Honey, there ain't nothin normal bout normal. Welcome to the board. I am new here too and let me tell you there is a wealth of good here. Take what you want and leave the rest.
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Posts by BFD
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by White Dove ini might have posted an intro in the wrong place so i will try again.
i have two kids, a girl and a boy, and am in college full time studying sociology (at least that is what i'm supposed to be doing instead of talking to you.
i prefer talking to you).
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Trinity?
by BFD ini am reading the bible for the first time.
i was df'd in 1976 and lived my whole life thinking the jws have the truth and i just could not live up to the standard and was doomed to die at the big a without question.
until i found jwd 31 years later.
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I guess I should've known I would open a can of worms with this topic but I'm glad I did. I like what you said, Greendawn.
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Christians - Does a JW baptism count as Christian?
by AK - Jeff ini tend to accept that mine did - i was baptised prior to the changes that made one a 'watchtower disciple'.
my dedication was and is to god - prob the reason i am finally out.. opinions?.
jeff .
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I tend to rely on my first baptism although I don't remember being there. But when I got baptised at bethel it was for all the wrong reasons so it was not Christian for me.
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I just got fired and I may not have enough money to go to Italy
by tsunami_rid3r ini just got fired from my job as a waiter because she said i sucked or something along those lines.
i have a week before the fee is due, which is $1,700, and thats not including the plane ticket, my digging equipment, and extra spending money.
i already made a $300 deposit, and $1,700 is only for 3 weeks.
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Wow life can really suck sometimes. But if you think your vocals are strong enough look into auditions with local bands or something like that. Or, go to Italy and see if you can work over there while donig your field studies. I don't know, man I'm sure you'll be OK you can work this one out. If you decide to go do your field studies maybe by the time you return your parents will lighten up a bit.
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Hiring a new fellow today and they must be white.
by hambeak inas some of you know i am a manager of an auto repair place that does it all.. the owner is ethiopian and hates blacks.
i had a great guy there who is black and did a great job.
the owner absolutely was rude and nasty to him calling him an animal and ordered him fired because he was slow in getting things done.. i am caught in the middle cuz i need my job to pay the bills so no more black or mexican workers just white folks even though most i have seen are not motivated or see something that has to be done so now i am a baby sitter and have to let them know what has to be done every minute of the day.. oh well such is the life working for foreigners here in the usa..
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We certainly do live in a melting pot. I need an oil change.
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How to answer?
by carla inwhen talking to non jw's and telling them that jw's believe everybody else will be destroyed at the big a for not being a jw and they say they just asked a jw this and the jw said that no they don't believe this, how do i answer without going through the 125+ years of literature?
the jw may even say that is a lie spread by apostates to make them look bad or they are evil, couldn't live up to bible standards, ..... you know the drill.
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Last year, my JW mom answered the question by saying only Jehovah knows what's in your heart and she believes that not all non-JWs will be destroyed. She also stated it is not a JW belief that only JWs will survive the big A. So this begs the question, "Why listen to the GB if you have love for God in your heart?" I never did get a chance to ask her that question as I don't think that fast when I talk with her. Maybe next time, if ever.
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Trinity?
by BFD ini am reading the bible for the first time.
i was df'd in 1976 and lived my whole life thinking the jws have the truth and i just could not live up to the standard and was doomed to die at the big a without question.
until i found jwd 31 years later.
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Thank you all for posting your comments. But it seems now I am more confused than before, because apparently there is no way to tell which version of the Bible is the right one. It reminds me of what I read at Revelation 22:18-19.
If people have added to and taken away from the original text, what's the real message? Regardless, I think I will continue reading at my own pace and try and come to some sort of conclusion. Or is this an exersise in futility?
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I saw red
by DanTheMan inthis morning i went to the break room at work to get a cup of coffee.
a jw lady from the cong that i da'd from 5 years ago was in there.
normally she doesn't say anything to me, but today she smiles big at me and says in a sing-song voice, "he-ey, the memorial, april 7th!".
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It's the smirky smile that get me all the time.
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Trinity?
by BFD ini am reading the bible for the first time.
i was df'd in 1976 and lived my whole life thinking the jws have the truth and i just could not live up to the standard and was doomed to die at the big a without question.
until i found jwd 31 years later.
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XJW4EVR - Thanks Mr. Nitpicky. I also mis-spelled earlier. Did you notice? Why do you suggest the gospel s? in that order?
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Urban Legends in the JWs
by Country Girl inwhat was your favorite urban legend whilst you were in the jws that you now know to be just a buncha hullaballoo?
my favorite one was when a child brought a smurf doll to the kingdom hall and that thing just got up and went screaming out of the kingdom hall on its' own two feet.
i cracked up on that one.. .
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I don't really remember any but dear god did people actually believe that one about the smurf doll? What a bunch of crackpots!
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