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  Where are you from?

  by BeautifulMind in

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  i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

  but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

  i currently live in georgia, usa.

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  fastJehu

  @ Eden:

  I visited Sintra a lot of times during holidays. Great place.
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  Where are you from?

  by BeautifulMind in

  1. jw
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  i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

  but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

  i currently live in georgia, usa.

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  My avatar identifies the country where I live. It's the sign for highways - called "autobahn".

  On most of the highways we can drive as fast as we want.

  It's the "promised land" for fastJehu and other petrol heads like me.

  The Central European Branch is located in this counrty - in the town called Selters.
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  New Watchtower Propaganda and hate speech destroying families (Feb 2016 WT)

  by Daniel1555 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the following is a paragraph from the new february study watchtower article "learn from jehovah's loyal servants.".

  7 a conflict of loyalties may arise when a close relative is disfellowshipped.

  for example, a sister named anne [1] received a telephone call from her disfellowshipped mother.

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  I have to stop reading this WT.

  Page 23 §9: For example, when he (her not JW husband) wanted to go to another city for the funeral of his father, she got the children ready and prepared everything needed for the trip. She waited for her husband at the church door until the ceremony ended.

  I can hardly bear it. Her father in law died and she is waiting outside.
  
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  New Watchtower Propaganda and hate speech destroying families (Feb 2016 WT)

  by Daniel1555 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the following is a paragraph from the new february study watchtower article "learn from jehovah's loyal servants.".

  7 a conflict of loyalties may arise when a close relative is disfellowshipped.

  for example, a sister named anne [1] received a telephone call from her disfellowshipped mother.

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  § 4: In his old age, David continued to demonstrate loyalty to God. For example, he made generous contributions toward the construction of Jehovah’s temple.

  What will the olderones in the hall think about this?

  "You will demonstrate loyality to God, if you make generous contributions."

  Why does the WT singled out this "generous contributions" example?

  Money problems???

  
  

  Could Anne's mother "come back" and reduce the 6 month backrow sitting with "generous contributions" and show loyality to God?

  
  
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  New Watchtower Propaganda and hate speech destroying families (Feb 2016 WT)

  by Daniel1555 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the following is a paragraph from the new february study watchtower article "learn from jehovah's loyal servants.".

  7 a conflict of loyalties may arise when a close relative is disfellowshipped.

  for example, a sister named anne [1] received a telephone call from her disfellowshipped mother.

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  fastJehu

  As I can remember - in the past they "advised" the parents about DF children.

  Now they have an example, where the child has to shun the parents. This is new for me.

  So it seems true, that a lot of the older people are leaving the WT.

  Another point:

  Before writing, she reviewed Bible principles

  Not bible laws - "only principles".

  Bible principles = biblical exegesis (man made rules)

  § 14: Urge your friend or relative to seek the help of the elders. If he or she does not do so within a reasonable period of time, loyalty to God should move you to report the matter to the elders.

  Maybe Anne has told the elders about her mothers "wrongdoings".
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  I'm Catholic and madly in love with a Jehovah Witness...

  by Luge62 in

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  2. friends

  we are madly in love with each other and she is in the process of being divorced.

  let me make one thing clear i'm not the reason for the divorce.

  she attempted to reconcile with him but to no avail.

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  @ Luge62

  Still if she will leave the JWs, she was 30 years in (if she is a born in).

  That will affect almost all her actions.

  She will say for example: I never had birthdays, christmas, halloween and so on - and it's difficult, to do all this together with you and your family.

  Like others said: Your only hope is, that she can see, that JWs are a cult and that they have not "the truth".

  She also "learned" in the cult, that a 20 years older man is OK. Many reasons for this:

  - 2/3 woman and only 1/3 JWs are men

  - "the end is near" - and in "paradise" we will have all young and healthy bodies

  So after having realized, that JWs are a cult, MAYBE she will change her mind about a "20 years older man". This is not against you and your age (I am also in this age).

  Good luck for you.
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  Redefining "fair"

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in light of all the reassignments, i can't help but feel that this directed to those who gave their lives and now are being kicked out.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uou-fbkg0y.

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  Alex Reinmueller, please explain "to be fair" to this monkey on the left:

  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meiU6TxysCg
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  Where has all the money gone?

  by gingerbread in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a number of years ago when i was still active, our service group was having a coffee break with the visiting circuit overseer.

  during the conversation he mentioned that the "society" was now being run like a business.

  being raised in the "truth" i thought that rather odd (and my eyes began to be opened!

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  gingerbread

  ... and I begin to think of Jesus' words to sell excess belongings and give to the POOR. He never said give to my apostles (in order to spread the good new or advance kingdom interests)..

  Good point, I never thought in this direction
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  Let's Consolidate World Branch Layoff Threads - Oct 2015

  by TheListener in

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  there has been many threads from various posters around the world about recent bethel layoffs.. so far i remember threads about:.

  south africa.

  united states.

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  Infos about Japan:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5945396761198592/lay-offs-ebina-bethel-japan
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  Light Getting Brighter

  by awokenjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hello, maybe someone on here can make some sense out of this:.

  one of the reasons why jws are so quick to believe any changes from the gb is that they believe the light is getting brighter.

  now there have been some teachings that to my knowledge changed at one point but then were reverted back to the original teaching.

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  This is - how the GB try to explains this:

  *** w81 12/1 p. 27 par. 2 The Path of the Righteous Does Keep Getting Brighter ***
  2 However, it may have seemed to some as though that path has not always gone straight forward. At times explanations given by Jehovah’s visible organization have shown adjustments, seemingly to previous points of view. But this has not actually been the case. This might be compared to what is known in navigational circles as “tacking.” By maneuvering the sails the sailors can cause a ship to go from right to left, back and forth, but all the time making progress toward their destination in spite of contrary winds. And that goal in view for Jehovah’s servants is the “new heavens and a new earth” of God’s promise.—2 Pet. 3:13.

  BUT - this is, what the bible says about "tacking":
  

  (Ephesians 4:14)  in order that we should no longer be babes, tossed about as by waves and carried hither and thither by every wind of teaching by means of the trickery of men, by means of cunning in contriving error.

  
  Or this WT:
  

  *** w92 8/1 p. 17 How Are You Running in the Race for Life? ***
  Run “Not Uncertainly”
  16 Seeing the strenuous efforts needed to succeed in the race for life, Paul went on to say: “Therefore, the way I am running is not uncertainly; the way I am directing my blows is so as not to be striking the air.” (1 Corinthians 9:26) The word “uncertainly” literally means “unevidently” (Kingdom Interlinear), “unobserved, unmarked” (Lange’s Commentary). Hence, to run “not uncertainly” means that to every observer it should be very evident where the runner is heading. The Anchor Bible renders it “not on a zigzag course.” If you saw a set of footprints that meanders up and down the beach, circles around now and then, and even goes backward at times, you would hardly think the person was running at all, let alone that he had any idea where he was heading. But if you saw a set of footprints that form a long, straight line, each footprint ahead of the previous one and all evenly spaced, you would conclude that the footprints belong to one who knows exactly where he is going.