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  Cape Town JW's and Ex JW's

  by Darkshadow2020 in

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  hi guys,.

  i just signed up to the forum today.

  i left the organisation over a year ago and have been sharing my experiences and shedding light on jw's on a religious forum.

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  Welcome Darkshadow2020 to the forum ,I`m in Victoria Australia ,its good to hear the water problem their is not as bad as it was predicted to be ?
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  My Mom died last week.

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  last wednesday my elder brother called me to let me know mom had died.

  she was 97 years old and was in a nursing home for the last 7 years.

  her mind had left her many years ago to the point she didn't recognize any of us.

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  I`m sorry for your loss and offer my condolences to you S.T.A .I hope now that the ice has been broken between your brother and you ,that he has mellowed enough to have a more normal relationship with you and that you can be brothers supporting each other as you both are getting on in years.

  Wishing you all the best .
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  How do you feel about identifying roughly where you are from ? Country, Region,State ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  hi friends ,.

  is it just me or do others on this forum like to know where posters are from ?

  what country state or region you are from ?

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  Thanks jwleaks ,what an amazing photo ,it gives new meaning to Australia being a Sunburnt country .Apart from the loss of life and property that humans have gone through the amount of wildlife that have been killed and traumatised is horrendous .
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  How do you feel about identifying roughly where you are from ? Country, Region,State ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  hi friends ,.

  is it just me or do others on this forum like to know where posters are from ?

  what country state or region you are from ?

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  I previously lived in Melbourne Aust. in at least 5 congregations then moved to S.E.Qld in the Redcliffe and Margate congs.

  I do not know how to show what a lovely place I now live in ,Lakes Entrance Vic Aust......Anybody ?
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  Looking for suggestions, I'm being called on by a JW

  by Tameria2001 in

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  2. bible

  just before the pandemic affected my area, a couple of jws came to my door.

  this was the first time i didn't tell them to hit the road but instead had a pleasant conversation with them.

  i never revealed that i am a former jw, nor do i ever want the jws in my area to know that i was ever one.

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  Last time I wrote, I mentioned that we see the signs of change on the horizon. I'm sure you're familiar with the Lord's Prayer, where Jesus said to pray for God's Kingdom to come.

  If I may presume the last time she talked ,she quoted "in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here..." etc,etc,etc.

  The last time a couple of JW`s came to my door i asked them what period of time would they like to go back and live in ? This period of time is the absolute best that mankind has ever lived in.The advancements in science and technology to make our life so much more pleasant and comfortable ,air travel all over the world <the advancements in medicines and hospital procedures keeping people alive much longer with the quality of life never before experienced ?

  What are you people talking about ?

  Needless to say that was a conversation stopper ,but I went on .The "Our Father" prayer that Jesus told his followers to pray for is 2000 years old and is going to come when when we die and go to heaven.I have my religion you have yours ,good day to you.

  Notice i used "Our Father " prayer which denotes you may be a catholic without you ever saying that.

  And if by any chance they try to tell you they know Gods name is Jehovah ,you can always say the catholic Douay version of the bible has the name Jehovah in it printed centuries ago ,and the modern Knox Catholic version of the bible uses Yahweh throughout the Old Testament .

  And if you want to put the final nail in the coffin of JW arguments : Ancient Catholic Churches throughout the world have the name Jehovah engraved in stone on many of their churches .

  I hope this helps Tameria 2001

  About the 13th century the term “Jehovah” appeared when Christian scholars took the consonants of “Yahweh” and pronounced it with the vowels of “Adonai.” This resulted in the sound “Yahowah,” which has a Latinized spelling of “Jehovah.” The first recorded use of this spelling was made by a Spanish Dominican monk, Raymundus Martini, in 1270.

  from a catholic source.
  
  

  
  
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  In 2020 In Your Country or State Are Race Relations Better or Worse Than Before?

  by minimus in

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  archie bunker from all in the family was considered by many as a racist.

  there are still many people who think and act like him.

  of course, in today’s world, there are many extremes.

