Posts by lancelink

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"The way of the truth is the best way of living. No better way can there be found."

by nicolaou in

"the way of the truth is the best way of living.. no better way can there be found.".

remember that?

it's the opening line to 'make the truth your own'.

lancelink

Jomavrick said :

All religion is the invention of man (usually men) and is 100% subjected to the filtration of men. It is unprovable in all aspects, hence using the word "Truth" is an errant use of the word.

Yes,I appreciate the fact how you hit the nail on the head with this statement, for years I heard the word "truth" associated with the jw teachings.

And it gradually hardens your heart, because you look at every other religious teaching as an "untruth", hence evil.

Several months ago I attended a grief support group at a local hospital for six weeks, (my Mom died ) and as an ex-witness I was shocked at the amount of hardness on my part. Listening to other attendees talk about their beliefs of life after death jump started a part of me that belittled what they were saying in an unconcious manner.

But after two weeks I realised that their individual beliefs were much better then the hardcore jw way of thinking, and I found out for myself that their spiritual belief was helping them in an honest/realistic way, unlike the witness "one belief fits all, if you dont believe than you are spiritually weak" mentality.

yes, the term "truth" can be a comfort to some, but examining it honestly can be quite a shock if you do it with your eyes wide open.

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Ask your JW relatives the RIGHT QUESTIONS!

by nicolaou in

jw
friends

do you remember how you once answered questions like; "do you really believe that god will destroy everyone but jehovah's witnesses"?

if you were like me you'd have looked your questioner in the eye and, in all honesty, said "no".

if necessary i'd have gone on to explain that "jehovah offers everyone the opportunity to live forever, our preaching work is an attempt to give all nations .

lancelink

Wow, this is a really interesting post I am enjoying it immensly !!

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Camping for conventions

by EmptyInside in

jw
friends

outlaw's post about convention food reminded me of my family's experiences camping for the conventions.

fortunately, they did this before i came along.

but, it seems the whole congregation stayed at one campground.

lancelink

Back then i just accepted it, we could have stayed at a hotel but this was an "encouraging experience" made us more appreciative

of what we had at home. There were a whole bunch of witnesses staying in the livestock area then, and the funny thing is that

it seemed normal for all of them

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Camping for conventions

by EmptyInside in

jw
friends

outlaw's post about convention food reminded me of my family's experiences camping for the conventions.

fortunately, they did this before i came along.

but, it seems the whole congregation stayed at one campground.

lancelink

One year we went to the Billings Montana assembly (late 70's) and stayed in a tent in the livestock area

Showers were taken in the area where the livestock was hosed down.

I look back and just shudder at the experience .

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...Good Food at Assemblys.....What Happened?..

by OUTLAW in

jw
friends

in a time before many of you were born... assemblys had a great food... i left before the food started getting bad... .

i am totally amazed at reading... how food at assemblys got worse and worse... until finally food was`nt served at all... .

back in the day... food at assemblys was pretty dam good... there was quality cooking back then... jehovah`s witness`s actually looked forward to meals at assemblys... .

lancelink

During the 70's at the janesville WI. assembly hall attendees would buy a plastic token with the wt logo on it to get a fully-cooked lunch.

There would be things like greek salads, fried chicken, and salsbury steak for lunch.

At 5 in the morning brothers would arrive to start cooking breakfast, the plastic tokens would buy a full breakfast also:

pancakes, bacon, sausage, sara lee pastry, orange juice, milk, coffee. The after lunch paper tickets could be purchased in case you wanted

something like ice cream, cookies, fruit, or soda.

I would work in the kitchen and get a bag or two of leftover's Sunday evening before we left,,,, man that was a neat time.

Too bad they had to end it.

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Stupidest JW meeting answers

by GapingMouth in

jw
friends

i was thinking about some stupid non-sensical answers i have heard over the years.

"we all know the blue whale is the biggest fish"

"we were on the ministry and met a coloured couple.

lancelink

I wonder if it is a Jewish name? Omnipotenstein?

ha ha !! very funny

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FRIENDS VS Theocratic FRIENDS - Gag Alert!

by Girlie in

jw
friends

a jw associate emailed this to me.

exudes of typical jw smugness towards "worldly" folks.

has this been your experience in the borg?.

lancelink

FRIENDS: will visit you in the hospital when you're sick

Theocratic FRIENDS: will cut your grass and clean your house
then come spend the night with you in the hospital and cook for you
when you come home

My mother was bedridden for six months, not one visit, or encouraging phone call from the "Theocratic friends" at her hall !

A year ago there was a sister in our old hall who had surgery and couldn;t get up for months, my wife had her hairdresser go over and fix her hair up nicely.

Guess what happened ?

The elders counseled her on it, saying that "theocratic activities/actions, should have been her focus in helping this older sister !!

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Study Watchtower - Muslim man scared into bible study by tract about "The end of false religion."

by Witness 007 in

watch study ed.

july 15 p.22 2009 a witness in kyrgyzstan met a muslim man with a big bulldog who threatened to "set the dog on her" if she returned so....afew days later she returns hoping to find "other members of the family.

" {a dumb sister!