Posts by Joey Jo-Jo

I dont think Mao wanted to create pseudoscience, he even called religion poison, but lately the majority of people in china are dont believe in god but they believe in spirits and fortune telling.

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What emotions have you been coping with?

by mochamint22 in

i wanted to dedicate this posts to just talking about the emotional scars we all have had or maybe still have.

was there a gap of time between you thinking you didn't want to continue and actually, consciously, deciding to no longer continue as on of jws?

it's amazing to me the strong hold this religion puts on you.

Joey Jo-Jo

I hate talking to my parents, it's like talking to a brick wall.

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does anyonne know if there are any publications the newer the better of the wt chater since it was not until 1999 that worship of jesus was finally removed to simply state "arrange for and hold assemblies for religious worship;" .

the 1945 yearbook includes the charter in full.

part of the current charter states as follows:.

Joey Jo-Jo

Didn't they change parts of the NT for the word lord to Jehovah, when most scriptures attributes the word lord to Jesus and not Jehovah.

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WTS introduction video for new bethel workers - my perception of GB

by Gorbatchov in

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i just watched and downloaded the funny wts introduction video for new bethel workers from youtube.com.

i watched it, and i had to laugh much.

about the interviews with the gb members.

Joey Jo-Jo

I think most members of the the GB feel in love with the lie.

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Were you given a good beating when you was a JW kid growing up in TRUTH

by Hairyhegoat in

my dad used to use the kettle flex on me and my 2 other brothers, and if he was a bit drunk he would just come up to our room and thump us all in our beds!!

my mom could be heard crying alot when we were growing up in the happy jw religion.

me dad was a lover of the rod as he got a good kicking when he was a kid from his dad!!

Joey Jo-Jo

Mum and dad are pretty cool loving parents who want me to became a full JW but never forced me to and being the only child was a bonus. I knew a childhood friend who had very strict parents, bed by 8pm, could not watch pg rated shows like the simpsons or soup operas,in his car when driving his mum around we only listened to kingdom hall melodies etc, now his all married and probably an elder but back then I recall him saying " im sick and tired of all this bullshit" talking about leaving the "truth" and renting an apartment away from his parents.

I dont believe in beatings that involves everything but open hand slaps on the face and/or beating children for no particular reason, mochamint22 thats terrible and others..

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Strange Progressive Dreams

by Casper in

i have been widowed twice, once at 28 and again at 41.... .

since that time i had vivid dreams of both husbands.

my first husband, started out with me looking for him, everywhere.

Joey Jo-Jo

I have some basic understandings about dreams, the things you last think of before going to sleep can cause you to have dreams or nightmares, I had this 2 months ago, really bizzare, its a very short dream but scared me and I dont know if it means anything.

The dream is very short, I see a vase in front on me, I extend my right arm to grab the vase but the vase moves to the right by itself, the shock from seeing the vase move by itself causes me to wake up.

According to yahoo answers

To dream of a vase, denotes that you will enjoy sweetest pleasure and contentment in the home life.

To drink from a vase, you will soon thrill with the delights of stolen love.

To see a broken vase, foretells early sorrow. For a young woman to receive one, signifies that she will soon obtain her dearest wish.

To see a vase in your dream, symbolizes the womb and all things feminine. You are open to criticism or suggestions. The dream also represents creativity.

But I can't find anything about moving vases, the vase is red and has no handles.

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Scriptural proof on elders

by Joey Jo-Jo in

hi,.

is there any scriptural proof that the word elder in the ot and nt can refer to people of any age that have a duty of responsibility.

i believe it only refers to people of old age with wisdom but the insight book is trying to say otherwise, their scriptures quoted do not really point out to any real evidence.. .

Joey Jo-Jo

Now let us look at the famous verse by which many young men have been appointed to eldership: "Let no one despise your youth, but become an example of the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity." (1Ti 4:12)

We can actually work out the age of Timothy when that verse was written.

According to tradition Timothy died at Ephesus in 97 AD when he was 80 years old.
Paul directed two letters to Timothy: one from Macedonia about 65, and one while Paul was incarcerated in Rome, awaiting his own death.
Now if we subtract 65 from 97 we get 32 years.
Subtracting 32 years from the age of Timothy when he died, we get: 80 – 32 = 48 which is the age of Timothy when the letter 1Timothy was written. Therefore Timothy must have been about 48 years old when Paul wrote 1 Timothy with that reference to "your youth". NOT SO YOUNG after all.
^^^ true or false? Im looking into it thanks freeman

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Scriptural proof on elders

by Joey Jo-Jo in

hi,.

is there any scriptural proof that the word elder in the ot and nt can refer to people of any age that have a duty of responsibility.

i believe it only refers to people of old age with wisdom but the insight book is trying to say otherwise, their scriptures quoted do not really point out to any real evidence.. .

Joey Jo-Jo

Hi,

Is there any scriptural proof that the word elder in the OT and NT can refer to people of any age that have a duty of responsibility. I believe it only refers to people of old age with wisdom but the Insight book is trying to say otherwise, their scriptures quoted do not really point out to any real evidence.

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DEMONS

by Band on the Run in

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growing up in the fifties and sixties, stories of demonic possession were prevalant in the watchtower and awake.

i was terrified.

we were told they would bother you if you were faithful, but also if you fell away.

Joey Jo-Jo

Lion Cask wrote : Bollocks. The stuff done in those videos is cheap magic. Notice how you aren't afforded a good look at the bottom of the bucket? My theory: tape a mousetrap to the bottom of the bucket and spray paint it all black to blend in with the colour of the bucket. Soak a large iodine chrystal in ammonia, jamb it in the trigger mechanism,, set the trigger, gently put a little bit of water in the bucket and wait a couple of minutes for the ammonia to flash off. What's left is an unstable crystal that explodes, triggering the moustrap that flips the bucket onto its side and spills its contents. Voila. Instant poltergeist. High school chemistry and physics, but there will be a number of different approaches to essentially the same problem: how to get a bucket to tip over predictably without using strings. Tell him to do the experiment over again with a full bucket of water and a white bucket, and show us the bottom. That would be more difficult to do (but still doable with a little more sophistication).

Agreed, on close examination these videos I posted are fake, and others are questionable, the internet is filled with fake junk, convincing is hard lol.

Well there is this very famous account which happened some time back, if this wont convince you nothing will. There are other good documentaries put people have said them to be fake or the person simply had mental problems, not this one, this proves that the person did things beyond science can explain and it was demons and not ghosts spirits jinns etc.

Watch all parts, it doesn't sound very convincing at first but it gets better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHHZp75EbWI

There are other documentaries about the same Enfield poltergeist but this one is the better and original, the actual people involved are included