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  Overcoming objections/annoying the householder!

  by Virgogirl in

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  at the doors, did you try hard to keep them talking?

  we thought the longer we could keep them listening, the better our chances of "striking a chord in their hearts!

  sister virgogirl: " good morning, we were just visiting our neighbors this beautiful morning!

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  I would usually take one shot at an objection under normal circumstances. In the one you described, I would hand out a tract & split. I refused to go to a door before 10:00. I really did hate to bother people. Guess I must not have been convinced that my particular visit was all that important in the overall scheme of things.

  One time even after only my one effort, the guy started walking back to the house to get his gun. A reasonable neighbor kindly advised me to leave. I did. (Rejoicing to be persecuted)

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  Time again for........ Congregation roll call

  by Jourles in

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  it's been a while since this topic has been brought up.

  use it as a chance to see if there is someone you might know from years past.

  1973-1976 --- lakeside, ca??

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  RBC... what is this?

  Regional Building Committee

  In the 80's , the same RBC covered all of South Texas over into La.

  Did you know J D Brown?

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  Time again for........ Congregation roll call

  by Jourles in

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  it's been a while since this topic has been brought up.

  use it as a chance to see if there is someone you might know from years past.

  1973-1976 --- lakeside, ca??

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  blindersoff

  Know Danny Zimmerman

  
  Bryan

  Danny was active in the RBC.

  I always liked him. Played country & Bluegrass music with him. Know ayone in Silsbee?

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  Do the angels guide people to the witnesses?

  by undercover in

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  i remember growing up that we used to hear experiences of people who felt lost in life or weren't happy and miraculasly a jw showed up at the door and brought life-saving good news to the distressed one who moments ago was seeking help from god in prayer.. and there were the experiences of people who led a life of debauchery until realizing that they weren't happy and they had to change.

  enter jws as a study was started and the former evil-doer was transformed into a zealous servant of god.. we've all heard the stories.

  they were always shared at assemblies and public talks to impress upon us that god's spirit was acting upon either the witness who found the searching on or that the spirit moved the searching one to find the organization.

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  blindersoff

  Who was it in another thread that said something like...If you fling enough crap at the wall you are bound to hit the target!

  Good point

  We may never hear about it, but I would venture to guess that there are experiences where people committed suicide right after the witness left their door. I know of one who came home from the Cir Assmbly & overdosed. Another one after a Book Study.

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  Is there any hope of you coming back to Jehovah?

  by LeftBehind in

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  my brother is a self proclaimed apostate.

  i see now that there is a wide variety of posters here.

  so to those that have left the witnesses what would it take to get you back?

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  blindersoff

  Please consider that the main reason you do most of the things you do as a JW (including not speaking to one who has left) is because there are about a dozen men in Brooklyn demanding that you obey their rules. They claim special authority ; that they were appointed by God as the Faithful & Discreet Slave. In fact , there is NO basis or proof for this claim. Only the constant repitition that it is true. There is plenty of proof offered on this board that even if that parable was to have a fulfillment, it would not be until 'the day and hour' that Jesus spoke of in Mt 24. Please read it in context. It is not Jehovah who is telling family members to split. It is this group of men who have appointed themselves as your master. Even if they were the F&D 'slave', have you ever heard of a slave demanding obedience to his rules?

  I've been where you are. And my mother said to me---'I can't believe you are questioning Jehovah'. It is the Governing Body I question. Not the same thing.

  Please take a close look at the whole shunning, DF, reinstatement procedure just reading the Bible with the

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  exjw, is there a script

  by carla in

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  is there any one scripture (or more) that really suprised you once you took the wt glasses off and just read the bible as is, without all the extra literature?

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  After I felt free to look beyond the Society, I was surprised to find that Mt. 24:37 does not support the concept of Noah as one of the songs put it --'he built and he preached more and more.' Other Bibles & even the Interlinear indicate the people had no warning of the coming flood. 'They knew not', etc. NOT 'they took no note'. This is in harmony with the context descibing Jesus sudden return with no warning--no 'composite sign'. True, Peter called Noah a 'preacher of righteousness' but says nothing about him warning the world population of a coming flood. Maybe his 'preaching' is why he was chosen to be saved before he ever started the ark.

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  Time again for........ Congregation roll call

  by Jourles in

  1. jw
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  it's been a while since this topic has been brought up.

  use it as a chance to see if there is someone you might know from years past.

  1973-1976 --- lakeside, ca??

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  blindersoff

  due to all the 'love' being shown)

  What kind of love can dissolve a congo, IPSEC?

  Loosie

  That was Tall Texan's comment

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  Ex-JW 2006 Recovery Calendar

  by rebel8 in

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  available at www.lulu.com/ex-jw.

  calendar contains nature photos accompanied by affirmations applicable to emotional recovery for ex-jws.

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  blindersoff

  $14 If the WT asked that for a calendar, there would be fire coming from my computer.

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  Which of Franz's books is better, COC of CF?

  by jwfacts in

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  when i was rethinking the wts i did most of my research by going back to old books and steering clear of "apostate" material, so i knew the wrong dates, pyramids etc and made my mind up before reading any apostate sites.

  when i finally read crisis of conscience i already knew a lot of the information in it, though i still really enjoyed it.

  however, even after i knew the wts was a con i still did not have answers for some of the doctrines, like great crowd/other sheep and organisation.

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  I would go with CoC first. 'Freedom' at times makes reference to things that were covered in CoC & I feel like it builds on a foundation that CoC laid.

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  DOUBLE STANDARDS FOR DUB DOCTRINES

  by Mary in

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  i just thought of something last night and figured i better post it before i forget it (getting alzheimers here) about the double standards that the wts has when it comes to interpreting scriptures.

  we all know the story about the last supper and how jesus instituted a new covenant with his disciples.

  they all drank the wine and ate the bread as per jesus' instructions and this custom has been passed down for 2,000 years amongst all christians except those unfortunate jehovah's witnesses who weren't baptized before 1935.

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  blindersoff

  Going a little further with Heathen's point------Women cannot teach from the platform

  Women sure teach a lot from their seat at the WT study