Rub a Dub, I know how you feel. My husband got us both tickets to see Paul McCartney in person for our anniversary (I missed the 60's since I was a jw teenager at the time.
Blondie
Posts by blondie
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54Confession Time - Music You're Embarrassed to Admit Listening To
by Simon inadmit it, we all have things that we reel off when people ask what our favourite music is, just the same as if people ask what our favourite movies are.
we're meant to say "citizen kane" and "casablanca" and not "battleship" or "pacific rim" but we know what we're going to watch if they are ever on tv at the same time (and which ones we've never actually seen).. so how about some confession time?
what do you listen to when no one else is in the house?.
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"Do you believe that the 'faithful slave' is God's channel of communication?"
by The Fall Guy inif a jw had the nerve to ask me this question, i'd say to them, "you go first.
using only scriptural proof, show me why you believe that the wtbts/ccojw is god's choice and i'll tell you if i agree with your scriptural reasoning.".
wait for the silence and the rabbit in the headlights moment.. i searched on the wt cd rom for references of "channel of communication.".
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blondie
If the FDS is God's (only) channel of communication, he should fire them. They are making him look bad and damaging sincere people.
WOL references
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/s/r1/lp-e?q=%22only+channel%22&p=sen&r=newest
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/s/r1/lp-e?q=%22channel+of+communication%22&p=sen&r=newest -
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Confession Time - Music You're Embarrassed to Admit Listening To
by Simon inadmit it, we all have things that we reel off when people ask what our favourite music is, just the same as if people ask what our favourite movies are.
we're meant to say "citizen kane" and "casablanca" and not "battleship" or "pacific rim" but we know what we're going to watch if they are ever on tv at the same time (and which ones we've never actually seen).. so how about some confession time?
what do you listen to when no one else is in the house?.
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blondie
I have to admit that I was a Manilow fan back when he was really popular. I liked how he arranged songs by others to sound so much better than the original covers. He arranged for the Beach Boys and Bette Midler.
But some stars dim and others still burn brightly.
Example: Elton John
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Bring to ruin those ruining the earth, but what if we change.
by pleaseresearch inthis has come up recently with two family members who are jws.
if they are talking about this you can bet that others are too.
they seem to be all excited that a lot of attention in the news right now is about climate change, greta, extinction rebellion etc... as you can image they are very smug saying see.
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blondie
Just a quick thought: Would some religions consider this scripture or others to mean that the Biblical flood ruined the earth?
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why do jws hate pagans?
by nowawake14 inpaganism from my view is just a mental fantasy.
it's not real.
so why do jws get mad at it anyway?
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blondie
I can remember when pinatas and going to a luau were considered pagan. The WTS reconsidered on that.
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102004486#h=14:0-16:499
Piñatas I read with interest the article “The Piñata—An Ancient Tradition.” (September 22, 2003) It left me with some questions. The ties to false religion are well-documented. But the article seemed to take the position that as long as it doesn’t bother someone’s conscience, it is OK. What about birthdays and holidays such as Christmas?
S. W., United States
“Awake!” responds: Christians refrain from any celebrations or customs that continue to involve false religious beliefs or activities that violate Bible principles. For example, the Bible definitely puts birthday celebrations in a bad light. (Genesis 40:20;Matthew 14:6-10) However, if it is very obvious that a custom has no current false religious significance and involves no violation of Bible principles, each Christian must make a personal decision as to whether he will follow such a custom.
And Luaus
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102002410?q=luau&p=sen
Although the luau may originally have had some connection with false religious practices, the word has simply come to refer to a Hawaiian banquet. Many Christians may therefore conscientiously feel that they can participate.
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Cite one scripture in the N.T. that chargers Christians to be witnesses of / for Jehovah.....Not one.using K.I ./ WTB&TS
by smiddy3 ini think the wtb&ts publication titled "the kingdom interlinear of the christian greek scriptures" speaks for itself.. the word for word translation of the greek into english.. that publication does not even contain the name or word jehovah either in hebrew letters or greek letters anywhere in the word for word texts.. their is not one scripture in the n.t.
where christians ,followers of jesus christ are instructed to be witnesses of jehovah ,however there are something like twenty scriptures that explicitly state followers of jesus christ are to be witnesses of, for, and about jesus...
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blondie
Unless you consider Isaiah 43:10-12, which seems to talk about the Jews.
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Confession Time - Music You're Embarrassed to Admit Listening To
by Simon inadmit it, we all have things that we reel off when people ask what our favourite music is, just the same as if people ask what our favourite movies are.
we're meant to say "citizen kane" and "casablanca" and not "battleship" or "pacific rim" but we know what we're going to watch if they are ever on tv at the same time (and which ones we've never actually seen).. so how about some confession time?
what do you listen to when no one else is in the house?.
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blondie
My soothe the spirit music is:
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Interesting news - Supreme court throws out case against Watchtower.
by pleaseresearch inso my mum sent me this link, i need to speak to her about how she feels about this.
maybe she didn't even read it.
but the website looks to pro jw.
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blondie
In day's gone past, the WTS/GB made a big point that it not should be "Jehovah's Witnesses" but "one of Jehovah's witnesses" (because it should not like a religion's name) and if Jehovah's Witnesses were used, the "w" should be lower case, Jehovah's witnesses.
1968 Note how they used a lower case w, but also they said that in 1917 that there were Jehovah's witnesses, but that name was not take on by the WTS until 1931.
By 1917 Jehovah’s witnesses had clearly seen that Matthew 24:7, 8 was having fulfillment. Nation had risen against nation.
1975
About the same time that Kingdom Farm had been the object of threatened assault and arson, trouble flared up against Jehovah’s witnesses in Litchfield, Illinois.
and also this appellation
1971
They were Jehovah’s Christian witnesses now because they had faith in God’s Son, Christ Jesus, who redeemed them from death, and they believed in the kingdom of God.
around 1990
Eventually the WTS dropped "Jehovah's Christian witnesses" because some outside group copyrighted the name "Jehovah's Christian Witnesses."
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/78640/jehovahs-christian-witnesses
Which is why the WTS changed to the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
January 1, 2001 (2002 Kingdom Ministry
the Governing Body has approved the formation of additional corporations to care for certain needs of Jehovah’s Witnesses here in the United States. The new corporations are as follows:
Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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why do jws hate pagans?
by nowawake14 inpaganism from my view is just a mental fantasy.
it's not real.
so why do jws get mad at it anyway?
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blondie
Good point, rickroll, the WTS teaches jws to hate any other religion (all under the control of Satan per them), but not to hate individual members, at least not until the WTS' god decides that time is up for those individuals to change membership to the "only true religion" the WTS/jws.
I have heard non-jw spouses described as "walking corpses" on the platform of a circuit assembly. One of the reasons I left that day.
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JWs, The WatchTower Society, Child Abuse and Disfellowshipping
by Simon insomething just struck me.. is the wts the only religion that won't kick people out for abusing children, but would kick you out for visiting a website that informs you that the wts won't kick people out for abusing children .... it really shows where their sensibilities lie.
they are more interested in acting as gatekeepers to information, especially information about them, than providing basic levels of protection to the children of their members.. maybe someone with a better turn of phrase can shorten it, it might make a good meme - something short and simple that really makes people think:.
"the wts - tougher on those who read reports of jw child abuse than on jws who conduct child abuse".
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blondie
rickroll, I think you are holding back with your assessment of Steven Lett.