I would say I belong to Christ, I'm happy to say I belong to him and yes proud of it. A feeling I never had as a JW, belonging to a religion. It was like feeling I had a noose round my neck. This is very very different. There is a freedom in belonging. I don't expect others to understand it unless they feel the same way. I know other christians feel this way. It's not like being a 'slave', it's like being with someone who understand everything about you and loves you anyway.
tornapart
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Why do people proudly say they belong to Jesus ?
by mP ini know what the statement means im just baffled why anyone would select words like "belong" or a that they are a "servant" of jesus ?.
i mean ive never heard anybody say they belong to their parents or their spouse, so why are they property of jesus as in servitude ?
why would anyon e then go about making boastful pronoucnements about how great jesus is after he requires total servitude ?
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If Someone Tried To Get Into An Altercation With You How Would You Handle It?
by minimus inif someone tried to pick a fight, would you try to diffuse it, egg it on, walk away, throw the first punch or defend yourself if someone tried to smack you??
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tornapart
Well, I remember when I was just a little girl, about 10. Small for my age, timid but not a pushover. This bully boy started following me around and taunting me, calling me names. I saw red and turned round and wacked him one.. he didn't see it coming and the shocked look on his face was comical. LOL
I'm quiet and easy going... but don't push me too far..
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WT Admits It's Free For Them ... But Not For You
by Perry init official and clear as mud.
however i pulled out my highlighter and made a few notes.. it's free for us - but it ain't for y'all.
too bad i missed the 6/15/2011 wt study.
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tornapart
LOL.... I always thought amoebas were blue...
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WT Admits It's Free For Them ... But Not For You
by Perry init official and clear as mud.
however i pulled out my highlighter and made a few notes.. it's free for us - but it ain't for y'all.
too bad i missed the 6/15/2011 wt study.
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tornapart
Sorry.. I know this is a serious thread but every time I see designs avatar it makes me think of squashed doggy doo doo...
Sorry designs... no offense...
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Have You Ever Seen Or Met Anyone Famous?
by minimus ini'm not talking about any gb members, either!.
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tornapart
Queen of England many years ago at some horse trials that her daughter was in. Some legendary F1 racing drivers at Goodwood.
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How many of you have lost your faith on JWN
by Most Noble injust curious, if anyone had lost faith whilst on jwn and do u think it is an honorable experience?..
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tornapart
I've lost my faith in a man made organisation. I have not lost my faith in God and my faith in Jesus Christ is stronger than before.
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lurkers, faders, apostate- DFs need better name.
by prologos inthe propaganda ministry (joseph gs) of the wbtsinc.
is good at picking derogatory names for the above categories.
so are the atheists, which is fine.. but really, those in "crisis of conscience" need all the help they can get, and a dignifying uplifting name would be great!
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tornapart
Terms I've heard used are 'awakening witness' or 'conscious class'...
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Who really is the faithful and discreet NATHEER SALIH ??
by Calebs Airplane inwe know he was faithful to frederick franz (or frederick franz was faithful to him).. we know he was discreet because so little is known about him today.
for example, we know that he was in the writing department (even though he never professed to being a jw), that wore expensive jewelry and that he was frederick franz spokesman (or did i get that backwards?)....
also, much has been said about salihs strange hebrew-to-english bible translations (supposedly used by frederick franz when writing certain wt articles) and several illuminati and/or freemason conspiracy theories have been analyzed, yet this guy has managed to slip under the radar almost completely unnoticed by all jws and will probably be completely forgotten in just a few years.. so, who really is the faithful and discreet natheer salih?
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tornapart
I've read somewhere about him. That he was some kind of 'bodyguard' in FF's later years when he started to go blind and that no one could speak to FF without his say so.
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WHAT ARE YOUR MOST VIVID, ODD, or FUNNY Memories of Conventions and Assemblies of Jehovah's Witnesses?
by Balaamsass inshare with us memories of the bizarre, funny, strange, what you hated, what you miss...we all have them.
(question..why the big to do between terms- convention and assembly .
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tornapart
Remember the most fun time I had was back in the 70's when I was a late teen. Stayed with a friend in a hotel. Can't remember a single thing about the assemly but after we had huge fun. We made friends with a whole bunch of local youngsters and they drove us to their get togethers in the evenings. One was at someones house... a huge house, and the parents had laid on a big party complete with live band on their terrace! The next night we met up with loads of other youngsters at a pub down by the river and some of them had guitars and were playing and singing lots of good songs like beatles stuff etc. There was lots of eyeing up the local talent too... LOL
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Pronouncing it RIGHT
by Christ Alone inwhat rules do you follow when pronouncing foreign names/places/things?
i was remembering that when we were studying the daniel book for the book study back in the day, someone released a pronunciation guide.
i remember studying it closely so i could pronounce all the names right (especially on the section of daniel 11).
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tornapart
One thing that grates on me is everyone pronouncing names the American way and not the English way. If I was in America then fine but pleeeease... not in the UK!