NeonMadman

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  Memorial - How many on here went and how many didn't?

  by IMHO in

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  feel free to add why/why not?.

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  NeonMadman

  Didn't go, for the 11th year running.
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  Would You Care If You Were Disfellowshipped?

  by minimus in

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  would it have any impact on you?.

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  NeonMadman

  If I got myself disfellowshipped, do you think my ex-wife would shun me to the extent of refusing to accept any more alimony checks from me?
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  May 21, 2011 - The Rapture Cometh!

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

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  harold camping has promised that the rapture will be on may 21, 2011.. .

  they've put it on this van that "the bible guarantees it", so it must be true!.

  after all, would this face lie?.

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  NeonMadman

  Actually the invisible beginning of the end was in 1994, the first time Camping set a date for the return of Christ. May 21 is supposed to be the culmination. You know, like 1975. ;)
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  house to house vs. in private homes

  by DesirousOfChange in

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  does not matt 10 suggest that the household would not be those already in the faith?

  "not deserving" or "does not take you in or listen".

  matt 10:12-14 -- 12 when you are entering into the house, greet the household; 13 and if the house is deserving, let the peace you wish it come upon it; but if it is not deserving, let the peace from you return upon you.

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  NeonMadman

  Acts 20:20 HAS to mean "in private homes." The context shows that Paul is discussing his teaching of the elders of the Ephesian church. Nothing in the passage suggests anything about a door-to-door proselytizing work. In verse 20, Paul writes, "You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house." The "you" is shown by verse 17 to be the elders; not the regular church members, not the general public. He taught them "from house to house" by visiting the various private homes of the elders, not by going up the street knocking on doors. Unless the Witness is willing to take the position that Paul found a neighborhood, started going down the street knocking on every door until he found an elder of the church and then taught him, there is no warrant whatsoever for using this verse in support of a house-to-house ministry such as that of the JWs.
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  what kind of degree do you have?

  by deservingone26 in

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  ive been going thru a lot of the different posts on here and seeing that most here believe that higher education is very important.

  i agree that it is important and i plan on going back to school in the fall but im just wondering who all here has a degree and in what?

  just curious .

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  NeonMadman

  A.S in Business Administration (which I was working on as a JW but completed after coming out)

  B.S. in Biblical Studies
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  Need help combatting disfellowshipping policy scripturally

  by stuckinlimbo in

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  hi i need some help to show that the scriptures used to uphold the disfellowshipping policy are actually only meant to apply to those that deny the christ blah blah.

  not for me but someone close to me.

  parents have disowned her.

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  NeonMadman

  This brief article from my website might help:

  http://dispelthedarkness.org/index.php?p=1_10_Expel-the-Wicked-Man
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  DF Question

  by TheLoveDoctor in

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  2. scandals

  if 1 elder definetly knows how i feel of governing body and some of thier doctrine, he knows as i admitted viewing and researching apostate liturate can they still disfellowship me if i refuse to meet?

  right now the 1 brother would talk to the body they would need 2 witneses or one more brother to determine if thier should be a jc yet i know and they know it would be obviouse for the need for one, could the just form one and if i refuse to meet could they df me anyway?.

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  NeonMadman

  In theory, they should need at least two witnesses to disfellowship you. Oh, wait - that's only if you were a pedophile.
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  what are your opinions of ewatchman.com

  by Evidently Apostate in

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  looking at some of his responses to comments on his videos on youtube i think he is rude, and condecending, not unlike the jw's he defends.

  if he is trying to defend the majority of the doctrine why do it from outside the org?.

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  NeonMadman

  i think he is rude, and condecending, not unlike the JW's he defends.

  Sounds like he hasn't changed much since he used to post on this board as "You Know," years ago.
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  Witness conversation stoppers...

  by Botzwana in

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  this was forwarded to me by a witness....what are some witness conversation stoppers though?.

  field ministry conversation stoppers.

  ***the householder said, "only those who have accepted jesus in their lives will be saved.

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  NeonMadman

  From a brother in the Dominican Republic: Trinitarians usually start off with some "proof texts" and then launch into some Greek words they know. I have learned now instead of trying to "duke it out" with them, I bypass all of that by saying, "Let's suppose you are right, the Trinity does exist and we are wrong, then please show me from the Bible what I should do to find the right religion."

  I'd be happy to do that, but first, could you show me in the Bible where it says that we should be trying to find the right religion? My Bible says that we are saved through Jesus Christ, not through a religion.
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  Mom Tries to Kill Kids, Self, Before 'Tribulation' Comes

  by whereami in

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  religion = respected insane madness.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vj8-_jhfaa&feature=player_embedded#at=71.

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  NeonMadman

  I was wondering if she might have been a follower of Harold Camping. He says that the Rapture will occur on May 21, less than two months from now. I was driving up I-95 in Connecticut yesterday and saw two billboards proclaiming that date, then got home and found an ad in Reader's Digest as well. Word is getting around.