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Going to Church
by excito-are in
1. jw
2. experiences
i went to church in my local town while the witnesses attended the perth assembly.

it was a good sermon and i actually felt very upbuilt and refreshed after listening to it.

i really thought i would of felt guilt or some negative feeling for doing this, but quite the opposite.
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Anyone have any 'Too close for comfort' moments with an elder ? (ladies)
by billie jean in
1. jw
2. friends
has anyone ever felt that an elder was perhaps 'coming on' to them ?

i remember three specific occasions where i was alone with these three elders in my congregation on seperate occasions and it just didnt feel right.

one where i was told i was "very attractive" and various other things he'd said made me nervous about my appearance, another where an elder took me to his car after a meeting in a dark car park and seemed to ask too many private questions and another time one of the elders who i thought always had his arms around young sisters too much took me to the 'back room' and sat far too close to me again references about my "attractive face" and other strange compliments.
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Tennis Players----Who Are Your Favorites?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i used to love jimmy connors and john mcenroe.

roger federer is unbelievable!!

and i'm a big serena williams fan.
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Have a nice Doomsday
by excito-are in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just been reading nicholas guyatt book on why 50 million americans believe the apocalypse will take place in their lifetime.. a lot of the book is about tim lahaye's books on the end of the world - the left behind series.

interesting paragragh states the following .

"unlike other prophecy preachers of more recent vintage, tim has been publishing end times books for thirty five years.
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Another non biblical practice by Jehovah's witnesses
by excito-are in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
matthew 10.8 speaks about the preaching work and states " you received free, give free".

the society no longer charges for the magazines, but should witnesses still accept contributions from householders?

does this not conflict with the bible?
Another non biblical practice by Jehovah's witnesses
by excito-are in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
matthew 10 vrs 8 speaks about the preaching work.

it states "you received free, give free".

the society no longer charges for the magazines but would this not indicate that you should not take contributions from householders while on field service?
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I have forsaken my dedication
by wobble in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i don't think you can, because they are completely fixated with territory maps, hours and doors to knock on (and literature to present).. how many years have jws been active in the uk?

well over a century.. how many hours were spent "preaching" in the uk last year?

must be well over 500,000 hours.. if you were to ask a member of the public what jws believe, now many would you have to ask before anyone mentioned god's kingdom?
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144,000---do they go through Armageddon?
by cameo-d in
1. watchtower
2. bible
is there some scripture that the 144,000 must all be removed or no longer alive before armageddon begins?.

are they supposed to be "taken out of the way" before armageddon begins?.

can someone clarify this for me please?.
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So, you blew your chance to go to college because of JWs? Don't give up!
by cabasilas in
1. jw
2. experiences
i got the jw "bug" as a teenager.

witnesses called at our door when i was nearly 11. my parents are deaf and i was the oldest hearing child, the default interpreter for them in that era before relay services and professional interpreters.

they had no interest in jws, but it started to spark an interest in me.
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Only 800 Annointed left? The end is nigh!
by excito-are in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
talk on sunday was all about the time of the end before gt.

speaker said many in the world are ignoring the sign that jesus gave.

but we are ready and can tell with all thats going on in the world thats its almost over.