Posts by sparky1

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Wow...not even sure this qualifies as a "fade"

by respectful_observer in

i'm posting this both as an anecdote and also to see if, by chance, this person reads this site.

(if you do, it'd be great to catch up since you now live fairly close to me!).

i've got a friend who until very recently was actively serving as an elder in hall close to bethel, and on a body heavy with bethelites.

sparky1

"feels like he has to literally cut off everyone in his life." - respectful-observer

Ha ha ha.....sounds like REVERSE SHUNNING to me!

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Is zeal beginning to vanish?

by Caupon in

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it has to be starting to fade somehow.

the very last time i went out in field service, hardly any were out.

maybe just about nine people were out and man if you could just see their faces.

sparky1

The last time that I went out in 'service' was in 1990. So in my case, I would say that my 'zeal is beginning to vanish'.

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Favourite Movie quotes...

by Tornintwo in

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inspiring, funny...you choose.... i'll start with inspiring: .

frodo: i wish the ring had never come to me.

i wish none of this had happened.gandalf: so do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide.

" 'Blessed me?' Do you know what God did for me? He threw an 18 wheeled truck at me and bounced me into nowhere for five years! When I woke up, my girl was gone, my job was gone, my legs are just about useless...........Blessed me? God's been a real sport to me!" - Johnny Smith The Dead Zone

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Does Jehovah Intervene - JW Teaching

by thedepressedsoul in

i have been a jw my whole life and i have never been able to get a clear answer on this question.

jw's do not believe that jehovah will intervene if someone is sick, dying or stopping a car crash.

they feel that jehovah is letting "this world" play out before he solves all of these problems.

sparky1

Actually, Janus is the most practical of gods. He always helps you to look both ways before crossing the street, thereby keeping pedestrian and auto accidents to a minimum!

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Are Magicians Spawns of Satan the Devil?

by Cold Steel in

i was perusing the internet not long ago and came upon this series of videos by a guy calling himself xendrius.

it declares that many of today's best magicians are in league with the devil.

his claims are based on his observation that the tricks would be impossible to do unless the magicians had made unholy pacts with the devil.. so what's the take of the wtbts?

sparky1

How in the HELL can sweet little Mickey Mouse be in league with SATAN?

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Are Magicians Spawns of Satan the Devil?

by Cold Steel in

i was perusing the internet not long ago and came upon this series of videos by a guy calling himself xendrius.

it declares that many of today's best magicians are in league with the devil.

his claims are based on his observation that the tricks would be impossible to do unless the magicians had made unholy pacts with the devil.. so what's the take of the wtbts?

sparky1

Don't you know? 'Good magic' is OK in Jehovah's Witness Land!

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Watchtower 1973 - "Dinosuars WERE on Noah's Ark"!!! College educated response??

by Witness 007 in

witnesses hate college education, and why would you need one when you have our "spiritual food" the watchtower answering science questions.. watchtower 1973 july 15 p.7 questions from readers.. "when did dinosaurs go extinct?

-they may have disappeared during the flood of noahs day.

not all of them were of gigantic size.