Topics Started by tepidpoultry

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good books on critical thinking
by tepidpoultry in
1. jw
2. friends
hi, wanting to improve my thinking.

thanks, tepid..
47
If you were on your death bed, what is the ONE thing you would say you have learnt ?
by new hope and happiness in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i think i would say " you can not change others you can only change your self" .

if you cant think of anything what is the next number in this sequence?.

what do these sums have in common?.
3
request suggestions
by tepidpoultry in
1. jw
2. friends
what can i tell my 5yr old grandson as to why i do not attend meetings anymore?

my reasons are (among others) the insanity of armageddon.

at the last meeting that i attended the travelling bro compared gehazi's sin (for which his progeny down to great grandchildren were stricken with leprosy) with materialism.. thanks..
91
Your worst convention experience.
by zeb in
1. jw
2. experiences
by a split second rescuing our handicapped son from being pushed down the stairs by a flood of sisters rushing out to see as the drama had started.. the main offender being a special pioneer..
110
What song or line from a song bests describes your time as a JW?????
by karter in
1. jw
2. experiences
waisted days and waisted nites.. freddy fender..
79
WT Flip-Flops on Jesus Inspection Was it in 1918 or 1919?... Did the WT PASS or FAIL?
by Alfred in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is utterly ridiculous.... .

the more i research this particular subject, the more flip-flops i uncover.

it seems the fds cant even make up their minds regarding what happened in 1918 (or should i say 1919?).
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1914 to be abandoned around 2016
by Alfred in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the other day i was doing some research about "1914" for a friend on my wt cd library (spanish) and i found it quite interesting that the number of times "1914" is mentioned in the watchtower magazine during the previous 3 decades has been dropping exponentially as follows.... 1980-1989: mentioned 854 times.

1990-1999: mentioned 492 times.

2000-2009: mentioned 222 times.
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Is it true? John Denver asks any Witnesses to leave his concert!
by Witness 007 in
1. jw
2. experiences
version 1. john denver at his concert asks "if there are any jehovah's witnesses in the audience can you please leave.".

version 2. on the johnny carson show he said the same before singing a patriotic song.

johnny carson told denver "see that cameraman there..and that lighting guy...there jehovahs witnesses, alot of witnesses work for me because their honest people..so now you can leave.".
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So what caused you to have doubts in the first place?
by nicolaou in
1. jw
2. friends
i had no doubts at all about the 'truth' untill a friend of mine in the cong' began falling away.

in trying to help him i had to ask questions and do research and that of course cracked the doors of my mind open for the first time in over thirty years.. years ago, when jwd allowed members to have signatures, i used the following quote from voltaire as mine.

i still love it.. doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous..
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Rutherford and Elevators -- All Others Use the Stairs
by VM44 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
during the olin moyle court case, some of the "jehovah's witnesses" witnesses were asked on the stand if they knew if the elevators were held at ground floor at lunchtime so that rutherford would not have to wait to use them when he returned to the building.. other people had to use the stairs; the elevators had to be kept ready for rutherford.. the jw witnesses denied knowing anything about this.

but in reading the transcript of the trial, one gets the impression that none of the jws wanted to admit anything negative about rutherford, for instance, that rutherford would give "trimmings" (verbal scolding) to individuals at lunchtime was not readily admitted by even clayton woodworth, a person who had direct experience being reprimanded by the "judge"!.

trying to get info from the witnesses appeared to be like squeezing water from a stone!