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  The Prayer Study Ahead (Puke alert)

  by WTWizard in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  maybe this isn't as well-formatted as v's studies are, but i will attempt to find the common threads on all the prayer answerings found in the study article that will be done on easter sunday.. notice that all of them deal with bible characters.

  abraham, sarah, moses, ruth, david, esther, and the apostle paul are among the major ones to have had prayer answerings in the bible.. i noticed that paragraph 4 of the article tells us that we have proof of it that, if we keep jehovah before us, he will answer our prayers.

  here's the "proof": abraham prayed for a wife for isaac among those who were believers.

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  StAnn

  I've had lots of prayers answered. Sometimes, so specifically that I wished I'd asked for even more!

  There's always a twist. I asked for more children (secondary infertility.) He gave me more children (two beloved stepchildren) but they're both severely handicapped and will never grow up and leave home, so they'll be my babies for the rest of my life. So, I got the kids I asked for but they will be at home forever! I think the key to getting your prayers answered is being willing to say "yes" no matter what God wants to give you.
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  does someone agree with this ?

  by peter-john in

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  i've found this on internet .. does someone agree with it ?.

  http://h2o.aimoo.com/international-open-forum-for-j/scattered-1-1018638.html.

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  StAnn

  The very first sentence says that the early christians apostasized. This is called "the great apostasy theory" and is not based in fact. This Great Apostasy did not happen. So, everything else the poster said is irrelevant. It's like the whole 1914 thing, which is based on 607 b.c.e, which is a bad date. If the foundation of the argument is bad, the rest of the argument is pointless.
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  This Past Week Has Been Hell!

  by XJW4EVR in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last friday morning, my wife was attacked while waiting to transfer between buses.

  normally, she has the car, and i commute to school, however this day i had to take the car in for some repairs, and then commute to school.

  she fought off this guy for some time, and walked away with scratches, scrapes, and some bruises.

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  StAnn

  It's only natural for you to feel guilty. I think husbands are programmed to feel like the protectors of their wives. Although I'm a woman and thus not a husband, I am a mother. Once my son was seriously injured when he was at daycare and I felt so guilty that I was at work and not a stay-at-home mom. I thought that, if he hadn't been at daycare he wouldn't have been hurt, and I felt guilty for being a working mom. I had to work at that time and it was illogical to feel guilty, but I did. Just like you feel guilty. Everyone has to have maintenance done to their car, just like many mothers have to work. Forgive yourself and hold your wife close.

  I've said a prayer for you and will continue to do so.
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  How being a JW improved my study skills

  by Mysterious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we all saw these barf articles about how kids did better in school because of the skills they learned as jws so i thought i should post all the wonderful benefits i have gained.

  -i have learned how to look like i'm paying attention in class without actually doing so [yay participation marks, boo not understanding what's on the test].

  -i have learned to underline on autopilot with no intrinsic benefit to my study skills [my book looks like wwiii so why don't i know anything].

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  StAnn

  On the plus side, I have learned that whenever I have a question about religion, I go to my university library and look things up in books from authors who subscribe to many different religious views so that I can compare and contrast their answers. There are generally some things on each topic that all of the various religions will agree upon; then I feel more secure I'm not being hoodwinked. No longer will my "research" consist of books from only one denomination and one mindset.
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  Dubs and doorbells -- has there been some "new light"?

  by parakeet in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this afternoon my husband looked out the window and saw two unmistakable dubs shuffling up our street.

  he didn't have time to warn me before they came to our door (he knows i get a bit testy whenever they visit).

  i was in a nearby room, but heard nothing, saw nothing.

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  StAnn

  Honestly, in 25 years of door knocking, it never occurred to me NOT to knock or ring the bell. Maybe these guys are trying fade while appearing to go in service?
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  Hello !

  by lancelink in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  everyone has their own avenue of exit...for some fading is the right way for some like me i wanted a clean break being in for 28 years all adult life it was the only for me...just find your freedom anyway you can live your life and don't look back...

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  StAnn

  Hi, Lancelink, welcome. Glad to read your story.

  If you want some support from others who've had both the JW and Catholic experience, check out http://www.catholicxjw.com/

  Email the webmaster. We have a yahoo! group where we discuss our experiences and support each other. He can send you an invite, if you'd like to join and talk with us. We have at least one seminarian on the group, so you might find a kindred spirit!

  Best of luck in your fade.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses - A Hijacked Religion

  by B_Deserter in

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  2. friends

  the more and more i read about the history of the witnesses, the more i don't see them as one in the same as charles t. russell's religion.

  i think the religious movement from 1874 to 1916 was completely different than the one from 1918 to now.

  rutherford is the real founder of jehovah's witnesses.

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  StAnn

  From a strict interpretation, the Bible Students were the followers of Russell and, when Rutherford hijacked the group, they left and continued following Russell's teachings. So, technically, the JW's are the splinter grouop of the Bible Students. Here's what the Bible Students have to say about that:

  http://www.biblestudents.net/faq/questions.htm

  "Isn't Charles Taze Russell the Founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses?

  That is a misconception. Pastor Russell was the organizer of the International Bible Students Association. It was this loosely formed association that helped published the [Zion's] Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence journal, and the [Zion's] Watch Tower Society.

  This Society was an organizer of Bible Student conventions and other activities, but it did not dictate any creeds or rules to the independent congregations.

  After Pastor Russell's death, The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society began to rise as a hierarchy over the once independent congregations. Many refused to surrender their Christian liberty and here started the work of separation. As early as 1917 this exodus from the Society began, and those who appreciated the wonderful harmony of the Bible as taught by Pastor Russell are today known as Associated Bible Students.

  By 1930, the Society no longer resembled that of its former self. Many Bible Students abandoned the Society, and by 1931, the name "Jehovah's Witnesses" was adopted by the new leadership to differentiate between the Society's Bible Students and those independent of the Society. "
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  why did the "demons" only go after those "strongin the truth"

  by looloo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i heard that when a "strong " jw supposedly had demon problems (it was probably just the wind in reality) but i also heard that demons affected the ones that were "weak" and were not regular at meetings etc perhaps because they had second hand furniture lol

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  StAnn

  I just remembered a story. A woman in an old cong. who was a pioneer stopped her car on the side of the road during field service to eat her lunch. She was near a cliff. She heard noises and approached the cliff and looked down. Lo and behold, she actually watched a "ghost" reenactment of Custer's Last Stand.

  How she knew it was Custer is beyond me. But, hey, she was a pioneer. Almost as strong as an anointed one. She had a whole legion of ghosts after her! I guess she was special!
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  why did the "demons" only go after those "strongin the truth"

  by looloo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i heard that when a "strong " jw supposedly had demon problems (it was probably just the wind in reality) but i also heard that demons affected the ones that were "weak" and were not regular at meetings etc perhaps because they had second hand furniture lol

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  StAnn

  One of the members of my cong. was of the anointed. She actually saw with her own two eyes a smurf doll get up and walk up the aisle at the KH and leave the building. And she's of the ANOINTED~they don't get any stronger than that! I guess smurfs go after the strong ones, too.
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  Minding your own business (JW mind control)

  by MsMcDucket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here i am an apostate that just found out that an elder's 18-year-old daughter is dating an unbeliever.

  i don't know why this is bothering me!?

  is it because i want to call them and cause trouble?

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  Maybe you're really wanting to call the 18 year-old and congratulate her and encourage her to run off with the unbeliever! So long as she doesn't suck him into it....