Posts by outofthebox

This would be a nice recommendation to pitch our mediators, the Goberning Body. Come on, people, this was supposed to be a joke. Did you get it? Nah. I guess I am bad joker. Sorry.

About your question: Who says "the" service? I guess me and maybe other people that know just a tad of English. Sorry.

-ootb

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We need a better 'spiritual points' system

by outofthebox in

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i was in the service today (i know, i know... i know!)...

... and i was thinking, the problem here is the current spiritual points system we have in place.

you know what i am talking about.

outofthebox

I was in the service today (I know, I know... I KNOW!)...

... and I was thinking, the problem here is the current spiritual points system we have in place. You know what I am talking about. You are spiritual if you just show up to the service. If you have ten ours you are instantly spiritual. Well, that's not fair. There, I said it. We need anew and improved spiritual points system. And this is what I propose... Keep in mind this is only a draft, but with your help we can present this to our mediators (The GB), for their consideration. OK. Here we go...

Leaving a magazine to a person: 2 points.
Leaving a magazine in an empty house: 1 point.
Talking to pedestrians: 2 points.
Citing from the Bible: 1 point.
Asking for a contribution: 5 points.
Receiving a contribution and putting it in the contribution box: 25 points.

If you accumulate 25 or more points you are officially spiritual for a month, also you are free from the blood guilt for a month. In this new spiritual points system you will be able to move your extra points to the next month.

What do you think?

-ootb

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Atheists Bible Quiz - True Believers Beware - You'll Love It...

by besty in

http://ffrf.org/quiz/bquiz.php.

we found this quiz after reading the book parenting beyond belief and sweetpea and i decided to take the challenge - afterall how difficult can 50 bible questions be for us born and brought up as jw's?.

our results were enlightening to say the least - we both scored 28/50 - not exactly brilliant although apparently above average.. take the quiz and post your results and comments..

outofthebox

Congratulations! You scored 40 correct out of 50!

40 - 50: Wow! You know more than a minister, priest, or rabbi!
-ootb rocks!

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Confidential Body of Elder Letters from 1981 through 2006

by Elsewhere in

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here it is guys.

this is what darth frosty was talking about in his post the other day (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/149460/1.ashx).

this is a collection of confidential letters from the watchtower society that were sent to the bodies of elders in the years 1981 through 2006. these are the letters that you were never meant to see or read.. there's all sorts of information in them ranging from the boring and mundian to instructions about how to handle child molesters.. many thanks to darth frosty and others (who i'm not sure can be named) who worked very hard and took risks to collect and scan the information.

outofthebox

Do you think I don't have things to read?!!! Man, you are worst than the WT. LOL. Kidding. Thanks a lot for the letters. I will give the a good use.

-ootb

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Did you read the whole Bible when you were a JW?

by outofthebox in

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after an informal poll in my congregation (and many awkward responses) i found out that almost nobody had read the whole bible ever, not even the elders (surprise!).

brothers and sisters with 20, 30, 40 and 50 years as jws don't know what the bible says.

so, if god decides that a test is coming, will they pass it?

outofthebox

I think, like JH said, the JWs are so busy getting ready for and attending the meetings that they don't have time to read the Bible. Which doesn't make any sense, because if you really want to teach about the Biblie, like they say they do, they need to know what are they teaching about. Isn't it?

I remember a meeting few days ago about the importance of reading the magazines, The Magazines!!! not the Bible!!! the freaking magazines!!!!, because if you don't know what they say how do you will present them in the service.

-ootb

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Did you read the whole Bible when you were a JW?

by outofthebox in

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after an informal poll in my congregation (and many awkward responses) i found out that almost nobody had read the whole bible ever, not even the elders (surprise!).

brothers and sisters with 20, 30, 40 and 50 years as jws don't know what the bible says.

so, if god decides that a test is coming, will they pass it?

outofthebox

After an informal poll in my congregation (and many awkward responses) I found out that almost nobody had read the whole Bible ever, not even the elders (surprise!). Brothers and sisters with 20, 30, 40 and 50 years as JWs don't know what the Bible says. So, if God decides that a test is coming, will they pass it? will you?

And you? Did you read the whole Bible when you were a JW? If so, what happened after you did? Did it open your eyes?

-ootb

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WAS NOAH'S FLOOD CAUSED BY A METEORITE?

by badboy in

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there is evidence in the form of a lake drained by saddam hussein that a meteorite hit southern iraq about 2,000bc causing a big flood.

outofthebox

Actually it was Noah's fault. He left the water running.

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Ted Jaracz and/or others?

by feenx in

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happy new year to all :)

so i'm curious if anyone has further info/dirt on jaracz or any other gb members (former or current).

i know jaracz was publicly accused of molesting a young girl (now an adult).

outofthebox

Can somebody find those records? At least a proof that the case happened?!!! If this is true this is beyond outrageous!

-ootb

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I Am Legend JW email

by Descender in

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so my sister-in-law, who is a pretty hardcore jw, showed me an email that looked like it had been passed around quite a bit, so i figured someone on here had probably seen it.

supposedley it's a picture from the movie "i am legend" where will smith is walking through new york and all the buildings in the background are in ruins except for the bethel building, which stands out, undamaged and clean.

i watched the movie and don't remember seeing anything like that so i just figured that some jw photoshopped it and sent it out to the jw community to show that the bethel building is protected by god even in a post apocaliptical world run over with zombie vampires.

outofthebox

Your brain see what you want to see and filter the rest. It is all about pattern recognition.

-ootb