Posts by sowhatnow

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What is dating as a JW like

by UFCFan in

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first off i want to say that i'm a teenager which makes my situation interesting.

i don't want to give too many details in case someone i know reads this but i'm between 14 and 18, homeschooled, and i've been awake for around one or one and a half years.

i already have a plan to attend usc or wisconsin university if i'm smart enough to get in and then move to san jose and try and get a job working for a hs football team or with a soccer team, since i want to coach sports or be an agent.. now, this all sounds great in theory but there's one thing i've been thinking about that makes me doubt my plan.

sowhatnow

i agree with finally awake plus, I know from experience, our emotions will take over our brains,

we know what we should do, and that's the logical thing, go to school, finish and get the job. you have the plan, why screw with it? you already know the answer, but your emotional side is looking for some reason to mess it up. and you know , that no matter how hard it is , your plan makes more sense. we foolishly let those emotions come in and screw with our commons sense. my emotions sucked me back into a failing marriage. adults are not immune to mistakes lol

there is always email and texting while you are away. you can keep in touch and let her know how fun college is, and how you wish she could see how great it is to see the positive in things.

at your young age you dont need to start your life off worrying about something that has a 50 50 chance at being a wrong choice.

thats a coin I wouldn't want to flip.

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So, every sin can be forgiven, except Apostacy? Right...that makes sense.....

by stuckinarut2 in

ok, so we know that the wt teaches that every sin can be forgiven, but if one leaves the org and becomes a "vile apostate", that is "sinning against the holy spirit" and can not be forgiven?.

so, murderous sick people are ok.. child abusers...ok. violent drug dealers ...ok. war mongering genocidal killers...ok. but, speak against the gb....not ok....you are the worst of the worst!.

makes perfect sense really hey?.

sowhatnow

so the bible only says if somene speaks against the holy spirit, but not Jesus and God?

hmm, so what then would it be that someone could speak against the holy spirit?

its not like there is a scripture that says,

'you know that Daniel, he spoke against the holy spirit when he said "??????" ......., and then God struck him with boils'

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Scan Of Telegram To Hitler

by Bangalore in

scan of telegram to hitler.. .

bangalore.

sowhatnow

funny 'address'

guess they did not fall for the 'threat' lol

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This weeks meeting remarks

by StarTrekAngel in

just come here to vent a bit.

last night we had one of those meeting where i had a hard time keeping my eyes from rolling.

i tell you, sometimes i think they have a mind of their own, my eyes that is.

sowhatnow

Ecclesiastes 5

7For in many dreams and in many words there is emptiness. Rather, fear God.

psalm 116
11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.

james 1
26If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless.

so what WAS that whole paragraph trying to tell the reader? that a train is not able to stop but the org is?

or a train cant stop but a wheel with eyes can?

or is it telling people

the wheels and not a train,
and could 'change direction instantly,' and the wt say...

'Because of pride, men often refuse to adapt to changing needs and circumstances.' [as if they have?]

so they are not following this advice....

ephesians 4 13until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.14As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;15but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,

you torture soul, going to those brain numbing sessions.

when your there, go sit on the commode and play games on your phone...

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how many of you are parents of adult children who still follow the wt and think you are misled?

by sowhatnow in

what have you done so far as to convince them they are misled?

what has worked for you.. it is inconceivable to me, that if my mother or father showed me proof of why the wt org is false, that i wouldn't take them seriously, after all they are older and should know better, but it seems there are some of you who have the opposite outcome, where your children think you are misled and senile, and grandparents are surely labeled as senile.

one would reason then, if this were truly the case, that you are 'senile' or demented, then wouldn't that be taken into consideration when having loving contact with your parents?

sowhatnow

what have you done so far as to convince them they are misled? what has worked for you.

it is inconceivable to me, that if my mother or father showed me proof of why the wt org is false, that i wouldn't take them seriously, after all they are older and should know better, but it seems there are some of you who have the opposite outcome, where your children think you are misled and senile, and grandparents are surely labeled as senile.

one would reason then, if this were truly the case, that you are 'senile' or demented, then wouldn't that be taken into consideration when having loving contact with your parents? were to respect our parents, right?

comment?

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"Scum, roosters, jackasses, harlots, s.o.b.s" hate speech by JW's the reason for their "persecution"???

by TerryWalstrom in

from the online journal yad l'achim .

http://yadlachim.org/?categoryid=203&articleid=577.

in the above article jehovah's witnesses and the jews, a great many controversial issues are placed squarely in the spotlight of history.

sowhatnow

sounds like an argument between two teenage girls..

Amy:

'And anyway the Jews belong to “organization of the Devil”. (49)'

Crista:

yea, I know, right?

“The Jews are the epitome of the fact how terrible it is not to be under Jehovah’s blessings.

Amy :

and get this,

They served the cruel Nazi enemy very well with everything connected to murdering the Jews.”(53)

and then [label licker] mom walks in and says

Now now you two. Just remember that god is using these guys (governing body) as his mouth piece just as he used Satan the serpent when it came to Adam and Eve.

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You are invited to sit down with the GB members..

by James Mixon in

you have the opportunity to sit and discuss what's on your mind.. what would you tell them??.

my question, do you men have a heart, how do you sleep at nights??.

why do you think jehovah pick you to feed the sheep??.

sowhatnow

you need 8 i believe...

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You are invited to sit down with the GB members..

by James Mixon in

you have the opportunity to sit and discuss what's on your mind.. what would you tell them??.

my question, do you men have a heart, how do you sleep at nights??.

why do you think jehovah pick you to feed the sheep??.

sowhatnow

how can you sit beneath God Almighty print up your own version of a bible, mislead people with your teachings,

unless you know for a certainty that he does not exist and you are not under his Judgment?

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Is anyone keeping a running total of WT real estate sales and acquisitions world wide?

by SadElder in

i've been searching both the forum and on-line and can't seem to find what i need.

does anyone have access to a running total of all the real estate transactions going on with the dubs.

it would be nice to see this in an excel sheet or some other printable form..

sowhatnow

jwleaks.org might have what your looking for but not probably on that format of excel

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1st POST: A romance with a JW

by myangelface in

i am not a jw ...however i began having bible studies (i d call them watchtower studies).

i was beginning to get lured in and brainwashed into accepting the religion as the true religion...but something inside of me told me there was something odd.

some time passes and i was invited to a meeting and i accepted.

sowhatnow

forget about trying to get him to be your boyfreind for now, try to encourage him to stay in school and finish.

college drop outs are worse than high school drop outs, in that you might always feel like a failure.

whos throwing that money away?

maybe if you can get him to stay in school and get his degree, and in the mean time once in a while, present some small issues or bible questions, so that he may start to ponder about the religion. let him learn how deceiving it is.

them maybe just maybe when school is all done, he will be mature enough to let go of the guilt of leaving such a controlling religion. watchtower examiner on you tube does a fantastic job of making a jw think.

by the way, I was told years ago by an elder that you cant get disfellowshiped for marrying a worldly person, you get disfellowshiped for committing fornication beforehand. It depends on how the elders interpret the bible. but no place does the bible say we have to marry a fellow jw. it says marry in the lord, which to me means that when you marry, if you have the lord in your life, no matter what faith you claim to be, you have his blessing, as long as the marriage bed is not 'defiled'.

but then I think those rules were only for those under the law. who knows.