Topics Started by FuzzyPaul

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More Earthquakes? What did Jesus really mean?
by FuzzyPaul in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i think that when jesus said "... there would be earthquakes in one-place after another ..." he was saying those things would happen but that those things were not the sign, he said those things must take place but the end is not yet.

disasters are unavoidably distracting.

what jesus said was of similar content to his discussion of the galileans whose blood was mixed with a sacrifice or those 18 persons who died when the tower of siloam fell on them.
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HELP! I got a call from an elder today!
by stillAwitness in
1. jw
2. experiences
an elder in my hall finally called me after 7 months after me moving out on my own.

he was inquiring about how i was doing and which hall i needed my publishers card sent too.

(of course i did not ansewr and he left a message) up until now, my parents still think i go to meetings (although even my mom has been wondering why my publishers card has not been sent over) i keep stalling insisting i don't know why and that i am regular at meetings and service.
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My Story
by nonamegiven in
1. jw
2. experiences
well, my story isnt as exciting or as tragic as many are, but its mine so ill tell it.

the early years:.

i was raised in the truth but we were inactive for many years.
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2 Pet. 3:10 "earth and the works in it will be discovered"?? or burned up?
by M.J. in
1. watchtower
2. bible
here's the nwt rendering of the verse:.

(2 peter 3:10) 10 yet jehovahs day will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a hissing noise, but the elements being intensely hot will be dissolved, and earth and the works in it will be discovered.. other translations say the earth will "burn up".. nkj: but the day of the lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.. ylt: and it will come -- the day of the lord -- as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.. same goes for every other translation i've found.. the word in question, katakaio according to the lexicons i've seen only point to the meaning of: burn & consume by fire.. where did the nwt get "discovered" from?.
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Holy Spirit--The Force Behind the Coming New Order--PDF!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
click on the link below and when the next page appears scroll down to the bottom and look to your [ left ] for [ seconds ] to be counting down to zero.

when the numbers reach zero a large [ yellow and orange button ] will appear with the word (download).

click on that button to open or save the file.
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Should I warn this householder of the danger?
by SirNose586 in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was out today and working with a well-indoctrinated brother ("brother b").

we were hitting houses with tracts then running, until we went on his call.

brother b was trying to give him an asleep and a tract, and invite him to the talk today, which was given by a bethelite (and it was a heavy indoctrination session, which is another story).
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Has anyone been a victim of stalking for being a WT dissident?
by FuzzyPaul in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i recently wrote a letter expounding the flaws of the watchtower regarding their sexual abuse of children scandals, being in the united nations, having been started by a freemason (with proofs) and while i didn't write it as an "why i don't want to be a member anymore letter" no one would confuse it as a love letter either.

i don't answer to the watchtower's agents and they don't answer to me.. what is seemingly happening is that i have been followed since the letter was mailed to 4 ex-congregations i went to for long periods of time including the one i attended with my jw ex-wife.

i believe that i might now be getting stalked.
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U.N./WT (yes, I know it's overdone)
by Chameleon in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
hello.

i have a specific request.

i would like a link that shows that ngo requirements (for example, informing people about u.n. activities) haven't changed since the criteria was established, or at least that nothing has changed since 1991 or whenever the wt said it did.
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YAHWEH is BAAL
by sinis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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very interesting article.. http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?read=42815
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DID I TELL YOU I AM GETTING BAPTISED?
by orangefatcat in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
just in case i didn't mention it before, i am getting baptized in the anglican church on september the 24th.

this is my new beginning to a spirital awakening and i am so happy about it.

sharing with you all a happy moment in my life.