Posts by donny

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Survey---who is inactive, disfellowshipped/disassociated or active?

by minimus in

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i am inactive for about 10 years now..

Get well Grace (Mouthy)

by label licker in

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a loud get well grace from all of us to you.

everyone, grace has been in and out of the hospital and i'm sure she would love to read your get wells.

we miss you grace:) wish i could post pictures.

UNDERSTANDING "FOOD AT THE PROPER TIME" the duty of the Faithful Slave

by Terry in

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during the great depression in the 1930's people lost their jobs.. banks closed, and long lines formed in the streets called "bread lines".. people got up early and had to stand in line all day to get a free loaf of bread to feed their family!.

in a cabin in the appalachian mountains there was a family of four: two children (a boy and a girl), a mom and a dad (who had lost his job.

at the local sawmill).. things looked really bleak.

donny

Great post as usual Mr. Terry!!! It so represents the "food" offered by the F&DS.

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Requirements for the Anointed

by HeyThere in

so i have a question...according to the bible, the anointed are virgins, among other things.

so how are married fathers and mothers able to be anointedwhy xoes nobody question this?

now, i did see in this past weeks wt they mentioned "spiritual virgins" which is not in the bible...why do people believe this stuff they spew....it is so weird!

donny

When you go back an look at some of the Society's early annointed numbers, it appears that anywhere from 50,000 to 80,000 of the 144,000 were from 1874 and onward. So according to their own data, less that 100,000 "true" Christians existed bewteen 33 CE and 1874 CE. When you bring out the vast numbers that were baptized as recorded in the Bible, they would say that "evidently" the vast majority of those fell away in the great apostasy.

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Which of the SEVEN stages of post JW behavior are you in right now?

by Terry in

1. they done me wrong.

2. i'm depressed.

3. i'm gonna act like an apostate (smoke, drink, drugs, sex, outrageous behavior).

donny

Hey Viola

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Which of the SEVEN stages of post JW behavior are you in right now?

by Terry in

1. they done me wrong.

2. i'm depressed.

3. i'm gonna act like an apostate (smoke, drink, drugs, sex, outrageous behavior).

donny

Number 7 here

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Creative ways of counting field service time

by 4thgen in

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there was a sister in my congregation that signed up to aux pioneer one month to put in 60 hours.

we couldn't figure out why she was never at the arrangements, but yet she said she got in her time early in the month.

we found out later that we wrote a letter that took her an hour.

donny

One brother and I would spend 8 hours on Saturday and Sunday doing RV's and laundramats. We would go to one RV and then to one on the opposite side of town and then back again. Of course we stopped at a few 7-11's along the way.

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What happened to the "Witness" part of Jehovah's Witnesses?

by donny in

i just got back from my afternoon walk/run and about a block from home i saw two sets of jw's going door to door handing out invites to the memorial.. the first pair walked past me and only said "good afternoon" as they passed.. about two minutes later the second pair approached me and handed me an invite to 2014 memorial on april 14. i asked them why they chose the jw's as their church of choice and was told "we'd like to chat more but we have a set number of invites we have to get out before the memorial.

if you contact the kingdom hall listed here, they will tell you more... on how god's kingdom will rid the world of satan and the evil associated with him.".

i replied "you can't talk now?".

donny

I have been gone almost 22 years myself and am amazed how tame the JW's have become.

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Want to know why people accept evolution ?

by snare&racket in

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do you have questions about or want to understand evolution?

it is a difficult concept to communicate and so if it is not explained well , it is understandable that we would dismiss it.. i sincerely want to talk with people who want to learn more or see what all the fuss is about.

we are all learning and increasing our knowledge all the time and it is good to go over facts with critical eye.. evolution we can discuss, looking at the foundational facts and evidence, one at a time for you to go and check, agree or disagree with and return.. no pressure to accept it, you can decide for yourself, also no mocking etc of what you have to say.. .