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ExJWs and NonJWs Ask: Should I Try to Change My Mate?
by pirata ini put this together more as a collection of my thoughts.
i would appreciate hearing your thoughts, disagreements, rebuttals, etc on this subject as it has been weighing a lot on my mind lately:.
after reading a lot of heart-breaking stories over the years on this message forum about mates who no longer believe in the jw religion, the common thread seems to be a desire to get the jw mate to see the same thing; with usually dissapointing results.. i am currently of the opinion that maybe the best thing is not to try to change your mate's religion.
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What is the Trinity?
by pirata infrom this thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/204837/2/if-you-could-ask-one-question-to-an-active-jw-to-get-them-to-open-their-mind-about-their-beliefs-what-would-it-be.
dontplaceliterature re: if you could ask one question to an active jw to get them to open their mind about their beliefs, what would it be?posted ~ 14 hours ago (1/18/2011) .
post 63 of 65. since 12/28/2010.
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Discovering Mortality
by pirata inmost of my life i never gave thought to my mortality because i'd be petting a lion forever in the new system.
my hobby could wait because i would have time to pursue it as a perfect being in a paradise.
dying was not a huge deal because i'd wake up in a paradise earth.. then i woke up.
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References for "Did Jesus Really Die on a Cross?", Watchtower 2010, Mar pp.18-20
by pirata ini thought i'd dig up some of the references made in the.
"did jesus really die on a cross?
", watchtower 2010, mar pp.18-20interestingly 2 references are honestly quoted, but the other 2 are misquoted.. what are your thoughts on the credibility of each reference source used and why?
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Say it together now: "itsacult"
by pirata ini dedicate this thread to itsacult.. everyone say it:.
"itsacult".
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1932-1971 how was the congregation run?
by pirata inthe arrangement for body of elders and deacons / minsisterial servants existed pre-1932 (democratically elected) and post-1971 ("theocratically" appointed).. are there any here who remembers how things were run from 1932-1971?
i see mention of the "congregation overseer" and a committee of men to carry out his instructions, but not too clear on much beyond this.
did the congregatino overseer pretty much run the show and make all the decisions?
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Is Disfellowshipping Scriptural?
by pirata incontinuing the off-topic discussion in: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/202959/1/another-question-about-the-governing-body.
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Andre, please introduce yourself
by pirata inhi andre,.
all of us here enjoyed reading your experience in the feb 15, 2011 watchtower (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/202161/1/latest-apostate-warning-in-feb-15-2011-watchtower).
if you are reading this, please feel free to introduce and let us know more about yourself!.
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Regarding (un)conditional love from "Pearls before Swine"
by pirata indon't know about you, but i thought this comic was pretty profound.
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does anyone else draw a connection to the watchtower society and/or jw family/friends?.