I sure wish I had one, I find it interesting to see how a cult like the Witnesses use so many little intertwinings of control upon their members and these same members allow it and do nothing. Weird weird, and weird again.
Leprechaun
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I WAS CAUGHT emailing a pdf copy of the New Elders Book
by Smoky ini sent a .pdf to a few friends and one of them betrayed me and forward it to a elder i know, along with the emails of the recipients.
i cant believe i was so naive to think that i can trust someone..stupid.
i have not talked to the "benedict arnold" yet, but hopefully soon.
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I got publically disfellowshipped about 50 minutes ago
by bottleofwater inwoohoo!!!
i'm not at the meeting; i just know when the meeting ends..
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Leprechaun
Now you can get LAID when the occasion arises.
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Field Service Drains Me....
by shadowolf inat this point i absolutely hate field service.
i have to keep going hough, or else the brothers in my group will be all over my back.
part of me just doesnt give a f***, but something inside me doent wanna have to deal with it.
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Leprechaun
I learned about the birds and bees for the very first time in Field Service, dam I became a man, it was a return visit while the rest of the car group was waiting outside I was pleasantly enlightened and reached nirvana.
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My Ouija board Experience, Beware DO NOT ENTER if you believe in demons
by cyberjesus inok last night we played with the ouija board, i am posting a link to a video of what happened so you dont get offended.
only open if you are willing to accept the consequences.. when my gf went to buy the board many people warned her about it, even the cashier shake the head and told her that she would never bring that game into her house.. so we played, we invoked the spirits, we even called god.
http://s1081.photobucket.com/albums/j350/cyberjesus2/?action=view¤t=movie.mp4.
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Leprechaun
In reply to the thread heading: 'My Ouija board Experience, Beware DO NOT ENTER if you believe in demons'
I get a kick out of these experiences. I remember back when I was about seventeen years of age which was back in the time of Columbus in my case, I was with these guys at their house we were bored out of our minds, so this guy who lived there goes to the closet and takes down the Ouija board, and we all begin playing with it asking all sort of stupid questions and stuff; well about an hour or so latter into the fun and games we hear some freeky noise in the kitchen so we stop playing with the board for a little while to give us time to investigate the noise coming from the kitchen, my buddy Lenard opens up the fridge to see what the noise is that seemed to be coming from there and to our surprise all the food and things are scattered around the fridge, and there smelled what appeared to be human excrement (shit) splattered in the fridge. Now mind you we were the only ones in the house at the time I know this because we double checked the locks before starting to play with the board. You know what is weird, there was a card board milk carton in the fridge at the this time that was un-opened, and we latter found what smelled like human shit in it.
To this day I have not figured out how in the hell that shit found its way into a sealed milk carton, it was a well known brand of milk and besides there was also shit speckled everywhere in the fridge like a shot gun blasted it.
I’ll tell yeah the Devil must have a real sense of humor, if I could pull that one off and get away with it I would.
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jw splinter groups
by bigmac injookbeard wrote:.
"they are globally united in their beliefs;.
not true there are many splinter groups and sects of the wts and they have the worse retention rates of any man made religious cult on the planet".
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Leprechaun
Correction :
In 1931 Rutherford decided to make a distinction between the independent Bible Students and those loyal to him. He changed their name to “Jehovah’s Witnesses.” The Society had become what they themselves abhorred in Christendom—a little Babylon. Those Bible Students remaining within the Society heard the admonition, “Get out of her my people!” and fled. (Un-quote most Jehovah’s Witnesses have no clue concerning their own history.)
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jw splinter groups
by bigmac injookbeard wrote:.
"they are globally united in their beliefs;.
not true there are many splinter groups and sects of the wts and they have the worse retention rates of any man made religious cult on the planet".
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Leprechaun
“Don't forget the Bible Student groups which probably pre-date your lifetime but they still exist.”
http://www.biblestudents.net/history/daughters_tower.htm
Blondie - The Bible Student groups you mention have nothing to do with the Jehovah’s Witnesses, don’t forget that Russell died back in 1916, the hostile take over was shortly after his death, the Witnesses started calling themselves “Jehovah’s Witnesses back in 1933, u nder the direction of Joseph Rutherford, he was the one who came up with all the outlandish ideas of controlling people who may have been observing holidays, on down to blood, and everything else in between. The Bible Students back then, and at the present time are so far removed, from the off the wall views of the Jehovah’s Witness that they appear sparkling clean in my view.
