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termite 35

Quotes; your site is obviously doing a great job.

What beautifully written replies that encourage more communication and inquiry from your mailers- i'm impressed !

The site was an inspired idea .

The word that comes to mind when discussing your site is "Class." You dont ramble on and on about the Dubs, but place their own words out there for all to see. I like too how you point out when the information is not on the WT CD ROM. Very telling!

mordecai

You have a great site it has helped me quite a bit.

MD

Pathofthorns

Dude, I have to say your site is still one of the best as far as these sorts of sites go.

Your replies just crack me up. They sound like they are coming from the WT Society, but just with a different spin. Probably u and Beans compose these things in between beers and tokes while watching the hockey game in your basement.. lol. All u need is to throw in the "warm Christian love and greetings" line at the end.

I loved the "we love your music Tina Turner" line along with several other brilliantly funny remarks.. lol

Path

Simon

It's a great site Quotes ... great work

Beans

Pathofthornes:

We cannot forget AGAPE a timeless classic!

Two things have happened in Scarborough basements, Waynes World and the creation of http://Quotes.JehovahsWitnesses.com

Beans

Quotes

Unbelievable! Tina Turner actual wrote back to me! (this may be the first time ever).

Here is her response, followed by my follow-up:

Tell me why do you use the website name of Jehovah's Witnesses.com. If you guys are so interested in showing the wrongs of the Organization why put Jehovah's name into it. That is the main reason I know that this is an another attack by satan to bring reproach upon Jehovah's name. It seems like you guys deliberately go out of your way to use Jehovah's name though you are complaining about the Watchtower Society and the way its ran, but it is another thing to try to mislead witnesses into thinking a site is about there dear friends and than humiliate them into finding out its an APOSTATE board. Pretending to be Sheep when in actuality your in Wolves clothing. The bible talks about you guys plain and clear and i'm not surprised about the persecution cause it is only prophecy that Jesus foretold about, but I am saddened that people who once claimed to love Jehovah would not let his will be done, even if there was all these contradictions by humans and mistakes made by humans. Jehovah said to make the "truth" your own but obviously you haven't done that. May he bless you anyway, which I doubt. Because right now you guys are committing the ultimate sin. Sinning against the "holy spirit". You will feel his wrath when it is all over.

Here is my response to the Diva of Rock Music

Dear TEENA TURNER,

Thanks again for writing. We do appreciate it. Again, we would like to set the record straight, in a simple point-by-point manner.

We can assume you have not read the "Frequently Asked Questions" ( http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/admin/faq.htm ). If you had, you would know the answer to your question "why do you use the website name of Jehovah's Witnesses.com?" To save you some time, here is the relevant section from the web page we referred to:
Haven't you commercialized Jehovah's name with "JehovahsWitnesses.com"? Isn't the "dot com" disrespectful?
The JehovahsWitnesses.com domain is owned by NetIdentity.com. Quotes.JehovahsWitnesses.com is not related to or controlled by NetIdentity.com. NetIdentity.com is a company in the business of renting internet sub-domains. According to their website, they have registered over 15,000 internet domains, including family names, and various sports, hobbies, professions, and religions. They "own" the JehovahsWitnesses.com domain, and we rent the "Quotes" sub-domain from them. No disrespect is intended by our site name; it was simply "conveniently available" when we created this site.
We would prefer that our website was called "Watchtower Quotes.com" or something like that but NetIdentity did not have that available in 1998 when we started this website. Also, please note that our website refers only to Jehovah's Witnesses --> not Jehovah himself. We feel that you have failed to make that important distinction.
You stated "If you guys are so interested in showing the wrongs of the Organization why put Jehovah's name into it." You have clearly jumped to your own conclusion: that we are interested in showing the wrongs of the Organization. We did not state that, and furthermore, since we only quote publications from the Watchtower Society, we can not take any responsibility for whatever conclusion you reached on your own. Perhaps you should be aware that we also receive email from active Witnesses saying "thank you for providing this research".
As for this being an "attack by Satan to bring reproach on Jehovah's name". Well, I suppose only two beings know this for sure: Jehovah, and Satan. As far as we know, we are only librarians/historians who have collected information together, not Satanists. Interestingly, I understand that similar projects regarding other movements are similarly labelled "attacks by Satan" by members of those groups. In fact, some in the Catholic Church have, at one time, labelled Jehovah's Witnesses work as Satanic. We disagreed with the Catholic Church then, and we disagree with you now.
"you are complaining about the Watchtower Society and the way its ran" Again, all "complaints" are completely absent from our website, which contains only Watchtower publications quotes. Ergo, "we" are not saying anything, ergo, "we" can not be complaining.
"try to mislead witnesses into thinking a site is about there dear friends and than humiliate them into finding out its an APOSTATE board" -- Again, you seem to be referring to our choice of site name as being "misleading". As already stated in point number 1 (above) that was not our intent. We do not humiliate, since that would require us to actually say something, but since we have only quotes, and no editorial comments at all, that is impossible. Finally, we operate a "website" not a "message board". As for it being "apostate", you seem to be saying that Watchtower Society publications are apostate, since that is the only information at our website. By extension, your argument would suggest that the library at a Kingdom Hall is apostate, since it contains the same information. Obviously, such a conclusion would be ridiculous. Similarly, our site is not, and can not be, apostate.
"Pretending to be Sheep when in actuality your in Wolves clothing" -- Again, our site is devoid of commentary. We are not pretending to be anything other than what we are: a collection of Watchtower publication quotes. That is what we are, and that is what we "pretend" to be.
"The bible talks about you guys plain and clear" -- We disagree with you, since we would never be so proud and full of hubris to think that the bible talks about us specifically.
"i'm not surprised about the persecution" -- We fail to see how a collection of Watchtower quotes is "persecution" -- especially considering that quotes is the ONLY thing we are talking about here. On the other hand, we saw a show on the History Channel about WWII where Six Million Jews were killed by the Nazis. Now THAT is persecution.
"I am saddened that people who once claimed to love Jehovah" -- Here you have jumped to the erroneous conclusion that we are former members, or that we do not love Jehovah God, or both. Both assumptions are incorrect.
"would not let his will be done" -- We fail to understand how our simple collection of quotes interferes with God's plans. Please explain via return email.
"even if there was all these contradictions by humans and mistakes made by humans." -- You seem to feel there are "contradictions" -- you said it, not us.
"Jehovah said to make the "truth" your own but obviously you haven't done that." -- All of our quotes are fully referenced and correct -- truthful, in other words. We challenge you to find even one error or misrepresentation at our site.
"May he bless you anyway, which I doubt." -- Thank you. God Bless You!
"right now you guys are committing the ultimate sin. Sinning against the "holy spirit"." -- We have to say that this sounds very judgemental. I thought the latest understanding from the Society was that the Sheep/Goat judging work was not to start until after the Great Tribulation started. Are you jumping the gun here?
"You will feel his wrath when it is all over." -- Again, this sounds rather hateful, and not in keeping with Jesus commands to "love your enemies". Perhaps we have misunderstood what you mean here, but as a fellow Christian, I can't feel the love.
Again, thanks for writing, and we hope we have corrected your misunderstandings regarding Quotes.JehovahsWitnesses.com.

