Posts by just2sheep

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Door to Door

just wondering... what do you think about the jw going door to door?

do you like it or dislike it?

my view is ( weather something is false or not) i think it is great someone shares what they love with someone else.

if you have already done "all the research" you need, then what are you doing here? fess up, you are counting this as field service aren't you? i don't have any problem with that, but i do not like liars. the wtb&ts has created an entire culture of lies and liars. you make "speaking the truth" impossible, you disrespect jehovah, you disrespect jesus, and then you look down your stupid little noses at anyone who doesn't have the "truth". shame on you and shame on all the other elders that are sitting around laughing about the answers the good people on jwd have offered you in an honest effort to help someone they think needs it. don't misunderstand me though, i want you to continue. the replys that you have been given will help people that you have never given any thought to. people who truly are looking for the truth.

to the posters who have honestly and earnestly tried to answer this person's questions. keep it up because you never know who will read this and realize exactly who the real worshipers of satan are. can you say "christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses" without wanting to vomit? if not, there is still hope for you.

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What kind of thing do you want right now but cannot afford it right now?

by averyniceguy in

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for me, i would like to have a leather recliner from rooms to go.

what about you?

just2sheep

1940 ford pickup. frame off restoration. 350/350. vintage aire. candy apple red with cream colored leather interior. and enough money left over for all those little things that run the cost of such a vehicle to well over $50,000. plus maybe another $100,000 or so for my sweetie's 1934 ford coupe. i just know she would like it once i bought it for her.

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Baptismal date, do you remember?

by Jourles in

yesterday was my 15th year anniversary of being baptized.

may 11, 1991. i'm not sure it counts anymore since i was df'd last feb. 3, 2005, but still, it is a remarkable period of time to pass by and reflect on what changes have occurred.. i was 18 years old.

the "internet" was barely a blip.

just2sheep

i remember it was in june, or was it november...i'm sure the year was 1967, or 2003. one or the other...but i know it was in boston, or maybe it was austin. but if it was austin it must have been texas, unless it was minnesota...ah yes, i remember it well.

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Door to Door

by I-follow-the-narrow-path in

just wondering... what do you think about the jw going door to door?

do you like it or dislike it?

my view is ( weather something is false or not) i think it is great someone shares what they love with someone else.

just2sheep

itsallgoodnow,

i'm with you on this one...for some reason i get the feeling that i-follow-the-narrow-path is about as real as a 49 year old cop trolling for perverts on my-space.com by pretending to be a 13 year old nymphomaniac virgin. if i am proved wrong i apologize, but only time will tell i suppose.

i-f-t-n-p,

if these questions are in earnest, i would like to know how the person you are studying with has answered your questions...surely you asked them these things before coming to jwd to ask strangers. do you post on any other forums? please understand that this is not an attack on you or your beliefs, i would just like a clarification of these things that no one else seems to have asked.

j

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The Watchtower preparing to become Mainstream?

by lovelylil in

i have heard a few active witnesses comment recently about the wt quoting more frequently from sources from other church denominations.

i know they have done this in the past, but it seems from the rank & file that it is happening even more.. has anyone heard about this trend?

also, do you think the tower is preparing those in the rank & file to accept new light regarding christendom (such as that they do teach some truth), and how do you think this will affect people?.

just2sheep

rubadub,

this is true, but it wouldn't suprise me to see them in a back booth at the local Hooters discussing profits and investments...

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How much persecution did you expect to come when you were a JW?

by JH in

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did you expect, that one day, you would be persecuted for being a jw?.

how bad did you expect it to get?

do jw's today still expect some kind of persecution to come because of their beliefs and actions?

just2sheep

i expected a lot of persecution. what i didn't expect was that 100% of it would come from within the congregation.

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Why do so many show such anger towards JW who post here? What might help?

by Lady Lee in

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why do so many of us show such antagonism towards jw who post here?

we know they won't listen.

we know how it feels to have religion forced upon us.

just2sheep

ladylee,

thanks for the the thread. i think it is helpful to air our simialarities as often as possible. something i notice about this kind of thread though is that the most contentious, i hate you and i don't even have to read what you posted to tell you that, posters never reply to this kind of thread. and i think that they were probably that way as jws and just can't get past that way of thinking. just like paul was a zealot jew who became a zealot christian, some leopards change their spots and nothing else. cheers to dialouge.

j2s

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SECRET DOCUMENTS: District Convention

by Elsewhere in

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it is time for the district convention so i thought i would share a nice little tid-bit.. thanks to someone who must remain anonymous, we now have the instructions that are given to the speakers at the district conventions:.

http://www.reexamine.info/docs/district_convention_talk_instructions.pdf (17 kb - small file).

http://www.reexamine.info/docs/district_convention_talk_instructions.jpg (1 mb - large file, original jpg scan image).

just2sheep

i was very surprised when i learned that the speakers at district conventions were graded on their performance like little school girls at a third grade recital...and yet when they speak to us it is as the voice of god. what a joke.

