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  This week's  weak bible reading, discussion of 1 Cor. 14. 34 - 37

  by waton in

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  like to hear how the locals, the mike handlers, wt conductor handle this text, identifying the jezebel commenting as "disgraceful", violating the "lords commandment".

  are they squirming?

  they should!.

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  jonahstourguide

  Mate,

  most congs will miss it coz dere ain't no mid week meeting on the week of da memorial booze up.

  Good point however.
  

  jtg
  
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  The JW funeral sales pitch . . .

  by BereanThinker7 in

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  2. beliefs

  so recently i attended a jw funeral.

  i've been awake and faded for a bit now and so i already have realized the strangeness that is a jw funeral/memorial talk because its basically just a sales pitch to those attending that are non jws using a twist on the christian resurrection hope and barely speaks about the departed.

  here's the thing that i noticed the that got me wondering, the pitch, at least at this talk, is given under the guise that it is what the fallen person wanted to be spoken at the funeral and as such its all about the "secondary" "great crowds" class hope.. so my question is had anybody ever attended the funeral talk for someone who claimed to be in the 144,000???.

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  Hi Berean Thinker. You are correct in your reasoning.
  

  I have, here in Melbourne Australia about 5 years ago.

  Yes, It started out typically reviewing his life briefly and went on to mention that he most likely was smilingly looking down upon us and feeling sad to be parting from his earthly friends remembering the happy times we shared.

  (my family knew the guy personally, Nikki Trofimchuk.)
  

  After describing his projected task alongside Jesus, the speaker went on to say how happy he will be to observe the current jw's faithful efforts in declaring Jesus' kingship.

  And then the line. 'Now that Nikki has taken his place in heaven with the faithful early christian anointed, what does that mean for us?' And how will the resurrection hope affect him?
  

  And then the usual funeral talk commenced inserting 'our' hope instead of the recently departed anointed one's.

  And often mentioning how happy he will be to be an active part of the resurrection as he sees loved friends come back to life on earth.

  fwiw.
  

  jtg
  
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  Australian ABC News article on JW incest victim

  by shepherdless in

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  2. scandals

  i am surprised nobody else has posted this yet.

  a lot of people in aust will read this.. “incest victim turned lawyer speaks out on reporting violence and sexual abuse”.

  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-08/incest-victim-to-honours-law-graduate-shelly-triumph-over-abuse/10978530.

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  This was the guy about whom Australian branch member Doug Jackson wrote, while he was a c.o. "When the dust settles, he will be a benefit to the congregation" or words to that effect when the guy moved to another cong.

  jtg,
  
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  Do Any Of You Dream About JW Friends You had ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. friends

  what prompted this topic was a dream i had last night where i was engaged in a conversation i had with an old friend where i was trying to prove where the jw`s were wrong from their own bible.. and this is not the first time i have had such dreams.. often times i have had dreams about people i have known in the religion .. remember i have been away from the religion for more than 26 years now and in a totally different part of the country .. i now wonder if any of them ever dream about my wife and i ?

  but that`s something i`ll never know.. do any of you have any such experiences ?.

  maybe i`m spending too much time on this site lol.

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  jonahstourguide

  Hey smiddy

  1969 Melbourne Showgrounds yes im in Melb. Aussie as.

  Hey who is da dude trying to prove the trinity???? On another thread.

  He needs to get out of conspiracy logic and into the real world haha
  

  jtg
  
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  Do Any Of You Dream About JW Friends You had ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what prompted this topic was a dream i had last night where i was engaged in a conversation i had with an old friend where i was trying to prove where the jw`s were wrong from their own bible.. and this is not the first time i have had such dreams.. often times i have had dreams about people i have known in the religion .. remember i have been away from the religion for more than 26 years now and in a totally different part of the country .. i now wonder if any of them ever dream about my wife and i ?

  but that`s something i`ll never know.. do any of you have any such experiences ?.

  maybe i`m spending too much time on this site lol.

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  Having played a musical instrument, I have, over the years had dreams related to either playing or not playing in the orchestra's of the day. (I was involved in the 1969 showgrounds orchestra)
  

  And of not being selected for a special 'spiritual occasion' or wedding of prominent jws.

  Ha ha,,,,, I've played in bands since then for many years and loved not doin jw stuff !! but the dreams persisted at times.
  

  Phunny how the brain works while we sleep.

  jtg
  
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  Who is The Lord?

  by JW Answers in

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  2. beliefs

  the jehovah's witnesses believe that only the father is lord god, however by searching the scriptures we can identify that there are more than one person in the godhead, and the lord jesus as well as the holy spirit are lord.. for those who are interested in learning, feel free to watch this new video..

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  "If you cannot explain something simply, you simply don't understand the topic well enough yourself".

  Just my two bobs worth. Apparently a well respected smart guy said something like that.
  

  I've watched this topic with great interest and there are more questions than answers regarding the trinity concept.

  That in itself speaks volumes with respect to bible eisegesis and seriously questions the same.

  As a layman, I wouldn't mind reading a succinct scriptural answer. Or, has our time in religion fused our neurons !?
  

  jtg
  
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  Welcome to all of the Resurrected "Faithful Ones of Old" from 1925 onward.

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. humour

  i haven`t had a chance of yet to welcome all of you newly resurrected ones that joseph rutherford assured us would be arriving since 1925 .. so please feel free to make yourself known to us and if we don`t hear from any of you, what should we derive from that .?.

  hello......hello.......?.

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  jonahstourguide

  Ya cracked me up smiddy....... That's gold..

  jtg
  
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  Two For One!

  by snugglebunny in

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  back in the day - yeah, i know, most things i write start like that!

  however - back in the day there was an implicit rule ratio of 2 to 1 when it came to counting time.

  two witnesses witnessing to one person for one hour would count one hour each.

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  And, zeb, that's how it still is here in Melbourne and surrounds.

  jtg.

  P.S. Talk about double dipping !!!!!!!
  
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  Movie review website Rotten Tomatoes caught deleting 54,000 fan reviews of Captain Marvel

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  first, i haven't seen captain marvel.

  i'm not into superhero movies.

  low-budget horror made by passionate directors is more my thing.. if you saw the movie and enjoyed it - great.. and i'm sure some fan reviews are motivated by hate or they're just spamming or whatever.. but here's a thing: rotten tomatoes has been caught deleting more than 54,000 negative fan reviews of captain marvel ... all to increase the negative fan's review aggregate from 33% to 36%.. social engineering isn't just limited to the long-debunked 'gender wage gap' ... it's happening in entertainment.

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  Yep. I've seen it twice in a week and the second time I took my friends along, (female) and they loved it too.

  Its comic book fiction and escapism at its best.

  The ginger feline takes the cake alongside Samuel Jackson,,,,,, hilarious, in my opinion.
  

  I loved it and I'm into Marvel and DC movies. My friends who are not, couldn't stop talking and laughing all the way home in the car.

  Can't wait for the Avengers sequel in April that appears to be linked to this movie.

  And I'm an 67 yo male of the species. ha ha.

  jtg.
  
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  Perfect response

  by Cerise in

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  2. friends

  i was hoping to get some advice on what to say to a parent who wouldn’t support you to get married to a “worldy person”.

  always bringing up “marry only in the lord” even when that hasnt worked out for the parent, twice divorced lol.

  is there a way to discredit that scripture or argue back respectfully without giving away that you are pimo?.

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  Beers to you Atlantis, It's hot here in Oz.

  I never even knew that,,,,, mate, cannot wait to use it in my 'wake up' works.

  jtg