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  They say Jesus wasn't born in the winter because it was too cold, well in NYC a week ago it was 64 degrees.

  by Legacy in

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  so they say jesus wasn't born on 12/25 or in the winter because it was so cold & the shepherds would not be out in the cold.

  i live in nyc & around the holiday time the temp.

  rose to 64...i'm just saying..so that's not a good reason to say jesus wasn't born in the winter or 12/25.

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  That's really interesting, Legacy. On wiki, it says the average temperature in Bethlehem during December is 45-57.

  And here's something else interesting, at least i think it is. LOL! My neighbor grew up in Bethlehem, and worked as a shepherd for some years as a teenager. he says they were out in the fields with the sheep day and night, year around! He told me that sheep eat a lot, and were always out to pasture. He said there were no stores to go buy bales of hay! Keeping them "in" would be very problematic, as to keeping them fed. If the weather got very severe, he could usually find a cave to take shelter in. He thinks it's funny that WT is so dogmatic that shepherds aren't out in the fields by night during December!
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  So, I got this D2D visit and I made them start disagreeing between them in front of my eyes

  by BluePill2 in

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  ususally i wouldn't come here to announce that two dudes in polyester suits with cheap ties wanted to convert me.

  i am long past that "excitement", been out for a couple of years now.

  this was the first time they rang my door bell.

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  My inlaws got that same tract yesterday here in Arizona. It was kind of a hit and run, they said the JWs clearly did not want to actually talk at all.
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  Actual JW comment on "daily Text"

  by AuntBee in

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  "with everything that is going on in this world it really is wonderful to be spiritually awake!

  the world is groping for answers to solve their problems.

  jehovah is revealing to us what is about to happen.

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  LOL, Outlaw! Maybe she's a Newbie, she sounds so excited about the predictions!
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  Actual JW comment on "daily Text"

  by AuntBee in

  1. watchtower
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  "with everything that is going on in this world it really is wonderful to be spiritually awake!

  the world is groping for answers to solve their problems.

  jehovah is revealing to us what is about to happen.

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  "With everything that is going on in this world it really is wonderful to be spiritually awake! The world is groping for answers to solve their problems. Jehovah is revealing to us what is about to happen. So lift your heads up because your deliverance is near!!"

  So, Jehovah is revealing to us (through the WT? Through the Slave?) what is GOING TO HAPPEN? But, i thought they never claim to be prophets or inspired? Obviously their members are being given a different take on it.
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  "Truth be Told" Documentary in Phoenix

  by AuntBee in

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  i've been watching the web site that shows how many more tickets need to be sold for this to happen.

  right now, it is 14. if anyone wants to buy one as kind of a donation, even though you're not going, you can at this web site: .

  http://www.tugg.com/events/5361.

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  AuntBee

  I've been watching the web site that shows how many more tickets need to be sold for this to happen. Right now, it is 14. If anyone wants to buy one as kind of a donation, even though you're not going, you can at this web site:

  http://www.tugg.com/events/5361

  The tickets cost twelve dollars. If it ends up not happening, your credit card isn' charged for it.

  Thanks,

  auntbee from tucson
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  WTS carts/stands in NYC or other cities

  by Hillary in

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  2. scandals

  has anyone here approached the jw's at the carts and what has come of it?

  did u say ur ex-jw or did u try to poke holes in the doctrines?

  were u able to embarrass them in front of any bystanders with issues such as child abuse cover-up, false prophecy, etc?

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  Hi Hillary - We have JWs outside at literature tables here in Tucson. I sent you a PM about it!
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  Millions now living will never die

  by MrFreeze in

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  yes, rutherford proclaimed in 1918 that "millions now living will never die.

  " well it's been 95 years since.

  how many 95+ year old people are alive on earth today?

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  That's a really good point, Jookbeard! I just realized that recently, having thought of it as more similar to the 1914 thing, thinking, ok , how long would that be past 1925, if millions would still be alive, etc.

  ALl that 1925/BethSarim predictions/speculation is the backdrop to Rutherford's "light flashing up" to reveal the great crowd in the 30's! Essentially, a whole new religious system apart from the New Covenant. As the old saying goes "Consider the source." Was that guy a reliable and trustworthy interpreter of Scripture? ? Or...if it was light "from Jehovah", special revelation, what was his track record with that? Wow, what was that guy smoking (drinking?)???

  It's just as though Hal Lindsey or Harold Camping would come up with a MAJOR new interpretation never before heard of, after their failed predictions/speculations, and say this is light from Jehovah, and you have to listen to it!
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  Then (1960) and now (2013)

  by theron ware in

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  2. experiences

  i was raised as a jw from the age of 7. i was df'd for apostasy in 1971 at the age of 23. it has been 42 years since i have had contact with any jehovah's witnesses, including my family.

  last year i moved to tucson.

  when i read that a district assembly was coming to town, and that it would be at the convention center only minutes from my house, i decided to check it out.

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  I just wanted to throw in my two cents on theron ware, as he seems pretty modest and unassuming. Theron has had a brilliant career in two different fields, and has more than one published work-related book. I was beyond impressed that he achieved all of this with no family/parent support whatsoever, the trauma of shunning, etc. Not only that, he's a good conversationalist who doesn't talk down to an average Joe(sephine) like me! A really great guy, it made my day to meet him.
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  Why won't JWs have "civilized" debates with home owners?

  by ilikecheese in

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  it seems kind of crazy to go to someone's house touting your religion as truth and then not even defend your own beliefs.

  why do jws stop the chat if someone just tries to calmly reason/debate with them?

  i'm not talking about crazy preachers who start slamming bibles and yelling about how they need jesus or something.

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  As a "householder' whose been visited many times over the years, i think their willingness to have long discussions is not what it used to be, say, ten years ago. I don't know, maybe it's just true in my neck of the woods...who knows. My all time favorite was the woman who was almost cursing and literally shaking the dust off her feet as she left, after i had recited a generous sampling of WT false predictions. -- A year ago i asked a couple at the door if they could call me, because it was an inconvenient time, and i would like to discuss with them the 144,000 doctrine, but they never got back to me.
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  Do some x witnesses shock you despite being one?

  by Seraphim23 in

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  AuntBee

  Terry - you should get a webcast - 5 minutes a day - "Daily Reflections by Terry" (for any faith or non-faith) read with soft music playing in the background.