jonathan dough
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Hello..this is my story..
by Lozhasleft ini'm pleased to have found this site...i've browsed a little ...read quite a lot and gasped at some stories, giggled at the one liners and nodded in recognition of others' strong opinions and can relate to a great deal.. i'll try and keep my intro as brief as possible for anyone kind enough to listen.. i got involved with the witnesses in the late 70's in the uk.
i was in my early 20s and had had a love and fascination for the bible since my difficult childhood.
i soon brought my life into 'line' although it took a long time for me to pack up the smoking which didnt go down well in those days when 6 months of study should have been enough and if you hadnt cracked it then it was suggested that you were some kind of loser.... i reared my 4 children in the 'truth' as well as i could but i cant claim that we were a 'strong' family in their terms...just muddled along really..my husband at the time was a very difficult and abusive man and home life wasnt easy for any of us with his anger, jealousy and violence.
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Memorial 2010 Your Experiences
by scotinsw injust got back from memorial.
only went so that i could say to my parents that i had gone and to remind myself why i left.. oh my word!!!
it was sooooo painful.. got there a bit late - it was a couple of minutes into the talk.
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If the heavenly hope was not for the "Ancients" then how do JW's explain .....
by restrangled inhebrews 11:13-16. particularly verse 16: nwt version,.
but now they are reaching out for a better (place), that is, one belonging to heaven.
hence god is not ashamed of them, to be called upon as their god, for he has made a city ready for them.. niv version.
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Inside The Jonestown Massacre
by Bangalore ininside the jonestown massacre.. http://www.cnn.com/2008/us/11/12/jonestown.factsheet/index.html.
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If Jesus came in 1914, where is he?
by cyberjesus insd-7 thread got me thinking!.
1) so if jesus was in heaven and came in 1914 where exactly was he and where is he now?
is he on earth?
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There can be a paradise earth WITHOUT an earthly resurrection
by Mad Sweeney ini get tired of hearing the faulty reasoning that there has to be an earthly resurrection because the bible promises a paradise earth.. those are two completely different things.. the bible only mentions a heavenly resurrection and resurrection is never mentioned in conjunction with paradise earth.
"how then could there be a paradise earth if everyone goes to heaven?
the earth would be empty, dummy!".
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Response to DF Action - Letter in Response
by Simon Morley ina few months ago i saw a letter format in reponse to potential df'ing.
i read it and thought it was great but never saved it - it looks like i will need it - sometime soon.
could someobody post the body of that letter format so i can give it to my lawyer and also, has anybody had success with the letter staving off any action by the jc such as annoiuncements?
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Nature of God; history of triad gods; monotheism; validity of long standing beliefs
by In ini'd love to hear more from the scholars on the site here.
i've done some reading, but can't really sort it out myself and don't have much time for research.. the question is (after reading the proskenuo thread): if jesus is part of a triad god, i'd like to know how far back triad god's go in terms of human history?.
is there any evidence in the old testament for a triad god?
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Can JW's run the New System without worldly people?
by moshe inhttp://www.history.com/content/life_after_people/about-the-series.
i get a chuckle when i watch that show on tuesday nights as it portrays what would happen the the world, if people should all dissapear.
since jw's are only 2/10% of the world's population and almost zero% in many countries the infrastructure would rapidly decay.
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i need HELP debunking the HOLY SPIRIT
by Smoky ini have a family jw friend spending two nights a week at my place, because of school... last night we had a discussion regarding my fading and i should come back, talk.
we covered many topics.
but i need to get him on that the holy spirit is not only in the jw just because they preach allot.. can anyone help.