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Why didn't Jesus Give Instructions for a Bible?

by gumby in

matt: 24:14 .."and this good new of the kingdom will be preached in all the earth as a witnesss to all the nations - and then the end will come".. jesus plan was that by the time he was to return, the earth would be schooled as to who and what he was.

suppose you were going to leave the planet for 2000 years and you wanted the entire earthly society of people who would be alive when you returned to know about you.

would you tell someone to write down all your words of truth since these words would produce salvation and eternal life to all who believed in you........or would you tell a handful of diciples or say even 500 buddies to spread your words to their children and down through the succeding generations?.

just2sheep

unc,

i don't fear science how did you get that idea? and i don't find jwd all that tough, how did you get that idea? and i have dealt with the hawks of academia and found most of them to be absolute asses, just like elders they can't grab their butts with both hands but they know where the comma goes. and if you dissagree with them or question their research or their conclusion they condemn you to ignorance, just as elders condemn you to death. and both groups believe that their condemnation actually means something. big deal. if you wish to believe either group so be it, i'm not here to condemn anyone over a comma or a scripture. i leave that to the ones who are into that sort of thing.

i find it a little disengenious that you compare the posts on jwd with books. i too find most of these accounts to be true. however they are not books they are experiences, and there is a difference. i know you know this so i'll chalk it up to having just woke up and coffee deprivation.

you are right about historians not being dogmatic purveyors of bullshit anymore than other scientists, but also they are not dogmatic purveyors of bullshit any less than other scientists. and therein lies the rub. my distaste for acedemia is a long held core part of me and not just a phase, but i too have had acedemics for friends and by and large have found them to be just as dumb as any of us. they have only learned where to put the comma. and if they feel they can get away with it they put the comma anywhere they damn well please.

please believe me when i say that i am not trying to diminish the joy you find in history. i just don't share it. i don't pay particular attention to the past or to the future. i learned at an early age that it doesn't matter if i ate yesterday or will eat tomorrow, it's whether i eat today that counts. so to try and bring this back on topic... i don't care if jesus left six words or a billion books it all boils down to love your god and love your neighbor as yourself. so my answer to gumby's origional question is that jesus didn't leave instructions for a bible because it wasn't necessary.

live long and prosper my dear unclebruce, because i look forward to discussing many things with you. do not fear me for i have no reason to fear you.

your american nephew

j

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Why didn't Jesus Give Instructions for a Bible?

by gumby in

matt: 24:14 .."and this good new of the kingdom will be preached in all the earth as a witnesss to all the nations - and then the end will come".. jesus plan was that by the time he was to return, the earth would be schooled as to who and what he was.

suppose you were going to leave the planet for 2000 years and you wanted the entire earthly society of people who would be alive when you returned to know about you.

would you tell someone to write down all your words of truth since these words would produce salvation and eternal life to all who believed in you........or would you tell a handful of diciples or say even 500 buddies to spread your words to their children and down through the succeding generations?.

just2sheep

unclebruce,

you almost got my point. a concept so simple, so ingrained in the human psyche that lao tsu, buddha, celts, druids, vikings, polynesians, australian aborigines, american indians, inuit, mung tribespeople, animistic melanisians, zulus, many others; not to forget jesus, paul, unclebruce, and just2sheep can understand it. you can expand on it, you can expound on it, but; no matter how many words you use, or who you site as your source, or what proof you site as to why you believe one came after the other, you can't make it any truer. or any less true.

those six words are a universal truth...if people would pay attention to just the neighbor part the world would be an easier place to live in. how you or anyone else deals with the god part is up to the individual, and really isn't any of my business. that is between the individual and their god or no god or whatever. but if you aren't treating your neighbor with love, or you aren't treating me with love, then i don't care how you are dealing with the god part of the equation...god may love you; but i don't have to; and no amount of verbage can alter that. it isn't "deep" but it is true.

"there are 450 million taoists who would laugh at your 'depth'..." that may be true, but even jerry seinfeld would have trouble pulling those kind of numbers for one joke. unc, i never try for depth. i have enough trouble trying for quality.

no offense, but i have as much respect for history books and historians as some people on jwd have for the watchtowers and awakes.

j ( we liked this...i suppose my native american name would be Jay Twosheep)

j2s