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  Better or worse than before WHAT ?

  Most of my life i have lived in dominately white neighbourhoods ,however in the past 15 years or so I have lived in a mixed race of indigenous people and white people at a guess maybe 75% white 25 % indigenous.

  I have a couple of indigenous associates yet more white friends ,and i know some shitheads that are black and also know some arseholes who are white .

  Overall I think a little bit of racism is from both sides here ,however its certainly not a big problem that I know about.

  I`m in Australia.
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  Watchtower August 2020 Are they introducing new light?

  by Listener in

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  the latest watchtower is now out and they make this statement -.

  7 during the thousand year rule of christ, all of jehovah’s earthly children will have to make changes to please him.

  so all of them will have true fellow feeling as they help the resurrected ones to combat sinful tendencies and to live by jehovah’s standards.

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  How can anyone keep up with the flip flops double speak and contradictions JW`s make ? Its got to the stage where even the writers of the publications cant keep up with what they currently beleive as truth ?

  Come to think of it ,maybe its a good thing ,surely someones going to throw up there hand in despair and say enoughs enough? I can`t take it anymore ! Let me outa here .

  Next thing you know they are here
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  Why Do You Think People Become Jehovah’s Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  besides growing up in the religion, why do you think people turn to jehovah’s witnesses?

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  what made you become a witness?

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  I can agree with Biblical ignorance being a factor.And beleiving from outside influencers that the Bible is the word of God.
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  Voting and JWs

  by Davros in

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  with the upcoming elections, the campaigns and political rhetoric are ramping up.

  (ramping up is an understatement lol) .

  i remember a few years ago, gb member brother herd mentioned during one of his talks that several witnesses were either reproved or disfellowshipped for voting for a certain presidential candidate who won...twice.

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  This was a thing that came up early in my conversion days actually twice .One was in a new hall we had obtained a vote was taken in the congregation as to what colour the drapes were to be made .

  In the other example I should have learned an important message.:

  In the Theocratic/Ministry School meetings that were held on a thursday night a vote was taken as to what time the sunday meeting was to be held in the morning or the Afternoon.Which I attended and voted for the morning.In my mind the rest of the sunday was for you to do whatever you wanted to do .

  Apparently everybody else thought much the same .

  The next week this vote came up again ? I thought why are we having another vote on this same issue ?

  Again apparently the vote went the same way .The next week i missed going to the MS/SM ,and apparently the Elders got the vote they wanted to have the meetings on a sunday afternoon so that JW`s could go out witnessing on the Sunday morning .

  And there was never another vote on that subject again .

  Apparently if the meetings were held in the mornings very few would go out witnessing in the Afternoon.

  However if the meetings were held in the Afternoon many more people would go out witnessing in the mornings.

  So the Elders actually in effect rigged the vote in their favour.

  So the voting issue isnt with voting itself its what you are voting for .Politics a no no. because you are supposedly "voting" for Christ Jesus kingdom.
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  How do you feel about identifying roughly where you are from ? Country, Region,State ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi friends ,.

  is it just me or do others on this forum like to know where posters are from ?

  what country state or region you are from ?

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  Hi friends ,

  Is it just me or do others on this forum like to know where posters are from ? What country state or region you are from ?

  Of course i can understand pimi may not want to divulge such information for fear they could be identified ,but even then maybe just the country ?

  I`m always curious as to what part of the world so and so is posting from some of us are quite open about it and others are a bit more cautious for obvious reasons .

  But for all of us who have no objection to it ,would you like to be more or less specific as you feel comfortable with in identifying where you are from ?

  And of course I will start :

  I live in Lakes Entrance in East Gippsland Victoria, Australia.,Google it.

  I look forward to where many of you live even if its just the country .

  But for those who are uncomfortable with this don`t do it.