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  I am not a jehovah's Witness, so please take your time and explain this!!!!

  by kidder222 in

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  2. beliefs

  ok to begin i was born catholic, recently became intune with god, and now just believe in the holy scripture.

  but i have many question to you guys who are jehovah's witness'.

  many of the things i have read you believe in sound completely false, and ridiculous.

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  lighthouse19something

  An interesting point is jws use the fact that Jesus doesn't know the time to argue against the trinity, on your point #6, Jesus add free will to serve as a ransom or not. Fortunately, he did. On point #7, God expressed disappointments he has had in men, so we still have the power of choice, which God can be surprised or disapointed by.
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  How many JWs die for want of a blood transfusion?

  by Gill in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anyone have a rough or even accurate idea of how many jws lose their lives each year due to the no blood doctrine?.

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  lighthouse19something

  I've always want4ed to know if any GB members took blood, or did any die by refusing a transfusion.
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  Whats wrong with Hooters?

  by pobthespazz in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just been looking at an old post about "what jw's are not allowed to do " and one reply was not to eat at hooters, whats that about?.

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  lighthouse19something

  I just put that we weren't allowed to go to Hooters in jest. I didn't mean it to be taken seriously, the kh was close to Hooters,maybe I was told not to go there by people who didn't want to be seen there
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  Martial Arts – ultimate self-help system

  by zagor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after leaving j-dubs one of the first things i did was to enroll in kung fu martial arts school (and recently even started doing ninjutsu).

  it was one of the best decisions ive ever made, until recent times at least.. what ive quickly learned was that beauty of martial arts transcends physical skill and techniques.

  it is by no means only whole body workout; it is body and mind workout in its fullest sense.. to master advanced level of martial arts one cannot skip over underlying philosophy.

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  lighthouse19something

  Opps, I mis-read the subject as 'marital arts'
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  Name Some JW "Double Standards"

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's one: you can't give blood but you can take a blood fraction (which someone else has to give).

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  lighthouse19something

  Smokers are disfellowshipped, wts has stock in phillip morris tobbacco co.

  Can't join military, wts has 50% of the stock of Rand Cam, a miltary contractor

  Can't vote or be involved in politics, wts was a UN NGO MEMBER for 10 years
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  JWs in Field Service Today--Christmas.

  by M.J. in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i guess the local kh is doing a special field service outing today, which my wife will be a part of...on christmas morning.

  i think this is intrusive and disrespectful.. did any of you do fs on christmas?.

  is this a common thing among jws?

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  lighthouse19something

  I remember going when we lived in Arkansas, but didn't get past the 1st house, they were the most sociable people I ever met, It wasn't unusual to spend 2-3 hours in service and not get past 2-3 houses. Of course that was in1967, before people knew about all the mispredictions.
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  Pontius Pilate

  by lighthouse19something in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we i read about jesus' trail, it appears he had more compassion than the jews.

  jesus practicly told he powerless in the matter, that's when pilate washed his hands and disavowed responabilty for jesus' death.

  a clergyman said he had read that pilate later became a christian.

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  lighthouse19something

  We I read about Jesus' trail, it appears he had more compassion than the Jews. Jesus practicly told he powerless in the matter, that's when Pilate washed his hands and disavowed responabilty for Jesus' death. A clergyman said he had read that Pilate later became a Christian. What are your views.
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  "I wanted to throw the book across the room"

  by GetBusyLiving in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just read the topic "i thought i was alone" by newbie elinor.

  i found it interesting how he mentioned that he wanted to throw the daniel book "across the room" after reading some of the many misapplied prophecies concocted by the overlord's in brooklyn.

  when i was a jw i also fantasized at times of throwing the book across the room, but for me it was the revelation book over ten years ago.

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  lighthouse19something

  I disagreed with 'the family' book on many topics, funny my wife & I are married 27 years
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  what others think about jw

  by one in

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  http://www.redstate.com/stories/miscellanea/the_jehovahs_witnesses_have_finally_returned.

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  It might surprise wts that outside people don't think about them at all.
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  Utterances from the mouths of JW`s that prove they are in a cult. Any?

  by jambon1 in

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  2. friends

  quotes from the wt publications are indeed hair raising enough.

  but i find the utterances of jehovahs witnesses themselves to be even more intriguing.

  mainly because it shows just what kind of people the religion produces.. below are some that stand out to me in from my time in the organisation.

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  lighthouse19something

  I remember a in 1969, a jw said he was packing away canned goods in his attic.