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  I'm a little confused about this forum

  by gordon d in

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  i know that i'm new here...and maybe this topic has already been covered.

  i keep reading posts from members that make referrence to going to a meeting or going out in service..... holy crap?!?!?

  what percentage of the people here still actually consider themselves as witnesses?????

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  gordon d

  I know that I'm new here...and maybe this topic has already been covered.
  
  I keep reading posts from members that make referrence to going to a meeting or going out in service..... Holy Crap?!?!?
  
  What percentage of the people here still actually consider themselves as witnesses????? .... and WHY???
  
  Are people just going out of habit, desperation, for family/friends???
  
  I don't get it, how can someone post some of the things that they do and then go out knocking on doors?
  
  What do you say to the householder?
  
  If anyone can help me understand.... please do so.
  
  Gordon
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  Child abuse on WTS website

  by gordon d in

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  in light of the recent press against the wts on the issue of child abuse, i'm not sure if the posting on the wts site about sexual abuse of children is blatant hypocracy or an attept to show just how "bad" the problem is with other groups so that the few 100/1000 cases among dubs pales in comparison.

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  hello... mr. kettle, mr. pot here.... just thought you should know, you're black!

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  gordon d

  Hi Mary,
  I must be the only one here who hasn't seen the tract that everyone seems to mention....
  Does it differ from what's posted on the WTS website?
  
  I'd rather chew on aluminum foil than go to a KH.... do I need to go out looking for some pioneers to harass to get a copy?
  
  Gordon
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: Are They?

  by Honesty in

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  are jw's as reasonable as the watchtower society makes them out to be in its literature?.

  the reason i ask is because one of my clients was shocked when he found out i had once been a jw.. his response was, "i used to work with several jw's and they were the most unreasonable people i have ever known.

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  As a JW I would have been quick to defend the resonabilty... perhaps even the objectivity of the typical witness.
  But what do you expect?
  That sort of self-righteous crap was offered up in wretched excess.
  
  I distinctly remember at assemblies that the speaker would mention the many superior attributes of witnesses to the crowd of simpletons, sitting there, starving for any sort of ego stroking after hours of suffering through the convention.
  
  The techniques used were actually pretty ingenious, if not insidious..... (not original though).
  
  Lots of motivational speakers have used this technique....
  Tony Robbins
  Van Andel (amway)
  Dale Carnegie
  Zig Ziglar
  Hitler
  
  What else was so "up-lifting" about the assemblies? Hearing that the facility management loved JW's because we were so neat and orderly?
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  Child abuse on WTS website

  by gordon d in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  in light of the recent press against the wts on the issue of child abuse, i'm not sure if the posting on the wts site about sexual abuse of children is blatant hypocracy or an attept to show just how "bad" the problem is with other groups so that the few 100/1000 cases among dubs pales in comparison.

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  hello... mr. kettle, mr. pot here.... just thought you should know, you're black!

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  gordon d

  In light of the recent press against the WTS on the issue of child abuse, I'm not sure if the posting on the WTS site about sexual abuse of children is blatant hypocracy or an attept to show just how "bad" the problem is with other groups so that the few 100/1000 cases among dubs pales in comparison.
  
  Hello... Mr. Kettle, Mr. Pot here.... just thought you should know, You're black!
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  We went to church for the first time...

  by megsmomma in

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  ken...first i saw your post, and i am sorry the church you tried wasn't for you.

  i have been out of the jw's for about 7 1/2 years, and just now felt the urge to go to a church again....so take your time and do what feels right for you :) don't give up.....keep seeking, you will find.. so, about our experience...we went with a non-denominational.

  we went with a big place...it reminded me of how the jw's assembly halls are...the decor and the seating.....and the ammount of people.

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  Welcome to the "dark???" side....
  
  I'm so happy for you... Try not to let small doctrines stumble you. I'd rather worship with a group of humans that may not have everything "exactly perfect" and are willing to admit it and grow than with a group of hypocrites that are God's only mouthpiece and are completely irrefutable.... even on obvious errors.
  
  Can't you just feel the love? How refreshing!
  
  Gordon
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  Jesus Coming 7 Different Ways....Is this new light?

  by watson in

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  this is going around the "friend's" email circuit.

  is this new light from the governing body?

  dear family,.

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  BWWAHAAHAA!!!! BWAHAAA!!!!!! OUTSTANDING!!!!
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  If the "Kool-Aid" came out...

  by Justice-One in

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  i was wondering the other day how many would drink if the kool-aid came out at a future meeting?

  you know, they made an announcement that the faithfull and discreet slave had been told that we should all kill ourselves because jehovah did not see the need for us to endure through armageden.

  i wonder....30 percent?

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  The latest WT said to expect the great tribulation around 1/5/07 and the safest place to be was Fairbanks Alaska. Which WT was this???????
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  Jesus Coming 7 Different Ways....Is this new light?

  by watson in

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  this is going around the "friend's" email circuit.

  is this new light from the governing body?

  dear family,.

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  gordon d

  Okay... here goes.... "sung to the tune 50 way to leave your lover"
  
  I went out in service for a while the other day
  selling magazines to anyone who'd pay or wasn't gay
  thinkin to myself there must be a better way
  there must be 7 ways to make the rapture
  
  Just drop off a tract... Jack
  Have a book study... Buddy
  Go work at Bethel...Ethel
  Just 5 meetings a week
  
  Just don't make a fuss...Gus
  and don't ever discuss much
  Just repeat after me... Lee
  Publications ain't free!
  
  Hope ya like....Gordon
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  Jesus Coming 7 Different Ways....Is this new light?

  by watson in

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  this is going around the "friend's" email circuit.

  is this new light from the governing body?

  dear family,.

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  bwahaaahaaa.... c'mon....Keep going.....
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  Jesus Coming 7 Different Ways....Is this new light?

  by watson in

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  this is going around the "friend's" email circuit.

  is this new light from the governing body?

  dear family,.

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  gordon d

  Hey Leolaia... since when did that sort of thing ever slow the WTS down.... Cool maybe we'll get a "New" New World Translation!!!