Posts by sowhatnow

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why didnt God just do this?

by sowhatnow in

for one thing, i cant get past genesis, but no matter.. when god told adam and eve if you eat from the tree youll die.

so why did he not simple let them die and not allow the offspring to?.

you see, if i was a god, and i told two people that, id let them die , .

sowhatnow

ok, so were all 'in agreement'[ lol] [i hate that misused scripture]

redvip2000 is the new god

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Jehovah's organization growing like never before: but bible studies are way down. Huh?

by kneehighmiah in

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so the governing body likes to keep claiming incredible growth.

at the same time they claim bible studies are way down.

are the finally admitting what we've known all along, that they can no longer recruit outsiders?

sowhatnow

the population of new jersey is higher than the number of Jws world wide.

the population of earth proves that jws are one in [so many] million. im not doin the math

such a shame, they could have turned out to be a nice little normal christain congregation.

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Shunning Disfellowshipped & Apostate family Members. Scriptural?

by objectivetruth in

anyone who is a witness or was previously a witness, is aware of the written & un-written rules concerning association with disfellowshipped family members.. there are a multitude of quotes through out the watchtower publications, but these 2 will suffice.. "are you proving yourself holy by not associating with family members or others who are disfellowshipped?

"the clear instruction in the bible is: avoid them.

that means that we have to stay away from them... the bible says that apostates are mentally diseased and that they use their teachings to make others think like them... what must we do to avoid false teachers?

sowhatnow

i love it dont you, when the articles say the bible or jehovah 'says' something when they never did.

the bible says apostates are mentally deseased? where does it say anything close to that?

the people that i have know to be disfellowshiped were df becasue they were drinking to cope with depression, lonely and desperate for affection, or not living 'up' to someones standards.

yea, thats how LOVING the organization is, lets punish depressed people with more depressing loneliness and feelings of guilt!!

we all know what the bible does say about people who have went through some issues , 2nd corinthians 2 vs 6 thu 11

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Zone Visit feedback, from ones still in??

by Crazyguy in

just wondering if any one has heard from ones still asleep, what their feedback has been and what comments have been made by the rank and file??.

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sowhatnow

some elderly governing body members have a bad way of using thier odd sense of humor, they try to be funny and end up doing more damage.

they should probably have never gotten into the limelight.

its like grandpa went on a rant, and now grandma has to bake cookies and try to make everyone forget about it.

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The fight between God and Satan. Boob job or not.

by Gnostic Bishop in

the fight between god and satan.

boob job or not.. .

i am on bible gods side for perhaps the first time in my life.i too think a boob job in order for satan.. .

sowhatnow

film at 11

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if tomorrow dozens of jws learned of ttatt

by sowhatnow in

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and they left the congregations, would you then feel open to be thier friends?.

many on here have the same complaint, that in the jw congregations, there were clickes, no one had time for each other,.

people judged, there was a lack of association, freindship , true concern and love were lacking.

sowhatnow

id say born ins who leave will have a much harder time finding acceptable friendships due to the learned high standards for people in general.

so Id say for me, im not going to turn all 'worldly' like as far as swearing up a storm though i do the hell and dam bit, and id never go back to smoking

it stinks and would flare up my allergies plus who can afford it. id not choose to be freinds with smokers for that reason, and i wouldnt choose certain types of people who i have no common intrests, like im not into country music, or hard rock, or beer, or football, or guns or tatoos, long hair,

or motorcycles. being so used to suited men and better dressed ladies, its hard t osee myself with those who dress farmer like.

id naturally gravitate to buisness like people into the arts, or, politics or golf clubs or sales people. as for the holidays?

I wont go all chrstmas thats for sure, but i will go to any party or event im invited to.

right now, the only people whom i associate with is my boring tv loving husband which isnt grand in any sense of the word, and my daughter occationally.

i have no job right now, hard to get one at my age with no education.

so i dont get out to meet people. so its going to be difficult for me at age 52, to find any freinds.

anyone else have that feeling?

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'Trinity' plumbing and heating.

by LogCon in

george smith pulls into the kingdom hall parking lot one sunday morning.

he is excited because today, for the first time, he will handle the mikes.

some days the visiting speaker asks questions of the audience.

sowhatnow

my sister nearly named her daughter Trinity, my jw mom had a cow when she thought she was,

so she named her setona, but she wanted to spell it satana! I told her oh God mom will die, lol. so i told her to use other letters

now she gets the nic name tona.

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Do Jehovah witnesses exploit the most vulnerable in society?

by Blind_Of_Lies in

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during my final few years being active with the jws i noticed that the vast majority of people who were studying or joining the group in general where those that the rest of society would consider disabled and/or severely mentally ill. now by disabled i dont mean i lost my leg in nam kind of disabled... in some cases these people were mentally retarded, had the minds of children, were severely abused as children or even as adults and as a result had personality disorders that put them on the edge of society.... and then we had the full on crazies... about 15 years ago one of the brothers who worked at the local welfare office somehow started a study with a person who was a paranoid schizophrenic.

he met her because she was a client of the welfare office.

she got handed off to a sister who studied with her, then started driving her to her doctors appointments, and to get grocerys, and took her to congregation events.

sowhatnow

on the positive side of it however, those who have been mentally troubled with the stress of life who has no one to help them, cult or not, sometimes they at leas t have something to look forward to once or twice a week, and thats getting out of the house and to a meeting. it give them self worth and they feel wanted. for some this can save their sanity. cult or not.

there must be a real balancing act, not letting those ones bleed you of your energy, while at the same time studying with them and getting them to meetings. they think they are servng God, well so be it. but there are unfortunately those who should not be expected to go out door to door.

at all . I dont think the jws should have ever stated that door to door is a requirement, it should have been a choice. and no one should have been judged less faithfull for it if they did not.

on another note, in my opinion children have no buisness being in door to door service.

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