Posts by expatbrit

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H20 Thinks Biggest Is Best.

by Englishman in

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when i first posted on this site, there were, i think, around 300 registered users.

now the number of registered users is about to reach 1000 in the very near future.

over on h20 the numbers have decreased, but the community owner, rick, appears to be mesmerised by the idea that it is still much bigger, and biggest is best, as this excerpt from a recent post shows:.

expatbrit

Englishman:

I registered first on H2O, but was soon won over by this place. You know why?

Because it had the same feel as my old local pub back in Blighty! You could go there, enjoy some jokes and some good conversation, even have a comfortable disagreement, because you knew that people could be your friends without having to agree with absolutely everything you said!

Plus you knew that, disagreement or not, you'd always end up laughing hysterically and throwing peanuts at each other.

Mostly, the posters here are the same "comfortable" types.

Expatbrit (God I miss pubs!)

56

Why I Think Its The Truth!

by normie67 in

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this is normie thoughts on the threads about the truth..... i have huge doubts about a lot of things about the org.

i have been a jw for 20 yrs and still active(family reasons).

but nobody but nobody has refuted to my mind, the fact nobody does the evangelizing work jesus did.

expatbrit

Normie:

An interesting post.

Some questions:

1 - Why are you sure that the society's evangelizing work is the same one Jesus did?

2 - Is the WTS sole goal to help people to know the bible, or to know WT publications? What about societies that publish the bible exclusively? Is not their goal as worthy as the WTS's?

3 - The WTS may have laid claim to trying to bring others to Christ, but are they really doing so, given the discrepancies you have found?

Expatbrit

16

Serena Williams

by expatbrit in

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from the bbc:.

serena williams showed real maturity to come from behind and win the indian wells title with a 4-6 6-4 6-2 victory over rising star kim clijsters in front of a hostile crowd.

the younger of the williams' sisters incurred the wrath of the crowd because of her route to the final - elder sister venus pulled out of the their semi-final with a knee injury.

expatbrit

Hi Seven:

Not really into tennis, so the racism thing isn't an area I can comment on. I have heard of and seen John McEnroe however. Amusing how he's commenting on others' behaviour (it's the PITS).

My interest in the subject is because the Williams sisters are apparently saying and doing things that would get the average JW in a whole lot of trouble, and not seeing any repercussions. Serena's comment is a good example of this.

Either the WT has a double standard, or they're simply scared of the media exposure and have chickened out on the "shepherding", imo.

Btw, did you know that one of the great traditions of Wimbledon is how the BBC commentary box always gets filled up with British players eliminated in the early rounds? That's why aunty Beeb has such good tennis coverage!

Expatbrit

16

Serena Williams

by expatbrit in

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from the bbc:.

serena williams showed real maturity to come from behind and win the indian wells title with a 4-6 6-4 6-2 victory over rising star kim clijsters in front of a hostile crowd.

the younger of the williams' sisters incurred the wrath of the crowd because of her route to the final - elder sister venus pulled out of the their semi-final with a knee injury.

expatbrit

From the BBC:

Serena Williams showed real maturity to come from behind and win the Indian Wells title with a 4-6 6-4 6-2 victory over rising star Kim Clijsters in front of a hostile crowd.
The younger of the Williams' sisters incurred the wrath of the crowd because of her route to the final - elder sister Venus pulled out of the their semi-final with a knee injury.
In a patchy match between two players tipped to dominate the womens' game for years to come, Williams' greater experience was the significant factor.
"I would like to thank my God, Jehovah, for giving me the strength to compete today since you guys were a little tough on me today," said Williams, who picks up a check of $330,0000.

Jehovah gave her the strength to compete? Isn't this the chick who sang the US national anthem at the Olympics?
You would think she'd be getting some serious chats in the library coming her way.

Expatbrit

Edited by - expatbrit on 18 March 2001 12:34:57

2

Japan

by OrangeBlossom in

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someone recently posted, either here or h20, about the decline of number of congregations in japan.

it was startling.

does anyone remember that?

expatbrit

OrangeBlossom:

This site has some very good stats: [url] http://www.jwic.com/stat.htm[/url]

Also # of congs for last three years as follows, per yearbooks:
1998 service year: 3802
1999 service year: 3732
2000 service year: 3538

Expatbrit

Edited by - expatbrit on 18 March 2001 10:32:31

20

Introducing.... me

by Gopher in

i discovered this site about 3 weeks ago, and have been watching closely.

i sure am impressed!

for the most part, the people out here treat each other the way i had hoped those inside the new world society would.

expatbrit

Hi Gopher:

Sounds like you've had a tough year. I'm glad you're hanging in there. We share some circumstances, such as being 3rd gens, and about to go through the whole family reaction thing.

This board is a great place. Stick around and let us know how things are going!

Hold on! Wait a minute! He said "Jehovah", he said "Jehovah"!!...

Expatbrit, having a Monty Python moment.

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Three reasons why we believe The Jehovah's Witness

by Enchanter in

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three reasons why we believe the jehovah's witnesses have the truth.. 1. we will live forever in paradise and watch everything die over and over.. 2. because we don't trust our familymembers or friends who were very close to us, are apostates now.

but the governing body, who we don't know at all, trust our lives to and do everything they say.. 3. governing body can't find willing women to have oral sex with.

so nobody can.. enchanter

expatbrit

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

Expatbrit

17

Masturbation

by CoolBreeze in

the title of this thread was one of the stumbling blocks of my study.

as a single full time father(with no time for dating)of a soon to be tenage son this was a major point of imprt to me.

the point came up during a discussion on porneia(sp?).

expatbrit

Nothin' wrong with a good fertility ritual!

Where's my antlers....

Expatbrit

10

Watchtower's "Motto"...

by Tallyman in

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...which most present-day kultists don't know about.... here_ya_go* http://www.intrex.net/tallyman/wtmotto.html.

...which is another big fat joke!.

edited by - tallyman on 17 march 2001 14:13:55

expatbrit

LurkerNoMore:

I can't believe what I'm reading here.

What are you trying to accomplish?

Expatbrit

10

The arrogance of the "True Believer"

by Norm in

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both political and religious true believers often distinguish themselves by their limitless arrogance towards people who dare hold different opinions from them.

every thing has to be done on their terms; people who think differently cant expect to have the same rights as those who consider themselves true believers.

in this way a elite is created a kind of spiritual master race.

expatbrit

P.S. er, actually I didn't read Norm's post properly first time around. So thanks to Norm for finding the quote, and thanks to Somebody for highlighting it to an unobservant dummy!

Expatbrit.

Edited by - expatbrit on 17 March 2001 20:42:1