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  Words JWs--and ex-JWs--use :)

  by bebu in

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  (preface: i have never been a jw.

  i notice words and phrases that strike me really odd, used by jws, and even by members on this board.

  one that comes readily to mind is the use of the words one or ones when referring to people.

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  Poztate

  That's quite a striking difference. But even more telling is the fact that the phrase "one of Jehovah's Witnesses" occurs a whopping 2,850 times in the literature, versus a scant 94 cases of "a Jehovah's Witness". Very much a hive mentality at work.

  I was taught...long..long time ago to use the expression "one of Jehovah's witnesses"

  Note the fact that witnesses is not capitalized.It was explained to me that it was done that way to show we were not JUST another religion

  EG: Catholics..Lutherans...Baptists etc WE were all witnesses for Jehovah.I don't know when it changed but Witnesses always has a capitol now.

  As a side thought at a service meeting long ago and far away the guy in charge,don't remember what they called him...pre elder period.

  He took about 15 minutes to go through the point we were "one of Jehovah's witnesses" We were not a Jehovah's Witness or a Jehovah Witness.He must have gotten chewed on by a CO by the way he was carrying on.It was a laugh looking back on it now.
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  Kingdom Hall for sale - the pictures

  by observador in

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  you may want to have a look at these pictures.

  they're of that hall that is being talked about here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/76089/1.ashx.

  when i saw this, i couldn't help but remember of that doctrine that would go like 'the waters of babylon, the great, will dry out and she will see her end', remember?

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  I specifically remember a talk that was given about "Jehovah is the owner of our Kingdom Hall"....

  Dammm...that was my first thought also...I hate it ..too many THINKING people in this group.
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  Sunday's WT study at the local KH

  by Mulan in

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  2. bible

  my jw friend called me this morning to complain about the wt study yesterday.

  it was all about apostates.

  evidently some in that cong.

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  Poztate

  If you leave the org, den u b uh poztate.

  I like it when you spell it right.

  Poztate.
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  Living in a divided home

  by 24k in

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  let me start off by saying that i love my wife dearly.

  she is, and has always been my best friend.

  she is a devoted wife and a wonderful mother.

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  Poztate

  So I guess my question is, how have all of you, who are living in divided marriages, dealt with the challenges? Have you been able to find compromises that seem to work? Are your mates willing to associate with your worldly friends and family?

  NO There is no compromise with the WT. A true believer mate will DISCARD EVERYTHING IN LIFE to be true to their beliefs.
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  How much harm have you caused your congregation?

  by Joker10 in

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  how much harm did you cause to the people in your congregation?

  everybody complains how the witnesses did this and that and in the process caused so much harm.

  but what you don't say is how much pain you caused others while you were in.

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  Poztate

  Joker,

  I am interested in your response to my post.

  SNG

  SNG, That was a great post and I loved it.Why did joker not respond... It was because he could not look in the mirror and see the sham that the WT is !!! He is a typical WT HYPOCRITE. Poz.
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  Jehovah Kingdom soon to come

  by CYRUS THE GREAT 2004 in

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  i write this post to proclaim that jehovah?s new kingdom is approaching.

  this new kingdom will be made up of those with an earthy hope.

  and, not ruled by those with a heavenly one.

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  Poztate

  In conclusion please ridicule me at your pleasure

  OK THEN
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  JW foul play.

  by avishai in

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  what instances do you know of jw crime, particularly jw on jw or jw on xjw?.

  i know of several instances.

  my own po, elder grandfather ripped off tons of dubs.

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  Poztate

  This is the same guy who beat me for an hour, right by my dads bedroom while my dad was dying, trying to take a $5 watch my dad had bought for me. My dad died three days later. I'm not pissed about the beating. I'm pissed my dad had to hear it and could'nt get out of bed. I was 13.

  The WT is full of enough garbage with doctrine without having to deal with this kind of shit.
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  Draw Close Jeh, Since the elder is out I have to conduct tonight, any sugg?

  by DaCheech in

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  since the elder is out i have to conduct tonight!.

  any suggestion on subtle little comments i can get away with when we study page 143 thru 147?

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  Poztate

  I hope you get found out and appropriate action is taken.

  I hope he gets found out also. It is disgusting that in the middle of an approved BOOK STUDY someone would try to make it into a BIBLE STUDY and try to raise a valid point without referring to the questions at the bottom of the page.

  What the hell...this could cause people to start thinking for themselves and then....
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  JW foul play.

  by avishai in

  1. jw
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  what instances do you know of jw crime, particularly jw on jw or jw on xjw?.

  i know of several instances.

  my own po, elder grandfather ripped off tons of dubs.

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  Poztate

  What instances do you know of JW crime, particularly JW on JW

  HUGE scandal here,
  

  A son of a JW elder...also a dub in good standing himself,started an investment company. He promised dubs a good rate of return on their money if they would invest with him.It was a scam with him loosing all the money by poor management,bad investment and just plain theft.

  It made the headlines of the newspapers here about the scam which involved many JW's loosing their life savings.The reaction of "worldly people" was to start a fund to help those who lost money. The dub son left town and as far as I know was never DF'ed.The city was XXXXXXXXXXXX and the time was about 20 years ago.

  I edited my post to take out city. Anyone I know well can PM me and I will tell them city.

  Poz.......of the paranoid group
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  No KHalls for Hurricane relief

  by SadElder in

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  eldubs in florida (maybe elsewhere too) have been told that the kingdom halls should not be used for relief efforts or for shelters.

  liability and insurance issues were stated as the reason.. will try and get a copy of this letter.. of course the kingdom halls are supposed to be the center of true worship and a place of comfort but i guess only in fair weather.

  what a crock.

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  Poztate

  Well Poztate - I know you must be joking... because most of this thread has been about JWs taking refuge in the KHs - not non-JWs.

  I know the policy is to take care of JW's only.Caring for your fellow man (woman) non dub has never been at the top of the list for them.

  Imagine for a moment...if they kept a KH or any other building open after a hurricane..etc and DID NOT OFFER help to anyone other than a fellow DUB.the S**T would hit the fan. Try telling that story on CNN. Yes...you can get help at the local KH but ONLY if you show your BLOOD CARD first.

  The easy way for LEGAL to get out of this is to DENY help to anyone...Pretend there is no problem and it will go away POLICY FOR ALL THINGS....GARBAGE RELIGION..