Posts by TIMBOB

I guess I am in the minority(or maybe the only one) that would disagree with this. I mean you will always have some crazys in every group that would take extreme measures.

I could MAYBE even agree if we were in the acient days where stoning did take place. But we are in the MODERN world today. Even if it was legal, I still would doubt it would be an act carried out by the DUBS.

not trying to offend anyone here, just giving my opinoin.

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If WT have the legal right to stone us...would they do it???

by JustHuman14 in

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we all know wt's view of "apostates"and disfellowshiped persons.

they grap from the old testament quotes that "god's people, isralites" stone to death the evil doers, even the unobedient children.

the first one to cast the stone was a close relative, parents, brothers, sisters.

TIMBOB

Are you serious?

I mean is this a serious question?

I think we can all agree that the witnesses have some crazy rules. BUT to STONE people????

Do you honestly beleive that or are you just trying to get reactions out of people.

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How many people did Jesus disfellowship?

by Albert Einstein in

so iam having serious discussions with my wife.

i am seeding .... and give her questions, she has a hard time to answer.. one of the recent was:.

albert: jesus is our perfect example right?

TIMBOB

I had this thought in my mind. Gonna use it with my next discussion with my P.O.

In line with this thought. Does anyone know of any examples of actual disfellowshipping in the bible?

TIMBOB

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So I get read a DF letter.

by Sparkplug in

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and was told it was going to be announced on two weeks...come thursday.

when i started to tear up from happiness, i get a "aprils fools.

now how does that happen?.

TIMBOB

I played this same joke on my sister one year. SHE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH ME. Of course, it was a different scenario. I pretty much just sent her a text and waited a while. She was freakin out. When I told her April Fools. She told me I was an idiot.

ID say april fools is my favorite holiday.

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The Official What happened at the Memorial thread

by truthseeker in

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i thought rather than everyone start their own topic relating their experience of attending the memorial, we keep it simple and have just one thread.

if anything, it's saves bandwidth.. i will be going to the memorial tonight and will post my experiences afterwards.. all the other memorials i attended, i was an active jw, so this will be my first experience as a submarine witness.

it's weird being on the other side so to speak.

TIMBOB

I was going to make it my first year of not attending. Then I was supposed to go to was the late one at 9 o clock. Got a text from my sis making sure I was going. We had a little tiff and she almost kind of threatened me. Said I needed to think real hard about my decision not to go. I never told her I would go, but I went ahead and went cause I didn't feel like having "that conversation" with her yet. We all know the witness world, news probly got to her that I was there by the first song.

It was ok, a bit weird. The first time I had been to that cong. since the last memorial. I kinda purposly forgot to shave, so I was sporting an early beard.

I got tons of huggs. Tons of "so glad your here". Tons of "its so good to see you". It wasn't horrible. It even brought back a few good memories.

I did notice the 9000 comment. We actually had someone partake. It was funny cause I don't remember her ever partaking before.

I loved the letter though. No matter how moral of a person we are, we were still handed sin by adam. Then it went off on the things we need to be doing. Then it came back to we need to turn our lives around and get baptized and dedicate our lives to Jehovah. My thought, if we were already living moral lives, what are we turning around from. I also love how they say all and everything but, you have to become a witness if you do not want to die.

I know I would not have gone if my sister hadn't put me through a guild trip. So, this whole ordeal just makes me realize I am going to have to talk with her and tell her my true feelings.

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Memorial Thursday: why am I still getting an invitation?

by And He Ran in

i stopped going to meetings five years ago.

all my family are jws.

why does my mother still give me a memorial invitation even though i don't go?

TIMBOB

whats crazy for me is, we have barely gotton an invite. I didnt even know when the thing was until a little over a week ago. The only way I found out is through my parents. They weren't inviting me(they know I dont care), it just came up in conversation.

I beleive they were real suprised that no one had left anything for me. We had one sister come by and leave an invite a few days ago. She is one of the only few sincere people I know in the ORG.

I just thought it was a little odd that none of my or my wife's family has said much of anything.