Topics Started by JoJoJones

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Witnesses "Policing" People...Is It True?
by CrimsonBleu in
1. jw
2. friends
my sister told me once she likes to "police" people, that it was sort of a game she liked to play.

she is true to her word, she does just that.

always seeking the negative, rarely acknowledging positive...anything.. is this common among witnesses?
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A "possible suicide" results in no JW support
by donny in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a co-worker of mine whose, wife and daughters are jehovahs witnesses, told me about situation that his oldest daughter finds abhorrent.

he said that a close friend of his daughter was found dead in a car the other day.

she was in her early 30's and had been a lifelong jw.
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New World Translation, is it the best bible translation?
by littlebuddy in
1. watchtower
2. bible
my jw elder friend said to me that the nwt is the best translation of the bible and that scholars have said as much.

is this true and is it the best?

are there scholars who disagree?.
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JW Defenders- Is WTS Right to Insist You Stay Away From these Websites?
by OnTheWayOut in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i read these threads and there are a few that bend over backwards to say why wts is correct on this issue or that issue.. they act like typical jw's that refuse to acknowledge points that may show that wts is not following the scriptures or that wts goes beyond the scriptures in a way that is not supported by others.. the point could be the blood issue or shunning or whether 1799 or 1914 was the start (or finish?

) of the last days or whether there is a faithful and discreet slave class or not.

i don't want to harp on each point.
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As a Child, Which Did You Think About More?
by BabaYaga in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
petting baby animals in paradise, or the fiery rain of armegeddon?.

i can tell you which one i thought about every single day.

armegeddon absolutely terrified me.
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How many of you knew about the"Jesus is not your Mediator" teaching when you were JWs??
by Lady Liberty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hi everyone.... just curious how many of you knew when you were active, about the societys official teaching regarding jesus the mediator.

i was floored to find in my research, that they teach jesus is the mediator for the 144,000 only.

and it is only by our association with them that we might have salvation.. i don't know about you guys but i was blown away when i learned they taught this.
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Does the name Jehovah actually exist in the original Hebrew language?
by Yizuman in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
source: http://www.familybible.org/articles/messianic/jehovah.htm.

well, then, where did the word jehovah come from?.

thus the artificial name jehovah came into being.. (yahweh, the new encyclopedia britannica, vol.
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What Its Like To Be A Gay Ex JW....
by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up in
1. jw
2. experiences
i guess its time to throw my little story out there.

i keep reading everyones stories and thinking how brave you have all been, coming out of the organisation and facing all the repercussions of doing so.. .

i only last august disassociated myself.
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Brother Ted, Theocratic Economics and Card Run-outs
by Duncan in
1. jw
2. friends
dear all,.

i nearly met up with brother ted f. the other day.

i say nearly, because i arrived round my mothers house just a few minutes after he left.
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STOP Talking to Your Family OR ELSE!
by UnDisfellowshipped in
1. jw
2. friends
" (the watchtower july 1st 1963 issue, page 411).

" (the watchtower july 1st 1963 issue, page 413).

" (the watchtower july 15th 1963 issue, page 446).