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  ex-jw-uk

  by bigmac in

  1. jw
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  i'm quite new to this site, & have realised some members have a union jack symbol under their avatar.

  i don't.. could we have a "show of hands" from any uk members?

  i've already found several by reading older posts..

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  Hampshire, near the sea, can almost see bigmac on the Isle of Wight
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  UK Xmas meal Portsmouth

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the portsmouth / southampton xmas meal has been booked.

  1st december at the hungry horse, the farmhouse portsmouth burrfields road, portsmouth po3 5hh (same as last year).

  arrive anytime after midday.

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  Great to see you all, nice lunch, mutual support appreciated, keep in touch!
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  UK Xmas meal Portsmouth

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the portsmouth / southampton xmas meal has been booked.

  1st december at the hungry horse, the farmhouse portsmouth burrfields road, portsmouth po3 5hh (same as last year).

  arrive anytime after midday.

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  Which book of the Bible creates the highest number of awakenings?

  by NeverKnew in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so, it has been agreed that i will be reading the bible with my jw friends.

  straight bible no wt.. we tried to start with matthew and move through the new testament.

  i insisted on using the esvs i purchased from amazon for $.49 a piece so we could write in them.

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  I'd start with Galatians, just six chapters long, key verse is 2:16 we are justified by faith in Jesus, not by observing the law, and as a result (3;26)we are ALL sons of God, somewhat at odds with JW theology. Also Ephesians - the "other sheep" are clearly Gentiles
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  UK Xmas meal Portsmouth

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the portsmouth / southampton xmas meal has been booked.

  1st december at the hungry horse, the farmhouse portsmouth burrfields road, portsmouth po3 5hh (same as last year).

  arrive anytime after midday.

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  Hi Cantleave Well done for organising this, count me in. Looking forward to meeting other members of your family too. Best wishes Snapdragon4
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  WTS publication found by Catholics

  by SnowQueen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was looking to see if i could find the reasoning book online when i came across this highly amusing thread on a catholic forum in 09:.

  http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=354498.

  they're so excited to have found the book - "now we know a lot better about what the jw is going to say to us, and so we can be better prepared to respond!".

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  Hi SnowQueen

  The "Reasoning book" is now available on the official jw.org website, go to publications, online library, books - amazing it is there given so much of it has been superceded by "new light".

  Best wishes

  Snapdragon4
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  Has anyone tried tactics from"Captives of a Concept"?

  by Coffee House Girl in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just read don cameron's book...which was very en-light-ening (sorry for the "new light" pun)....and i agree with many of cameron's points about how to reason with a jw but i am curious..... have any of you out there in jwn land ever tried to have a witness come to your door, pretend to have a bible study & get the jw in a "teacher" setting where they have to research for you the history of jw's in the time of 1919????.

  were you successful?

  did it not work out?.

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  Have your JW Relatives Explained about Generation/Overlap Change to You ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after reading on the way out's thread about his mom explaining the generation overlap to him it kicked this idea into my head to make this thread .

  i thought it would be helpful to see if anybody here has had jw relatives or friends try to explain this " generation overlap " theory to you as a faded or inactive witness and what happened in the conversations.

  so please feel free to post your experiences.

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  The problem with asking your JW relatives to explain the "generation" change TO YOU is that they see the agenda, probably refuse and it may become confrontational.

  Next time they mention to you they have been out in field service, how about asking how they would explain the change to an interested householder! You're off the hook, and it's difficult to accuse a householder of apostasy!
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  Apostanoodle London Wed 4th November 2009

  by sweet pea in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm coming back to the uk and will be in town for the 4th november (unfortunately besty and the podlets won't be coming with me) but i would love to meet up with y'all.

  especially as i missed the last one.

  so, who's up for wagamama's, covent garden, on wednesday 4th november 2009.

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  Sounds good to me too, love to Besty and the podlets.

  Be good to see Jookbeard again, 20 years on.
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  Quickfire Questions to ask JW's at your door?

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  occassionally (very) i have met jw's that don't know me and i would like to ask them something to make them think.. any suggestions for quick, simple, thought provoking questions to ask jw's that you may meet?.

  i seem to remember 'v' did a youtube question along the lines of,.

  ''how can you belong to a religion that allows blood fractions to be transfused?''.

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  With many JWs debating scripture can be counter productive but I have found questions such as the following challenge their world view.

  "I appreciate your sincerity but tell me, if your beliefs were wrong, would you want to know?"

  "If Jehovah's Witnesses didn't exist would it be possible to be a Christian and be saved?"