Posts by carla

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Merry Christmas

by jhine in

i don't think that it is too early to wish everyone a merry christmas and invite you all to join with me in sending festive greetings to everyone .

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jan .

Steps to Salvation: JW vs. Bible

by neat blue dog in

this sunday's watchtower:.

1.study every weekdevote the needed time and effort to study regularlyif possible, study twice a week2.prepare for each study sessionread the lesson beforehandhighlight key words or phrases that answer each study questionthink of how the material applies to them3.communicate with jehovah every daylisten to jehovah by reading the bible dailythink of what the bible is teaching about jehovahspeak to jehovah by praying each day4.develop a personal relationship with jehovahsee jehovah as a real personappreciate jehovah’s beautiful qualities and personalitylearn to love jehovah from the heart5.attend congregation meetingsaccept this as part of the bible study programsee the benefits they can receive by attending the meetingsmeet others whose good example they can imitate.

vs. bible:.

carla

What?! did they just overlook 10:9 and forget to pervert it?

For those who may have forgotten or choose not to look up every other Bible translation on the planet, 10:13 reads-

13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

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Goodbye yhwh-Goodbye jesus

by fulltimestudent in

jw
friends

interesting report in a oxford university blog - the world is becoming less religious, (hurray!!!).

quote: "an analysis of religious trends from 1981 to 2007 in 49 countries containing 60% of the world’s population did not find a global resurgence of religion—most high-income countries were becoming less religious—however, it did show that in 33 of the 49 countries studied, people had become more religious (norris and inglehart, 2011).

but since 2007, things have changed with surprising speed.

carla

I hear a lot of people say they are not religious but they are spiritual and have strong belief in God & Jesus. They do not adhere to man made religions anymore. I think it was C. S. Lewis who said something to the effect that just because you stand in a garage it does not make you an automobile, sitting in a church week after week does not make one a Christian either.

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Announcement December 3, 2020 FOR CONGREGATIONS

by pixel in

announcement.

december 3, 2020. for congregations.

1. covid-19 vaccine information: several covid-19 vaccines may soon be approved and.

carla

I have not seen any reports from the wt about using aborted fetal cells in vaccines, do they have a stand on this? just a few quick google links in case you were unaware of it-

https://www.verywellhealth.com/do-vaccines-contain-aborted-fetal-tissue-260337

https://www.health.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/COVID%20Vaccine%20Page/COVID-19%20Vaccine%20Fetal%20Cell%20Handout.pdf

( I also do not understand how they can use bovine or other animal blood/cell products considering their view on blood transfusions, but I suppose that should be a separate thread....)

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White washed tombs

by road to nowhere in

my pimi wife nagged me about the shirt and tie so i will put the ring around the collar on.

about 10 minutes in she is will fall asleep and turn the picture off anyway.

🤨 do not bring up cold skirts, versus pant suits either.

carla

Do you mean for a zoom meeting? Hey, your the one with that extra appendage! isn't she supposed to be listening to and obeying YOU? If I had one of those and all the special power that came with one of them in dubland I would take full advantage as a ubm. just saying.

Did she forget YOU are her head in your home? tsk, tsk, is she running ahead of the org?

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YOU ARE HER EVERYTHING!

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

you are what she wanted to be!please, let us remove any blame to anyone right up front.

what happened to petra was not the fault of mark o'donnell, listener, corney, mike and kim, or anyone else.. constant rejection and shunning even at an early age, the depression was storing up inside of her.

she was shunned inside the hall and outside the hall.

carla

Sending much love to Atlantis and Petra! Hope Grandpa doesn't worry too much and am so happy Petra is able to be in such a beautiful positive environment! Health and love to you both.

ps- much thanks for all the work with documents!

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Telling a JW to pissoff!

by Overrated in

jw
friends

as a jw, have you ever tell an elder, pioneer, or other jw to go pissoff!.

carla

As a ubm I told a ms and an elder (separate occasions) to f-off, go to heck, and probably a few other things. Yep, sounded like a sailor (or satan I suppose) and I don't even swear that much in normal life. The crap was hitting the fan with my jw just joining up and I was a bit out of sorts. Odd thing is the elder I swore at seems to have gone missing, my jw in a rare short discussion (we no longer talk about anything jw related) said the guy isn't around anymore. I asked where he went and my jw said nobody seems to know. Maybe he is on this board now?

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Questions for Jehovahs Witness's (From a Christian)

by QuestionsforJehovahWitness in

hey all!just to start i want to let you know the reason i'm here is for a school project.the project is very simple.

the goal is to learn about other religions.

this information will only be used to inform not to spread hate, deceit, or insult.i have three general questions.

carla

Wealth of information here for your research jwfacts.com

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The most thrilled topic but why dont people reply with facts/ figures

by Ardian in

the watchtower and awake have been listed as the most popular magazines.the figures are astonishing.

i am not sure whether it is based on reality or not.. source: https://tingtopten.com/2020/01/top-10-most-popular-magazines-in-the-world/.

i have seen the link on many social media networks.

carla

It's like the company store of old when people had no choice but to buy from the company store and become indebted to their employer. jw's have no choice but to 'buy' the litter-ature and just because all jw's click on the pages doesn't mean any new prospects are doing so. I suppose even ex jw's could be a large portion of those who give the org 'clicks' when doing research. "...most loved magazines of Christians"- I don't know anybody who considers jw's as 'Christian'.

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Halloween!

by frozen2018 in

jw
friends

most years i don't get many kids at my house.

i think its because my staircase is too steep and long but i'd always get a few.

this year, because of the panic, i left my treats in a big pot by the sidewalk with a sign that says, "help yourself!

carla

Non jw here, Halloween was great fun when I was a kid! Parents never went with you and naturally it was dark. The boys tended to go farther than us girls so they had quite a haul. We would go up into the 'rich' subdivision and some even gave out full size candy bars! exciting times I tell you.

One house had a note on the door about not celebrating, none of had ever heard of jw's and didn't know what they were. That poor kid got labeled as some kind of weirdo. Their house was dark, don't know if they were hiding out in the basement or something. I think their windows might have gotten soaped one year. That was the extent of shenanigans by anybody.

Longhairgal, yep, us too! got home and dumped everything out so mom could look through and toss anything questionable. (hint for those of you just beginning to participate- don't make homemade popcorn balls unless they are for people you personally know, they will be tossed. If you are old and think apples are a good treat, err, no, don't give apples either)

When my kids were young school had 'book character' day right before Halloween. It had to be from a book they had read. That way all the kids could participate even if they belonged to a nutty cult. Not sure if any jw kids did or didn't participate as it was really just a politically correct way to let the kids have some Halloween fun. Pre jw spouse days for me so they weren't on my radar yet.