They would probably say that "common" or garden variety JWs bear fruit
as long as they associate with Christ's brothers who are part of the vine.
Or some such crap like that.
Either way they don't have to explain nothin to no one.
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How do Jehovah's Witnesses get around this one?
by runForever ini am the vine; you are the branches.
if you remain in me and i in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.if you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.".
according to jehovah's witnesses this only applies to the annointed brothers of christ.
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How good a commincator are you on this site?
by new hope and happiness inme i try my best but my spelling is bad and some times i get missunerstood...any funny exsperiences?.
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I honestly couldn't care less about spelling and grammar it's the idea that counts.
I have never seen it as my job to be Conan the Grammarianin such a informal setting life is too short.
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Most Jdubs are nice people, not really evil - give us all a break from this
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Abso-bloody-lutely!
Just because you can pretend to be nice to householders while shunning members of your family
does'nt make you any better than a smiling assasin.IMO.
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sparrowdown
Next they will be known only by a symbol and referring to themselves as
"the religion formerly known as..."
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Jehovahs Witnesses in Sierra Leone stamp out, "false rumors about the source of Ebola".
by Sol Reform injehovahs witnesses in sierra leone stamp out, "false rumors about the source of ebola".. .
in july, traveling representatives of jehovahs witnesses began making special two-day visits to each congregation in sierra leone and guinea.
the visits feature a talk entitled obedience saves lives, .
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Latest headline- The rumors of JWs speading BS turned out to be correct.
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Let's suggest some programs for tv.jw.org
by rebel8 inweekday afternoons: a soap opera featuring judicial committees, demon possessions, and wives clamoring to be the ones who host the circuit overseer's lunch.
saturday mornings: sparlock cartoon.
friday evenings: reality show featuring jw dating.
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"So You Think You can Witness" a witnessing demonstation realtiy show with the winner recieving
a statue of the GB and the coveted title of Masterwitness.
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New teaching! ...the end is NOT near by GB Steven Lett
by apocalypse inhave you watched some 'dub tv' yet?
it's very interesting.
steven lett of the gigglin brothers, put his foot right in watchtower's big mouth.
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So keep those donations coming to infinity and beyond $$$$$$.
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Farewell cruel world of JWs
by sparrowdown inimo the most exciting thing you will ever do in "the truth" is to leave !.
that's right, no website or rc nu-lite or service meeting letter compares.
to the adrenaline rush of waking up, planning your strategic withdrawal,.
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Good point Aude, there are two congs that meet at our hall, so step one for me was to start
alternating between the two meetings.
That way if you are missing at one meeting it is assumed you are at the other meeting and vice-versa.
Now if someone says they haven't seen me for a while I just say
"I have had the flu, but with the new website I never miss out on spiritual food."
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Farewell cruel world of JWs
by sparrowdown inimo the most exciting thing you will ever do in "the truth" is to leave !.
that's right, no website or rc nu-lite or service meeting letter compares.
to the adrenaline rush of waking up, planning your strategic withdrawal,.
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IMO the most exciting thing you will ever do in "the truth" is to leave !
That's right, no website or RC nu-lite or service meeting letter compares
to the adrenaline rush of waking up, planning your strategic withdrawal,
and then walking.
My tips for a gradual withdrawal are:
-Six months to one year is a good fade schedule.
-Start with missing every third night meeting and then move on to sundays.
-I found it helpful to tell some people in advance when you are not going to be there, for several reasons
- they won't wonder where you are and start to speculate
- the person you tell will feel flattered that you are telling them your business and will be less likely to
jump to conclusions and rat you out to an elder
- it gives the impression you are not trying to hide anything and doing so puts people at ease
Of course, all this does is buy you time -time to fade on your own terms, because by the time they
figure out something of a spiritual nature is wrong you will be strong enough to go through with your
fade, you will see the finish line- your final meeting.
These tips may be useful for a gradual fade rather than stopping cold turkey.
But whatever method you choose it's a wild ride to be sure, but sooooo worth it.
Anybody else got anything they found useful?
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Just the Borg "...becoming all things to all people" (barf).
Or in other words the ole bait and switch method of recruitment.