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  Nicest thing a JW has ever done?

  by aintenoughwiskey in

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  2. friends

  here is a change of pace, what was the nicest thing a jw has ever done for you or you have seen done?

  it wasn't all bad all the time!

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  Village Idiot

  I was given shelter when I needed it by two Witness families.
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  Why must sisters wear skirts?

  by purrpurr in

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  2. friends

  and or dresses?

  just what is wrong with a smart pair of trousers?

  i'm sure that the women would not start behaving like men or imagining that they have a dick!.

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  umbertoecho:

  
  

  "Isn't there something in the bible about women and their hair too. I can't recall which scripture it is. I think it's about women not cutting their hair."

  "For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head." 1 Corinthians 11:6 - New International Version
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  Why must sisters wear skirts?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  and or dresses?

  just what is wrong with a smart pair of trousers?

  i'm sure that the women would not start behaving like men or imagining that they have a dick!.

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  Village Idiot

  I remember a sister out in field service, one hot summer day, that was wearing a skirt. She deliberately walked over a sprinkler in order to cool off. It made for a good fantasy.
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  The Confederate Flag

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  the latest controversy over the confederate flag just sums up to me the state of dysfunction that exists in american society.. in summary: a white supremacist nutter shoots 9 black people dead in a church.

  he's clearly inspired by the messages of others which the confederate flag is often a symbol of.. it seems like a no-brainer to remove it.

  not only isn't it removed, it isn't even lowered at all as a mark of respect.. and of course now there are the people who want to defend their right to have it.

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  SimonSays:

  The distortion of slavery came later, and that's a shame that people only remember the bad, when their were also so many white people in the South helping the Black people to escape to have a better life.
  

  Those brave white people that helped blacks to escape where a minority and they were violating the law of a nation whose populace in general was pro-slavery.
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  How strong were you in “The Truth?”

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when you were still asleep in the watchtower organization and had no idea of ttatt.

  what would you have done if you were in a serious accident and all of a sudden you woke up in the emergency hospital room with all the brothers and sisters at your side and your spouse cheering you on to be faithful to jehovah.

  then the doctor comes up to you and tells you that you are about to go into surgery because there is no time to lose and the only way to live is to take a blood transfusion ?

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  Village Idiot

  I was a true believer and I would have died from lack of a blood transfusion. I saw through them though on the issue of the organization's self worship. I forget what I did with my blood card but I must have thrown it away shortly after my disfellowshipping.
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  Demons

  by Pattytheperfect1 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  this isn't a joke and i don't post here often but i had a conversation with my grandma i found comical and thought i'd share.

  my uncle lives far away and my grandma wants to go visit him but says she is afraid of the demons in his rental home.

  she is afraid a demon might follow her home.

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  Village Idiot

  Maybe your uncle - I don't know how old he is - is suffering from early stage Alzheimer's disease and is forgetting where he puts his clothes in.

  I would recommend Lisa Rose's advise for him to see a doctor and possibly get a brain scan although, being a JW, he will believe that he's all right.
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  Demons

  by Pattytheperfect1 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  this isn't a joke and i don't post here often but i had a conversation with my grandma i found comical and thought i'd share.

  my uncle lives far away and my grandma wants to go visit him but says she is afraid of the demons in his rental home.

  she is afraid a demon might follow her home.

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  Village Idiot

  Why would Grandma think that your Uncle might have demons in his house? Is he a JW? Does he dabble in spiritism?
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  The Verdict: God is Not Good.

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure if this video has been posted before here or not, but it is a powerful scene.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx7irfn2gdi.

  i haven't watched the entire movie yet, but from this scene alone, i will be..

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  According to the Bible God allowed sin and misery to happen because the Devil challenged him saying that Man was only interested in him for the sake of being rewarded. It is Man's fault and God allows for sh!t to happen just to prove a point. Everything is supposed to be all right because Man's eternal reward for serving God is supposed to supersede any hideous thing that ever happened in their earthly life. That's how JWs and other Christian religions explain it and it's pathetic.
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  Strange Moment During The 2015 Regional Convention

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi, i'm new here but hadn't seen this mentioned anywhere yet.

  during the "imitate jesus" rc there was a strange moment where they played a video of a brother trying to explain the 1914 teaching.

  the brother quickly goes through all the scriptural "proofs" and the householder is dumbfounded.

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  Village Idiot

  I think hat the object of the video is to acknowledge that it can be difficult to explain the teaching and that you have to be careful as to how you teach it.
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  The Bible is NOT Error-Free

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for many christians, the bible is viewed as the 100% error-free, perfect book straight from god, where every single word was carefully chosen by god for a reason.

  but, usually, when you have a discussion on the topic, these christians will end up saying that only the original copies written directly from the hands of the prophets and apostles were error-free, and all manuscript copies since then are subject to copyist mistakes and other errors.. since zero original copies are in existence, how do we know the originals were error-free?

  why should we think the originals should be error-free to begin with?

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  Fisherman: "What does that have to do with the Bible being inspired?"

  Is this inspired?

  28 If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, 29 he shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives. - Deuteronomy 22:28-29 New International Version