Topics Started by adelmaal

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Reasoning Book -- Online Version
by adelmaal in
1. watchtower
2. bible
anyone know if i can get an online electronic version of the reasoning book?

i really need to get ahold of it to be able to show my daughter what jws believe.

sometimes when i explain to her a jw belief she is dumfounded and does not grasp that they actually believe what i am telling her.
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Date of Memorial This Year? & Hello Everyone
by adelmaal in
1. jw
2. friends
it's been awhile since i posted

i'm trying to figure out when the memorial is this year... anyone have the inside word?

thanks in advance
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Pray to Jesus to God or Both? (Not Just Yet Another Trinity Thread...)
by adelmaal in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i just read another post that touched upon praying directly to jesus and it reminded me of the other day at church.

i don't know if it's just my jw roots or what but one of the men who said the prayer in church prayed directly to jesus.

he kept using jesus' name in prayer speaking directly to him on our behalf, he brought out that no other name is higher than that of jesus and when he closed he did so in the name of jesus.
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After Reading CoC It Seems This Could Apply to Dub Loyalty to the Org - LOL
by adelmaal in
1. jw
2. friends
the below analogy made me think about how in coc whenever a new article comes out in the wt the dubs loyally obey without questioning whether or not it has any bible basis or whether or nor it is morally right (i.e.

disassociated ones to be shunned just as disfellowshipped ones, ones who personally disagree with any of the established beliefs (even if they are not outwardly promoting such disagreement) are to be considered apostates and should be disfellowshipped, etc.).

it's amazing how the org can say it's black even if it's white and blind faith causes the dubs not to question it.
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Go Get Your Mammies Grammed
by adelmaal in
1. social
2. humour
reading this just had me in stitches!

the joys of being a woman

go get your mammies grammed.
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Discipline for Lying -- Opinions Please
by adelmaal in
1. jw
2. friends
our daughter is 10 and she is in 4th grade.

she has been having a tough time this year with schoolwork and she has started early puberty (boobs, acne, pubic hair, crushes on boys, etc.).

recently, we have been having problems with her lying to us and making up stories/excuses.
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I Think I'm Getting Through To My Daughter!
by adelmaal in
1. jw
2. friends
my daughter is at her dad's house 50% of the time and he along with his family have been indoctrinating her since birth.

up until recently she has always said she is a jehovah's witness.

i have been reasoning with her in the past 6 months to a year (i used to take the path of least agression but final decided i need to combat some of their teachings if she is to think for herself).
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Does Anyone Really Celebrate The Last Supper As Commanded In The Bible?
by adelmaal in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i know the jws try but imho they miss the mark because they do not all partake, as described in the bible, and they do not do the foot washing as commanded in those verses as well.

i am hard pressed to find a religion that actually does "do this in remembrance of me" as explained in the bible accounts by jesus.

does anyone know if there is a religion that tries to re-enact the event as it is described in the bible?
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Witness Sister Alone At Our Door on Sunday ..No knock ..Just Silence
by adelmaal in
1. jw
2. friends
it was pretty odd.

we had a jw sister come to our door on sunday by herself.

she walked up really slowly and quietly.
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Call Me Stupid But.... Who Is Ted Jaracz?
by adelmaal in
1. jw
2. friends
i keep seeing that name and would love to know who in the heck he is/was.... was he part of the governing body at one time?

is he in coc?

i have only gotten 1/2 way through the book so far...