Topics Started by oldseeker

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Do you know of any JW that made another JW to lose their job?
by asilentone in
1. jw
2. experiences
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Why weren't the rebellious angels destroyed?
by jabberwock in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
nearly every living thing is drowned to death because of the badness and general mischief going on during noah's day.

why aren't the angels who materialized bodies and fathered a race of giant, violent freaks destroyed as well?.

i know that they, presumably, left their bodies just in time to escaped the flood, but that shouldn't be enough to escape the wrath of almighty god.. it's interesting that the genesis account says very little about them.
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There's A Ghost At My Place Of Employment
by finallysomepride in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok some of you will laugh at this, but it's true, there is a spirit that haunts the premises where i work.. it has spoken to me once when i was locking up, it was 1 single word "hello", i looked around and saw nothing, i ignored it, set the alarm locked the door & went home.

other times i have felt something brush passed me as i have entered the building early in the morning.

the experience that got to me most happened the other nite when i was called back to the store by security, as i pulled into the drive way there was a man standing at the rear of the building, in the split second of looking away he dissapeared, there's no way that he could have run off the property in that split second.. what do you think?.
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To Current and Former Elders
by Styxx in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i wanted to say a few things to current and former elders.

it was really a post by alltimejeff on 10/1/2009 that got me thinking about this and i address a few things that he says here.

but i dont want to single him out because i really think that he is typical of many, and he did in fact apologize for his actions at the end of his post.
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How Much of an Impact is Being Made by Young JW' s Leaving the Cult ?
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
we have read threads where statistics show that 2 out of every 3 people raised as jehovah's witnesses eventually leave once they get in their 20's to 30's and out on their own.

my children and my nieces and nephews are between the ages of 21 to 35 .

out of those 8 people - 4 of them have completely stopped attending meetings .
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What do you think will happen to cause an exodus or at least push JWs into further obscurity?
by the_dude_abides in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i believe someday it will be as obscure and strange as say the russelites.

the meetings will only be attended by ppl over sixty or so and it will hardly be considered anywhere near as significant a religion as it is today.

i wonder what will begin this process.
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A Statement in the WTS from 10/25/09
by lepermessiah in
1. watchtower
2. bible
there was a statement in the wt study yesterday that really struck me.. i believe it was in the box pimping the "keep yourself in big brother's love" oops...."keep yourself in god's love" book.. it was a simple statement but hit me like a ton of bricks - furthering my resentment toward the hateful and indiscreet slave.. it said something like ..."many people have left jehovah's love" and went on to mention conduct instead of doctrine being the cause.. it really got me thinking:.

1) doesnt god love unconditionally?

isnt that why he sent jesus christ forth?.
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What are your feelings about War?
by wantstoleave in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my dad brought out a good point today.

he said how can for example, a catholic in one country go to war against a catholic in another country and both claim to have god on their side?

for instance, the catholic priest on one side prays for that side, and the catholic priest on the other side prays for his side.
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1914 only mentioned ONCE in new book! Can anyone confirm this?
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in the new release, 'bearing thorough witness about gods kingdom' i could only find a single reference to 1914 on page 31. this is it;.

"each year, hundreds of thousands accept this offer and become baptized disciples of christ.

indeed, we are living at the time of the "restoration of all things" referred to by peter.
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To Quit or Control it....Drinking that is....Who has succeeded and how?
by oompa in
1. jw
2. friends
thinking about just giving it up....i always revert back to a nightly habit.....and the occasasinal big escape into the bottle.

but of course you can't live there, and it fixes nothing.. because i think i do have a problem, i went to some aa meetings and found them to be too much like wt.

if alcholism is a true disease, then why is it the only one that needs god (or a higher power to cure (or cope with).