Sincerely,
[email protected]
http://Quotes.JehovahsWitnesses.com

I sometimes wonder why I bother, but then I remember that line Tom Cruise's character said to Camy Diaz in Vanilla Sky regarding her music/singing: "You know, they say if you can reach just one person..."

Quotes

joy2bfree, thank you for the too kind words

jgnat, Yes it does feel good. Like snatching someone from the jaws of death!

fredom96, thanks! Glad you enjoyed!

Jesus Christ, and Reborn2002, yup, they seem to be in the same situation when I was a kid and I "caught" one of my brothers with his eyes open during the prayer. Upon "reporting" him to my father, I was upset that my father wanted to know "how did I know, were MY eyes open?" -- DOH!!! BTW, Jesus Christ, why is there so much suffering in the world? (sorry, I couldn't resist).

RunningMan, speaking from my experience, it was the WT's own words that had the greatest effect on me, so that is why I created the site. Yup, it is hard for them to deal with their own words! BTW, I loved your movie starring Arnold (sorry, I couldn't resist).

rem, Great Idea, I will add it to the "to do" list. BTW, I love your music, especially "Nightswimming" on the Automatic for the People album!

Random Task, usually I don't hear back. Today was an exception, I just posted the follow-up.

Gig, Yup, I have found that when you actually behave like a "Christian" and "turn the other cheek" it really throws them for a loop. "You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar" BTW, you are about a thousand times bigger than your cousin, "meg". (sorry, I couldn't resist).

termite, thanks! Too bad they almost never reciprocate my offer to communicate. BTW, I like your avatar. "Bouncy, bouncy."

ThiChi, Many thanks! I think that is the nicest complement I have ever received.

mordecai, glad to be of service.

Path, I'm not sure if I should be offended! I mean, really, sounding like the WT? Yech! As for me and Beans, I only wish would could setup the situation you described here more often. Oh, and replace toke with Cuban Cigar... maybe....

Simon, right back at you!

Beans, AGAPE to you, my brother!

jst2laws

Quotes,

As I have said before, your site is one of the best. Maybe the best, because of the points you made above. Two years ago to this day, I think, I pulled your site up for another questioning elder who was visiting. He said "That's the worst thing they could do to us." That did it for him. Both of us are now free. Thanks again.

Jst2laws

SLOAN

Quotes,

Too Funny!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT!!!

Isn't it amazing how JUDGEMENTAL and HATEFUL these so called Christians can be. Your responses are always entertaining to read. Keep up the Good Work. Tell Beansy hi for me and y'all save me a spot down in the basement sometime!!

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