Topics Started by mama bear

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Can't pray for disfellowship person
by GramblingMan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i just learn from my wife and step-kids that you (jw) can't pray for someone that is disfellowshipped.

is this true, if so can someone explain and show scriptures as to how they apply it?
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What the hell is the WTS saying about evolution now?
by Santisimo in
1. watchtower
2. bible
did anyone read the recent wts "special article" about creation and evolution?

i read it and fell of my freaking seat.

get this, the wts now believes (and yes, they want everyone to agree or else) that god created the universe billions of years ago and that nothing was created in six days as shown in genesis!.
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Second school "in the back." Is this the JW version of the short bus?
by MinisterAmos in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
some congos stage a second school in the baby room while the main hall is used for the big boy school.. i've noticed (and voiced to the school overseer last night) that only the "popular" jws are used in the main school while the ones with problems always get stuck in the back.

he confirmed that this was planned, and that it was to avoid embarrassing certain brothers and sisters who might be uncomfortable in front of a larger group.

seems pretty loving to me as long as you don't mind that the dozen moms with 30 or so kids have to wait outside in the cold periodically because the room built and designed specifically for them is in use.. actually if they can't stand listening to some people and feel the need to stick them in the back rather than give them full participation rights, then maybe it's time to re-think the whole deal.. forgot: he referred to the main hall school as "the a team".
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Still doing Book studies before you left?
by truthsearcher in
1. jw
2. friends
i just wondered how many of you were still doing books studies with potential converts and door to door work when you had already decided the organisation was not the truth?

how did this feel?

did you alter your approach?
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How many eJW forums do you belong to ?
by vitty in
1. jw
2. friends
i am registered to about maybe 4 but only look at the others quickly, to see whats going on.

i usually spend my time here.. the big thing i started to notice is that it is always the same dozen or so peeps, i couldnt see the point in going from one forum to the other as they are all talking about the same thing (or poster).

so if you go regular to other forums how do you keep up with all the in fighting (which really puts me off) and the continual banter between the select few.. what do you get out of other ex jw forums that you dont get from here ?????.
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The pressures of Jehovah's Witness life
by The wanderer in
1. jw
2. friends
 the pressures of jehovah's witness life monday was set aside to study for the tuesday night.

meeting.

wednesday was study night for the theo-.
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I can't understand why the Witnesses think that the entire World is evil
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
in their black and white world, the jw's think that everything that isn't jw is evil.. every day, i visit my dad at a nursing home, a place where dying people go, and i see so many good people, many volunteers, helping out the sick and dying.

witnesses may preach and know their bible better than the average person.

but i prefer people who don't know their bible as well, but have a heart and donate to the poor or help the sick and have compassion.. maybe one day when the average age of witnesses will be higher, maybe they will start to understand that there is more than preaching.
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Strange picture In J W publication
by BluesBrother in
1. watchtower
2. bible
.this "new world scene " is from p 190 of the "bible teach " book dated 2005.. it is just a joke.

they have transformed their key belief into a cartoon type kiddies scene.

is there no thought of child safety?
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Does God have any one organized religion he supports?
by general in
1. jw
2. friends
this is an open ended question meant to iniate a debate.. .

general .
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What Do People Hate Most About JWs???
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i think most "worldly" people consider jws a nusiance---especially on a saturday morning!

they hate being bothered by peddlers at their door.

some people can't stand the witnesses' smugness and self righteous attitude.