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  bible code

  by apocrypha in

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  hello this question is for the society.

  i know that practicing divination is considered evil in your religion.

  but what about the bible code?

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  Dawn

  apocrypha: There are actually two completely different "codes" that sometimes get confused.

  When people use the term "bible codes" most individuals are thinking of the much publicized and debunked issue that was raised a few years ago.

  However, there are older and well established codes found in the Torah (first five books of the bible) that have been accepted for years by many of the Jewish rabbis.

  As for the society accepting anything of this nature - you can forget that! I pointed out some of these Torah codes that I found interesting to my father (elder) - his comment?! "Well - if it was true then we would have heard this from the society" (hmmmm). So what happens when the society does eventually come out with new light - like the interpretation of a "generation" as it applies to the 1914 doctrine??!! Is it possible then that the society does not always have the complete and accurate truth?! That perhaps there is some information out there that has not yet come to "light" that an individual studying the bible and researching may find in advance of the society?!

  If the society did not have the complete "light" about the generation doctrine 15 years ago - how can I be sure they're right now?
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  What "hooked" you?

  by roybatty in

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  2. friends

  im not sure if this has been discussed before but id be interested to read some comments from those who became jws later in life.

  what caught your attention and sucked you in?.

  my parents became jws when i was 5 years old, so it was pretty much the only way of life that i knew.

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  Dawn

  I believe that most individuals who become JW's as adults have two things in common:
  (1) Limited bible knowledge, and (2) at an emotional pivot point in their life.

  I was born into it - but the people I spoke to who were "converts" later in life all seemed to have these two common denominators.

  Even though I was DF'd, I was still hooked by this religion and believed I was doomed to destruction until I started studying the bible independently of their literature (about 10 years after my DF). I was only realy "free" when I gained enough bible knowledge to KNOW they were not the truth.

  I really feel for those who realize it is not the truth while they are still in - what a tough position to be in - knowing the truth and facing the possibility of loosing friends and family. I probably could not have made that decision, so I guess it's a good thing it was made for me!

  I only wish the rest of my family was free.
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  Well today is the day that I leave the WTS

  by Leander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this morning i told my wife about my decision to step down as a ms and that i also would'nt be attending any meetings.

  she made a few comments that i expected her to make, but strangely enough she was for the most part very silent.

  she made it clear that she was against the decision but outside of a few other comments she said very little.

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  Dawn

  Hey Dawn27 - we have a little more in common that user names! I was DF'd quite a while ago (12 years) because of my "wordly" boyfriend (and our extracurricular activities . That "wordly" boyfriend has been my husband for the last 7 years - best trade I ever made!!
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  EEek - a demon posessed my computer

  by Dawn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i thought this was so hillarious i just had to share it with you:.

  reverend jim peasboro of savannah ga has written a book "the devil in the machine: is your computer possessed by a demon?

  " some of the points raised in the book are: .

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  Dawn

  Ah the well known angels McAfee and Norton!!
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  Help me ... getting w..e....a.......k

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  angharad has abandoned me and gone on a girls night out!.

  to cut a long story short - i'm starving to death and the end may be only minutes away .... there is a large white box in a place called "kitchen" (hey, it lights up when you open the door!

  ) and apparently this can be used with a "noven" or "micro-drive" (or was it "wave"?

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  Dawn

  Hey Simon:

  Switch to white russians - that way you can get some calcium and protein. Plus, if you drink enough of them you won't even remember that you were hungry!! It's my drink of choice

  PS - you sound an awful lot like my husband. He doesn't get much sympathy either.
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  EEek - a demon posessed my computer

  by Dawn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i thought this was so hillarious i just had to share it with you:.

  reverend jim peasboro of savannah ga has written a book "the devil in the machine: is your computer possessed by a demon?

  " some of the points raised in the book are: .

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  Dawn

  I thought this was so hillarious I just had to share it with you:

  Reverend Jim Peasboro of Savannah GA has written a book "The Devil in the Machine: Is your computer possessed by a demon?" Some of the points raised in the book are:
  * Any PC built after 1985 has the storage capacity to house an evil spirit
  * "...most of the youths involved in school shootings like the tragedy at Columbine were computer buffs...I have no doubt that computer demons exerted an influence on them."
  * an estimated "...one in 10 computers in America now houses
  some type of evil spirit
  AND LAST, BUT DEFINATELY NOT LEAST!!
  * "Technicians can replace the hard drive and reinstall the software, getting rid of the wicked spirit permanently."

  Being a network engineer I found this completely hysterical!!
  Here's the link - you can scroll down and read how members from his church were FORCED to view pornographic material by their PC's - sorry...I doubt that excuse would fly in the corporate world
  http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_exor3.htm
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  Does Anything Go In Apostate Warfare

  by HildaBingen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ex-jw also complain about theocratic warfare.

  they say jw lie to carry out war against satan and his system.

  jw never lie.

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  Dawn

  Hilda dear - Yes there are ex-jw's who lie, and there are also jw's who lie. There are ex-jw's who do not lie and jw's who do not lie. Both groups are filled with HUMANS and some humans lie and some don't.

  However, the issue seems to be that you are concerned with the "apostates" who may try to deceive you - may I suggest that if you are truly concerned then you should not be on a board inviting such ones to communicate with you!

  Whatever a man sows - this he will also reap.
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  "Streetwork" in Rancho Cucamonga

  by r51785 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there they were... three members of jehovah's one true holy earthly organization standing at a deserted corner of the shopping center at the corner of fourth and vineyard.

  fifty feet away was a busy entrance to a ralph's supermarket, but they chose to stand in front of empty store fronts.

  they were busy in conversation -- with each other.

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  Dawn

  Oh I am soooooooooo glad to be done with that!!
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  Human stupidity reaches new depths.

  by Sunchild in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the offense is found on this page, courtesy of a paranoid fundy named jack chick:.

  http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/5012/5012_01.asp.

  you'd have to read it to believe it.

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  Dawn

  I'm a born again Christian - and yes, this guy's track is utterly STUPID!! How does he expect anyone to take that seriously?!
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  upcoming confrontation with JW, need advice

  by Disposable Hero in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sometime in june i will be put in a situation where i will be one on one with a witness.

  (you could say i will be cornered) but i am actually looking forward to this.

  this witness thought i was a great person even before i studied, but then after i found out about the truth she believes that i'm being misled by satan so now she is going to talk to me.

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  Dawn

  Here's a book that I found really helpful when I was studying/deciding whether to return to the JW's or not:

  Answering Jehovah's Witnesses (by David Reed) - he shows a number of the scriptures that JW's use to support their belief, then shows how these have been taken from context, etc. This book was really good - every scripture that I had been taught as a JW to support my beliefs was in there!!

  It's not a very long book - I read it in about 2 days.