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"Birthdays rob the glory of God"
by sabastious inhumans are unique.
each one is unique in his/her own regard.
like your thumbprint, your life is unlike any life in existence.. .
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Leprechaun
By Pastor G. Reckart
Paganism or mental fantasy: At issue here is if observing birthdays is of pagan origin? Second, is there a Biblical doctrine AGAINST observing birthdays? Are many being subjected to mental fantasy and trying to make this into religious faith?
Is there a Biblical doctrine against observing birthdays?
No!
The Law:
There is nothing in the 613 precepts of the Law about birthdays. If God does not specifically condemn or prohibit something, then man has no authority to create a law and bind it upon others for obedience and faith. Man-made edicts and religious laws have no Scriptural authority. No one is obligated to follow or observe what is not found in the Word of God by principle or by direct reference. There is nothing in the Word of God that by principle or direct reference condemns observing birthdays.The New Testament:
There is not one verse of Scripture in the New Testament against observing birthdays. Even when John was beheaded on Herod's birthday, the Church did not issue a warrant in form of doctrine to exclude those from the Church who observed theirs.Candles, round cakes, etc. I was given a silly piece of internet junk the other day that claimed birthdays were pagan because candles representing each year of a person's life was used to decorate the round cake. In this anti-birthday article it was claimed that round birthday cakes were a symbol of the sun god. I read through the print-out and was amused at how this was so neatly woven with falsehood and yet so many believe this kind of stuff has Divine sanction and blessing. There is absolutely no historical record that candles on a birthday cake are of pagan origin. Nothing that round birthday cakes represent the sun or the sun god. Most cakes are square or rectangle. These are all fantastic suppositions that have no historical foundation.
Whatever the case, the Latin observance of Dies Natalis Invicti was indeed replaced by the Catholic Church with the observance of the birth of Jesus. It is true Christmas is a pagan holiday and the practice holds much of the ancient Saturnalia. Other then the falsehood the birth of Jesus was on this date and used to replace a pagan holiday, where is there any truth that birthdays are pagan? There is none!
What of Eve when Cain was born? She rejoiced at the birth of the first human being. She spoke with praise and exaltation, saying: "I have gotten a man from the Lord" (Genesis 4:1). She was excited about this new baby. Excitement shows up in many places in the Word of God at the birth of a son or daughter. What is being celebrated? It is life! God has shown his creative power in the life of a baby. A baby's birthday is nothing more then remembrance of the day God gave life to the child. Birthdays that do not hold in memory that God gave life is in my opinion disrespectful to God. Even the life that we "now live" after conversion, we give credit and honor to God in the person of Jesus Messieh-Christ. On days when souls are born of the Spirit, there is a frenzy of worshippers rejoicing, shouting, and praising the Lord. This is an observance of a BIRTHDAY! Our annual remembrance of that one day is not pagan and did not derive from paganism rooted in worship of idols and false gods.
The Birth of Jesus: We know Jesus was not born in December and so the Christmas festivity celebrating this is false. We do know he was born in September. Do we have any record the Apostles observed the birthday of Jesus? No, there is no record. But there is also no record of them performing a wedding ceremony! There is no record of them conducting a funeral. There is no record of them concerning wedding anniversaries. There is nothing about bridal or baby showers . And, there is no actual Church service that shows use of musical instruments. There is nothing about indoor toilets, offering plates, or song books. There are no choirs, no fifth sunday dinner's on the ground, or women's meetings. There are no Church garage or yard sales, no fund raising for missions, no prison ministries for sinners, and no hospital visits for sinners who are sick. There are no home Bible studies for sinners. So far as we know, there were no church buildings owned by Christians. They met in homes and in other places. There were no baptismal tanks or other devices used for immersion of converts, but rather baptisms were done in streams, rivers, or natural ponds. There were no New Testament Bibles in the possession of the Saints or Church members. Few had the Old Testament or could even afford to own one that was available. The most they could do was look upon the scrolls in the Synagogue or Temple and hear them read there. There are no business owners in the New Testament among Church members, and so far as we know, no one who held employment working for another. We could go on and on and list the things NOT FOUND in the practice of the Apostles and use the absence of these to place bondage upon Believers. To do so is insanity. That is why we are enjoined to RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE WORD OF GOD. This is not the work of novices. If there is evil, sin, or wrong in a thing we have no reservations, we will oppose it. But we must have Bible for the sin or evil that is in a thing. What about the birth of Jesus, was there evil in this event?
