Village Idiot

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  Scale of 1 to 10. How did/do you rate the meetings!

  by Truthexplorer in

  1. social
  2. humour

  1. boring as s***e 2. extremely boring 3. boring as hell 4. boring.

  5. slightly boring 6. not bad.

  7. fair.

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  Village Idiot

  Truthexplorer: "Each congregation needs a Jimmy Swaggart to shake things up a bit"

  There was one talk in my congregation where the speaker was very animated and he actually tried (failed) to get responses from the audience to his points. In fact the audience reacted in an embarrassed way. I heard that he had been a Baptist minister before becoming a JW (I remember - 1970s - that he got exuberant about Christendom allowing pedophilia within its clergy).

  Then, on the opposite side of the spectrum, there was a speaker who spoke in monotone. You get a sense of something very wrong with him within seconds. Within a short minute you are crying out to Jehovah for this meeting to be done.
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  I figured out how Animals ended up on different continents.

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  animals made rafts out of logs that were knocked down by the great flood, i'm not.

  sure about the kangaroo it's possible his pouch could have filled up with water and he sinked and.

  how the crossed the ocean, that's something i'm working on.. then we have "if you don't believe in god you don't know right from wrong".

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  Village Idiot

  "OK, I couldn't sleep last night so my mind went nuts..."

  I know what it's like to write when I'm sleepless. Try some Melatonin in the early evening.
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  Hello everyone!

  by Planetsmashers in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ive been lurking for a while and finally got around to registering.

  about me: i was essentially born in & indoctrinated from youth.

  i was always a borderline "bad association" type because i always did the minimum and always disagreed with much of what was taught; even when i was a child.. luckily for me my father was never a jw so i never had to endure the male head pressure.

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  Village Idiot

  Hi there Planetsmasher. Welcome to the forum. Are you still with your wife?
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  You need to marry a ministerial Servant!

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a single sister in her 40s and her two single daughters were visiting my mom.

  i would say her daughters are in their early 20s.

  my mom got sleepy and we put her to bed but the three sisters stayed to finish their drinks..

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  Village Idiot

  How can they not fall in love with a ministerial servant!

  
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  Talking to Jesus

  by Kiana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi.. do jehovah's witnesses talk to jesus?.

  thanks..

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  Village Idiot

  I should also add that the Watchtower denies that Jesus's ransom was meant for humanity in general including the Great Crowd but is limited to the "anointed" amongst them.

  They also state that the last supper - the Memorial - is only for the "anointed" and not for the rest. So you basically have a religion that excludes the vast majority of its members from Jesus's blessings (Disclaimer: I'm not a believer myself).
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  Talking to Jesus

  by Kiana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi.. do jehovah's witnesses talk to jesus?.

  thanks..

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  Village Idiot

  Kiana, they superficially speak to Jehovah in their prayers and Jesus is given a token mention at the end of the prayer. Outside of their prayers they occasionally talk about Jesus but do not direct their attention to him. Jesus is basically a cardboard figure to them.
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  JW's Light's out in the court of public opinion- Rio Rancho Kingdom Hall

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt9xi0r9kvy

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  Village Idiot

  All for three extra parking spaces.
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  Bethel Layoffs In Australia Confirmed

  by jonahstourguide in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  yes, last week the number of bethel layoffs was confirmed from 90 to 125. .

  and those going in thinking they may be there for some time have been told.

  that they may be there for two months rather than 3 years depending on .

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  The ex-Bethelite in cognac's video mentioned a dwelling manual at the 3:00 mark. Just out of curiosity, does anyone have access to this manual? It may be an interesting read.
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  Goodbye JWD/JWN (my last post)

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after some considerable thought i have decided that i will no longer post on this forum because i want to return to jehovah.

  thank you for all the kindness and many interesting discussions over the years.

  i wish you all well in the future and the decisions you make.

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  talesin: "I dunno why this thread is 36 pages long!"

  A lot of people were saying goodbye since he was going away.

  Welcome back slim.
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  Apostasy and Pedophile Scandal are Spreading

  by cookiemaster in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so here's an interesting thing that happened lately.

  if you guys have followed my previous posts, you probably know my mother almost died from severe anemia, decided to take blood transfusions to avoid death and the elders announced the congregation she disassociated.

  last week a "brother" came to visit from a congo about 100 kilometers away.

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  Village Idiot

  cookiemaster: "...some doctrines still need improvement."

  A doctrine need 'improvement'?! Doctrines from the scriptures are supposed to be eternal truths not the word of any man/men subject to improvement.