Hi Mel, welcome to the board and you will get plenty of good info here on how to fade or not be DF'd unless you let it out who you are but the more you associate with them the more grounds you give them for further action.
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Just thought I'd say hello
by TinyDancer124 ini've been a lurker for awhile.
thought i'd finally introduce myself.
my boyfriend is agnostic and hates jws (or "johos," as he calls them) and i just feel so torn.
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What happens at the Memorial?
by emilyblue incan someone tell me what exactly to expect at the memorial thing tonight?
i have never been and don't really want to go, but i also want to satisfy my curiosity about what happens there.
i know i can't eat the bread or drink the wine.
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avidbiblereader
Expect a lot of smiling faces and remember what the song says about smiling faces
Smiling faces, smiling faces, tell lies.
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What are YOU passionate about?
by lonelysheep inok, so we all know the wt used to be our passion till that died!.
what are you passionate about today?
kids are an automatic, and so are spouses for some people.. i'm referring to your interests that make up the core of you..
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avidbiblereader
Besides the wife, kids and grandkids
I love to study and read the Bible every morning,
I love to play golf, about 3-4 times a week, travel and especially cruising, I love to eat, I have a huge appetite, I love to workout and exercise, biking, and I love a clean house.
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What is up with the Guinness?
by BlackSwan of Memphis inok, i was just reading penny's thread regarding dealing with the invites and noticed decki's post about guinness.
the other day one of our posters started a thread about dealing with her hubby and drinking guinness.. i am so on a guinness kick at the moment.
it's tasting soo yummy.
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avidbiblereader
Ya know I have heard that before. I was actually reading it a few months ago. You probably feel way lighter and have more energy I bet!!
I definitely feel better and especially if my eating is off for a little while, but I am definitely lighter by 8 pounds and will gain about 3-4 back, but my cruise is coming in less then two weeks and I am good for a pound a day for sure.
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NEED HELP: What's wrong with CURRENT Borg policy on molestation?
by Open mind inok, first off, please don't shoot the messenger here.
the dateline show on jws hiding pedophiles was one of several "defining moments" in my process of questioning "the truth".
it disgusted me.
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avidbiblereader
Best to use the scriptures and let them apply where they may
Matt 7:15-20 15 “Be on the watch for the false prophets that come to YOU in sheep’s covering, but inside they are ravenous wolves. 16 By their fruits YOU will recognize them. Never do people gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles, do they? 17 Likewise every good tree produces fine fruit, but every rotten tree produces worthless fruit; 18 a good tree cannot bear worthless fruit, neither can a rotten tree produce fine fruit. 19 Every tree not producing fine fruit gets cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Really, then, by their fruits YOU will recognize those [men].
Matt 6:23 23 but if your eye is wicked, your whole body will be dark. If in reality the light that is in you is darkness, how great that darkness is!
Amplified Tran 1 Cor 4:5 5 So do not make any hasty or premature judgments before the time when the Lord comes [again], for He will both bring to light the secret things that are [now hidden] in darkness and disclose and expose the [secret] aims (motives and purposes) of hearts. Then every man will receive his [due] commendation from God.
Gala 6:7 7 Do not be misled: God is not one to be mocked. For whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap;
The Bible speaks for itself and they are reaping what they have sown, or at least starting to be exposed for what they are, darkness with their teachings and conduct. Get out of her my people Rev 18
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Could they change the 1914 doctrine this way?
by AK - Jeff ina friend and i were discussing the possible means by which the wts could drop 1914, the last remaining significant prophetic flop-date to which they cling.
i believe they will feel compelled to do so, and i believe they will do so within the next 5 years.
they tend to drop significant prophecies before crucial anniversaries that make them a clear laughingstock.
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avidbiblereader
They pulled 1919 out of a hat without having any scriptural backing whatsoever. And people swallowed it.
Kind of like the trumpet blasts in Rev and all these signigicant things just meaning assemblies and resolutions.
I think the 1914 date is going to be too hard to pull off, almost everything they teach hinges on this teaching, this is equivelant to churches changing the Trinity,but great writing Jeff.
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Why am I still surprised at these?
by OnTheWayOut incompound complex has a thread that starts with the words persecution wanes.
in it he states:.
"after the judge's death, as world war ii was ending and persecution against the witnesses began declining, along .
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avidbiblereader
No offense and with all due respect, Jesus words at Matt 14:31b is appro
“You with little faith, why did you give way to doubt?”
Nothing anymore that I read is surprising, except that people are not leaving in droves.
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Who decides which elder should contact you?
by JH inlast week, and elder phoned me to encourage me to go to the memorial.
since years, it was the older elders who tried to bring me back, now this year, it's an old friend, who happens to be an elder, that phoned me.
he didn't phone me in 15 years although he is an elder since 10 years.. i,m sure he didn't just decide out of the blue to phone me.
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avidbiblereader
In theory
Good point, There is a lot in that religion that is in theory, such as love for the brothers and their fellow man.
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What is up with the Guinness?
by BlackSwan of Memphis inok, i was just reading penny's thread regarding dealing with the invites and noticed decki's post about guinness.
the other day one of our posters started a thread about dealing with her hubby and drinking guinness.. i am so on a guinness kick at the moment.
it's tasting soo yummy.
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avidbiblereader
Past that, I end up with huge headaches.
That are some of the toxins being release in your body as your body is trying to feed, best to drink plenty of water and flush them, or in your case plenty of Guiness.
I feel pretty good, lost 8 pounds and am looking forward to having my first bite in 72 hours prior to my personal memorial.
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What would you recommend to Memorial Lurkers?
by AK - Jeff inthis is your chance to give some advice to lurkers who may need the courage to push the envelope.. my advice; read raymond franz's books, crisis of conscience and in search of christian freedom.. raymond is not the frothing-at-the-mouth rabid apostate you have been lead to believe he is.
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avidbiblereader
Thanks Jeff, it is equivolent to taking something out on someone who bought you the best gift because someone else did something to you, that we choose to join or accept.
They have been more misaligned and misrepresented than anything that they have done to me, I acutally feel sorry for the way They have been reproached.
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