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  How do I hear/feel God?

  by doinmypart in

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  2. friends

  this is a serious question.. i know people that hear/feel god (and see postings about people's experiences), but i have not experienced this.

  i have never heard anything audibly (or otherwise) nor "felt" anything inwardly.. i've prayed, read, quieted my thoughts, etc...but still nothing..

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  doinmypart

  Thanks to all for their responses; including the funny & sarcastic replies. I welcome all replies and am not offended. I've lurked/participated enough, where I feel like I "know" everyone here.

  Like SweetBabyC, I live in the Bible Belt U.S. and have a lot of Baptist, Methodist, JW family and friends. There are times when I wonder about the spiritual experience of those around me. I just find it strange that I can't experience the same thing.

  Shelby - Thank you for the response and illustration. I'm thinking about what you wrote. Growing up JW, I never thought about Christ and God that way...Christ as the way to access God. That is interesting. Thanks again!
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  How do I hear/feel God?

  by doinmypart in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is a serious question.. i know people that hear/feel god (and see postings about people's experiences), but i have not experienced this.

  i have never heard anything audibly (or otherwise) nor "felt" anything inwardly.. i've prayed, read, quieted my thoughts, etc...but still nothing..

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  doinmypart

  This is a serious question.

  I know people that hear/feel God (and see postings about people's experiences), but I have not experienced this. I have never heard anything audibly (or otherwise) nor "felt" anything inwardly.

  I've prayed, read, quieted my thoughts, etc...but still nothing.
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  Things that were supposedly demonized

  by freshstart in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was just thinking about all the fear i had when i was a kid that i would be attacked by demons if i wasn't careful.

  i mean i lived in absolute terror over it, so i'm going to reminisce about the things i was told were demonized and you can add to the list if you'd like:.

  lucky charms cerealcount dracula cerealitems bought at garage sales where there was a cross or anything religious present"hotel california" by the eagles (now one of my favorite songs)wwjd braceletsscooby dooi remember being so scared of every little noise that whenever i would turn off my light to go to bed, i would say "jehovah, jehovah!

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  doinmypart

  As a kid I couldn't:

  • listen to music by Earth, Wind & Fire
  • watch the television shows Bewitched, Shazam or Isis
  • play with a ouija board or magic 8-ball

  because they were all demonized...probably missing a few more things.
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  Sounds like a "trouble-shooter" circuit overseer?

  by Gayle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/19123926/article-on-the-jehovah%e2%80%99s-witness-circuit?.

  he states they were sent in just for a year as previous c.o.

  was reassigned before the normal 3yr time.

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  doinmypart

  WTS is getting all of the COs on the same 3-year rotation schedule. This service year has some COs in a circuit for only a year...happened in my wife's circuit as well as another family member in a different part of the country.
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  Beards

  by ThomasK9 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been involved with the witnessess since 1976. my ex-wife was a baptised sister who fell in with the wrong crowd and left the fruth when she should have been disfellowshipped.

  thats another story.

  after returning home in 1980 from working in the u.s. navy, i contacked her parents and in 1982 started studying for ernest.

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  Mynameislame - A few years ago there was a BOE letter (or maybe it was during one of the CO meetings w/BOE) regarding tattoos. If a publisher had a tattoo, elders were supposed to "encourage" the publisher to cover the tattoo while attending meetings or engaging in field service.
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  Watchtower found guilty ruled to pay 7 million to 1 victim? wow

  by yourmomma in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  is this recent?

  http://www.silentlambs.org/oaklandlawsuit.htm.

  i havent seen anyone post about it, the link has a pdf on it of the court documents, and it looks like the stamp is from 5/12 but its blurry.. .

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  doinmypart

  Some elders don't have a clue they're opening themselves up to be liable. Most of what they think about where the congregation is concerned is their next talk, field service, their particular cong assignment, how to avoid Sister Depressed, the next BOE meeting, and on and on.

  But if I were an elder in Fremont cong or any other cong where this happens I'd realize real quick I could be stuck financially. When you start talking about lawsuits and legal issues people get nervous. They think "Call Legal" will solve all their problems.
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  Watchtower found guilty ruled to pay 7 million to 1 victim? wow

  by yourmomma in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  is this recent?

  http://www.silentlambs.org/oaklandlawsuit.htm.

  i havent seen anyone post about it, the link has a pdf on it of the court documents, and it looks like the stamp is from 5/12 but its blurry.. .

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  doinmypart

  Stilla - everything made a conscience matter...kind of like voting? Or really a conscience matter, as in no marking, slap on the hand, etc.? Whaddya think?
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  Watchtower found guilty ruled to pay 7 million to 1 victim? wow

  by yourmomma in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  is this recent?

  http://www.silentlambs.org/oaklandlawsuit.htm.

  i havent seen anyone post about it, the link has a pdf on it of the court documents, and it looks like the stamp is from 5/12 but its blurry.. .

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  doinmypart

  The WTS will probably put the money up for Fremont cong, but you know the Fremont BOE knows what is happening. I don't know of many elders that were able to maintain confidentiality, so even if WTS tells them not to discuss, everyone in the congregation will be talking about it at the next meeting.
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  Watchtower found guilty ruled to pay 7 million to 1 victim? wow

  by yourmomma in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  is this recent?

  http://www.silentlambs.org/oaklandlawsuit.htm.

  i havent seen anyone post about it, the link has a pdf on it of the court documents, and it looks like the stamp is from 5/12 but its blurry.. .

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  doinmypart

  Hmmm, I wonder if Abrahamson and Clarke were the two elders assigned to "investigate" the case for the BOE?!? Usually two elders are assigned to determine if there is any merit in allegations going to a judicial committee. Perhaps those two elders did the investigation and consulted with the Service Desk. I don't know...just thinking about how stuff like that played out in congregations I was associated with.
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  Hutterites Shunned for education and high school sports

  by puffthedragon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have never heard of this group but i turned on the tv and right now (eastern time) there is a show on national geographic called american colony/hutterites and they are shunning members for allowing their children to have more education than they deem neccessary as well as playing school sports.

  the group also appears to think they are the only ones going to heaven.. anyone know more about this or have experience with them?

  struck a chord with me..

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  doinmypart

  This show about the Hutterites and another show about an ex-Amish (Out of Order) have been dealing with shunning and the effects on former members.