope so.
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  Will the WT get a twitter account?

  by bohm in

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  2. friends

  with the recent success of the website which really seem to be working beyond at least my expectations, will the wt get a twitter account in the near(ish) future?.

  those who guess right win the bragging rights.

  my guess is no since twitter invite to much discussion, however they will eventually jump on a popular twitter-like social media service when one arise that is more easily controlled..

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  joe134cd

  I have wondered about this. But you look at all the internet walls that have been falling. 20 years ago such things would of been scandalous. Now it's not only right its justify able. I think it will get to the point where they will be forced to. But I am sure of one thing it's not until there is no other option that they will reluctantly change.
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  Not on JW.ORG: Jehovah's Witnesses being sued again in California for Child Molestation by Pioneer/Servant. Abuse hidden from police by Elders and Watchtower Society.

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  orange county lawsuit alleges sex abuse by jehovah's witness leadertwo men said they were abused in laguna hills as teenagers.. .

  by eric hartley / staff writer.

  published: aug. 27, 2014 updated: 7:44 p.m.. two men who say they were molested as teenagers by a jehovahs witness church leader in south orange county filed a lawsuit against him and the church this week.

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  joe134cd

  I'm just wondering how much punishment they can take. The thing that gets me is just how oblivious those in the congregation are to it. They have just got no idea that this problem even exists. When I tried to bring this topic up with my uber dub relative I got told to " not read overseas news papers because it would confuse me". Now I just keep my mouth shut for fear of ending up in the back room and getting the apostate label. They are going to have to fess up pretty soon. Sooner they do it the better off they will be.
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  A new member

  by LP97 in

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  i'm a 17 year old from scotland.

  can i just say this site is absolutely brilliant.

  finally found people with open minds and free thought that doesn't just consist of "well the wt told me this so it must be right".. my story is that i'm just like any other child of a jw...brought up into a life of indoctrination where "the world's" thinking is automatically wrong.. that is until i was 14 - a light turned on in my head.

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  joe134cd

  There is one thing that strikes me about the newer posters and that is just how young they are. I always sort of assumed that this would be a place of older middle aged people. But I'm beginning to think otherwise. All the best mate.
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  6 branches subsidize the rest of the branches.

  by hoser in

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  i went to the meeting this morning and we had some guy from overseas bethel give the public talk.

  6 countries subsidize the rest.

  he said in some countries all the donations that they get from contributions don't even pay the electricity bill for the branch buildings so money has to come in from these 6 richer countries.

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  joe134cd

  I've heard 2 theories.

  (1) They are rolling in it

  (2) They are struggling

  By what I've observed I tend to go for option 2. But on saying that I think they are a far cry from liquidation. They have got enough money stored away to out live me.