Posts by boyzone

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Two Elder`s cane to my door the other day

by is there help out there in

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the first thing i showed them was a wt picture of what is going to happen to us poor worldly people at the big "a".

i realy ratteled his cage when i asked him if i could borrow his copy of pay attation to your self and your flock.

he then asked where i heard about this book.

Who left the Borg in 2007

by WT=watchtrouble in

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just curious to see who else left in the same year as me.

and how are things for you now.. it has been 2 1/2 years since i left and damn time has gone fast.

i now have heaps of fun.

boyzone

Hiya

I DA'd in 2007, found the shunning hard to cope with but life is GREAT now! Love my job, my friends, my family. Yep, BEST decision I ever made.

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'Aussie Aussie Aussie.....'

by wantstoleave in

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..........fill in the blanks .

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(just giving a shout out to all the aussies on the board).

boyzone

coooeeeeee!

Does having an aussie passport count? Anybody know the Kalamunda congregation in Perth?

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After 3 yrs, 2 mos......MY WIFE HAS AWAKENED!!! JOIN US IN A TOAST!

by Open mind in

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words fail me.. .

om & wife!.

boyzone

Fantastic News OM! I hope she reads and reads. CoC was pivotal for me and once read, cant be unread. Pandora's box is opened!

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Dumbest Awake Title Ever?

by metatron in

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i hold in my hand the nov. awake magazine entitled "technology - blessing or curse?"..

now, i understand the need for balance and moderation in using technology, as the magazine says - but could they come up with a more intelligent sounding title?

it makes the question sound as if abandoning technology might be a solution, a considered choice, a real possibility.

boyzone

Help! We are Aliens! from the 8th May 92 Awake

and

Noah's Log. WT May 15th 2003

Both titles caused hilarity over here in the UK, talk about lost in translation!

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Excommunication in the scriptures...

by cognac in

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it seems to me that the following would be reasons for excommunication in the scriptures as long as the person was flagrant and unrepentant in this regard:.

1 cor.

5:10 a brother who is a:.

boyzone

Yes, thanks AGuest, I enjoyed reading your posts.

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Apostanoodle London Wed 4th November 2009

by sweet pea in

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i'm coming back to the uk and will be in town for the 4th november (unfortunately besty and the podlets won't be coming with me) but i would love to meet up with y'all.

especially as i missed the last one.

so, who's up for wagamama's, covent garden, on wednesday 4th november 2009.

boyzone

Sounds fun, count me in! ( where's wagamama's - in the main plaza?)

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What if those df'd......could they?

by angel eyes in

i've recently seen that some teaching have changed.

so my question is, if someone was df'd for instance for divorcing there partner for having gay relations and this was years ago when there wasnt grounds for it, so they were df'd, if now because the understanding has changed, could they appeal and be reinstated with a public apology?.

boyzone

For Angel Eyes, some Watchtower articles for you to look up on the subject of rape.

http://www.qwotes.info/rape_is_fornication.htm

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What do you make of the Alpha Course?

by boyzone in

i've recently been invited to attend an alpha course at my local baptist church and for the last 2 weeks i've gone along.

its all been very amiable and pleasant until this week.

the subject was "why and how should i pray?

boyzone

Chalam

Thank you for your advice. Your reply in essence is saying, "trust God and he'll answer you". Well from my point of view it'd be better if he answered me first then I might be able to trust him - do you see what I mean?

AnnOmaly

Thanks for the quote, especially the last sentence - definately food for thought!

Narkissos

Thank you for relating your experience with this. Did you really think God lead people in opposite directions? Wow, thats quite a thought isn't it?

If thats a possibility, then I can't really generalise my dilemma with just 3 options. Every individual and situation is different and (if what you surmise is correct) God acts according to those individual circumstances even leading them to experience what ultimately turns out to be false, and then, when the time is right, leads them out.

I truly feel I was led out of the WT Society. Still to this day I can't explain how scripture after scripture would come to my mind and completely demolish some "truth" I thought was set in stone. 144,000, 1914, 2 classes of christians etc. It all happened so quickly too, in a matter of a few days, my belief system had been dismantled and my eyes opened, just be re-reading certain scriptures that I thought I knew so well. Yet I wasn't seeking to prove JW's wrong, I just was reading the bible without "watchtowerizing" the text.

So perhaps God did lead me in - and when the time was right for me, led me out too. Hmmm, something I gotta chew over. Thanks again for your input.

BZ

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What do you make of the Alpha Course?

by boyzone in

i've recently been invited to attend an alpha course at my local baptist church and for the last 2 weeks i've gone along.

its all been very amiable and pleasant until this week.

the subject was "why and how should i pray?

boyzone

Hi all and thank you for your varied responses. I must admit that the "it was a coincidence" option still sits as the most logical for me but I also take on board what Snowbird and Chalam have stated. It could be God allowing the Witnesses to call just at that moment as a way of leading me to this point, but the affects of that knock on the door didn't just adversely influence me but also my husband, our 4 kids, the relationship with my siblings, my in-laws and my parents. Would God really have manouvered such a long-winded lesson involving so many people just so I can learn from the experience and help others?

Somehow it just doens't sit right that God would do that especially as the whole experience has turned my hubby and kids completely away from religion. They won't touch it with a bargepole.

So I'm now thinking, if the coincidence option is the right one, why didn't God answer my prayer at all? If He wasn't involved in the fateful knock on the door, why not? After all, I had prayed for help and support, I was already a christian and had faith and I needed Him right then. Why didn't God answer me?

I guess I'm really having trouble with my faith until I can get some straight answers. As Alltimejeff aptly said recently on another thread, " God better start showing up!".

Judge Dread: You really think Satan can hear prayers? Do you think the bad guy sent them to my door? Can you give me any scriptures that show this as a possibility as I can't think of any myself.

Nelly136: Hiya. Yep we eat before the video and discussion. I still haven't made up my mind whether to go tomorrow night or not.