Topics Started by ANewLeif

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I scammed a Craigslist scammer!
by moshe in
1. social
2. humour
i had a dresser for sale on craigslist and as so often occurs some guy wants to buy it and have his shipper pick it up- i emailed him and told him that craigslist says he had the m-o of a crook.. he emails me back and say he is still interested and will pay the fullprice, so i changed the emailed header from re: dresser $55 to re: dresser $955 and emailed back was he ok with the price and how did he want to pay for it.

his english has the syntax of someone who uses it as a 2nd language- he never saw or the mentioned the price change i did!.

so, true to form he was going to send me a cashiers check - for $3000 and i was to keep out my money and then send a western union mailgram for the difference to the shipper in a city 300 miles away- .
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Christians could and did. Can JWs? Do they?
by ANewLeif in
1. watchtower
2. bible
there are many things the bible says christians could do and things the bible describes christians doing that, according to their doctrine, jws can't do.. christians could talk directly to jesus.

(acts 7:54-60; acts 9:3-16) can you?

christians could decide for themselves which days they chose to observe without any fear of religious retribution.
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IYO, what r the most problematic scripture(s) for dubs?...or lack there of
by *jeremiah* in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hey everyone,...in your opinion, (1) what scripture or passages in the bible completely go against jdub doctrine?

scriptures that the dubs really can't answer or really can't fit into their equation,...thus, they go unnoticed or avoided.

(2) or,...what scriptural proof should be in the bible to back their doctrinal claims.
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Why do dubs act as if 1975 wasn't failed prophesy or misleading?
by NotaNess in
1. jw
2. experiences
from the evidence i have found, it was all but etched in stone.

so why try and defend the wts by saying "they never stated armageddon would be in 1975", as one witness tried to throw back at me.. seems that you could show them all the evidence in the world of this false organization, and it will repel right off them.

is there some sort of "force field" kool-aid they're serving at the halls?.
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Maybe I should go back and be a good little dubbie again!!
by AK - Jeff in
1. jw
2. experiences
i believe that i am experiencing a profound change in my personality, and those changes are at a stage where i have honestly contemplated this recently.

honestly.. i don't think i could ever do it - anyone who has followed me on the boards here know that i am neither suicidal nor an apologist for that lot.

yet, having been off work for a few weeks now with surgical recovery, i have had time to make assessment of my future.
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Please "Study" With Jehovah's Witnesses, I beg you!
by AK - Jeff in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if you are a former jw, or just one who is interested enough in the cult to spend time here on jwd, i emplore you to accept a 'bible study' with jehovah's witnesses when they next call and offer.

by so doing, and having of course a full knowledge of the doctrines and practices they employ, you have a special opportunity!

you can use the study for the following;.
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Jesus never used the name Jehovah???
by Mrs Smith in
1. watchtower
2. bible
my hubby and i have been doing a lot of bible reading are we correct by saying that jesus never once used the name jehovah?

if the name is so important surely jesus would have used it?

the jw's say that jesus was the greatest teacher and that we should follow his example so why are they using a name that jesus did not once refer to.
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How do JWs explain John 20:28?
by Zico in
1. watchtower
2. bible
much is made of john 1:1 in trinitarian discussions and there's a lot of debate over how it should be correctly translated, depending on your particular bias on the jesus god issue, but surely there is no scripture more clear that jesus is god than the one where thomas directly calls him god in john 20:28?

27next he said to thomas: put your finger here, and see my hands, and take your hand and stick it into my side, and stop being unbelieving but become believing.28in answer thomas said to him: my lord and my god!

how do jehovah's witnesses deal with this scripture?
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Gore is no expert....
by Bryan in
1. jw
2. friends
a staunch critic of the climate change debate says al gore's oscar for his film an inconvenient truth makes a mockery of the awards.. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/423466/1005652.

a top hurricane forecaster called al gore "a gross alarmist" friday for making an oscar-winning documentary about global warming.. .

"he's one of these guys that preaches the end of the world type of things.
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"NWT emerges as the most accurate of the translations compared..." ???
by whereami in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is for all you scholars out there.

is this acurate?

please show examples were the nwt is clearly wrong.. .