I have seen this happen many times. Also, the circumstance, when a young man left JWs or disfellowshipped, had a girlfriend/new wife, would go back, & she became a JW & then not long after, he left the JWs again & her.
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5Dating/Witnessing to a Lapsed Jehovah's Witness
by Dogpatch ini thought this response was excellent from an anon friend who answered this question for me, since we get it all the time!
randy .
dating/witnessing to a lapsed jehovah's witnessletter from a person inquiring about dating a jehovah's witness:.
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"Knocking" discussed at Nat'l Constitution Center in PA
by Gayle innational constitution center podcast.
on may 8, 2007, knocking was screened for a full house at the national .
constitution center in philadelphia.
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NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER PODCAST
On May 8, 2007, KNOCKING was screened for a full house at the National
Constitution Center in Philadelphia. A live panel discussion followed,
moderated by Stephen Dunning, Chair of the Religious Studies program at the
University of Pennsylvania. Speakers included KNOCKING director Joel P.
Engardio and Daniel Mach, litigation director of the Freedom of Religion and
Belief program at the American Civil Liberties Union. Questions were taken
from the audience, which included many Jehovah's Witnesses. The discussion
was recorded and is now podcast for free, sponsored by the National
Constitution Center and the Annenberg Center for Education and Outreach. The
discussion runs 42 minutes. Click here to listen:
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Please post your comments at courierpostoneline.com today
by Gayle in.
http://www.courierpostonline.com:80/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20070609/living/706090312/1004.
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Is the 2008 version of the Watchtower really about saving money?
by neverendingjourney inwhen i first heard of the new watchtower arrangement, i immediately thought it was another in a long line of cost-cutting moves.
i thought they were interested in cutting the overall number of magazines they print every month.
so if they printed 20 million copies every 15 days, they could now print seven or eight million out of one of the monthly editions and cut over 10 million of magazines a month.
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Gayle
Long ago, when I was a pioneer, what helped my "return visit" reporting was calling back with the next two new issues of the month to place. So I had quite a developed "route" in which to place all those magazines. So, now with the less magazines to offer for the whole month, it seems there could be an impact with the magazine route process.
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Russia - Still King of the North
by proplog2 inwhen the berlin wall came down, even before the offical dissolution of the soviet union, the watchtower was quick to back away from the idea that russia was the king of the north.
nothing really changed.
true, there is an appearance of friendship and cooperation between russia and the us but russia is the one country that can totally destroy the usa.
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Gayle
nvgnbk,,thank you,,your witty humor is very healing to me!!!
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Gayle
Some things are definitely better, but we often only look at the bad things. Life span is better due to many medicines and better information for people to take better care of themselves thru maternity, infants, diabetics, heart, lungs (percentage less of smokers), aging issues. Most have plenty materially but some only dwell at what they don't have. More information on many things are ready available due to the internet,,Peace is only relative,,but we have had worst times as history proves,,someone said "history soon becomes a stranger."
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Russia - Still King of the North
by proplog2 inwhen the berlin wall came down, even before the offical dissolution of the soviet union, the watchtower was quick to back away from the idea that russia was the king of the north.
nothing really changed.
true, there is an appearance of friendship and cooperation between russia and the us but russia is the one country that can totally destroy the usa.
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Gayle
I am amazed at people who believed something so strongly about prophecy, realized it was totally wrong,,then turn around and want to re-state prophecy and want everyone to listen..the Bible life was thousands of year ago,,be very careful how you interpret,,actually I don't want someone's interpretation of prophecy at all! Burned once!
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Post A Comment at this article
by Gayle inhttp://www.courierpostonline.com:80/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20070609/living/706090311/1004 jehovah's witnesses hope to debunk myths about their faith.
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rita clement (far right) and jennifer difilippo lead the way while handing out pamphlets in gloucester township.
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http://www.courierpostonline.com:80/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070609/LIVING/706090311/1004 Jehovah's Witnesses hope to debunk myths about their faith
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Rita Clement (far right) and Jennifer DiFilippo lead the way while handing out pamphlets in Gloucester Township. Helping out are Raft Brown (from back), Joshua Saldana, Laverne Frisby and DiFilippo's daughter Samantha, 4. All are from Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pine Hill.
IF YOU GO
What: The 2007 "Follow the Christ!' District Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses
Where: The Sovereign Center Arena, 700 Penn St., Reading, Pa.
When: June 22 to 24; July 6 to 8, 20 to 22 and 27 to 29; Aug. 3 to 5, 10 to 12 and 24 to 26; and Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 from 9:30 a.m. each day, with intermission from noon and 2 p.m. The program will end in the late afternoon.
