I know this is a little off the topic, but my Witness teacher always seemed a little exasperated when I didn't refer to God as Jehovah (in fact, I preferred Yahweh). I agree with chappy. For me, it is a respect thing. I never call my parents by their first name, so I don't do it with Him. He is first and foremost, my Heavenly Father.
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The term "Jehovah God"
by kzjw ini'm having trouble with it...i accept that god has many different names, yaweh, allah, jehovah, etc.
imho, it doesn't matter what you call him as long as you him!
but what's up with "jehovah god" as i hear the term used in talks by certain elders.
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Jehovah's Witnesses under consideration as "extremeists" in Russia
by done4good inhttp://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=1159
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almostbitten
Hmmm. I know why the Russians really don't like JWs. It's all the Classes they have--you know, the Annointed Class, the Jonadab Class, etc. Russians have had their fill of this Class $hit! Remember the Bolsheviks? ;-)
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What JW teaching did you find hardest to defend??
by karter infor me it was that god is killing billions of people just to prove a point.
what about you?
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I would find it hard to get too deep with someone about the stake vs. the cross. My JW teacher brought this up and once she realized I wasn't buying it, she referred me to an article about some research some dude did that stated that there was no evidence that Jesus was hung on a cross, blah blah blah. I got irritated and overloudly stated that it didn't matter if it was an upright post or a cross-beam--he DIED on a tree for you and me--not concrete, not particle board, not during a drive-by shooting. Stunned, she then used the "the cross had pagan origins." Again, who cares! The Romans were themselves pagans, inventing new and unusual ways of tormenting prisoners. To me, this is just yet another way JWs try to separate and distinguish themselves by others by nitpicking over stupid trivial stuff that has no bearing on salvation.
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post - df experience
by Solace1998 init was a shock to many when i was df'ed -- .
but i found afterwards, many did not want to obey the arrangement... one sister cornered me at a local supermarket, and made sure everything was okay with me, and if i ever needed someone to talk to, that she and her hubby were available... .
there is more to this, but another sister i worked with was quite ardent about talking to me about much more than just work .
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Oh, I don't know. The JW lady I know sat at my table and proudly explained to me how cold blooded she is towards DFed people. Keep in mind that this woman is trying to convert people to "true Christianity." I was completely turned off. I know plenty of people who do things that I personally believe to be immoral, but I don't blatantly ignore them. I will say hello and exchange pleasantries with them, but I don't "hang out" with them. To me, JWs go too far and come across as goodie-two-shoes whose butts don't stink. We all fall short.
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Some questions about WT sources
by witnessgirl insomething has been bugging me for years and years, and always bugged me when i was an active witness.
i've never mentioned it before and i've never seen it discussed.
like with a lot of other matters, i just assumed that this meant that i was missing something that everyone else understood.
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oops! hit the enter button. Anyway, I posted something similiar about how the WT cites their sources. When I first read an Awake! or a WT, I once looked in the back for a bibliography only to find there was none. This struck me as suspect because anytime I've had to do research in college or high school, we had to properly cite sources in the event someone would actually look up the information for themselves (which I think is exactly what the WTO doesn't want you to do). A member of this site was nice enough to post this link about WT discrepencies. Hope it works. http://corior.blogspot.com
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Some questions about WT sources
by witnessgirl insomething has been bugging me for years and years, and always bugged me when i was an active witness.
i've never mentioned it before and i've never seen it discussed.
like with a lot of other matters, i just assumed that this meant that i was missing something that everyone else understood.
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almostbitten
Witnessgirl,
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Is it just me?
by almostbitten ini've listened to a number of jws speak about the "new world" and it strikes me that many of them plan to carry a lot of materialistic and worldly expectations with them.
for example, i heard one lady complain about the williams' (venus and serena) success as tennis players, that they should be out there preaching and waiting to play tennis in the new world.
another one came from a visiting elder speaking at the local hall.
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Well, it's just sad to me, really. And they are so enthused about it. But for them to be so "all about the Bible," I can't understand where this is all coming from. Maybe it's a subconscious thing, that they really have some deep desires and wants hidden and repressed. I just hope that I don't run across a JW whose hope for the New World will be to try every sexual position and act that they've been told they could not do in the here and now!! That may not be a good thing.
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Do you believe that a woman has to be married to be happy?
by MsMcDucket ini'm just wondering because i was raised to believe that a woman should get married and have children.
i think that this is an out-dated philosophy and that girls shouldn't be taught that they have to be in a marriage to be complete.
please, discuss.
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I'm single, never been married, and the older I get, the more I don't have the desire to be married. I sometimes get a little lonely, but then I look around at the pickings and get over the slump real quick. I think the key is to be happy with self first. If you can't do that, then you'll be miserable and then you'll make the other person miserable. But, to each his own. I have a child, so I'm still looking for a convent that will accept me as a nun with a kid in tow!!!
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The ''truth'' that lead me to question the WTS.
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe truth that leads to eternal life says on page 13:.
we need to examine, not only what we personally believe, but also what is taught by any religious organization with whichwe may be associated.
are its teachings in full harmony with god's word, or are they based on the traditions of men?
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a Christian said, "...All I can figure is that most JW's often deliberately supress and ignore their doubts because they know that to do otherwise might cost them their family and friends. A price that most people are simply not willing to pay in order to take a stand for what they know is really right and really true." I have heard some JWs criticize other people in Christendom for not leaving "false religion" behind to join the Org. because they [unbelievers] are tied to such things as family, friends, positions, etc. Essentially what you said in the above quote. Oh, the irony of the WT.
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Trapped in an elevator...
by whitman inwho is the last person you would ever want to be trapped in an elevator with?
for me - tom cruise.
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almostbitten
Come to think of it, what would McGeyver do? I know! He'd use Ann Coulter's boney behind as a crowbar to get the doors open. That's it.