Posts by sarahsmile

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Such a creepy video

by jdubsnub in

not sure if this has been posted before.. .

http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/songs/20-bless-our-meeting-together/.

sarahsmile

I was waiting for someone to bring up these videos.

Outlaw you really have talent! Only you! Can come up with such good lyrics!

Anyhow, did anyone see #11 Forgive Freely!

Maybe the GB should learn from their own videos.

This organization keeps records if everyones sins! At least the ones they know about!

#20 is so far from truth. How about prior to meetings; tears and threaten conversation to be good or else. How about children being dragged in the back room to get a whipping. Why becaused they moved too much, talked to their friends, or laughed out loud!

Just bull!

The last video, I wonder what the old guy has to say to the families,Jehovah loves you. Who is he?

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Such a creepy video

by jdubsnub in

not sure if this has been posted before.. .

http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/songs/20-bless-our-meeting-together/.

sarahsmile

I was waiting for someone to bring up these videos.

Outlaw you really have talent! Only you! Can come up with such good lyrics!

Anyhow, did anyone see #11 Forgive Freely!

Maybe the GB should learn from their own videos.

This organization keeps records if everyones sins! At least the ones they know about!

#20 is so far from truth. How about prior to meetings; tears and threaten conversation to be good or else. How about children being dragged in the back room to get a whipping. Why becaused they moved too much, talked to their friends, or laughed out loud!

Just bull!

The last video, I wonder what the old guy has to say to the families,Jehovah loves you. Who is he?

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A PERSONAL QUESTION to help me finish my NOVEL

by Terry in

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friends

here is a personal question:.

is it disturbing to you when an author jumps into the flow of history and radically departs in order to drive an important lesson home to the reader?.

in this novel i have several watch tower leaders meeting incredibly violent deaths at the hands of --well, i won't give anything away.

sarahsmile

s it disturbing to you when an author jumps into the flow of history and radically departs in order to drive an important lesson home to the reader?

Can you write an example?

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What happened in Christianity ? O.T prophets were male & female ,God was not gender specific,

by smiddy in

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according to scripture they could.

sure in jw land anybody could partake of the emblems and wine , male and female denoting they could be rulers with christ in his heavenly kingdom , however did many of these partakers actually have any say with the governing body ?

in fact did any of them have any say in their own kingdom halls ?

sarahsmile

No! The Governing Body should have women! If women can partake and be part of 144,000 class then they should be part of a Governing Body.

I knew women who partook. They wrote letters to bethel. One was accused of going before the light. They really thought they were getting divine light from Jehovah. Prayed about it all the time.

Governing Body does not make any sense.

Women should be pastors, elders, and overseers! And what ever! No one is living in bibical days!

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Daniel chapter 9

by Doug Mason in

i have scanned daniel chapter 9 as it is rendered in english by the hebrew tanakh (masoretic text - mt) and by the greek septuagint (lxx).. http://www.jwstudies.com/daniel_9_in_mt_and_in_lxx.pdf.

read verses 24 to 27 carefully.. doug.

sarahsmile

Remember that "Anointing" referred to the smearing of oil on the High Priest. The Hebrew word is Mesach (Messiah) the Greek is Christ . So the priest was the Anointed One (namely, the "Messiah" or the "Christ"). - Many will come in my name (authority) and say I am the Christ (the Anointed - think of the WTS's GB).

Good that you explain this. And It was referring to only one Messiah. Only Jesus the Son of Man fulfilled these scripture.

Your right everyone one has a choice and I choose Jesus Christ. I choose Christanity as a faithful believer than a lost believer: somone who reads too many historical Christain books and believes them to be factual.

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My First "Publication Free" Study...

by HeyThere in

was not so publication free.

do witnesses not know how to talk about the bible without a wt pub to guide them?.

fist, she tried to get me to start once again in the bible teach book as if i had never said i didnt want to study from the pubs, so i reminded her.

sarahsmile

Wow wonderful replies! Exactly right on both subject blood and bible!

One more thought, JWs do not think anyone can have a relationship with God but them. You reminded her that you do have a relationship with God, and that in itself will have her questioning her own cognative thoughts. It is the opposite of her trained JW mind.

You might ask her what she thinks about other prayers. Maybe even state such as Catholics.

I remember very well how I thought and hearing others explaining: I wonder which God she has a relationship with. Lol,lol! If she is not praying to Jehovah then it is the god of this old system of things. They believe you must use our heavenly father JEHOVAH. Let your name be known thinking. But in Acts I believe there is a prayer to Jesus.

Hope that helps some.

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My First "Publication Free" Study...

by HeyThere in

was not so publication free.

do witnesses not know how to talk about the bible without a wt pub to guide them?.

fist, she tried to get me to start once again in the bible teach book as if i had never said i didnt want to study from the pubs, so i reminded her.

sarahsmile

So she is getting back to you!

Your just time in her records.

Which she will keep coming by until you state your not interested.

I think it is very nice of you.

Reasoning book is full of errors on every subject. Open field for you.

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Hi to all! I come to visit

by Truth and Justice in

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friends

i decided to stop over for a visit to see how everyone is doing.

it seems that there are more people coming over to visit this site.

so many new faces and people with so many stories to tell.

sarahsmile

Hello

Nice people are getting out! Congratulations on 25 years!

I feel like I am in a RA meeting! Here is your RA coin!

Tell your parents hi and congratulations.

Religious Anonymous or Cult Anonymous? CA Maybe it should be JWA.

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Local JW Booth - Are You STRESSED?

by talesin in

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so, yesterday i approached the local jw booth that is a few blocks from my house.

they are set up on the sidewalk, at the edge of a downtown park.

the display was merely rows of a magazine, with the headline *are you stressed?*.

sarahsmile

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If I asked for a loan from the WBTS would they give it to me?

by objectivetruth in

if this were the "organization" that jesus chose in 1914.. err 1919, wouldn't the principles that he laid out while on earth apply to this organization as well?.

matthew 5:42 "give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.".

so if jw's all asked for loans from the org, every now and then, it would be the orgs responsibility to grant those loans (interest free).

sarahsmile

Talesin, that is exactly hiw the eleer here treat the poor. Pray about it! Ask God and he will provide.

Granted a few brothers might help with a person home repair or mow a few yards. Sister will clean an elderly person home. KH never gives money. Individual might feel sorry for someone and give money and the Kh will try to take some form of credit.

Never!