Topics Started by Smoky
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10Is jesus birthday year wrong?
by Smoky inyou guys probably heard this before, but it is a 1st for me.. i was watching some of the jesus/christmas history documentaries over the holidays, and for the most part it was the information i heard before in documentaries, but then bam!!,.
it is said that the 'person/church' who calculated the year jesus was born, are off by 3 to 7 years....wow.. have any of you heard this before?.
so, does that mean the whole 1914 calculation is messed up?.
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Being raised as a Depressed JW...
by Smoky in...i was never happy, always thinkin this is it and holding back on everything that i wanted to do, why?
because that is what is taught being a jw kid.
it seemed to me that it was wrong to have fun, so i did not have any fun.
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I can't believe they shunned me...
by Smoky inhave any of you ever feel abandoned by "friends" because you dont associate (congregate) with them anymore?
there is a couple of 'friends' that i haven't talked to for about a year, (because i dont go to the meetings).
i dont have anything against them or the congregation.
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Can I get Reproved or Disfellowshipped for not...
by Smoky inpreaching (door to door), commenting, or giving talks?.
i am currently fading away, but i occasionaly go to the meetings, just to show my face from time to time, basically to maintain my relationships with friends and family.
i guess leaving everything, is a jump i am not ready for, just yet.
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JW Singles Cruise
by Smoky ini have been told recently that jw brothers and sisters, plan jw singles cruises.
could this be true?
i thought there was rules against such a thing.
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Morning worship comment from Bethel
by Smoky ini received this email from a friend of a friend:.
'comments made by brother lett at morning worship today.. the comments were about the work we have of bearing witness of the truth.
" again, the angels make note of it.. we knock at the fifth house and again no one is home.
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What is the bible for?
by Smoky ini was just wondering the other day about the bible, in a different manner than i usually would (inspired by god).. it is like if i were a atheist, or something........ so what is the bibile?.
is it a rule book, that we must follow?
a guide we reference to enrich our lives?
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Going to StarWars Celebration III...
by Smoky inare any you sw nerds making plans to attend the convention in indianapolis, in on april 21-24, 2005?.
check it out....... http://www.starwarscelebration.com/swchome.aspx?file=swc.
smoky the sith lord apprentice.
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I'm thinking of going back
by Smoky inover the weekend my cousin came to visit from mi, and her husband (elder) started to do his shepperding thing with me (have not attended meetings for over 1 year), and made a compeling argument about how the holy spirit is given by god only if you attend meeting and go to field service...etc, etc.
and the whole "faith and works" issue.
it was a different angle that i have never heard before, about me being a "instrument or tool" of god...blah, blah, blah... anyhow, it got me thinking about going back...especially when things are not going to well for me right now... (he said its because i left jehovah).. how can i convince myself that this is not true?
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2005 Theocratic Ministry School Program
by Smoky in.
hi all, last year an old jw acquaintance sent me a copy of the 2004 teocratic ministry school program in ms-word.. i have not talked to him nor emailed him for most of the year (he is probably shunning me).. does any one know where i can get this info, if it exist?.
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