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  Will there be sex in paradise

  by beenthere26yr in

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  oompa

  is this title like an anti oxymoron???..............oompa
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  45 JW Rules/Teachings that "go beyond" writings of the Bible

  by oompa in

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  (1 corinthians 4:6) .

  .that in our case you may learn the [rule]: do not go beyond the things that are written,.

  .. 45 jw rules/teaching that "go beyond the things that are written" in the bible.

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  oompa

  i must say i had a fun time compiling this list....just found it because i needed to reference it....it still makes me laugh.............oompa
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  New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

  by Quendi in

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  i know this has been discussed before, but i want to reopen the topic.

  i am currently reading ray franz's memoir crisis of conscience and ran across this footnote with respect to the new world translation of the holy scriptures:.

  "the new world translation bears no translator's name and is presented as the anonymous work of the "new world translation committee.

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  entirelypossible andj jefft are dead on....wt smashes other bibles that have changed or added text to make it say what they wanted...these are called spurious verses. rev 22:17,18 i believe makes clear you can not add nor subtract a single word of that scroll...the name jehovah appears 12 times in the bood of rev...but that is ok because appendix 1:d says we have restored the name when the greek is quoting a scripture from the hebrew (old testament) scriptures....but that is not true in a single case of the name jehovah in the uber important book of rev.....just check the cross references to the old testament...WT REMOVED the words kyrios and theos (lord and god)....and replaced them with YHWH (actually jehovah in english)...without ANY textual, historical, or biblical support....they are very deceiptful about having done this and do NOT like to be questioned about it!!!

  also just look for quotation marks around the verses anywhere the name jehovah appears in their Greek scriptures (new testament)...there are dozens of places they have "restored" the name where there are no quotes from the hebrew scriptures using Jehovah....and even if there was, a translator still does not have the right to CHANGE a word in Greek to make it be what they want it to be just because they want it to say what they want...so there is no way the NAME has actually been "restored"

  i know how to build a house...i know how to restore a house...you can not restore a house that has not been built................oompa
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  Do You Blame Your Current Life's Issues Because You Were A JW?

  by minimus in

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  do you tend to blame your problems on the fact that you were a jehovah's witness?.

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  sorry jag...but at least you got a probably cool sports car!....what was it?...............oomps
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  How is it that well educated and financially stable people become Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by 21stcenturywoman in

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  when i was growing up most of the jws around me were poor and lower middle class.

  some were middle class, but very few were upper middle class.

  only (maybe) about 1% were college educated.

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  oompa

  im pretty sure that holy spirit sees their good, sincere, pure, and wealthy hearts....and directs them to his chosen people......oompa
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  Do Active Witnesses Find Meetings Exciting?

  by Band on the Run in

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  kh meetings were utter hell.

  the boredom, particularly for a child, was awful.

  i feel it was a form of child abuse.

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  OMG this hits home...the hours i spent in bathrooms, library, convention corridors, and often just sitting in my car reading the paper.....i can think of a LOT of adjectives to describe the meetings....exciting was NEVER one of them....after i quit attending i would intentionally ask my wife what she had learned when attending....that got old fast because even if there was new light she, like most, would somehow miss it...most people here know way more about current wt teachings than the flock....and this site is way closer to exciting than any meeting i ever went to...........................oompa

  the elders even counseld me for doing so much research in the library during the meeting....saying it was "disturbing" some of the congo....i laughed and said my memory was so bad that if i did not get up to look something up i would forget it later...so stayed in the library all i wanted...that really pissed them off
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  so when did disfellowshipping start? and what took them so long??

  by oompa in

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  i should know this but have been really slack as of late....i think it was the late 50's maybe?

  i would like to know what wt they introduced this new light in.. i also wonder how they kept the rank and file under their control prior to the implementation of df and their loving ways of shunning.....anybody know?....prior to df rules wt may have been a cool place to hang out (not).... i guess you could get drunk, fool around, do drugs all without ramifacations...sounds as good as christendom even................................oompa.

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  i should know this but have been really slack as of late....i think it was the late 50's maybe? i would like to know what WT they introduced this new light in.

  i also wonder how they kept the rank and file under their control prior to the implementation of df and their loving ways of shunning.....anybody know?....prior to df rules WT may have been a cool place to hang out (not).... i guess you could get drunk, fool around, do drugs all without ramifacations...sounds as good as christendom even................................oompa
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  Would you/could you look at the pics of dead Osama Bin Laden?

  by Broken Promises in

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  if, and i'm saying, if, the pics of osama were released, would you want to look at them?.

  do you think you could stomach the sight of a man with a bullet through the eye?.

  or would it be worth it just to prove once and for all that the terrorist king is dead?.

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  i only want to see them if his head is on a pole........................oompa
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  anyone have any experience with ouija boards??

  by finallyfree! in

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  i think im gonna get together with some friends and do a ouija session.

  anyone here have any experiences to relate?.

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  oompa

  i used one when i was a kid once....i woke up the next morning laying on my ceiling.........i wish.......................oompa

  i would so love some evil spirit shit to overtake me.....at least then i could have some faith in the spirit realm....still waiting demonz
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  Do You Blame Your Current Life's Issues Because You Were A JW?

  by minimus in

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  do you tend to blame your problems on the fact that you were a jehovah's witness?.

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  oompa

  yes in many ways...but it could be way worse...i could have been a woman born in any number of hardcore islamic countries....they did not really have a choice either....i mean jw rules are endless and ya you can get cut off and shunned.....but some of those countries cut off body parts, stone people to death, and treat animals far better than the women there.....so sad.........................................................................oompa