Topics Started by Bob Loblaw

12
Why couldn't I have been a Mormon?!
by Amber Rose in
1. jw
2. friends
i watched the first part of the frontline special on mormons last night and i just visited the website.

mormons are so much cooler than jws.

they have a bloody history, pride in their ancestory and their temples are beautiful!
22
I Need A Comeback Statement
by journey-on in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when i suggested to my jw sister that the wts has caused so much pain and division in our family, she told me it was because my brothers and i had made the choice to leave.

we were responsible for the division---not the society.

we are the ones that chose to leave the love and protective shelter of jehovah's organization and we are the ones that have the choice to return to the fold.. i need an intelligent comeback, preferably one that will plant a seed, not one too sarcastic.
27
Will there be death in paradise?
by Bob Loblaw in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so, from what i remember,...after armageddon, those righteous jw's who make it through will have to clean up the utter devestation.

imagine 9/11 on a world-wide scale.

they also (from what i remember) will not be miraculously perfect right away.
13
A ex-jws friend told me that she thinks JW's will accept the "mark". How?
by booker-t in
1. jw
2. friends
a good friend of mine that is an ex-jws and now is a born again christian told me that she thinks that the wt society will demand jw's to accept the "mark" of the beast.

i was wondering how would this happen?

will jw's that get baptized at assemblies have to say some sort of "heil the wt society" or will they somehow denounce jehovah and jesus and praise the gb?
1320
YOUR DAILY JOURNAL
by compound complex in
1. jw
2. friends
dear friends,.

much of what we do on a daily basis is routine and of no particular, earth-shaking importance.

however, after reviewing letters of family going back to wwii, it is fascinating to read what dad was doing on board the aircraft carrier in the pacific on any old day, what mom was cooking on her ever-steaming range, how i was dealing with the roller coaster of emotion at bethel [mom saved all my letters], how nana wrote that she would not study with the witnesses [per my request] but 'here are some mittens i knitted for you when you canvass new york with your magazines.
53
Taking predictions for the 2007 memorial partakers!!
by cultswatter in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm doing this well in advance so that all the wonderful people on jwd can look back later and see just how close they were to the actual number!

(it is possible the wts might stop publishing the partaker numbers) in a few days, i will duly record the link to this thread for future reference.. remember that there were 8524 partakers in 2005 and 8758 partakers in 2006, an increase of 234 partakers.

so how many remnant will partake in 2007??.
8
kyrios--did the NWT pick and choose it's translation in the NT
by Bob Loblaw in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hey everybody,.

i'm not new,...just needed to change my alias.. .

anywho.
75
I'm going to be disfellowshipped on Wednesday
by Thinking of Leaving in
1. jw
2. experiences
the elders cames to my home on saturday and i didn't answer the door, so they told my sister to relay the message.

the message was "you know what it's about, we're going to make the announcement next meeting".

i knew it was coming...but it feels so weird.
24
A SUCKER FOR BORDER COLLIES
by Dansk in
1. jw
2. friends
ok, i admit it, claire and i are dog mad!

last saturday we travelled to mid-wales to pick up a border collie puppy!

he's nine weeks old and we've called him ronnie (my son, dominic's, choice).
33
bethelite kills self because of guilt 10/31/73
by new boy in
1. jw
2. friends
i was working on my car in the factory {bld.

1} on friday oct. 31 1973, when all hell broke loose, the fire alarm in bld.

4 went off at about 9:30. the night watchman could find nothing.