During my childhood, my Father would often tell stories of his life to me, one of his favourites being the story of how he became a Jehovah's Witness.
During some travels in the late 70s, he had his first real experience with the bible, when he shared a room with a Christian Fundy in Israel. The Fundy introduced him to many bible topics, such as the king of the North and Babylon the Great. I believe the final King of the North according to this fundy was Jimmy Carter, and Babylon the Great was the Catholics. Upon meeting, the guy insisted that there were only 7 months left till the end of the world, he had worked it out from the bible. 7 months later, the world was still here. My Dad denies ever believing this guy, I don't know if this is true (since he continued to share a room with him!) but it still set him on a search for 'bible truth'
Upon his return to the UK, in the early 80s, and unable to understand the bible, he prayed to God to reveal the Truth to him, and lo and behold, the very next day, who called at his door? Why, Jehovah's Witnesses of course! It couldn't be a coincidence, surely? He had found 'The Truth'!
Now, I work with a Mormon, and today, whilst he was talking about his religion, out of interest, I chose to ask him 'What made you become a Mormon?' his response brought back my Father's story to my memory 'Well, I wanted to know if there really was a God, so I prayed to him, to reveal himself to me and prove his existence, and the very next day, some Mormons called at my door, God must have sent them.' On hearing this, I told him that my Father was a Jehovah's Witness, and he had an IDENTICAL story, he prayed for Truth, and the Jehovah's Witnesses called on his door. My Mormon colleague was literally speechless, he had no idea how to respond, and after a short while he even admitted that he didn't know what to say to this.
So, it really was a coincidence! God hadn't sent the Jehovah's Witnesses to my father's door, just like he hadn't sent the Mormons to my work colleague's door, he couldn't have sent two, seperate, 'true' religions. If the Jehovah's Witnesses were directed to my Father's door, why didn't Jehovah send the Jehovah's Witnesses to my work colleague's door before the Mormons got there?
Perhaps then, millions of people constantly pray for Truth, and since the JWs call on so many people, it really is a coincidence that they sometimes call on these people! And I guess then, that if the Mormons had called on my Father's door that night instead, I'd be trying to escape the Mormon cult now! Funny how things work out, isn't it?
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9I could have been a Mormon!
by Zico induring my childhood, my father would often tell stories of his life to me, one of his favourites being the story of how he became a jehovah's witness.
during some travels in the late 70s, he had his first real experience with the bible, when he shared a room with a christian fundy in israel.
the fundy introduced him to many bible topics, such as the king of the north and babylon the great.
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Pharaoh's drowned army - arqueological proof found?
by Abishai ini wanted to get your thoughts on the claim that pharaoh's drowned army was discovered.
the claim comes from ron wyatt.
he seems to have a cult following and some critics to his claims.
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Zico
Ron Wyatt claimed he found a lot of things with no actual evidence.
He was probably a liar.
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JW's "Genius" Brainwashing Technique - DID YOU FEEL THIS WAY?
by Good Girl or Bad Girl? ini'm sure i'm not having some great big ephinany that no one else thought of, but to me this is sorta big to realize:.
so many people in both congregations i attended as a witness were soooooo depressed, severely, traumatizingly depressed, i would say.
they would all comfort each other and say that satan was attacking them personally and their depression was proof of it, and that this was the "best place this side of paradise" they could be.
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Zico
Sometimes... I still think like this. I think 'Is this religion really that bad? I have a lot of good friends, and my family's all in it, will it really be better on the outside?' It's probably ridiculous and irrational, but not knowing anything else, 'The world' can still terrify me, and I often wonder if it really is any better. I guess I still have a lot of control to fight.
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Got a letter from a JW stranger in another state!
by lavendar inwe received a hand-written letter (out of the blue!
) from a stranger who's a witness.
she lives across the border in an adjoining state from ours'.
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Zico
Oh, and for some information on cults, you could try:
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Got a letter from a JW stranger in another state!
by lavendar inwe received a hand-written letter (out of the blue!
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she lives across the border in an adjoining state from ours'.
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Zico
How about:
www.silentlambs.org
Or more specifically:
http://www.silentlambs.org/courtrulingnapa.htm
Or the UN letter:
http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/pdfs/watchtower.pdf
Or maybe some scriptures?:
Luke 21:8 or Revelation 19:1.
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Revelation Book Study Week 3
by stillajwexelder inone of these was political.
(a) what attitude do gods people take toward the political rulers?
question 19. how are world powers portrayed in the book of revelation?.
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Zico
'It can mean your salvation at this time of climax in mankind’s history.' (Para 26)
How can it be 'history' if it hasn't happened yet? Don't get this... -
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They make mistakes just like 1st century christians did.
by GBSJG inwhen i'm discussing problems i have with the wts with my family they often say well they make mistakes just like the early christians did, they are not perfect.. i try to argue that if you think that way you can go to any christian church and say the same.
but usually they say that compared to other religions the wts makes less mistakes so you should go there.. i know that such reasoning doesn't make sense to me but what is a good response to this?.
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Zico
If the bible was written by imperfect men, but there are no mistakes in it and it is the inerrant word of God, because God inspired these imperfect people to write it, why is it that 'imperfection' is an excuse for the mistakes they've made with doctrine? If God could inspire imperfect men to write a flawless bible, why can he no longer do this with the Watchtower publications?
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JW's are just like American Idol contestants
by moshe inthey think they are s-oo good- the worlds most perfect christian religion- all their friends tell them how right they are and how much talent they have.
wow- then one of our simon apostate types gets ahold of them out in service and tears them apart, they do the walk of shame as they leave your door.
exposed for the talentless fraud that they are..
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Zico
And when they leave, they usually still believe Simon is wrong, and that they're very talented.
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Kingdom Hall library
by Zico ini attended the meeting tonight.
i've been able to get out of most of the meetings this year, as i've been busy at work, and studying for work exams.
i went tonight, because i told my brother i'd go last week, since he was giving his first no.
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You're right Blondie (as usual!) first Kingdom Hall in the Circuit. Must date back to the 40s. (was renovated in the 70s)
I don't know who donated the books but there was an old brother who died a few years ago who lived through WW2 as a JW, so I'd guess it was him.
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"young ones are leaving" elder admits to a group of us
by ?me? injust the other day i was working at a hall and an elder commented twice that young people are leaving the org in a large amount.
i thought nothing of it the first time, but he kept up the topic later in the day.huh, i wonder why?
maybe the meetings that have more to do with organizational laws than the bible?
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I tried to find our files to make sure there were no paedophiles in the Congregation (not that I suspected anyone, but after all the stories I've read, I wanted to make sure, so I can report them if there were) but I couldn't find them. I later found out the Secretary has them at his house. Shame.
Many 'young ones' are leaving. I'm in the process. A lot more are going to University for sure, which is causing them to leave, and many other reasons of course. A lot are living double lives as well. A lot are still staying in though, and are terrified of apostates, and apostate sites.