Cost: Free; no collection plates are passed.
Call (718) 560-5000 or visit http://www.watchtower.org/ and www. jw-media.org, the only two Web sites authorized by Jehovah's Witnesses.
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Saturday, June 9, 2007
By WILFORD S. SHAMLIN
Courier-Post StaffThe Jehovah's Witnesses shun celebrations of Christmas and Easter, two major holidays connected to Jesus Christ. That could be contributing to the perception that their denomination isn't a Christian religion.
A series of three-day district conventions being held over the course of the summer in Reading, Pa., should debunk that widely held notion. The theme is: "Follow the Christ!"
Jehovah's Witnesses in South Jersey are knocking on doors and inviting their neighbors to attend the convention, which will explain how following Bible principles that Christ promoted can help people improve their family life, draw closer to God and gain everlasting life, said Mark Weaver, a spokesman for the Reading conventions.
"We want to give everybody the opportunity to get what the Bible's really teaching and get what we learned," said Jennifer DiFilippo, 35, of Blackwood.
Rita Clement, 65, of Voorhees, added: "So many people claim to be Christian and to be Christian you have to be Christ-like and follow his example as set out in the Bible."
Clements said they are engaged in the disciple-making work, in imitation of Jesus Christ, offering Bible studies to all interested ones.
"Jesus Christ said, "Go make disciples,' " said another member, Raft Brown, 57, of Pine Hill. "Those were his parting words in Matthew 28:19, 20. We're inviting people to learn what the Bible has to say, what Christ has to say about the times we're living in."
DiFilippo, Clement and Brown are full-time "pioneers" in their congregation, volunteering 70 hours per month in the ministry work.
The Witnesses, which have more than 6.7 million members worldwide, are hoping to duplicate the success of last year's campaign advertising their "Deliverance at Hand!" convention.
That coordinated effort contributed to a sizable increase in convention attendance worldwide compared with the previous year's figures, according to the public information office for Jehovah's Witnesses.
This year's convention program will be held in more than 150 countries over the next few months. Organizers hope it will help those in attendance follow Christ's example and his teachings as closely as possible with the idea of becoming better individuals -- spouses, parents, youth, neighbors, employees and employers -- when they return home, they said.
"Witnesses consider Jesus as the greatest of Jehovah's Witnesses," according to one prepared statement.
Witnesses are inviting others to attend the annual convention so they can learn for themselves what the Bible says about Jesus' life and his teachings. The series kicks off June 22 to 24.
On Friday morning, a keynote address, "Jesus' Unique Role in Jehovah's Purpose," will set the tone of the entire convention. In the afternoon, there will be a series of talks on the topic, "Keep Christ's Mental Attitude In You."
The second day will encourage Witnesses to carry on their ministry in imitation of Christ. An afternoon program hopes to show how following Christ's example will lead to a happy family life, with emphasis on the role of husbands, wives, parents and children, organizers say.
On Sunday morning, Jesus' "Sermon on the Mount" will come under examination in a six-part symposium. There also will be a public talk debating the question: Who are the real followers of Christ?
The convention highlight will come Sunday afternoon, a traditional full-costume drama, based on Colossians 3:12, with a cast of more than 25 characters. It will focus on Gehazi, the greedy attendant of God's prophet Elisha. Reach Wilford S. Shamlin at (856) 486-2475 or [email protected]
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Do DF'd or DA'd people...
by Trippin2962 inget to talk to each other?
if two df'd people saw each other on the street and both knew the other was df'd or da'd would they speak to each other?.
they're already out of the borg at this point.
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Gayle
My sister-in-law's father wasn't disfellowshipped but lived in a small town, was talking to a disfellowshipped (for smoking) man about the real truth about the organization. The man went to the elders to report her father for talking apostate. The irony!
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paranoia strikes deep
by Hortensia ini was in line today at mcdonald's with intention of buying only the 69-cent diet soda and i thought about what the little girl taking the order would think - made me laugh to think about someone else's opinion of my cheap purchases.
then i remembered all the following that i used to believe because i was brought up in the org.:.
jehovah and the angels and jesus are always watching everything you do satan and the demons are always watching everything you do the world is always watching everything you do (everything had to be a "witness" for jehovah) the congregation is always watching everything you do (wouldn't want to "stumble" anyone)and they are all waiting for the least little error so they can pounce and condemn you to eternal destruction.. it's a wonder we aren't all completely crazy and paranoid..
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Gayle
So true, so true,, to have freedom that the devil is not under every rock paranoia is so refreshing!