Angels worshiped. Yes, here is what the Word of God says about the angles on the birthday of Jesus:
"And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him" (Heb 1:6).
The shepherds abiding in the field came to the birthday of Jesus. Did they celebrate it every year after that? No, but they were there on his birthday. We do know according to Job 20:15 it was a custom to carry the news of a child's birth to all who had a reason to know.
Conclusion: What does the Bible say against celebrating birthdays? NOTHING!
Is it pagan to celebrate a birthday? NO!
Has anyone proven birthday celebrations began with pagans? NO!
Will you go to hell for celebrating your birthday? NO!
Is it a sin to celebrate your New Birth in Christ on its annual day? NO!Is it a lie to teach the Bible is against celebrating birthdays? YES!
Is it a lie that birthdays began within paganism? YES!
Did people in the Bible count their birthdays? YES!
Did Jews celebrate the 12th birthday of boys and girls? YES! Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah
Did the parents of Jesus take him on his 12th birthday to Jerusalem and celebrate his Bar Mitzvah? YES!
Did Levites on their 30th birthday celebrate becoming a priest? YES!Anyone who teaches celebrating a birthday is pagan is lying and for this, they will go to hell if they do not repent.
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"Birthdays rob the glory of God"
by sabastious inhumans are unique.
each one is unique in his/her own regard.
like your thumbprint, your life is unlike any life in existence.. .
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Leprechaun
“Jesus didn't celebrate Birthdays (despite being fully aware of them! His cousin being beheaded at one) So we Christians don't celebrate Birthdays. It is as simple as that. It wasn't till the third century and again under the heavy influence of Rome that Christians started celebrating pagan inspired Birthdays.
We can be unique without needing an annual marking of time passing by which would be irrelevent to God anyway who is beyond time.”
“Oh please," what a bunch of Watchtower inspired hog wash, the Society’s firmly entrenched mind control of people just staggers me, it is one thing when I read their clearly high minded views on holidays and quite another when I see the power of their control on people’s lives who are Jehovah’s Witnesses and who just can’t bring them self’s to think on their own, or at the very least ask the question why? Do you all know why the Witness’s view holidays the way they do, it is because a publishing company tells them to, that is why, and they are so affected by a cult that they just "CAN’T SEE IT" because of the power of the cult. If it was a ny other group of people I would say it is a Sad Situation, but with the Jehovah’s Witnesses it is very simply disgusting and disappointing, to see grown up people hold on to such thinking, and jump everytime the GB says jump.
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Psychic feelings anyone?
by 1Robinella ini'm not sure what kind of response i will get from everyone, but i have to ask.
is their someone out their that was also raised a jw but grew up with "psychic feelings?
" from the youngest age i can remember having feelings of things or just knowing.
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Leprechaun
Ultra low frequency (ULF) is what our brains transmit, it is preceaved on certain machines even quite far from the body, say like ten to fifteen feet away. Electromagnetic energy is what ultra low frequency (ULF) is. It has been surmised that the thoughts of all humans are still issuing out from the earth even though those people have long since passed away, much like light from a flash light does only in this case our brain waves from human thought is in a very special spectrum of light energy.
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To use your name or not use your name...That is the question
by Momma-Tossed-Me in15. at times, complicated judicial cases may.
necessitate consultation with an experienced mature.
elder in another congregation or the circuit overseer.. in such a situation, inform the wrongdoer that.
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Leprechaun
The Jehovah’s Witnesses judicial committee arrangement is one big Cluster F%*K, and if you are the type of person who enjoys drinking the proverbial “Cool Aid,” then you deserve that tapping you’ll receive in your behind, in the Kingdom Hall library.