I'm a newbie!! (page 2)

FairMind

poodles, in reference to your question to ironclaws about staying up so late, there is a three hour time differental between NY and CA.

jgnat

I would like to understand the Witness way of life w/o joining!!

Try attending a random Kingdom Hall outside your neighbourhood. Don't give any of the sweet sisters your phone number.

rebel8

Hi Poodles!

Here are some personal experiences to help you understand the Witness way of life.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/32/76992/1.ashx http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/32/77408/1.ashx

http://www.network54.com/Forum/217065/

http://www.ajwrb.org/victims/index.shtml

http://www.silentlambs.org/personal_experiences/abused_lambs.cfm

http://www.silentlambs.org/personal_experiences/battered_lambs.cfm

Thegoodgirl

Welcome poodles! Yes, please don't join the Witnesses, it's like Hotel California: you can check out anytime you want but you can never leave. (once you've joined JWs)

Gretchen956

Welcome, Poodle! I'm sure you've figured out by now that most of us are EX-Jehovah's Witnesses.

Sherry

wanda

For example, they teach against Easter yet read

HOW CHRISTIANS CAN BETTER DISCUSS EASTER, THE RABBITS AND EGGS

In fact although many encyclopedias repeat the speculation of "the Venerable Bede," an 8th Century scholar, that Easter may come from the name of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eastre, the Latin "Hebdonada Alba” (White Week) a spring week when people wore white to be baptized as Christians, was mistranslated as Eostarum which became Easter.

Also the Anglo-Saxon word "eastre" means easterly or eastern, a reminder Christianity entered

When Christianity reached in the 1500s, eggs and rabbits were used as symbols of the resurrection hope of new life, rabbits famed for bearing new life in spring and appearing first here remindful of how Christ appeared various places after resurrected.

Colossians 2:16 says “Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day” so although a few don’t celebrate Easter, these reasons are why the vast majority do and with full scriptural approval.

Knowing these things also gives Christians the joy of sharing the information with non-Christians so that they can know when about to die that because of Christ they too have the hope being resurrected to be with their loved ones again.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChristianWitnesses/ provides more free leaflets like this

I'm a newbie!!

Legolas

FairMind

jgnat

rebel8

Thegoodgirl

Gretchen956

wanda

delilah

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