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  My Walmart encounter with the dubs today

  by poppers in

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  yup, there were 3 of them camped out in front of the store with their display of materials - first time i've seen them there.

  he said he converted 5 years ago from the presbyterians, and that he had learned more in 1 year with the jws than all his time with the presbyterians (the usual stuff, jesus died on a stake, paradise earth, etc).

  he claimed he didn't know about the invisible return of jesus, he was dismissive of the impact of disfellowshipping and that people can leave with little consequence, he claimed that the romans didn't use a cross until 200 years after jesus died on the stake.

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  garyneal

  It is amazing the sheer level of ignorance you would find in many Jehovah's Witnesses when you press them about their teachings.

  Sometime back, I had a pioneer brother, who I refer to here as "Brother Hero," approach me to offer to study the Bible with him (using their publications of course). I was amazed at the sheer level of ignorance this man had concerning their doctrines. Here was a man who had been 'in the truth' for forty years. My wife always feigned, "I am just studying the milk of the truth," whenever I questioned her concerning their doctrines and she could not explain them. I guess this gentleman you spoke with was still nursing on the 'milk' and was not ready for the 'meat.'

  Same language used by the IFB's back when I use to be one.
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  What do JW's make of Early Christians?

  by ForbiddenFruit in

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  garyneal

  I mean, there were no printing presses! Scrolls were as valuable and as rare as a genuine Rolex! Not to mention that most people were illiterate!

  Precisely, jgnat, can you imagine given how laborious it would've been to write all those scrolls depicted in the photograph that Neomadman posted? Again, no printing presses.
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  What do JW's make of Early Christians?

  by ForbiddenFruit in

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  garyneal

  NeoMadman, that is just so hilarious and a fail on so many levels.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTvT7Cdveto
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  Is Jehovah a man that lived on a mountain?

  by bytheirworks in

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  when moses met jehovah, he was on a mountain.. .

  "for i have not dwelt in an house since the days that i brought up israel.

  " - i chronicles 17:5. .

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  garyneal

  Is Jehovah a man that lived on a mountain?

  No, he lived on the Pleiades.
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  I am a loser

  by zed is dead in

  1. jw
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  i just thought of something.

  i have spent most of my life feeling like i am a loser.

  i have been compensating for those messages most of my adult life.

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  garyneal

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE
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  Post some cool videos here that you like at Youtube

  by Iamallcool in

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  garyneal

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCCd5Qh3OtQ&feature=player_embedded

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vpi3q6_ymA
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  Post some cool videos here that you like at Youtube

  by Iamallcool in

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  garyneal

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgUc7eLXs0s
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  What can I do??

  by Nenmco in

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  first, i am married, but the marriage ended 11 years ago.

  no sex, no emotion, just roommates paying the bills.

  i met a wonderful jw gal about a year ago and we have been friends.

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  garyneal

  Yeah, if you are still married, you need to end that marriage first BEFORE persuing this witness woman.
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  Funny demon conversation

  by problemaddict in

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  minimus inspired me to recall a crazy conversation i had with a houseguest at my home while i was one of jw's and even serving.

  i had a houseguest say that she couldn't sleep all night, and then she found a birthday card in her friends room that someone at work gave her innocently enough.

  she burned it and said she could finally sleep.. i asked her if she knew how long ago her friends birthday was?

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  garyneal

  You know, thinking about how gullible I used to be back in those days, I remember ordering a pendant that was suppose to bring good luck to its wearer. Our Lady Of Medjugorje was what was on the pendant. In the box, there were ads for other charms, my favorite was "Rub the Buddha for money."
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  Funny demon conversation

  by problemaddict in

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  minimus inspired me to recall a crazy conversation i had with a houseguest at my home while i was one of jw's and even serving.

  i had a houseguest say that she couldn't sleep all night, and then she found a birthday card in her friends room that someone at work gave her innocently enough.

  she burned it and said she could finally sleep.. i asked her if she knew how long ago her friends birthday was?

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  garyneal

  I remember when I use to attend an IFB church called Open Bible Baptist Church the pastor would go on and on about demon possessed items. My friends had some of their hard rock and heavy metal CDs tossed in the trash. I remember even burning some of the items I had that I thought were demon possessed.

  Boy, what an idiot I was.