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  WT study article Jan 17 2010

  by Mickey mouse in

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  2. bible

  "treasure your place in the congregation.".

  dozy did this exercise previously but i thought paragraph 5 was worth looking at agan.. let's change the perspective to the first person:.

  "the spirit that now operates in the sons of disobedience" is so widespread that it is like the air we breathe.

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  scotinsw

  I have never read anything that way before. It sounds so cultish and downright freaky!
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  email fwd from my mom: utter BS..bet the sheeple eat this crap up and MY REACTION

  by SnakesInTheTower in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i received this crap from my jw mom today.

  i hope it doesn't "encourage" you to go back .

  you see, when i left, i immediately felt the relief of not being burned all the time by all of the gossip that occurs within the congregations, circuits, etc.

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  scotinsw

  An elder doing saying nothing! Sounds like the ones in my old cong!
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  Watchtowers use of qualifying words

  by donny in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the society loves the use of qualifying words, i.e.

  "apparently", "logically", "evidently" and others.

  here are some examples of scripture if the society had written them.. genesis 1:1- in the beginning god apparently created the heavens and the earth.. mark 15:34 - and at the ninth hour jesus cried out in a loud voice, "eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani?

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  scotinsw

  "irrisistable conclusion" i saw this on the guide to all the different meaning to the generation over the years
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  NEW GENERATION DEFINED -- April 15, 2010 Watchtower

  by Ultimate Reality in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  from jw.org, here is the new definition of the generation from the april 15, 2010 watchtower.. .

  article: holy spirits role in the outworking of jehovahs purpose.

  13 third, holy spirit is at work in bringing bible.

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  scotinsw

  Its ridiculous!

  I never understood the generation thing when I was in but now I look at it as an independent thinker it makes no sense whatsoever! I just hope that one day my parents will wake up to this and all the others who are stuck in the cult.
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  Another Scotsman reporting for duty :)

  by cofty in

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  2. friends

  hi all, its time i stopped lurking around here.

  i've been posting at jws for just over a year, i know a few names here and it looks like there is lots of good banter going on.. i am a second generation, born-in who grew up in west-central scotland.

  i pioneered in edinburgh and later married and settled in berwick just south of the border.

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  scotinsw

  Welcome cofty from another one of the Scottish contingent.
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  Tool against private questions by JC?

  by TheOldHippie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  being a bit slow, i just finished reading the january 22 "awake!

  ", and back-translating from "polish" into poor english, on page 9 is the article "a reasonable view on the peace of your private life" or something like that (as said, back-translated ....).

  ok, on page 12, second paragraph left column under the sub-heading "a reasonable view", first couple of lines, it is stated: "the creator has the right to know all our private affairs, but people have not.

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  scotinsw

  free - do you realise this was last posted on 6 years ago?
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  Why do Ex-JWs start celebrating pagan Christmas?

  by DubR in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hiya guys and gals.

  im not trying to be self-righteous but i want to understand the thought process of someone who knows the origins of christmas, but starts celebrating it (putting up christmas tree, exchanging wrapped gifts; repeating merry christmas to everyone they see in the month of december)??

  it seems very silly to me (imo) after knowing how and why christmas was created (to cater to pagans sun worship and convert to christianity)!!

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  scotinsw

  I'm repeating what others have said but for me:

  -i'm agnostic now and don't know if I believe in any of the bible but even putting that aside its a nice time of year. People are relaxed and friendly and it makes me feel good

  - i feel like it's he way that i can show (mainly to myself) i no longer consider myself a jw (i'm a fader).
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  What do you know about Scotland & Scottish witness culture

  by jambon1 in

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  2. friends

  so what do you know?.

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  scotinsw

  Pissing myself with laughter here!!!!

  Besty you've brightened up my evening here!
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  Watchtower: Full of peacock terms?

  by kurtbethel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does the publication contain peacock terms?

  it is even full of them at times?.

  peacock terms promote the subject of the article without imparting verifiable information.

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  scotinsw

  I think its got worse over the years.
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  Who officiates JW weddings?

  by greenie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if two jws were in great standing and getting married in a kingdom hall, who would officiate their wedding?

  could an elder do the whole thing, or would a justice of the peace have to do part with the talk from the elder?.

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  scotinsw

  I hate those wedding vows. Respect is a two-way thing not one way as those vows make out.