I think the average witness would freak out. Therefore, I say go for it!!
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Would it be okay at the Hall to name your son JEHOVAH?
by Witness 007 incan i name my firstborn son jehovah?....as a sign of respect.
how would witnesses respond to this...some south americans are named jesus juvarez etc so what do you think....psm 83;18 my son would be "you who's name is jehovah art most high over all the earth...."
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Do the beliefs of JW's actually improve the quality of their lives?
by gaiagirl indo the beliefs common to jw's cause them to have a happier worldview and a better outlook on life?
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I have to agree with the above statement, depression and suicides rank very high with JWs. Even though the moral practices are good and this should make this a protection to most, it is the thought that what you are doing is never good enough. Just when you think you are doing all you can in meeting attendance, service and so on, the expectation and the message that this is still not enough creates depression in most and the feeling of being inadequate runs high. The average JW then has the need to look for another outlet in order to feel adequate and to escape the feeling of I'm not good enough.
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How Many JW Terms Aren't in the Bible?
by jamiebowers inthe following youtube video made by a young person who is unbaptized and hopes to become a publisher says that the word "rapture" isn't in the bible.
a comment on the video says that the words "disfellowship", and "god's organization" aren't in the bible either and that the name jehovah isn't written in the new testament aka greek scriptures.
can we further enlighten this young person as to how many words jws typically use that aren't in the bible?
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Had one elder refer to the brothers who were not elders or servants as secondary brothers. I said "what is that?"
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How Many JW Terms Aren't in the Bible?
by jamiebowers inthe following youtube video made by a young person who is unbaptized and hopes to become a publisher says that the word "rapture" isn't in the bible.
a comment on the video says that the words "disfellowship", and "god's organization" aren't in the bible either and that the name jehovah isn't written in the new testament aka greek scriptures.
can we further enlighten this young person as to how many words jws typically use that aren't in the bible?
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The Friends
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How Many JW Terms Aren't in the Bible?
by jamiebowers inthe following youtube video made by a young person who is unbaptized and hopes to become a publisher says that the word "rapture" isn't in the bible.
a comment on the video says that the words "disfellowship", and "god's organization" aren't in the bible either and that the name jehovah isn't written in the new testament aka greek scriptures.
can we further enlighten this young person as to how many words jws typically use that aren't in the bible?
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Parking lot attendant
Senior vice president to the parking lot attendant
Executive branch of the cleaning committee
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Were There Things U Couldn't Do But Others Could Without Getting In Trouble
by minimus indid you ever notice that some people could get away with doing anything but if you blew your nose, everyone knew about it??.
did you see a lot of double standards in your congregation?.
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years ago, my son was d'fd and being just a grunt brother, I lost all p rivileges in the congregation becasue he was still living at home. A few months later an elder's son was also d'fd but he kept all of his privileges in the congregation including being an elder and even a talk was given stating that just because one is in this scenario doesn't mean he should be looked down upon and lose his privileges. I was moritfied!
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How Many JW Terms Aren't in the Bible?
by jamiebowers inthe following youtube video made by a young person who is unbaptized and hopes to become a publisher says that the word "rapture" isn't in the bible.
a comment on the video says that the words "disfellowship", and "god's organization" aren't in the bible either and that the name jehovah isn't written in the new testament aka greek scriptures.
can we further enlighten this young person as to how many words jws typically use that aren't in the bible?
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God's theocratric order
shunning
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The new book study arrangement...what it could mean
by undercover ini've heard mentioned in a couple of places the admonition from the society about how the new void left by the discontinuing of the book study night should be filled with spiritual study or family worship instead of tv or just viewing it as a "night off".. this is the new spin on the society dropping that meeting night; "just because we gave you a night off from meetings doesn't mean you get to relax.
you should use this time for family study.
if you don't, then you invite satan into your home through your tv set or dvd player or cd player or internet connection.
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No home book study means less and less socialization for everyone. Over the years they have eliminated all sorts of get togethers. Remember the elimination of large social gatherings? Any type of social gathering that may have resulted in uncleaness of some sort was now considered potentially dangerous to have. Over time, people were paranoid of having social gatherings and social gatherings went from little to none. I believe people in general are social people and this change (BS arrangement) will result in people feeling more withdrawn, more lonely and will create the fading away of more members. In turn this will create more guilt trips, in turn destroying self esteem in congregation members, in turn more will miss meetings, in turn will create more guilt trips ect....
I always found the guilt trips they put on people was very bad for your self esteem. Rather than promoting confidence in the congregation as a whole, the guilt trips creates a sense of "I know your guilty you low lifes!" and the feeling that they immediatley don't trust you. So now they have put you in a position of proving it to them and now you feel you have the need to please them, which I found by the way you could never do.
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Aren't we as a group smart enough to bring the whole thing down?"
by BonaFide ini realize that i was stuck believing in jw almost all my life.
and that each person has to see the light for themselves.. but it was partly the hypocrisy, partly the internet, partly my brother, ex-jw, and partly thinking on my own that did it.. there are smart enough people on the board, is there anything we can do to bring the whole jw thing down?.
there must me some way, some thing, we can do.
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The tower knows this and I heard this from the platform once and they have actually said that the Internet is the Watchtower's greatest threat. The internet is chuck full of information about the society and the history. This history was unknown to me and once you find out all sorts of bells and whistles go off in your head. This historic information is what the society would love to keep hidden.
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How many things can a JW get disfellowshipped for?
by digderidoo inhow many is there?
can we have a brain storm and get a list going?.
paul.
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It was listed that oral and anal sex or mutual masturbation between persons not married to each other also now includes people who are now married. I remember this in one WT lesson and I made a comment in a car group about the artivcle saying "did you notice one thing about that paragraph?" It did not have any scriptural references. It bothered me greatly that the society was giving direction without any scriptural support and you could actually get D/F'd for this.