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  Explanation please on the change of the term "worldly"

  by careful in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've picked up from several replies to posts here that the org has stopped using the term "worldly" as it applies to people.

  this must have happened after i left.

  would someone be so kind as to explain the "rationale" behind this shift?

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  It is still commonly used as far as I know...
  
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  Why pigs???

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  why did jesus supposedly cast the demons into a herd of pigs?.

  (matt 8 / luke 8).

  and, how were there so many demons inside one man, that when "released" by jesus, it took a whole pack of pigs to contain them??.

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  Why did Jesus supposedly cast the Demons into a herd of pigs?

  (Matt 8 / Luke 8)

  And, how were there SO MANY demons inside ONE MAN, that when "released" by Jesus, it took a whole pack of pigs to contain them??

  The more we reason on such odd passages of the bible, the more crazy it sounds...and smacks of the uneducated and superstitious people of that period of time!
  
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  Listening to the meetings from the perspective of a "newly interested" person?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  just wondering how many others (when you were still in the org) would try and listen to the meeting programmes from the perspective of a newly interested person visiting for the first time?.

  i know that i did this, and most times i did, i found it disturbing!

  it was not just the "in-house" language and terminology that was odd, but also the actual doctrines, and method of 'teaching' that was odd!.

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  Just wondering how many others (when you were still in the org) would try and listen to the meeting programmes from the perspective of a newly interested person visiting for the first time?

  I know that I did this, and most times I did, I found it disturbing!

  It was not just the "in-house" language and terminology that was odd, but also the actual doctrines, and method of 'teaching' that was odd!

  I would wonder to myself "Why does a newly interested person actually sit through this and not find it strange, or just leave??"

  Thoughts?
  
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses and “the Friends”

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i never understood why many jehovah’s witnesses will say “the friends”.

  it seems so mormon like..

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  In Australia, we never used that expression.
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  Are any of the 1st Cnetury Apostles Still Alive Today ?

  by maccauk in

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  the second coming was in the 1st century all things have been fulfilled because jesus told them some would still be alive when he returned.

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  I love a good Cnetury.....
  
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  Current week long Elders school. Outlines / talks?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  so in my part of the world, they are currently holding the week long elders schools.

  my father is attending one.

  does anyone (hello wifi bandit?

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  Ah ToesUp! That is great!!!

  And Darkspilver, THANKS for that link to a previous thread!

  That program seems to be the likely one...

  I notice there is nothing on there about "child protection"....
  
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  Captain Obvious: A Success Story

  by Captain Obvious in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  january 2012, at the age of 24 i “woke up” to the truth about the truth.

  march 2012, i joined this esteemed message board and was welcomed.

  this forum was such a help.

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  Nice Post!

  Wishing you and your wife and child all the very best!
  
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  Went to a sunday meeting Waterbury, Connecticut, yawnfest x100

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
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  well went on a vacation cross country for 10 days to see relatives, and so decided to drop in on my old kingdom hall to get a look at some old friends i haven't seen in more the 27 years.. came in around 1:15 pm middle of the public talk wearing tight fitting jeans and an old sweat shirt, and sat down in front of person i served with as an elder.

  the talks was so boring i can't remember a word of it, i can only recall that it was very disjointed with tremendous leaps in logic, so that my mind could not and would not follow the speaker.

  watchtower study was a complete brain shrinking repeat of putting on the new personality or something, with the conductor fishing for baby food comments where none of the 3 or 4 young ones gave any comments only the hard core braindead were answering.

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  There is a few hours of your life you will never get back...
  
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  Worst things said in talks available online

  by usualusername1 in

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  2. friends

  hiya peeps.

  in my comedy routine i am keen to add some audio of the worst things jws have said in talks.

  tight pants tony.

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  Smurfs....you gotta talk about that old chestnut!
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  Current week long Elders school. Outlines / talks?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so in my part of the world, they are currently holding the week long elders schools.

  my father is attending one.

  does anyone (hello wifi bandit?

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  I did email my father the official findings report last week from the Australian Royal Commission , and said calmly to him "oh I thought you might like to be aware of these official governmental findings so that when the Elders school addresses the need for reform in dealing with such cases, you would have the details close to hand..."

  He didn't bite....