Posts by bookhead

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Witnessing =Dirty Householders/bible studies yuck remember??

by Witness 007 in

we had a bible study women who collected all the qaurter left bottles of coke and would "recycle" them into one bottle.

a couple we studied with would give us coffee with lipstick on the cup after removing the cigrette buts and a quick rinse!

a study gave me a glass of water which was brownish looking....tasted awful.

bookhead

Here is one memorable one --

It was one of those doors where you knock and then a voice inside the house calls out, "COME IN!!" At that time you look at your service partner and hesitate not knowing what to do and what necessarily awaits you if you do indeed decide to "come in." Perhaps thinking it was a case of mistaken identity, my service partner, an elder, knocked again and said (not sang), "We're Jehovah's Witnesses!". And again the voice called out, "COME IN! I CAN'T COME TO THE DOOR RIGHT NOW!" My partner looked at me and I could tell that, having not been shooed away at the admission that we were JW's, he was very eager for the potential Bible Study.

When we entered the house into the living room we were faced with the sight of a morbibly obese women spread out on a dingy day bed. Being a Star Wars geek I immediately thought about the similarities between this woman and Jabba the Hutt, spread out upon his dias. She was wearing a thread-bare mumu of sorts and I was startled to see her nipple poking out through a hole in the garment. It was one of those things you didn't want to look at but couldn't help but to look at. Just as she hadn't moved to answer the door, the feeling was that quite possibly she never moved from her birth, not for baths or even to use the bathroom. I secretly wondered what purpose the fly-covered bucket by daybed might serve.

Because the bed took up the majority of the living room there was no where for us to sit so we simply stood before her and my partner introduced us. The woman began to explain that she was a jehovah witness and my elder partner took some time trying to discern if she was simply a one-time Bible study that thought she was a JW, or perhaps a disfellowshipped one who the elders had lost track of.

We were then interrupted by a young teenager who excitedly barged in from the Kitchen saying, "Mama! Look I found some Kool-Aid!" He held up a wrinkled packet of cherry Kool-Aid. I assumed the reason for his excitement was that he was happy to have something to drink. I was quite surprised when he then said, "I'm going go dye my hair!" He turned and went down the hall with Mama yelling out for him not to color his hair with the cherry Kool-Aid.

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JW Make Paradise Earth? 2 Peter 3:10 says "Nope."

by sacolton in

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10 but the day of the lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of god, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?.

i remember the long talks on how as dubs would begin to restore earth as a paradise ... how we would have to take all the buildings down (skyscrapers too?

bookhead

There really is no evidence about the whole cleaning up the earth after the time of the end. Peter is making direct comparison between the world before the flood that was destroyed and the coming destruction of the present world. With the flood everything was demolished and swept away with the waters - there was nothing left - there was no cleanup. The coming destruction by fire will have the same purpose - fire completely destroys and purifies. Also it is good to see that when Peter talks about the destruction of the world - he is not speaking of the planet earth - but rather the present order of things, society. He says that there was a world before the flood but that it was destroyed and the same way the current world will come to an end. The planet earth was not destroyed by the flood, but the flood did wipe out human society and also reform the earth.

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Has anyone noticed the "Message of Doom" in the 7/15/08 WT?

by logic&reason in

in paragraph 16 of the first study artice.

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they are being very vague, but it is obvious that they are trying to stir up speculation/excitement.. the entire magazine appears to be about the house to house ministry.

bookhead

Is there a scan of the entire mag yet? Thank you.

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What about Ronald Weinland

by Undecided in

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was he a jw or something?

he says the end is starting now in 2008 and the usa will be going down into destruction along with the other english speaking nations and also jews and islam.

he wrote a book and says he is the prophet of god for the last days before the kingdom of god is established in the earth.

bookhead

He is an off-shoot of Herbert Armstrong's Church of God. Holds to the teachings of Armstrong, including keeping certain OT laws, such as sabbath, tithing, dietary, and festival observance. He believes he and his wife are the two witnesses of Revelation. Some believe that Armstrong borrowed from the JW's and see certain parallels between their teachings.

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Another jest from the Watchtower art dept. (WT 07 07/15)

by cultswatter in

the following picture is from page 17 of the july 15 2007 watchtower magazine.

the next picture is on page 18 .

these pictures are on opposite sides of the same page.

bookhead

That same piece of jewelry appears in the Live Forever book on page 19.

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Just What Is The WT Up To Now?

by lovelylil in

has anyone heard about what is going on inside the organization these days regarding those who claim to be "anointed" christians?

i have had at least three different people now who live in different areas of the country tell me that the elders are systematically pushing out people who claim to have become anointed within the last few years.

these would be younger ones who are now professing the heavenly rather than earthly hope.. i find this interesting for several reasons.

bookhead

I can personally attest to the fact the local elders have received warning instruction from the Circuit Overseer to carefully scrutinize "newly anointed" individuals as potential apostates. The rumour is that there is an apostate organization within the ranks of Jehovah's Witnesses calling themselves "the New Anointed".

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Jw from Illinois

by Jeepthing in

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anyone here from granite city, ill. or area around here?

bookhead

Ok mimimi, I do know of you (I don't know that we have met) and our world is about to get so much smaller. First off I love your mom, sister, and her three sons. Was so happy to see the youngest son get baptised over the summer and thrilled with the oldest's recent marraige. I also enjoyed your mother immensely because she was the kind of person that was really interested in spiritual things and that you didn't feel dumb talking to her about topics that were kind of "out-there". I consider her a friend. Anyhow I made an error in sharing with her by e-mail some information regarding the Society's involvement with the NGO. I did so out of concern but really it was stupid thing to do. To say that she took it badly was an understatement and she took the information the elders. I felt really, really bad that I had upset her. Anyhow this e-mail later was the primary evidence that was used to disfellowship me last spring. By the way, I still like your family and don't hold this against your mother. I'm sure she was only doing what she felt God would want. If you want to talk more open my e-mail is [email protected]

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Jw from Illinois

by Jeepthing in

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anyone here from granite city, ill. or area around here?

bookhead

Well I was involved with the Wood River hall for nearly 30 years - only recently seperating from the Watchtower organization. My wife went to Granite City before we married. Small world? Perhaps we've crossed paths before? I drop by here and read every so often to keep up with the latest news and gossip - never felt the desire to post a message; but I thought I would say "hello".