Posts by NanaR

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I see that I can post on JWN now!

by AK - Jeff in

please do not try it - the balance of the thread will explain.

i am locking this thread and letting it fade away, but those who read it should see that there are some problems by some that i did not experience before i posted the thread.

i have notified admin to address the email/identity issues.

Scan of May 1974 Kingdom Ministry needed

by NanaR in

does anyone have a scan of the may 1974 kingdom ministry article "how are you using your life?".

i have the cd and the text of the article, but if i can get an actual scan that would be helpful.. thanks!.

ruth.

NanaR

Thanks Oompa!!

Some of the links still work, and others don't. I emailed Cabasillas about the *.pdf he posted, and also downloaded the others.

I got married in April 1974, and this May 1974 KM is perfectly representative of the kind of mindset that prevailed then.

Ruth

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Scan of May 1974 Kingdom Ministry needed

by NanaR in

does anyone have a scan of the may 1974 kingdom ministry article "how are you using your life?".

i have the cd and the text of the article, but if i can get an actual scan that would be helpful.. thanks!.

ruth.

NanaR

Does anyone have a scan of the May 1974 Kingdom Ministry article "How Are You Using Your Life?". I have the CD and the text of the article, but if I can get an actual scan that would be helpful.

Thanks!

Ruth

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I left a Jehovah's Witness in a quandry.

by orangefatcat in

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a couple of days ago i was coming home from church, in the afternoon, upon entering the building i saw one on of my neighbours sitting in the foyer, she also attends the same church as i do.

i felt as if someone was behind me and i looked up to see and i was right there was a person and she was a jehovah's witness.

she attended the same hall as i did but a different cong.

JWD is Back And So Am I! NEW VIDEOS

by V in

thanks simon for continuing this forum!.

new www.watchtowercomments.com video series in progress here (parts 1 & 2 so far):.

question jehovah's witnesses: no blood?.

NanaR

V:

You're wonderful!!

I wish my husband would watch your videos.

Ruth

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JW Answers: Two Minutes To Live ...

by sacolton in

if a non-jw had two minutes to live ... how would he/she receive salvation?.

the jw answer from another forum:.

as far as your two minutes left to live.

NanaR

Whereas Christians know that they should spend those two minutes praying like crazy!

The Watchtower idea that God had to give all these people "second chances" because he couldn't decide if they were good or not is just nuts. Individual judgment, for good or evil, takes place at the time a person dies. Our Lord can read the heart. He doesn't need a thousand years to make up his mind.

Pax,

Ruth

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Why the hey did we not WALK away in 1995?? the gen. thing

by oompa in

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i remember arguing with a bethel elder friend of mine during a long ride to an assembly about the"new light" in 1995....that the generation of 1914 is not the "this generation" that jesus referred to: .

(luke21:32)32 truly i say to you, this generation will by no means pass away until all things occur.

yep....pretty damm simple to me for 45 years...the generation that sees all the "signs" will not die before armageddon....thus we honest hearted ones pleaded with our back calls, or return visits to study with us before it is too late!....the time is soooo short, cause these 1914 folk are gettin damm old!....hurry in and be saved!.

NanaR

That was the first district assembly I ever missed -- and I missed it because my husband was losing his job and we did not have funds to go.

I became inactive the following year, but it didn't have anything to do with the "generation" belief -- I never really understood the 1995 revision, and still can't explain it.

Actually, the 1992 flip flop on education affected me more. In 1992 they came out with a brochure that basically recommended that parents provide some sort of post-secondary education for their children. It made me furious because my oldest daughter was already in middle school and we had made NO provisions for our children to go to college due to the previous Watchtower stand.

After my husband's plant shut down, he started college and I followed a semester later. We both have Associate Degrees, but hubby turned down a full scholarship to get a Bachelor's degree and took a job instead. All our kids got some college thanks to finanacial aid, but none of them have yet earned a degree.

When I look back on what I believed and taught as a Witness, I find it hard to comprehend how I ever thought JWs had "the truth".

Pax,

Ruth

Concentrating on looking forward rather than backward...

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Would You Wear A Cross Now?

by minimus in

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......or would that still bother you a bit?

NanaR

Yes. I wear the cross or the crucifix.

Ruth

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email I received from a JW

by jwfacts in

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most of the emails i receive to jwfacts.com are from doubting jws wanting to express their appreciation for the information.

occasionally i receive emails from active jws and although a couple have engaged in intelligent conversation, the following email i received this morning is a very good example of what jws send me.

you're bloody liars, go learn the real truth!.

NanaR

An excellent and balanced response, jwfacts.

Ruth

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It's my 2 year anniversary on JWD

by NanaR in

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i had been lurking for a few weeks here.

i had been an inactive jw for about 10 years at that point, and had been investigating catholicism for about a year.. i came to jwd from the timothy campbell site beyond jehovah's witnesses.

i was looking for all the reasons the jws had to be wrong, so i could convince my husband and children.. i found leolaia and amazing and cabasillas and atlantis and narkissus and others whose great research gave me so much to ponder about.

NanaR

Thanks Stilla!!

Ruth