Posts by eljefe

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Guns and JWs

by VM44 in

did the watchtower society ban jw's from owning handguns for self defence?.

if they did, when did they issue the ban?.

didn't some of jesus's apostles carry a sword when the group traveled, to protect agains wild animals and human thieves?

eljefe

I started a topic on this here and on a gun forum I frequent. My feeling is that JW's ban all self defense. If you look through my gun forum posts I went through every article that mentioned guns.

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Penn & Teller - Episode on The Damn Bible!

by CinemaBlend in

genius.

total freakin genius.. .

[just so you know - i've just edited the title of the thread as we don't allow swearing in the topic titles as it shows up all over the place ]

eljefe

It was a great episode. Then again, all of their episode were pretty funny and well done.

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As JWs, ever met any annointed ?

by greendawn in

in your time as jws did you ever meet any of the annointed?

did they have good christian personalities and what did they think of the wts and its governing body ?

i met one and he was very unhappy with the way the gb treated him and generally the way they run this society, he told me he wrote them two letters containing a long list of complaints with full scriptural support but he was ignored, first letter got a reply amounting to "no need to write to us" the second one no reply at all.

eljefe

I knew some middle aged "Annointed". I found that they were crazier and much more judgemental than other JW's.

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hello from Tikrit

by troucul in

jw
friends

just dropping in when i got some free time.

busy day today.

spent some time in town today.

eljefe

Thanks for your service there. Let the troops there know that despite the liberals, most of us do support you.

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Sin City.. omg.. SO GOOD

by GetBusyLiving in

just wanna let you guys onto this amazing movie i just saw!

i think every ex dub should celebrate their ex dubness by watching this terrific flick!

it has everything you could ever want in a movie - great style, ultra violence, corny terrific dialog, amazing cast.

eljefe

Sin City was great. It is already #96 on IMDB's Top 250.

My two favorite parts where the 1911 slide to the head and the prostitutes with lots of guns.

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Sin City.. omg.. SO GOOD

by GetBusyLiving in

just wanna let you guys onto this amazing movie i just saw!

i think every ex dub should celebrate their ex dubness by watching this terrific flick!

it has everything you could ever want in a movie - great style, ultra violence, corny terrific dialog, amazing cast.

eljefe

Sin City was great. It is already #96 on IMDB's Top 250.

My two favorite parts where the 1911 slide to the head and the prostitutes with lots of guns.

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Which Translation of the Bible would you say is most accurate?

by researcher in

which translation of the bible would you say is most accurate and was not influenced by any 'religious group' in the translation?

eljefe

The NWT. It has the most accredited and scholarly translators. Absolutely no scripture was changed.

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The Watchtower, Scholar and Misrepresentation of Source References

by AlanF in

our resident pretend-jw-scholar who calls himself "scholar" enjoys justifying lying and misrepresentation by the watchtower society and himself.

the society, out of one side of its collective mouth, recommends not misrepresenting source references, yet out of the other side, goes ahead and does so without hesitation whenever it is convenient.

the society understands that unfair quoting is dishonest.

eljefe

Typing How to Quote A Book Source returns these hits. It returns a link to The ABC's of Referencing.

I remember when we learned how to reference a book in school. I had never seen this due to the fact that I had spent my youth only reading WT publications. With the exception of the Creator book, I have seen only a handful of times where the WT references a book properly (as mentioned in the above link). The thread has already given plenty of evidence showing how the Watchtower doesn't properly quote. How about some direct and unedited quotes that show how the WT quotes properly (Creator book excluded).

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How can you just let go?

by squeaky in

my boyfriend (on/off 5yrs) has been in and out of this religion since we met 10yrs ago.

right now, he is back on.

it's hard for me to cope with his switching back and forth.

eljefe

When someone is in a high control group like JW's, the previous relationships go out the window, this includes any friendship or even blood relations. JW's stress not having a personal relationship with "worldly" people or anyone who is not a JW.

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Daniel's Prophecy, 605 BCE or 624 BCE?

by Little Bo Peep in

hello all, i've been reading your site for a couple of years now, and have found, for the most part, it to be very helpful.

i must say, at first i was very "scared" at what i might find, but contrary to what i grew up learning, there is a "wealth" of information outside of the watchtower organization.

i haven't attended meetings for about two years now, and like many i've read about, have spent many hours researching, telling myself "i'm not wrong for searching", and doing more research.

eljefe

I for one would like a very, very detailed post/thread from Scholar where he consolodates the Babylonian and Israelite kings reignal years and gives an expanation of the Watchtower's dates. Each one these would be supported by a direct quote from the Watchtower or the Bible. No more vague I'm right because I say I'm right and the Watchtower is right because it says its right.