Posts by stillin

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JW's revelling in their online statistic...

by The Fall Guy in

...that their web site is the most translated in the world.. https://www.tomedes.com/translator-hub/most-translated-website.php.

do jw's genuinely believe that statistics prove divine backing?

you can fool some of the people some of the time...there are lies, damned lies, and statistics!.

stillin

As the saying goes, " the figures don't lie, but liars can figure."

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Delete posts. Possible?

by Hairtrigger in

simon .

i sent you a pm but, not having received a response, i am assuming you didn't get it.

question.

Hairtrigger, you could just wait a bit. Your post will be so far back that most people will never see it again. It wouldn't be fair to the ones who responded to your original post if you were to edit it or delete it now. Keep the posts coming, though!

Smiddy! I never saw anything in any of your posts that would warrant that sort of reaction from Simon. Ever. Maybe something goofy in the computer. For a bit there I could start a thread but not reply to a thread. I got thinking, "Maybe Simon doesn't like my replies." Which is true, sometimes he doesn't, but he usually just mocks me and let's it go. So I decided that there was some sort of glitch in the program. That's probably all it is with you.

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Jehovah's house for Sale?

by JohnTron72 in

when i drive by the kingdom hall i grew up attending at but, was sold directly to a church, i get angry.

the elders who handled the sale didn't even remove the watchtower shaped bricks on each side of the sign near the street so, now they advertise for a baptist church.

how many times as i grew up i heard things like: you should not do work ( such as clean carpets for a church) you wouldn't want to work at a cigarette making plant or a facility that makes bombs for the military.

stillin

Always remember, and never forget that this Kingdom Halls are only brick and mortar, NOT the actual House of Jehovah. The House of Jehovah is a spiritual condition of united worship of the One living and true God, our father, Jehovah. These simple buildings which have been used as hubs for our Great Witnessing Work may be destroyed by the elements but true worship and and the speaking of the "one pure language of truth" will endure forever.

There. Does that help?

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Do You Think “Higher Education “Is All That??

by minimus in

jw
friends

as jehovah’s witnesses, we were regularly told how awful a college education is.

i’m no longer associated with the religion but i am not so pro university.

it’s not because i think you are better off without a degree.

stillin

Rubadub, you're right. I was simply thinking about the love of knowledge being "truly" educated. Convincing others that I am educated is another matter. Plus, being self-taught doesn't round a person's knowledge out like "peer review" does.

My biggest regret is that I didn't go to college when I had a chance. I took the bait from the Watchtower, hook, line and sinker. I had a decent high school education, dropped out of college, and I'm just consoling myself.

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Do You Think “Higher Education “Is All That??

by minimus in

jw
friends

as jehovah’s witnesses, we were regularly told how awful a college education is.

i’m no longer associated with the religion but i am not so pro university.

it’s not because i think you are better off without a degree.

stillin

I think that a good high school education is better than a bad college education. Meaning, if a person learns in HS how to research and find what they are looking for, they are ahead of the curve. If a person values what the world's great minds have put into books, he has a jump start that no college degree can match.

Having said that, having a degree opens doors that stay shut for those who don't have one.

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Well said about giving thanks

by eyeuse2badub in

lifestyle.

' i'm an atheist and i don't need god to give thanks or show gratitude.

jennifer furner,huffpost 3 hours ago .

stillin

Very nice. Well said!

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My first encounter

by SB10 in

i don’t know if the woman i met yesterday will ever see this.

but i will forever remember that day for the rest of my life.

my grandfather has been in icu for the past 3 days.

stillin

There's nothing wrong with human kindness at all. Glad that you realize that the JW's don't have a monopoly on it.

I had a rough patch a few years ago and was shown a lot of kindness by local Non-JW Christians. It doesn't make their religion all true but it's nice to see people trying.

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How to delete posts to this forum?

by deanxxx in

hi, .

i would like to delete all my post on this forum, particularly topics i have started.

how do i do that?.

stillin

Fatfreak, maybe. But simple rainwater runoff is nothing to be ashamed of.

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How to delete posts to this forum?

by deanxxx in

hi, .

i would like to delete all my post on this forum, particularly topics i have started.

how do i do that?.

stillin

I like your posts, dean! Stick around!

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Do the Witnesses still allow women to preach in men's prisons?

by JimmyYoung in

i knew of several women who would preach at the local correctional facility.

some would do the fall in love and get married to a new convert who had a long prison sentence.

if the witnesses had half a brain they would stop this before it ever got started.

stillin

I have known of many "jailhouse repentances." But I don't know a single person who learned the religion in jail and kept it when he got out.

One young man came home full of determination to stay on track. It meant so much to his Witness mother. Less than a year. Then again. Poor mom...

They mean well, most of them. But if you're in jail and the only thing going on is your "bible study," well, the conductor has a captive audience