Darth Yhwh

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  What Pushed You Out The Door Of The Watchtower?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for me, it was realizing that nearly every prophecy or commentary on a scriptural passage has changed.

  througout the years, it's been new light, old light and even blinking light.

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  Darth Yhwh

  For me it had to be the ability to think for myself.
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  Who Gives a Shyte if Russell was a Freemason or not?

  by LittleToe in

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  2. scandals

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  a poll, inspired by gumby.... one vote here for not giving a shyte..

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  I dont give a $hit either!
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  bad day, bad year

  by Cygnus in

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  2. friends

  spent all day today downtown being shuffled around to this building and that trying to get temporary assistance.. what a nightmare.. everyone tells you something different.

  and it's so humiliating.

  i didn't work my ass off for 17 years for this.. it's just very hard to think of losing my fiance, my house, my job, my cars, the use of my hands, electricity and heat, all in 8 months.

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  Hang in there Cygnus. You'll be in my thoughts.
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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 11-6-05 WT Study (Judgment)

  by blondie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  keep on the watch!

  this warning: "keep on the watch, therefore, because you do not know on what day.

  true christians--only jws.

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  Darth Yhwh

  
  Banished1 said:

  The question was raised "who is supplying you with magazines?" This is valid as the rest of us are denied access to them without going to the Kingdom Hall.

  I think that you are referring to the question that I posed to blondie last week. My exact words were:

  Hey Blondie, where do you get your Watchtowers from?

  Hey blondie, another nice write up again this week. This time I actually forced myself to read scan the entire article. LOL. Thanks again for the excellent work.
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  Is the Bible really inerrant?

  by greendawn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do you think the bible is inerrant ie has absolutely no erroneous information or does it contain some errors?

  if it does is its credibility destroyed?

  i personally think that a great deal in the bible is false but still the basic ideas are correct.

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  I suppose that the answer to this question depends largely on whether or not you feel the bible is the divinely inspired word of God. I personally do not, therefore I would not consider the bible any more inerrant than any other published work.
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  Why do they let Children Get Baptized?

  by Dune in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i've been wondering about it recently.

  i was baptized when i was 11 years old and have been a witness for about 8 years now.

  since i was 11 (yes, since 11) i've been reading the watchtower, doing the mics and all that stuff.

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  They'll baptize any one they can. It's all about the year end report and showing that positive growth. Forget the fact that many of the newly baptized are too young and immature enough to make educated decisions for themselves.
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  My sister Robin RIP Mar. 26, 1963 - Nov. 7, 2005

  by Lady Lee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just got some news and am still shaking.

  my sister died today.

  i hardly knew her .

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  I'm so sorry for your loss Lady Lee.
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  New Releases.. losing pzazz??

  by Inquisitor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone else noticed that in recent years the new releases have less 'chunky' content?

  a book of maps, a children's book about jesus (?

  ), and this year's book which summarises main witness teachings (from what i gathered anyway, i haven't seen it yet).. the language is simpler, the message trimmed up nicely.. i wonder why.

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  Excellent points by everyone. I especially enjoyed AK - Jeff's and froglegs posts. But as others have mentioned, even when I was neck deep in the $hit, I would have never discribed a WBTS publication as having pzazz. LOL
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  JWs show up at my dad's surgery.

  by Darth Yhwh in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  heres a little background: my mother is a jw, my father is not, my sister is disfellowshipped and i have faded away.. my father has an abdominal aortic aneurism.

  this is a weak spot on the wall of the major artery leading to the lower extremities.

  it will balloon out and burst eventually killing him without assistance.

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  If it ever happens again, I would ask him directly what purpose he is serving and who requested his presence. Put the spotlight on him and make him explain everything he does. Turn it around, so he is the outsider, not you and your sister.

  Atypical, this is good advice. I was thinking about how I would react in this situation if it happened again and I agree with what you’re saying here.

  Rabbit, I’m sorry to hear about the loss of your mother. This is a terrible tragedy and is typical of what JW families are going though around the world. The WBTS’s position on abstinence from blood not only doesn’t make sense but is also directly responsible for loss of life. The WBTS is blood guilty in my mind. You mentioned the “Hospital Liaison Committee”. That’s exactly where Cody was from. I couldn’t remember the acronym on his ID badge or what it stood for until I read your post. Thanks for sharing your story. It helps to realize that I’m not alone in this kind of experience.

  Caz, thank you for your kind word and for sharing your story as well. I’m sorry to hear about your mother. I’m also glad that you pulled through your personal ordeal.

  Thanks to rebel8, daystar, LittleToe, hellrider, mary, jgnat, and Andi for your support. I knew that every one here on JWD would be able to appreciate the difficulty I had to endure.

  On a positive note. My dad is home from the hospital today. If he can manage to take it easy and follow the doctors orders all should be well for some time. We haven’t actually talked to the doctor yet. No one in the family has been present when he’s come in to see my dad and you can’t rely on my dad to pass along medical information from the doctor accurately. LOL My dad has an appointment in another week to go back for a check up so I should get more information regarding his overall prognosis and restrictions then.

  The other thing that bothers me is that my dad would make a decision like this. My father agreed to go along with a bloodless surgery option on his own free will, although I'm sure it was done under pressure from my mother and misguidance from the WBTS. To date I’ve made trying to talk some sense into my mother regarding the WBTS’s lies my priority. This ordeal has got me thinking that I perhaps I need to begin the educational process for my father as well.
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  Happiness is...

  by Jordan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so what is happiness to you?.

  in the larger sense, it's knowing that my family and friends are happy and safe.. in the more immeadiate sense, happiness is burning down a duel-carriage way at 100mph with heavy metal pounding through the speakers.

  call me immature, but driving fast and listening to some great music is a really liberating feeling...

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  Darth Yhwh

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/94029/1593915/post.ashx#1593915

  I'll say the same thing here as I did there:

  Happiness is.....a warm gun!