Posts by MidwichCuckoo

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A Challenge For FunkyDerek... My Experiences With The Afterlife

by FMZ in

hey mate, don't mean to pick on you, but i know you are a good sport.

;) to all other non-believers, this thread is also for you..

it seems you always want proof and evidence of some kind of afterlife, but always have a "reasonable explanation" for any evidence put forth.

MidwichCuckoo

Anything like this makes me think of Derren Brown. He's amazing.

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How hard would it be to twist witnesses in knots as an xjw?

by AK - Jeff in

i mean we know how shallow the basic witness thinking is - we were there once ourselves.

do you think you could twist them into a pretzel?

what lines of reasoning would you use?

Piece of cake. How well were any of you prepared on the Service? Didn't really need to be, as you had ''The Truth''(TM), and anything the householder disagreed with was HIS problem (and anyway, did you ever expect anyone to bother asking anything? Usually just expected a ''no thanks'').

A JW can answer very basic stuff but always has to shuffle away from anything more searching, ''I'll get back to you'' - what's that about? Worried they may express an opinion that isn't from the Society? The average householder knows the Bible better, so JW cannot comment on 'Scripture' only WT literature? Makes me think that they need to be TOLD what to believe, especially as what they believe isn't exactly constant.

Oh - and I don't know if I'm typical, but, I study the WTBTS publications MORE now than I ever did as a JW.

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Sending letters to all JWs I know.....

by Lilycurly in

after thinking a lot about it, i just felt i had to at least try something to make the local jws open their eyes.

i know it is most unlikely that any of them will even consider reading all of what i will send, but here's the plan:.

i've got a list of all their addresses (that i kept from before).

MidwichCuckoo

How about I do yours and you do mine?

Oooooh Sass - you mean like ''Strangers on a Train''?

Easy enough to create another email address, for this sole purpose?

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What words and phrases do Brits and others see as 'American'?

by sonnyboy in

jw
friends

as an american, i see words such as cheerio, blimey, bloody (when referring to something negative), loo, bugger, fag (cigarette), etc.

as chiefly british (i suppose they are).. what words and/or phrases do you consider to be chiefly american?

i'm honestly unaware of which words i use that may not be used in other english-speaking countries.

MidwichCuckoo

Curriculum Vitae (CV) - resume? (truthseeker's thread jogged my memory )

Post Mortem - Autopsy

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"And war broke out in heaven" - Why and how?

by truthseeker in

i don't know if anyone has brought up the subject of "the war in heaven" before, but i have a few questions.

maybe leolaia could help out with this one.

revelation 12 talks about a war in heaven - now this is not just any war.

MidwichCuckoo

WE know 1914 is false - but the JW are still dining out on it. The only thing of significance that happened that year was the Great War which 'we' saw - and the War in Heaven which was invisible (to us). I liken the Society's prophecies to dreaming - sooner or later a dream comes true.

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New here.....kinda

by lola28 in

jw
friends

hey everyone, this is my first post and i'am terrefied.

i have been lurking for over a year and finally decided that it was time to post.

i feel like i know all of you and feel more at home here than at the kingdom hall.

MidwichCuckoo

Welcome Lola, and well done on taking the step of posting (it will get easier). Look forward to reading more from you - SOON

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"And war broke out in heaven" - Why and how?

by truthseeker in

i don't know if anyone has brought up the subject of "the war in heaven" before, but i have a few questions.

maybe leolaia could help out with this one.

revelation 12 talks about a war in heaven - now this is not just any war.

MidwichCuckoo

9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world--he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

I was taught that this happened in 1914 - hence the Great War on Earth too.

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What words and phrases do Brits and others see as 'American'?

by sonnyboy in

jw
friends

as an american, i see words such as cheerio, blimey, bloody (when referring to something negative), loo, bugger, fag (cigarette), etc.

as chiefly british (i suppose they are).. what words and/or phrases do you consider to be chiefly american?

i'm honestly unaware of which words i use that may not be used in other english-speaking countries.

MidwichCuckoo

Upside/Down -

TV or is it the phone?(us)-- Tele(gb)

Telly = Television....has anyone mentioned mobile phones? We just call them mobiles, Americans call them 'cells'?

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Can you control your dreams?

by ButtLight in

jw
friends

for years and years i have been able to wake up in the middle of a dream, and go back to it right where i left off.

if its a good one, that i didnt want to leave, i think about it, fall back asleep, and im back in!

or, like the other night, i was mad at my bf in my dream.

MidwichCuckoo

I lucid dream occassionally (not as often as I would like to, or I used to as a child)

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2005 "Godly Obedience" District Convention Report

by CyrusThePersian in

i don't post much and this is the first thread i've ever started so please bear with me.

i wanted to give my obsevations on the 2005 "godly obedience" district convention.if the things i say are redundant, i apologize.

anyways, i was coerced into going by my daughter.

MidwichCuckoo

Thanks for this Cyrus

"Resurrection-Why That Hope Should Be Real"

.....well - I always believed that the dead were 'guaranteed' a resurrection anyway (REAL hope, sins paid for) - well, except for the Sodom lot who don't know whether they're coming or going.