Posts by Ellie

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CAN MEN AND WOMEN JUST BE "FRIENDS"?

by Mary in

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or will one of them invaribly end up being attracted to the other?

Ellie

Absolutely, I'm female and I reckon blokes make the best friends, they tend not to be bitchy and have better senses of humour (no offence fellow women).

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If you could change just one thing in the org.........

by ButtLight in

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friends

what would it be?

for me i would get rid of the disfellowshipping!

Ellie

I'd make it for adults only, to get into the kingdom hall you'd need ID saying that you are atleast 18

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Helpful JWs

by greendawn in

we generally hear negative stories about the jws but were there any who did an act of kindness towards you that really helped you out?

Ellie

I really wanted to move to a new town and a jw found me a house to rent, I could say it was entirely unselfish of her, however I suspect she did it so that she could start a study with me.

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Did you ever use these?

by Bumble Bee in

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friends

i was cleaning out a closet today and came across some book bags.

when i went through them i found one of those bic pens that has the four different colours of ink, red, black, green and blue.

i used to use them to mark my wt different colours for the a and b portion of the answers etc.. anyone else use these?.

Ellie

I had one of those, and a bright yellow marker thingy, I think they are essential tools for any good witness.

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religious joke..feel free to add to

by tijkmo in

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local tv paper this week had a section on religious jokes..amongst which was this.

'what do you get when you cross a devil worshipper with a jehovahs witness.... someone who goes from door to door telling people to go to hell'

Ellie

2 nuns are sitting on a wall when a flasher goes by.

One has a stroke, the other one couldn't reach.

A nun dies and goes up to heaven, she is greeted at the gate by Saint Peter, he tells her she can enter heaven only if she can answer 3 questions.

The first question is, what was the name of Jesus' mother, to which she answers "Mary".

The second question is, how many days did it take God to create the earth, to which she answers "7".

The 3rd question is, what was the first thing Eve said on meeting Adam? To which she answers "Blimey, thats a hard one".

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Does God Care If We Get All Dressed Up To Worship Him?

by Honesty in

let's face the facts about getting ready for a meeting to worship.

it takes up at least 15-20 minutes for a guy to get the 'dub look' on and maybe more for the girls.

do you think god really cares about how we look on the outside or is he more interested in what's on the inside?

Ellie

Would anyone here go out in public wearing a 1970s style suit (other than to a fancy dress party)?

I doubt it because you'd be too aware how ridiculous you looked, but in the 70s the witnesses wouldn't have thought twice about it.

My point is that God too might think we look ridiculous in our latest fashions, hence why he created us nude.

I dont think he gives a monkeys what we wear.

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Are JWs really persecuted?

by gringojj in

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friends

i find it interesting that the wts has this persecution complex.

apostates all out to get them and stuff.

i must say that although a search on the web will bring you lots of great anti-jw stuff(thier own fault because they only have 1 official website) the number of people actually trash talking is quite small and its mostly ex-jws and some still in the org.

Ellie

I dont believe they are persecuted but do believe they would like to be.

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What did shunning do to you?

by hillary_step in

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friends

there can be little doubt that the wts 'shunning' policy is a dangerous weapon.

each year tens of thousands of people are disfellowshipped, and experience the reality of being shunned.

many of them still believing the wts doctrine that if they die in this condition they will shortly be executed by god at har-meggedon and die an eternal and disgraceful death some leaving the faith altogether.

Ellie

My dad died of a heart attack shortly after being disfellowshipped, obviously there is no evidence of it having anything to do with the fact that some family members and all friends were shunning him but I don't suppose it helped.

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