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  Which of these activities bothered you the most?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
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  which of these activities did you hate/bothered you the most?

  rank them from 1-5 with the most hated to the least.. .

  field service.

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  Field Service

  During my final year as a JW I started having anxiety attacks out in field service.

  2 - 4 day assemblies

  I actually liked the 2 day, circuit assemblies. I stuffed myself with all that 'spiritual food'. I would even record them.

  Giving Ministry School Talk - for men and women

  I once gave a talk where I forgot to put on my tie. I was counseled, nicely, but I thought it was a somewhat trivial. I considered it amusing when I saw a sister, on stage, in her late 50s wear a head covering while talking to an elder who was half her age.

  Watching 12 years getting baptized

  Back in my day 14 years seemed to be the minimum. I believe I was 15 when I got baptized.

  Watching young children getting disfellowshipped 

  The youngest df that I heard was about 14 and his younger brother who was not baptized and 11 was announced separately as disassociated.
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  Embrace Judeo-Christian culture and values! Is this politician serious?

  by Gnostic Bishop in

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  embrace judeo-christian culture and values!

  is this politician serious?.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=h2ed8a8rxey.

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  Here is another example of a politician who's serious about instituting Old Testament civil law.

  Charles Fuqua, the Republican candidate for the Arkansas House of Representatives, is the author of God's Law - The Only Political Solution, which states that Christianity does not invalidate the O.T. law!

   

   

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
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  Embrace Judeo-Christian culture and values! Is this politician serious?

  by Gnostic Bishop in

  1. watchtower
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  embrace judeo-christian culture and values!

  is this politician serious?.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=h2ed8a8rxey.

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  Vidiot:

  "...particularly when I realized that the WTS would absolutely play ball with them if these assholes ever came to power."

  The Dominionists, particularly the Reconstructionists, would probably not have JWs as allies. The Witnesses and Mormons are simply too 'heretical' for them.

  The Watchtower would consider them as part of "Babylon the great". Of course, why should that be a hindrance considering what happened with the UN? 
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  Regarding Dates---Have The Witnesses Ever Been Correct On Any Of Them?

  by minimus in

  1. watchtower
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  i can't think of any chronology that has not been changed.

  even their "absolute" dates are suspect.

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  smiddy:

  "They had two dates for the end of 6000 year rule by Satan , the first in the late 1800`s and the second one was 1975 ."

  They claim that they corrected a 100 year error in the original chronology. That made 1874 turn into 1975 (maybe there was another 1 year error).

  In any case one thing that is never mentioned is their assumption that the years were supposed to be 360 days long instead of 365.25. They claim that the Babylonian year was 360 days long but that is utterly false. With an actual year you would have 365.25 X 7 = 2556.75 starting at 607 B.C.E. (according to their claim about that date.). That would give a 7 year period ending in 1949 (I may be off by a year.).

  Correct 607 B.C.E. to 587 you add another 20 years. Let them spin that! 
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  New Apostate: Tempest in a Teacup

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
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  first post on here.

  i've been lurking for 3-4 years and i mean i've been a mega lurker, doing marathon reading sessions for months or weeks.. sometimes i proceed by researching specific topics, or posters; other times just reading current discussions.

  i'm particularly fond of "old" post, i.e 10-12-15 years ago.. i have laughed, smiled, got mad, cried etc, just reading some threads here.. as you can see i suffer from some kind of "accute lurkitis".

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  Tempest in a Teacup:

  "I don't plan to leave the jws. Where I live, "religionlessness" is thoroughly non-existent. And I must say that jws represent a big part of my social life, and some kind of entertainment for me..." 

  "Why don't you establish friendships with 'worldly' people? I'm sure they can be pretty entertaining. More so than some of the Witnesses.

  In any case, welcome to the forum.    

   
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  Paradise & the Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Honesty in

  1. watchtower
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  jehovah's witnesses are taught that it will be joy to be around a lion or other such animal without fear in paradise:.

  it truly will be paradise restored.

  what of the joy to be around a lion or other such animal without fear?

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  Well let's see,
  Isaiah 11:6The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.  Isaiah 35:9 No lion will be there,
      nor any ravenous beast;
      they will not be found there.   Isaiah 65:25The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says the Lord. 
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  The JW's were right!!! The government is starting its turn against RELIGION!!!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is what obama recently had to say about religion and how it is causing problems in the world... the prophecy is coming true!!!

  we apostates are doomed!!!.

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=afndil42e20.

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  But they look happy together.

  
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  I just wanna know WHY ! ! ??

  by brandnew in

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  i just wanna know why...after a thousand dang years, jehovah would even want to think about lettin go of the dude who started it all....satan.

  why?..

  like a thousand years is a long time, and people are supposed to be gettin perfect n stuff during this time, and the earth is supposed to be gettin all perfectionized.... so satan can f- - - it all up again?.

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   You got to admit, these people have a lot of enthusiasm.   
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  Embrace Judeo-Christian culture and values! Is this politician serious?

  by Gnostic Bishop in

  1. watchtower
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  embrace judeo-christian culture and values!

  is this politician serious?.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=h2ed8a8rxey.

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  Village Idiot

  Gnostic Bishop, take a look at this document you'll find a lot of information there.

  Click on the title and it will take you to the table of contents. It's cumbersome to maneuver in but it has a lot of information about people like this.
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  QFR How should Christians view fortune cookies?

  by truthseeker in

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  this is crazy..... .

  questions from readers.

  how should christians view fortune cookies?.

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  But is it OK to feed a fortune cookie to a smurf?