Posts by purplesofa

the following is quoted in it's entirety (excepting cited scriptures after each question) from the new release organized to do jehovah's will, pages 182-218.. .

questions for those desiring to be baptized.

part 1 elementary bible teachings.

purplesofa

he should be discreet in not making any firm statements about whether a resurrection might be possible. Any future prospect for the dead is in the hands of Jehovah, and no one is in a position to say whether the deceased will be resurrected or not.

woah.........shouldn't this be true for the death of anyone?

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OMFG I forgot about this...

by Mastodon in

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i forgot this cooky thing that i wanted to share with y'all.

my mum has a pet dwarf rabbitt...she puts a tie on the rabbitt and takes him door to door and to the bible studies....maybe she's compensating because i left the dubs...it all sounds like she is not playing with a full deck, it's funny and kinda sad at the same time.

purplesofa

My mum has a pet dwarf rabbitt...she puts a tie on the rabbitt and takes him door to door and to the bible studies....

I can't believe any of us get shunned!

I am still cracking up.

surely you are kidding!

here Thumper..........I did have a rabbit that we had a collar and leash for.....but never thought of taking it out in service!!!!!

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OMFG I forgot about this...

by Mastodon in

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i forgot this cooky thing that i wanted to share with y'all.

my mum has a pet dwarf rabbitt...she puts a tie on the rabbitt and takes him door to door and to the bible studies....maybe she's compensating because i left the dubs...it all sounds like she is not playing with a full deck, it's funny and kinda sad at the same time.

purplesofa

LOL...........belly laugh..........

Does the rabbit get to read scriptures?

All the threads this afternoon have been hilarious. This tops all of them!

purps

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Analyze this: The newly revised questions for baptism

by ezekiel3 in

the following is quoted in it's entirety (excepting cited scriptures after each question) from the new release organized to do jehovah's will, pages 182-218.. .

questions for those desiring to be baptized.

part 1 elementary bible teachings.

purplesofa

Do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in association with God's spirit-directed organization?

This is not new in this book, but I think it came about the year before I got baptised (1986) I got baptised as a symbol to this, I just did not understand at the time. How clever they are!

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Finding JWD

by talesin in

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i wrote this poem in the wee hours this morning after reading prophecor`s thread (you`re my reason why i am).

anyway, it`s for all of you, and for those who work really hard to keep this place up and running.

you belong.

purplesofa

I got this published in a little poetry quarterly last year.

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Hope

Today I cry for all I have not done

for all I had to do.

The answers were all there before me.

Who had time to think?

But-

Busy with necessities.

How relentless it became.

To stay alive.

What a different person we become,

When there is no time for

laughs, tears, sunsets, butterflys, people, love

tucked away

the little girl is still there

neatly

safely

guarded

waiting for a safe time

to come out and play.

She cries too for all she did not

get to do, and all she had to do.

See, now I look like a woman,

but it is deceiving as I am only a

child

and Soon I will be an old woman

Where will the child be then?

Hopefully enjoying

laughs, tears, sunsets, butterflys, people, love

purps

I think this poem best decribes a life of abuse, control and manipulation

and my hope for growing old happy!

You are all invited!!!!!

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I've decided to disassociate myself tonight

by Dustin in

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the kingdom hall where i used to go has the theocratic ministry school and service meetings on tuesday.

i have finally come to grips with my need to exit the jehovah's witnesses forever.

i told my parents today that i'm leaving the jw religion behind forever.

purplesofa

I wish I was there to hug you

purps

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Have you experienced a Tornado?

by jeanniebeanz in

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today, a small tornado touched down in south san francisco and people went nutz.

it was very localized and basically blew out a few windows, but looking at the local news you'd think that the sky was falling.

since some of you live in 'tornado alley', can you please enlighten us californians as to what you consider to be a 'real' tornado?

purplesofa

IronGland,

I've never lived in a trailer,

I never lived in a trailer either...........I thought you posted your last........Didn't you say good-bye last week?

purps

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What if we started a Watchtower Writer fund?

by ithinkisee in

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what if we started a fund that guaranteed one of the bethel or gb old-timers an income and a place to live for the rest of their life if they turned over information and documents that would crush the society?.

there's gotta be some rich apostates out there right?.

after reading "crisis of conscience" and "search of christian freedom" i was struck by how many men in the writing department and executive committees are fully aware of "the truth about the truth" and how these men are scared to say anything for fear of being cast out of bethel with nothing.. it also explains why some of those brothers that i met while there seemed almost sad and solemn and kept to themselves.. if one of these men knew that he and his wife would have a place to live and a regular income for the remainder of their days ... who knows what could come of it .... anyways ... just my thought for the day.

purplesofa

*twisting his mustach*

oh come on, you don't have a mustache!