Posts by Arthur

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What Music WERE You Allowed To Listen To?

by gaiagirl in

jw
friends

ok, so we've talked before about music which was not permitted in our families, leaving us to listen to .... what?

most people in my congregation generally approved of olivia newton-john, but became suspicious of her work after grease, when she bacame a "bad" girl.

one song "landslide" contained the lines "minor desires became major needs, my needs won't be denied", which was taken as proof that she had gone over to the "dark side".

Arthur

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Active JW Apologists: Did you take the OATH at the Convention?

by kid-A in

inquiring minds want to know: how did respond to oath # 7 which all jws were required to take at the latest dc?

"we will resist with all our strength the spirit of the world manifested in such things as materialism, unwholesome entertainment, overindulgence in food and alcoholic beverages, the plague of pornographic material and the curiosity or temptation that lures one into association with outsiders through internet chat rooms.

our resolve is to be no part of world as we carry on worship that is clean from the standpoint of our god.

Arthur

I think it needs to be pointed out that no one was required to take an "oath". I was there. I didn't say anything at the end of the resolution. No one cared. It is just a method of speaking. I am not saying I agree with what was being said. But we need to avoid falling into the same trap often used in WT literature of overstating, stretching, or bending the facts to make things fit our point of view.

Kid-A didn't stretch or bend any facts.

It has been stated at these conventions that when these resolutions are passed, by verbally saying "yes" JWs are making a verbal commitment or oath to God on these matters. It is the same thing when baptismal candidates answer "yes" to the baptism questions in front of everyone. Yes, not everyone in the audience is requred to say anythting. But, the fact reamains that in the minds of the devoted JWs, saying "yes" is indeed an oath or verbal commitment. (Go back and read the Procalaimer's Book regarding resolutions that were announced in past conventions).

If the WTS didn't view these resolutions as oaths; then why would they even bother writing them, and including them in the convention programs? These resolutions are specifically designed to reafirm the JWs total allegiance to the org. I seriously doubt that the WTS merely views these as minor or insignificant rhetorical exercises.

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message from God

by why144000 in

please post responses to [email protected].

i have been silent for nearly 2000 years but it is time to set the record straight.

i am tired of people using my name to justify killing one another.

Arthur

Hello God.

I just have one question. Why did you give us men nipples?

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Interesting Site

by CTR in

wow, i had no idea such a site existed.

my wife and i are former jw's, we left the "truth" 10 years ago.

my parents are still steadfast, my father has not spoken to us we announced we were done.

Arthur

My wife and I joined the Mormon Church 9 years ago,

So tell me, do you and your wife have matching bikes?

Just joking

Welcome ! I look forward to reading your future posts.

Arthur

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Will You React With Prejudice?

by Jamaican JW in

will you react with prejudice when faced with "absolute truth?

sometimes, an irrefutable "truth" can be spoken.

and yet, this statement or fact of "truth" can be glossed over or dismissed or not recognized by the community at large, because of preconceived ideas taught us and engrained in us, from our previous upbringing or training.

Arthur

Hello Jamaica JW,

I think you may have stumbled into this site by accident. In fact, I think that the very name of the site is a misnomer; as pretty much everybody on this site does not believe in the JW theology.

If you have attended the District Assembly yet, they most surely told you to stay away from websites like this. If you wish to remain a JW, I suggest that you follow their advice.

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Who would tell 9/11 survivors to just get over it?

by Swan in

maybe the same people who post on this board and tell us to just get over it.

i get so tired of them dismissing our experiences and trauma by saying "why do you have to tear jehovah's organization down?

just get over it and move on!".

Arthur

WBTS supports globel extermination,of anyone that does not support them..If WBTS has thier way,it will be the biggest genicide mankind has ever seen...OUTLAW

Remember on 9/11 how many people in Muslim countries were dancing in the streets when they saw the twin towers destroyed? That is what JWs are going to do after 6 billion human beings are massacred.

Oh yes, so very Christ like.

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