Posts by carla

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BART EHRMAN answers my question

by TerryWalstrom in

as a member on bart ehrman's blog, i am able to ask him direct questions.is jehovah in the bible?.

question:.

how firmly grounded in reality is the claim of jehovahs witnesses that the divine name (jehovah) belongs in the new testament?.

carla

Did any of you go out and buy a KJV just to show the 'doors' that jehovah was in fact in their own Bible?

As a ubm I was so excited when my jw bought a KJV because I thought perhaps he was really reading a different version than the NWT. Wow! he was really and truly studying and comparing! alas, it was only to show the doors.

I don't think he does that anymore because I'm sure someone at some door must have used that KJV to point out a few other things wrong with their NWT, at least I can hope so anyway. yeah, leave me to my fantasies...........

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Mormon view of JW.ORG

by konceptual99 in

jw
friends

does anyone have any links to how the mormons (or ex mormons for that matter) view the changes that the wts has made over recent years, especially the growth of jw.org and characters like caleb & sophia?.

have they noticed?

do they see similarities?

carla

Here is a site for ex Mormons similar to Simon's site

http://mormoncurtain.com/

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Blast from the past...

by Abaddon in

jw
friends

hi people,.

just dropping by at random to say hi.

i used to be here a lot, from the really early days of jwd up until 2007 or 8 i guess.

carla

Hi, I remember you! Hope all is well in your world.

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Nightline program with segment on JWs has been changed until tomorrow night.

by AndersonsInfo in

i was at a criminal trial all day in murfreesboro, tn, involving the notorious jw who i call "mommy molester," angela montgomery.

this is the reason i didn't know until this evening that the nightline program with the segment on jws was changed until tomorrow night.

(i forgot my phone.

carla

Thanks, re-setting to tape for Wed 12:30 am central time

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THEOCRATIC KENOSIS: the Watchtower Organization's ultimate goal for humanity

by TerryWalstrom in

ever wonder why jehovah's witnesses have almost nothing but words instead of love?.

every wonder why jw's praise their corporate leaders rather than jesus?.

every wonder why faith is only demonstrated by allowing children to die and molesters to escape, or disasters to be welcomed through obstinate demonstrations of loyalty to the org?.

carla

If I could find the thumbs up emotion I would post it! well done!

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2014 Fully Accomplish Your Ministry-PDF!

by Atlantis in

2014 fully accomplish your ministry-pdf!..

this file was not easy to get!

the informant had to carefully wait until each time his regular pioneer wife left the house to get into her service bag.

carla

Rank & file are not allowed to see this book? If not, shouldn't they check it out before making the decision to pioneer?

Thanks to Atlantis and the ubm spy!

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Not Seating at the Same Place in All Meetings.

by Tempest in a Teacup in

i haven't heard this one in a while but it has been on my mind lately.

maybe it's because i'm noticing that these days people at the kh are going the extra mile to vary their seating places in all meetings.. having skipped meetings for a few weeks, i'm wondering if there has been a talk/article about that recently.

that's one of the most laughable rules they made and i never felt bound by it.

carla

Thank you for the links darksilver but I stand my comment, people do not rent pew space in this century as far as I can tell.

Odd that jw's would even discuss the issue which only brings up the fact that they weren't even around when this was going on (jw's did not begin until late 1800's). Naturally no jw would check it out.

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8 million - The Population of Honduras

by bemused in

i sometimes look at the magazines on jw.org to see what the wt are saying now.

the latest watchtower is a good old fire and brimstone, armageddon is coming any moment now issue, but it was a short article in the april 2015 awake that caught my eye.

it features the country of honduras and is quite an informative little read (though failing to mention the very high crime rate in that country).

carla

I was just thinking the same thing the other day! well, not about reading anything from their website as I don't like to give them any ranking with Google.

Barbara Anderson posted something and in the article it said that there were about 1 million jw's in the US. Only one million?! really?

So I had to Google the population of Chicago (nearest large city) just to see, the population of Chicago is 2,695,598. All the jw's in the US would fit in Chicago with room to spare!

Warms my heart to see how few there really are in the US.

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Not Seating at the Same Place in All Meetings.

by Tempest in a Teacup in

i haven't heard this one in a while but it has been on my mind lately.

maybe it's because i'm noticing that these days people at the kh are going the extra mile to vary their seating places in all meetings.. having skipped meetings for a few weeks, i'm wondering if there has been a talk/article about that recently.

that's one of the most laughable rules they made and i never felt bound by it.

carla

From Blondie's post-"The CO gave a talk at the end of the evening about pews in churches and how people paid to sit there. But there is no pew rent in Jehovah's house."

Do jw's really believe that? Christians pay for their spot in the pew? oh for goodness sakes! how damn ridiculous is that?!

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Semi Home Study Based Charter School vs. Regular School

by SonoftheTrinity in

i blame my stepkids bad grades in school squarely on the watchtower.

they don't get enough sleep because of the demands of family bible study and thursday meetings but comprimise isn't in my wife's vocabulary.

my stepson has friends at school but there are also bullies, and the classes are overcrowded with sicknesses spreading through them in a way that is detrimental to the family's health.

carla

Organized sports would be good for him but the dub mom probably wouldn't allow it. Same could be said for Boy Scouts, marital arts, etc.... I have no idea what is left for the poor kid.

Would the mom allow him to volunteer at an animal shelter or something? It wouldn't be helping us evil non jw's in any way but still get him out there with the public a bit.