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  Question for Christians only

  by Steve Lowry in

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  ok, i got save in 1984 (left the wbts 1979).

  i have always felt at a loss when it has come to the emotional impact aspect of jesus' sacrifice.

  what i mean to say is, that i have seen other christians openly weep about jesus and his death on the cross, while i have felt nothing.

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  Wasted 1900 years for Jehovah???

  by free2beme in

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  did everyone else get the impression from the witness teachings, that jehovah basically choose no one for the 144,000 heavenly class in the years from 100 ad to 1876 ad?

  if so, did you feel this way because those years were never spoken of, or did the witnesses you know say this?

  i personally asked one time, and was basically told that there may have been a few, but for the most part the numbers in those centuries were very limited and most were in pentecost and after russell began his work.

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  Dead loved one calls home

  by Steve Lowry in

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  today, while at doctors appointment i met a lady in the waiting room and i just wanted to relay her story.

  she was eighty-two years old and sharp as a tack.

  we were exchanging pleasantries while waiting our turn to get in when she told about her four children.

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  A deeply heartfelt goodbye.

  by Gregor in

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  it has been a wonderful several months getting to know y'all.

  we've had some laughs, some tears, a few sharp words, but ultimately we are still brothers and sisters of the church of screw the watchtower and i will always remember this period of my journey.

  there are so many names i have come to know, some real, most aliases, because your still scared of being found out, you apostate little bastards!

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  Well, I think my apartment is haunted.

  by Steve Lowry in

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  yep, thats right, haunted.

  i have never had a dwelling place with so many unexplained noise and goings on.

  lights that have been turned off, magically turn back on and visa versa.

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  Contacting the "other side"

  by sinis in

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  i find it very interesting that the bible and mythology are very close, when speaking about god.

  also the statement made by god in the bible to worship no other god but him, in effect saying that there are others gods.

  has anyone actually looked into the occult, for lack of a better word, and actually made contact with an entity?

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  All JW thoughts, ideas, and subject have been covered her several times

  by free2beme in

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  i have come to this board for ever a year now.

  one very openly obvious thing, that you notice within a couple of months.

  is that subjects repeat here, often.

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  Masturbation quotes

  by 5thGeneration in

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  i didn't want these buried deep in the favorite quotes thread because they are just too dang funny and/or weird.

  *** watchtower 1973 sept 15 pp.564-5 breaking free of self-abuse-why?

  that masturbation is abnormal and unnatural is also indicated by the fact that abnormal, mentally deranged people are notorious masturbators.

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  If you had a chance, what would you have done differrently (JW experience)?

  by Steve Lowry in

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  ya know whatamean?

  if you could go back in time, back to those days as a jw and react then as you would now knowing what you now know, what would you do differently?

  it could be a particular day, or an event or something you went through.

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  Insensitive talk assignments

  by Steve Lowry in

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  i once was assigned a talk on masturbation when i was about fifteen or so.

  the theme of the talk was to discourage masturbating (actually to forbid the practice), as it was considered by the society a no no.

  looking back on it, it offends me to this day that they would give a kid such a sensitive and embarrassing talk assignment like that.

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