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Please comment on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
by compound complex inthe ocd thingy came up hugely in this old thread ... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/137404/1/time-and-distance-a-guy-thing.
do you have a touch of the mania?.
i'm going on a walk now and timing each segment [ from street sign to street sign].. coco ocd.
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Jesus Found Him
by passwordprotected inthis will be posted on freeminds in due course for the benefit of jws who are reading the articles there;.
there are two accounts in the bible centered around jesus that were a great help to me as i was leaving the control of the watch tower society.. to me, the watch tower society, with it's governing body and local representatives, the elders, were my religious leaders.
i was, in all truth, a religious person.
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Great info passwordprotected . I'd have to agree that there is not a Religion to date that has saved a single person. Only relationship with Christ can save.
One point that stands out to me is the mistranslation of John 17:3 in the NWT which says:
This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.
Most translations read:
Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. (NIV)
Big difference between taking in knowlege of someone and knowing someone. Actually this was the first trick in the book. Satan basically told Eve "eat from the tree of knowlege, you won't die, you'll not only live but you'll be like God" in other words, "Knowlege of God is life". Yet if they had really wanted the knowlege of God they could have went directly to Him but instead they sought it from a questionable source. They wanted to know about God but didn't go to Him. Kind of like the JW's who go to the Organization for salvation instead of Jesus.
Jeremiah 31:33b-34
I will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each man teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the LORD; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
I love how Reniaa likes to quote Matthew 7:21
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
She forgets the rest of it....
Matthew 7:22,23
Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name?’ And yet then I will confess to them: I never knew YOU! Get away from me, YOU workers of lawlessness. (NWT)
It's not the powerful works that condemns these ones, it's that they did these works in name only but never really knew Christ. This makes them workers of lawlessness. Much like the Pharisees were workers of lawlessness. They claimed to know God and the scriptures yet they killed the one they were supposed to know instead of coming to Him for life.
As is pointed out in John 5:39, 40
“Y OU are searching the Scriptures, because YOU think that by means of them YOU will have everlasting life; and these are the very ones that bear witness about me. And yet YOU do not want to come to me that YOU may have life. (NWT)
The Pharisees chose to earn salvation by working the works (rules and regulations) of the law instead of coming to Jesus for the free gift. That would've been too easy. They would rather "earn" salvation than receive it freely. They were always studying (taking in knowlege) but never able to see the forest for the trees.
Unfortunately they failed to realize that if you're going to be saved by law, when you break one, you break them all. Thus you are a worker of lawlessness.
James 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
Law exposes (uncovers) sin and is a curse. Jesus forgives (covers) sin and is eternal life and a blessing.
We can choose Religion (law) or Relationship (Jesus) for salvation. Why pursue a guaranteed failure in Religion? Only Jesus could fulfill the law and live up to religions demands.
Like you said passwordprotected "Keeping the law and obeying the religious leaders had broken the hearts of the Jews; they had no guarantee of salvation, the Kingdom of Heaven had been closed off to them"
Yet Romans 8:1 says:
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
I know what (whom) I choose.
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phrases that annoy you
by John Doe in" users of this phrase are anything but sorry.
what they mean is "i'm an asshole.
now i'm going to prove it.
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"happifying" (JW lingo)
"So I says" then "she says" "then I says"
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ATJeff Answers Letters from JW Readers
by AllTimeJeff ini didn't want to hijack billy x's attempt at hijacking another thread directed to our apostate terrorist, reinna.
this is a parady that only ex jw's could possibly appreciate.
whether you appreciate my macabre sense of humor is entirely another matter.
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Dear Slobbering Bully,
I enjoyed your recent article "why 99.99% of Jehovah's Witnesses reject Jesus in the sight of men at the annual memorial" but this brings up a question. Paul said, "... for as often as you eat this loaf and drink this cup, you keep proclaiming the death of the Lord, until he arrives." (1Cor 11:26). If Christ arrived in 1914, why do any Jehovah's Witnesses continue to partake of the bread and wine? Shouldn't they have stopped in 1914?
Warm christian greetings,
Androb31
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beards are from satan!
by Adrianoblue init is illegal to wear a beard.
(matthew 24:45-47).
but it is legal to wear a mustache.
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What is your best example of Witnesses REPHRASING something to change its meaning?
by BonaFide injw's redefine words.
they change lives as a result, with people actually thinking they are in control, when they are not.. here are some that really have caused me anxiety, arguments, and just complete frustration.
even when i was a "believer" some of these bothered me.. provision (rule).
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Born Again = Indoctrinated by the org. then baptized into the org. then slaving for the org.
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P90X!!!!!!
by daniel-p ingonna start it again for the summer.
nutrition plan and everything.
i was introduced to it by seeker (who i don't see much around anymore), after he gave it a glowing recommendation.
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It's definitely an interesting ride. When the 90 days is up you feel invincible. Like Daniel-p said "the two week mark is probably the biggest "hump" in the program". I did it in the mornings and dreaded waking up the first 2 weeks and almost stopped halfway thru the workouts, especially the plyometrics, but I would push myself thru. After that it was downhill and I was looking forward to the challenge in the mornings.
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What does it mean in practical terms to " love your neighbor"?
by The Berean inor is such an unrealistic virtue ??
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That's one thing that helped me make my exit from the WT. I got to thinking, what if I came across someone homeless, hungry and in the pits of despair with no one to love them and the only thing I was willing to do is give them a washtowel and make them feel like more of a failure. Instead I could feed them, clothe them and let them know that someone cares and doesn't see them as a throw away. Something that small could change a persons life. I feel like to love your neighbor is to do for them what others are unwilling to do.
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Latest CO Service talk: How much do you appreciate Jehovahs provision of the Faithful Slave
by LUKEWARM inapparently the latest circuit overseer service talks are entitled:.
(1) "how much do you appreciate jehovah's provision of the faithful slave".
(2) "directed by god's spirit in our ministry".
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I think my mom must've heard one of the talks already or else has gone thru a recent brain numbing washtowel session regarding the "fraudulent deceitful sewage dispensers" because her and my brother were on the phone and something came up where he mentioned our pastor at our church we attend and she made a big point about "why do you have to call him pastor ?". He explained that it's biblical according to all but the NWT since they change the words and she went into "well ask him if he knows anything about the faithful discreet slave, they're in the bible too". Seems like they're really pumping themselves up more than ever lately.
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Prayers for Aubrey requested
by coffee_black ini am sitting in the family lounge at the university of va medical center.
my grandson has paused his walk after 2 days because his 10 year old sister, aubrey, has had a terrible accident.
she fell off of a bike, slamming into a tree going downhill.
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androb31
Praying for the peace of God to come upon you & yours and that your granddaughter receive a healing from the Lord Jesus this very hour. Only have faith...
