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  My conversation with my mother in law.

  by StephaneLaliberte in

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  my wife and i recently took the decision to fade out progressively and we are now in the stage where we no longer assist to our meetings.

  in this process, we have told the truth to our respective parents but have not forced ourselves upon them; meaning that: we will talk about it when you want to.

  as a result, my mother in-law already had some conversations with my wife on why we no longer went, but never brought up the subject with me, at least, up until yesterday.. she was telling us that a good deal of people miss us at the meeting and i answered that i missed them also.

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  Jeep ad

  by why144000 in

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  there is a new jeep ad here in australia, probably all over the place.

  two women are reading their fortune cookies and one reads it is time for her to take control of her life.

  she says "glad i got a jeep' funny thing is the registration number for her car in the cut away shot is xjw - ***!

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  carla

  Thanks for the link! loved the very clear XJW
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  What is the purpose of Field Service??

  by quellycatface in

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  the so used to say it was life saving work.i wasn't convinced.it was soul destroying in the area i lived.i didn't want to be so cynical as to think, it was just to gain converts, therefore more money but it certainly looks that way now..

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  Blondie, I get confused about non jw's being resurrected or not and being allowed to accept the jw message after the big A due to jw answers like the following from yahoo (just a few examples) jw's do not know their own literature I guess-

  "19 What about all the people who did not serve or obey Jehovah because they never knew about him? These billions of “unrighteous” ones will not be forgotten. They too will be resurrected and given time to learn about the true God and to serve him. During a period of a thousand years, the dead will be resurrected and given an opportunity to join faithful humans on earth in serving Jehovah. It will be a wonderful time. This period is what the Bible refers to as Judgment Day"

  "Jehovah is the only one who can read hearts - that is not our place....."

  "people who know nothing about Jehovah Witnesses will say anything and lie about us. to answer your question, only Jehovah God is the judge who will go threw Armageddon"

  And many other typical comments like the above. I liked this guys answer- (the original question was, 'jw's- Don't you believe that only jw's will survive armageddon?')

  "Yes that is what they believe. But on Y!A they try not to openly admit that unpleasant truth by saying things like 'it's not for us to judge'. But that's a copout statement because their own literature which you have quoted, clearly states that only JWs will be saved. They are ashamed to admit their belief because they know how politically incorrect it is. They have a way of spinning the truth in such a way as to mislead others while still being technically truthful. They can be very deceptive if you aren't familiar with their beliefs."

  Aren't there also quotes in wt's about only jah can read hearts it is not our place to say....etc...? They have quotes stating both? we all get destroyed and it is not our place to say who gets destroyed?
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  What is the purpose of Field Service??

  by quellycatface in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the so used to say it was life saving work.i wasn't convinced.it was soul destroying in the area i lived.i didn't want to be so cynical as to think, it was just to gain converts, therefore more money but it certainly looks that way now..

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  carla

  If it isn't to gain new converts why else would they go? more people = more money, power and social acceptance instead of people thinking they are a cult or some strange little 'church' in their town with odd people and beliefs.

  Why do they go if their belief is that all those who reject their message will be destroyed? Knowing that 99.9% of the doors clearly reject their message aren't they in fact relegating the population to destruction? Wouldn't it be kinder not to give anyone their message with the hope that after the Big A us poor sods will have a chance then to accept their goofy doctrines? and live what? another 1000 years proving our love of all things jw?

  If they really believed in their doctrines they wouldn't tell anyone!
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  My Mom is in the hospital

  by JeffT in

  1. jw
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  my mother broke her hip last week.

  she had an emergency partial replacement surgery friday night.

  we don't know how she did it as we have caregivers with her at all times, she may have fallen while in the bathroom for a few minutes.

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  carla

  Sorry to hear that Jeff, will be thinking of you and a speedy recovery for her.
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  Progess!

  by Jon Preston in

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  well my wife asked me loint blank..."do you wanna be a witness anymore?

  " and i told her no.. .

  we then went into 1914 and shunning and 1975 and she said sheswondered many times about it.. anyways she said "so what do we do now?

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  One of the big reasons I left the JW Cult

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  he would love to see you.

  i would tell them please come out anyway he would just love to see you.

  i saw the lack of love and could not believe it.

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  carla

  I'm sorry for your loss and the heartless actions or should I say non action of the jw's.
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  Photon Glue, new super material from some very smart kids

  by designs in

  1. social
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  using light on a filament thinner than a strand of hair and lined with mirrors researchers have been able to bind organic and inorganic materials to be used in solar cells and lighting.. this is cool stuff.

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  http://phys.org/news/2014-03-photon-enables-quatum-mechanical-state.html.

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  carla

  link was not working for me, try again?
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  How's the weather in your area?

  by Decided in

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  here in nc it's snowing, about 6" so far.

  haven't had so much snow and ice in a long time as we have so far this winter.. ken p..

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  carla

  I actually saw open water on a river! yay! spring really might be coming after all! one hell of a long winter this year!
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  RIP, resurrection, and long dead ones

  by Jon Preston in

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  i apologize in advance if any get offended but.... i had a morbid thought.

  if dead ones are resurrected to heaven when they die, why bury the body?

  or if they are in soul sleep, wheres the soul when a body has decayed to nothing but bones and hair?

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  carla

  Seeing as you come from a jw backround you probably won't get this but I like this-

  We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

  jw's in general cannot wrap their heads around the soul, the body being nothing but a shell, and so forth. If you can't contemplate a spiritual being/person/body then you won't get my post at all. In the past trying to discuss any of this with my jw is like one speaking Greek and the other Japanese and expecting the other to understand anything at all, that's if the jw doesn't run from the room with fingers in ears singing "lalalalalalalala, I'm not listening!" (not that you would do such as thing as you are here with an open mind)