Posts by clear2c

LoL about the confession part I cant understand why some people feel the need.. hehehe after all it just leads to becoming disfellowshiped doesn't it? no matter what you have done wrong it winds up being a matter of heart.. and that whole thing about them being able to examine repentance thats just out of the ball park? how can you do such a thing determine if someones sincerly repentant can only done by god? we have determined that jehovah doesn't except your repentance HA that is one of the biggest jokes I have ever heard and the main reason I ran for the hills at 14 and never got baptised. ONLY GOD DETERMINES REPENTANCE I had never felt any need for the elders to determine my repentance....

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JW Urban Ledgends - Fact or Fiction?

by clear2c in

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growing up as a jehovahs wittness my parents used to rationalize or have a urban ledgends reguarding why we could not do something or why something was evil/bad.

some of these i have heard in various forms around here in the forums.

here are some expamples of what i mean.

clear2c

hehehehe this is great :)

Mood rings from the 70s lol they where considered windows to your soul,,, becuse the ring changed colors with your mood lol

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What was your favorite thing about being a witness?

by dezpbem in

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while i didn't like being a jw there were 1 or 2 good points.

what was your favorite thing about being a jw?.

mine was all the parties and social gatherings we had.

clear2c

Chillen with everyone after meeting was pretty cool. Met alot of cool people I aggree with you dez the BBQ's where great too. Country Guy your a good writer too :)

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Motivation...

by Jordan in

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i need motivation to get this work done.

i don't need to do alot, just write a short proposal for a system, it's just so mind numbingly boring, i can't seem to get started.

it's due in for friday, i know i've left it late, and me going out in a little while isn't going to help matters, but i was just wondering what you guys do when you can't seem to motivate yourself into getting something done...

clear2c

Coffee!!!!! that should do it :)

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Theocratic Warfare: Is It Still Practiced?

by Nate Merit in

i was "in the truth" for about four years and was disfellowshipped thirty-three years ago at the age of nineteen.

when i became involved, at age fifteen, i was taught 'theocratic warfare' which is 'lying for the truth.

' it really didn't bother me until i was several years older and became more introspective.

clear2c

Hi, Confession :) and everyone :) The main thing about "The Organization" is that they allow local interpetation of whats right, whats wrong and who is repentent (thats jehovahs job). I really dont think they have much to worry about with the internet considering most people dont take what they read on the net for fact and its very easy to explain away how the internet is run buy the "evil slave" etc. What is interesting is that the modern age especially video is going to catch up with them. Tangible proof of wrongdoings on the be half of elders etc... impossible to escape impossible to dance around. This will eventually force the organization to change its policys and further distance itself from the flock and the local elders forcing them to put qualified people (possibly even paid employees) in the position of elder or pastor. What are the requirements for being qualified to be and ministerial servent or elder? what kind of training to they get? how devoted are they (turn over rate)? have they given there entire life to training for the responsibility. or is it just random apponintments to these positions? can you really be a construction guy or migrant worker by day and just moonlight as a qualified counselour without any formal education?

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Truth Book from 1974

by Virgogirl in

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does anyone remember "the truth that leads to everlasting life" book?

it was blue, and was intended as a six month home study book.

i think it came out in 1974at an assembly with much fanfare and gasping!.

clear2c

Etymology The word study comes from the Middle English word studie which comes from the Old French estudie which comes from Latin studium which means to devote oneself.

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