how about if u need me Im here 4 u and through it all I will be praying 4 u .....jws hardly ever say I will be praying 4 u ....sounds so much like Christendom i geuss
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No compassion during Bible Study
by Grace ini was remembering today about a bible study an elder's wife took me on once (actually, her elder husband was the congregation overseer).
after the chapter was over for that day (i think the knowledge book), the elder's wife asked when we could arrange the next study.
the frail single mother of three evaded the question, and the elder's wife persisted.
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Does The GB Assign Someone To Make Believe They Are An XJW On This Forum?
by frankiespeakin ini think from time to time we have posters here that may be assigned by the gb to speak xjw speak and try to discourage posters from attacking the organization, or to just give up our internet fight to expose them, to just give up our efforts and forget about the wt.
if they did this they would have to keep close tabs on whoever they assign because they know that there is a great possiblity they may turn on them.
or perhaps they would trust no one except themselves and so you might even have a member of the gb actually posting in disguise.
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YES I AM FRED FRANZ IM ROLLING OVER IM MY GRAVE AT U GUYS DOUBTING ALL THAT I CONCOCTED
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Where Is The Ultimate Truth Found?
by JamesThomas inthere is much discussion here about the bible.
some might see that after hundreds of years of argument and controversy no two people interpret the damn thing exactly the same, and so they have acquired the wisdom to abandon it.
there is a story which goes like this: .
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If God is the very essence of Love, anything that teaches Love is of God. I believe God Almighty can only judge based on Love, regardless of religious belief.
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Jesus or the Kingdom?
by theotherside init appears 2 me that jws harp so much on the new system and the " good news of the kingdom " that maybe the real theme of the bible is lost in the process.
from what i've studied the theme of the bible is all about jesus.
from the seed of genesis 3:15 to gods promise to abraham to giving the law as a tutor to christ ( you can't live or justify your salvation by law, you must have sins atoned 4 by jesus' sacrifice) 2 the real good news of the first century faith in that sacrifice and living like jesus did and being a christian which is learning how 2 love which brings life right now and future prospects of hope.
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so true honesty anything else is contrived by the leaders of the borg 2 keep jw busy with organizational agenda
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Jesus or the Kingdom?
by theotherside init appears 2 me that jws harp so much on the new system and the " good news of the kingdom " that maybe the real theme of the bible is lost in the process.
from what i've studied the theme of the bible is all about jesus.
from the seed of genesis 3:15 to gods promise to abraham to giving the law as a tutor to christ ( you can't live or justify your salvation by law, you must have sins atoned 4 by jesus' sacrifice) 2 the real good news of the first century faith in that sacrifice and living like jesus did and being a christian which is learning how 2 love which brings life right now and future prospects of hope.
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It appears 2 me that jws harp so much on the new system and the " good news of the kingdom " that maybe the real theme of the bible is lost in the process. From what I've studied the theme of the bible is all about Jesus. From the seed of Genesis 3:15 to gods promise to Abraham to giving the Law as a tutor to Christ ( You can't live or justify your salvation by Law, You must have sins atoned 4 by Jesus' sacrifice) 2 the real Good News of the first century Faith in that sacrifice and living like Jesus did and being a Christian which is learning how 2 love which brings life RIGHT NOW and future prospects of hope. Instead of an all or nothing outlook 4 some future paradise where life can be better. I think being a Jehovah's Witness preaching about a new world government or kingdom and being a true follower of Christ, are totally different ways of life. Or is it just me?
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Feeling everything is going to be ok (Relying on Jehovah)
by rick1199 indoes any one else have a small voice a the back of their head telling them every thing is going to be ok ?
and does any one else find this gets them into trouble ?
its only been just over a year since i stopped beliesving that jehovah would solve all my problems, but evan now i tend have a small feel that something will come along that will get me out of any situation.
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yes Sith its all apart of being deprogramed from every thing hinges on what we do 4 god and not what he has done 4 us. Thats how JWs are kept in fear of not doing enough 2 deaserve Gods favor when in reality we can never do enough thats why Jesus died. The borg keeps people in fear and BUSY with watchtower agenda in this way. When u step back u see things are not the way they say the world around us opens up and its like u said everything is going 2 be ok.
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What movies make you think of the Borg?...
by Hecklerboy ini was watching a great sci-fi movie the other day (chronicles of riddick) and there was a phrase in the movie that jumped out at me.
a soldier was being promoted and he said the phrase "obedience without question, loyalty till underverse comes".
i thought "wow, just replace underverse with armageddon and that sound just like the witnesses".
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I concur with the Planet of the Apes.....one scene comes 2 mind when Cornelius, who was one of the intellectual Chimpanzees asks one of Orangutangs, who represented the ruling authority, about whether or not in the distant past it was possible for man to have had a flying machine. He produces a paper airplane he got from a human and throws it 2 show that it does fly, and the Orangutang watches it fly across the room, picks it up in amazement, then crushes it in his hand. And the symbolism of the "forbidden zone" where no one was allowed. Such a fear of the truth being expsosed is so symbolic of the Borg.
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The Bible and Scripting
by purplesofa inwhen i was a teenager i became familiar with transactional analysis.
it says we all have life scripts we live by.
here is some information i got from various sites online.
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I geuss everyone can only relate 2 where they have been in life..but I think deep down everyone knows what type of person they are and if they happy with who they are they keep doing the things it took 2 be that way. If not they change the script and seek another way.....but what gets me is, in my experience , if we living by scripts it runs the gamut..all the way from meladrama to comedy to down right horror stories.......if u dont agree just keep living.....Life seems 2 always throw u a twist
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Howdy Ya'll , how is everyone???
by LyinEyes ini am posting this topic to say hello from wildturkey and the rest of our family.
it has been one crazy , wonderful year for us.
we have been staying so busy ( sometimes too busy) with the kids,all of their "worldly" pursuits ya know!!!!!!!!!!.
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Hey DeDe So Good 2 Cya doin good. Been hoping 2 see that old man of yours soon but since I relocated Im just like him "lookin out at the road rushing under my wheels". I probably wouldnt recognize Kelly bet she grown up on me, and I know Chance still givin em hell and Big brother Jake driving young girls crazy. Hope all goes well 4 u guys take care
Melvin
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Did you know that it is wrong to play Chess?
by Rod P ini remember being at a bookstudy one tuesday night.
i had just recently been reinstated, and i was trying hard to believe the stuff the wbts was teaching, as i went back to be reunited with my family.
(this did not mean i had all the doctrinal beliefs straightened out so that i was an "automatic believer" just because of being reinstated.).
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Wow U really hit a nerve on this post....I was obsessed with the game in the early eighties..spent most of my high school days mesmerized with it. Remember Bobby Fischer being my hero ( which now I really wonder why this lunatic even functions in reality....to those of you who know his current antics} And remember reading AwAKE article which labeled it a game of war...remember reading about Karpov and Korchnoi playing 4 $600,000.00 and thinking wow what a way 2 make a living...playing the game u love. And my dad telling me, He being an elder>" son if u think u gonna make a living going around from tournament 2 tournament u better 4get it....so sad others dictate life from a uninformed perspective. But so glad I played the game ..such a wonderful mental exercise which carrys over 2 other areas of living and thinking.