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  The soldiers on guard at Jesus tomb didn't become believers, why in the hell not?

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  you are on guard at jesus sealed tomb.

  all of a sudden a great earthquake occurs and an angel.

  wearing a dazzling outfit descends from above like lightning and this angel single handedly rolls away.

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  Stirred

  Money first....then maybe they thought about it. Who knows? The Bible only follows their story so far.

  I can think of many different scenarios (alternate endings) that could have played out for them.
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  I have doubts... can you help me??- A new idea

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been perplexed as to how to brung my wife out of jws and to exit the religion... but i had an idea last night.

  i know that elders will legitimantly meet with brothers who have doubts and encourage them... not df them .. this is a sheperding call etc.. thus since my wife knows i have doubt s i could say: i want to have two brother over to discuss this ... she will agree.... of course i will hit these guys with biblical textual issues, an biology to where they are stunned and still ask... "so brothers... can you solve this conflict...?".

  in this case they will not think of me as an apostate but may question their own beliefs... .

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  Stirred

  Thank you all so much for this thread. It is of great interest and support to me right now.

  xo

  Stirred

  (formerly SNS Becoming and prior, Stirred Not Shaken from old Paradise Forum - ewatchman)
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  Travel recommendations?

  by stephanie61092 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hey guys.

  i've decided that during this time of being dfed, maybe trying to get reinstated, i'm going to enjoy my time with myself.

  that being said, i would like to do some traveling when the weather warms up across the us.

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  Head across and visit California giant redwoods and sequoia trees.....largest in world.

  many beautiful stops to explore along in between. I love Niagara Falls too Sparky!!!
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  BOE Letter: Re: Magazine Requests

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory .

  re: magazine requests .

  dear brothers: in our letter to all congregations dated october 20, 2015, regarding making wise use of printed magazines, publishers are encouraged to use good judgment to determine an individual’s interest before offering magazines.

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  Wise to seek limit of wasting and seek greater process efficiencies. No need to waste money even if you have much of it.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Latest Music video advice picking a marriage mate

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay5of0nxm44.

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  I liked aspects of it. I really liked the part of seeing how someone treats kids, elderly, and their own parents. I tell this to my kids also: Consider if they are respectful to others. regarding the brothers looking at the phone, I don't think that was the issue so much as the fact that their friend was giving a talk and they didn't show support or repect by basically caring more about some amusing distrraction while he gave his part. They could have done that later. The young woman took note and good for her. I know it was staged, but it is nice to have anyone help with chores, open doors, show courtesy, etc.
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  Kinda Sad Re: Cart "Witnessing"

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  slightly redacted for privacy of those involved.. so, this is "park witnessing" in oklahoma.. the parks in this community are basically walking trails and some tatty playground equipment.

  most of the time, sparsely used, and today was a very blustery day.. notice the justifying comment- "quite a few" checking out the cart.

  i am sure they were..... .

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  Thank you for the first laughs of the day!!
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  My wife made a very wordly comment the other night

  by Clambake in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my wife who is currently on maternity leave made a comment about luck she was to leave in canada because we get 52 weeks maternity at basically 40,000 per year.

  she is not originally from canada coming from a country with basically no maternity leave.

  i told her to make sure she doesn't say anything like that at kh.

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  I recall a pioneer who was separated from husband and with kids continued to pioneer when I was still study ing. At first I admired her, then when divorced she continued to try and pioneer while being in dire circumstances. I started to wonder why she clings to pioneering and puttng her kids in such a position if she could improve situation by working. I worked full time...long hours and wasn't I still acceptable. Since I was a convert, I guess this situation was new to me. Later at a CA she had a part and stated that she always prayed for help to continue pioneering and her prayers were answerd when, for example, one day she found groceries on her doorstep...attributed it to Jehovah. She also was on food stamps, welfare and stipend from ex, but that as not mentioned on from platform. I was upset tthat she was set up as a great example for us all to follow....This kept me from baptism for some time as I pondered but probably so distracted from work I didn't put it all together properly. I knew Paul worked to support himself. Why is it considerd so more righteous to pioneer if you cannot support yourself and must rely on handouts and government aide (paid for by tax-paying, working citizens)?
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  Types attracted to the sect known as jehovahs witnesses.

  by atomant in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  l have observed the types of people attracted to the sect are many times unbalanced,unstable,emotionally insecure types.the jdubs seem to home in like vulchers circling the prey ,preying on the vulnerables.they tried it on me when my father who was an elder died.promising that if you become a dub you will one day see him again.l said how can you promise that when you keep making false misleading predictions.l was wondering if others have observed this phenomenon.

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  I was a college educated, single, stable, non-addict convert who already didn't celebrate xmas (but didn't mind others holidays) due to commercialism and pagan roots and used Jerusalem Bible / Yahweh. I never believed in trinity either so those points resonated as well as explanation of 144,000 and second death. I was/am very social and was recovering from divorce and wanting to see family again vs. reincarnation ideas. It took me a long time to dunk as I hated treatment of women...but swallowed to make a decision and not be perennial fence-sitter. I figured I would figure it out and felt more comfortable and had more answers than most religions explored up till then (still young) . I do think being very attached to family and wanting assured promise to be reunited was strong lure....and I don't want to let that go. Also, dating a DF person who wanted to eventually get back and bring me with him helped push me in that direction though I thought i was being careful and checking all out. Internet would've come in handy during that time. Peace
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  New Field Service Report

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anyone seen this?

  when did that happen?.

  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/137681838624/new-service-report-jwinspirational.

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  Stirred

  Interesting. Thanks for sharing. 1.5 years inactive now and these reports still bug me.
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  Witnesses killed my friend today.

  by WasOnceBlind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  today has been a horrible day.

  what began as a day of joy finding out that one of my lifelong friends had her baby, turned into a nightmare when her brother called me to let me know she had passed away after birth.

  i was in shock and didn't ask how.

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  So, so sorry.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