Posts by trebor

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"Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas"

by compound complex in

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the most familiar palindromes, in english at least, are character-by-character: the written characters read the same backwards as forwards.

palindromic words exist, for example civic, level, rotator, rotor, kayak, and racecar.. palindromes often consist of a phrase or sentence ("was it a rat i saw?

", "step on no pets", "sit on a potato pan, otis", "lisa bonet ate no basil", "satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas", "i roamed under it as a tired nude maori").

trebor

one example is actor Robert Trebor

Hmmm...

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SHOCK! As A Family Of 5 Is DF'd On The Same Night!!!

by african GB Member in

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the whole congregation came to a complete and utter shock as a family of 5 was df'd on the same night.... apparently the father was to be df'd for apostacy.

he was given a chance to appeal.

went home to discuss it with family.

It appears, you skipped over my post which is actually a skip over from my original post to you. Again, you're sticking with 'A'. That being the case, you seemed to have overlooked this next portion in your response. I'll repost once again:

"If the teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses are correct, and the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses are who they claim as well as the whole "Faithful and Discreet Slave Class" notion, and you truly believe it then you shouldn't even be on these message boards, not even reading - forget about posting anything. Otherwise, you are going against the directions of God's chosen organization. Indeed, as the Watchtower Society would have you believe, you are going against God, period."

I still look forward to your response to the above in respects to the position you continue to take.

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SHOCK! As A Family Of 5 Is DF'd On The Same Night!!!

by african GB Member in

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the whole congregation came to a complete and utter shock as a family of 5 was df'd on the same night.... apparently the father was to be df'd for apostacy.

he was given a chance to appeal.

went home to discuss it with family.

trebor

reniaa,

Ok, so you're sticking with 'A'. That being the case, you seemed to have overlooked the next portion in your response. I'll repost it here:

"If the teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses are correct, and the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses are who they claim as well as the whole "Faithful and Discreet Slave Class" notion, and you truly believe it then you shouldn't even be on these message boards, not even reading - forget about posting anything. Otherwise, you are going against the directions of God's chosen organization. Indeed, as the Watchtower Society would have you believe, you are going against God, period."

I look forward to your response to the above in respects to the position you have taken.

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SHOCK! As A Family Of 5 Is DF'd On The Same Night!!!

by african GB Member in

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the whole congregation came to a complete and utter shock as a family of 5 was df'd on the same night.... apparently the father was to be df'd for apostacy.

he was given a chance to appeal.

went home to discuss it with family.

trebor

You have found nothing to replace the Jw religion so you cling to your hatred and the destruction of Jws as some goal to feed on instead.

For some that may be true. I won't generalize and speak for everyone, but I will speak for myself. I have no hatred and wish no ill-will towards Jehovah's Witnesses. As for the business and organization known as the Watchtower Society, it would be nice if they did self-destruct. But there are similar organizations to take its place both religious and non-religious.

It appears from your post, *you* have found nothing (in your mind) "better" than Jehovah's Witnesses, so you choose to stick with defending that organization. Just because you haven't found something to replace it, or insist that you must belong to an organization or support some institution as you do not see or believe any other possibility is an option, means everyone else must hold to the same philosophy.

Or as you have stated in other posts, atheism is too depressing for you. It has nothing to do with whether it is true or possible but too emotional disconnecting for you to handle. From your posts it appears the options you have left yourself are:

A. Jehovah's Witnesses have the truth or is the best thing closest to the truth and/or is the organization which God supports and blesses.

B. Being an atheist - as all other religions fail as being "the truth" or are not approved by God. If Jehovah's Witnesses don't have the truth, then God for all intent and purposes for you doesn't exist.

Others do have a similar dependency, some do not. Then there are some that see and believe a much broader range of options. As for me, I don't stick with lies and fairy tales just because the alternative doesn't sound better to me. Just because I don't have a better story to replace the one preached by the Watchtower Society, doesn't mean I still support an organization whose teachings and doctrines have contradicted them.

If the teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses are correct, and the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses are who they claim as well as the whole "Faithful and Discreet Slave Class" notion, and you truly believe it then you shouldn't even be on these message boards, not even reading - forget about posting anything. Otherwise, you are going against the directions of God's chosen organization. Indeed, as the Watchtower Society would have you believe, you are going against God, period.

Or do you believe Jehovah's Witnesses have some or most of the truth and you are personally picking what to follow and believe. That would be very convenient and just like many other people who belong to many other faiths who pick and choose what to follow. Do you not see that as a tad hypocritical? Could anyone argue against someone of another faith or state that people who pick and choose what to believe is not right, when they themselves are doing the same exact thing?

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My Declaration of Freedom

by Lady Lee in

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declaration of freedom.

free to be more tolerant of others' beliefs .

free to be more tolerant of other's lifestyles (because they are none of my business) .

trebor

Very well put Lady Lee...agree 100% - except substitute the Canadian part for me...I'm American

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A special series of Articles

by B_Deserter in

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i've decided to write a series of articles aimed not at jws or ex-jws, but non-jws caught in the "crossfire" between the individual and the organization.

too often the loved ones of ex-jws feel like they're on the sidelines when it comes to religious issues.

i wanted to help the woman who's husband still won't decorate the christmas tree, the man who's wife will cook a ham but won't hide eggs for the kids on easter, or just anyone wondering why their significant other is being shunned by his/her family at the behest of a book publishing corporation.

trebor

B Deserter,

Thanks for providing the link and taking the time to write up the information. I enjoyed reading it...Well done.

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Wasn't it the BEST when the speaker DIDN'T SHOW for the Public Talk?

by lurk3r in

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and all we had to do was sit thorugh the watchtower sudy?

it was a jw christmas!.

trebor

Interesting, so apparently in some congregations if the scheduled speaker did not appear there was no public talk given; wow!

Always, in the three congregations I was a part of during various times of my "Watchtower Career", if the speaker didn't show, A Public Talk would be given regardless by a local elder or servant.

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