Topics Started by teel
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Today I realized we are living in "the last days." Socks!
by Witness 007 ini went to my sock draw and for some reason i could not find two the same color...what the hell!
maybe a "tartarus" or "gehenna" for wicked socks.
i swear this is some demonized crap as i sit here at work with one grey one black sock!.
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How much will Watchtower publish online?
by jonathanconway ini've noticed that they have a small selection of articles online.. however the majority of their stuff is only accessible through either the watchtower cdrom or dead trees.. has anyone yet asked them about putting their entire library online?.
if their aim is to "spead the good news", then what possible reason could there be for not making the content publicly accessible?.
since they already have it in electronic form (i believe the content is already in html format on the cd), the cost of doing this would be minimal, and it would probably make their website rank better in google.. of course, the flip-side is that this would allow others to link to their content and discuss it openly and, anonymously, which might expose them to much more criticism than they've ever experienced before.. but i'm wondering what their excuse would be if someone asked them "why not"?.
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Please nominate your favourite film and say why you rate it so highly.
by lifelong humanist ini've just watched all 3 parts of francis ford coppola's epic godfather once again.
it is a superb achievement on many levels.
each viewing reveals something new and fresh.. i recall, as a good jw at the time, not seeing it when released as it was not certified as 'suitable' given the content for jws.
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My life changing dilemma
by teel inhello all, although this is not my first post here, this topic was the main reason i joined here, so i can get different views on this.
my native language is not english, so i might make a blunder or two.
please bear with me, my story will be long.. as you can guess, i am a jw, and currently still am one, this is my 10th year.
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"Christian," Music?
by Hikaru injust wondering...they ssay too stay away from babylon the great and everything about her.
what about music from bands that claim they're "christian?
" some i can kinda see if they have god in the lyrics, but others just claim it and the songs don't have it in the lyrics.. everyone interprets music differently, don't they?
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Who really is Faithfull and Discreet Slave??? ME!
by Albert Einstein inwell iam serious.... so called fds in brooklyn realized in 1996, that alternative (military) service does not violate bible principles.... i knew it years before!.
so called fds in brooklyn realized in 1995, that "generation" teaching is nonsense.... i knew it years before!.
so called fds in brooklyn realized in early 2000, that armageddon is not comming, and its time to downsize the watchtower company .... i knew it years before!.
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IF THIS DOESN'T SOUND CULTISH, I DON'NT WHAT DOES!!!
by whereami inemail going around.
gag alert!!.
jehovah's directions - not man's!.
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How many of you knew about the"Jesus is not your Mediator" teaching when you were JWs??
by Lady Liberty inhi everyone.... just curious how many of you knew when you were active, about the societys official teaching regarding jesus the mediator.
i was floored to find in my research, that they teach jesus is the mediator for the 144,000 only.
and it is only by our association with them that we might have salvation.. i don't know about you guys but i was blown away when i learned they taught this.
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What Little Rebellious Things Did You Do When Still A JW?
by Seeker4 inwhere there little things that you did just to express yourself and feel like you weren't just some robot clog in a machine?
i was thinking of stuff i did over the years: .
read whatever books i wanted, even apostate ones over the years.
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Do Jehovah's Witnesses take responsibility for anything?
by BonaFide innow that i am opening my eyes more and more, i am starting to realize that jw's don't see the need to take responsibility for anything.. like in the wt for this week, if a jw marriage fails, they can say it was because they didnt pray enough, or preach together enough.. if an elder gives counsel about anything, then if it seems to work for the person, then he accepts the praise or says it came from jehovah.. but if things don't work out, then the elder will blame the person for not following the counsel right.
or he will tell them to wait on jehovah.. or if there is a wrong teaching, it is never really wrong, it is only the light getting brighter.. it doesnt really matter what happens in a persons life, it is never the fault of jw's or teachings or decisions.
they will say that jehovah is allowing this test, or that the person didnt follow the counsel, or that jehovah is doing things in a special way, or that we don't know yet why that happened, but we will.. for a person that has a comfortable life, and things going pretty well, and they never ask the elders for help, often they think that is jehovah's blessing.. but if something big goes wrong, and the elders give bad advice, or they punish someone and call it "help" and they mess up a persons life, it completely doesnt matter to them.