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  Why No One Should Judge You For Celebrating Holidays

  by lilbluekitty in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a new moon celebration or a sabbath day.

  " colossians 2:16 niv (in some other translations, religious festival is translated holiday or holy day) .

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  Romans 14

  5 One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. 6 Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord.

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  FADERS YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED - BELIEVE IT OR NOT!.

  by mankkeli in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  to onthewayout, 00dad, cedars and other reknowned faders.

  reports have reached patterson that faders are much more dangerous than those disfellowshipped.

  their reasons for fading are no longer new to the gb.

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  I'm a little confussed.

  Is mankkeli a JW?

  Is he a defender of the WTS?

  OK. I did some research.

  From his other posts,

  "I'm still in and still serving as an elder, but I am finding it more and more depressing "

  "I'm not contemplating an exit, but it is becoming more and more difficult. 70% of the publishers in my current congregation are more than 65 years, so I have a whole lot of responsibilities on my shoulder. But am still thinking....."

  Could he be an opposer, like most of us, but has a weird way about him?

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  I feel Bilious, now, help

  by Judicial Committee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  me and my wife took a nice pumpkin pie and some brand new pajamas to my dear mother who stays at my sisters house, she is ninety one (91) mind you, ok it was her birthday but there was no candles or a birthday card and she did need some new pajamas.

  ok, two weeks later, my brother in-law comes to our house and practically forces his way into the house, and proceeds to tell my wife who has never been a jehovahs witness ever but does know their rules because i explained them to her, that he does not want no more holiday food in his house of any kind, (of note) his wife who is a witness ate some of the home made pumpkin pie and if truth be known my brother in-law did too.

  anyway i am trying to make some sort of sense of this, he comes to our house laying down the law of jehovahs witnesses and insulted me and my wife all over a simple homemade delicious pumpkin pie which is my moms favorite, two weeks after the fact.

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  " holiday food"!!!???

  What in the world is "holiday food"?

  Some people have let this religion really mess them up.

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  The WATCHTOWER isn't DECEITFUL , they are just IMPERFECT

  by Minimommi in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i recently started questioning my beliefs and i am not happy with what i found out.

  i am married to a born in who admits that wtbs has some problems.

  one of his favorite scriptures to quote is psalms 146:3 to "not put your trust in nobles", including the so called fds.

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  "It just so happens, however, that these men have assumed the lofty role of speaking on behalf of God himself. They claim to be the head of God's spirit-directed organization. They cannot therefore have it both ways......................"

  Amen to that!

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  was thinking about a couple famous quotes...

  by cptkirk in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  and how they might pertain to the wt.

  1. grover norquist - "i don't want to abolish government.

  i simply want to reduce it to the size where i can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.".

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  "2. janis joplin said "freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose"."

  That was writen by Kris Kristofferson. Credit where credit is do.

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  Which Beliefs and Doctrines Helped Push You Out?

  by ilikecheese in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  okay, so this is my first post, but i've been lurking here for months and months.

  i have to say this is a very informative and hilarious site.

  you guys are great to read!

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  I am not a JW but I have never understood how any JW that was in before 1995 can still be a JW.

  Ask him how the "only true chruch" can teach from 1952 until 1995 that some of the "persons" alive to see the events of 1914 will still be alive when the big "A" comes (not only did they teach that, they taught that it was "the Creator's promise" ) but then in 1995, POOF, they toss that away. Not to mention they have changed that 1995 teaching twice since then.

  " What was “truth” for decades, was in reality only “speculation”, by the Watchtower’s own admission!"

  http://www.soundwitness.org/jw/what_happened.htm

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  Will Good People Go to Hell?

  by leavingwt in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  will good people go to hell?

  please allow this gentleman to explain.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xnr098vbko&feature=channel_video_title.

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  We are all bad people. It's only when God changes our hearts that we are able to seek after God.

  God then gives us faith. God sees that faith in us, that he put there, as righteousness and we are justified.

  At that point we are still not good, God just looks at us (the faith in us) as good.

  We will not be good until God glorifies us. That comes later.

  Let me say again, just because God sees us as righteous does not mean that we are righteous.

  We are still imperfect humans.

  Please watch this,

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyYFxp7apl4

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  Will Good People Go to Hell?

  by leavingwt in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  will good people go to hell?

  please allow this gentleman to explain.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xnr098vbko&feature=channel_video_title.

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  The bible says that there is none.

  Romans 3:10 As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.

  All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one."

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  An Old Argument.... does it hold water?

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  estimates range from 4 million to 15 million children die from starvation each year on this planet.

  that's between 500 and 1700 children a day, depending on what numbers you accept.

  still, no matter which numbers you use, doesn't this make you arrive at one of the following conclusions?.

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  I look at it this way, without God we would have no life at all.

  So blaming God is like looking a gift horse in the mouth.

  Do you want no life at all or this one with it's troubles?

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  Download While You Can!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  credit goes to anony mous=http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/215963/1/ready-to-leak-wikileaks-style=anony mous wrote:=hi,=i have a cache of documents that are direct from the branch.

  they include letters, forms, videos, booklets, instructions on how to handle everything in kingdom hall locally and rbc's financially and otherwise.=includes the branch's instructions on how to write the local incorporations so that all assets go to watchtower inc. and in case that corporation doesn't exist anymore or is no longer tax free, to the governing body (that's what it says!).

  i have them for all states but only going to include ny (since that's where they are located).

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  bob1999

  Teary Oberon said, "The one that stole these documents in the first place"

  I always think of religious organizations as being open and honest.

  Why should anyone have to steal anything from a religious organization?

  True religious organizations don't hide anything.

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