Posts by Fernando

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Has anyone found comfort/encouragement from "worldly songs"?

by awakening in

jw
friends

i remember reading a thread when my exit was starting, about inspirational songs.

someone posted a link to the "shins" for a fool.

this was a surprising help to me.

Fernando

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0F_6plYyTM

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Jehovahs Witnesses make a big deal about following first century christianity, so please explain this.

by smiddy in

where in the christian greek scriptures do disciples of christ record how many hours a month they preached.. " " " " 10 hours for women and children and slack husbands with no ambition.

" " " " do they record how many back calls / return visits they made in a month.. " " " " have they set down how many bible studys they had in a month.. " " " " do they have pioneers ,special pioneers , aux.pioneers , with goals to reach each month.. " " " " do they have d.o.

, c.o., zone servants , etc.etc.. " " " " where in the christian greek scriptures is the word " organisation" applied to christianity.

Fernando

There is simply no way the WBTS can afford to follow first century Christianity.

They and their organisation (VISIBLE golden calf) would be revealed as irrelevant at best and evil/apostate at worst.

The WBTS carefully keeps its followers from learning about the Good News according to Paul, Moses, Isaiah and Psalms.

This is quite an impressively evil feat since more than half their own Bible's 152-odd references to "good news" are by Paul.

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Not willing to cooperate

by happy@last in

just thought i would let you know there appears to still be no change when it comes to assisting the police here in the uk.

i am in the process of pressing charges against my abuser who was and is again a jw.

during my interviews with the police i did not mention jws as it was not relevant to the case, however during one if his interviews he stated that he had been 'punished' by the jws by being disfellowshipped, and now he was a jw again he had 'paid his dues'!.

Fernando

He may have paid his dues to the "ruling religious clergy class", but now he can pay his dues to the victim, society and Caesar.

Best wishes.

What are your thoughts about going the Candace Conti route?

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What was the "logical straw" that broke your camel's back?

by Pacopoolio in

jw
friends

i had a bunch of tiny little nags that always bothered me about the bible/god/etc.

that eventually led to me drifting away, but this was my personal, singular issue that no one could address.

i think i mentioned it before here, but, for summation again:.

Fernando

Rejection of "imputed righteousness" by the "ruling religious clergy class" (aka "elders", CO, DO, ZO, GB).

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JC is not Christian, nor a replica of what is in Heavens!

by exWTslave in

though judicial committee arrangement is found in mathew 18:15-20, this seems to be a later apostate interpolation!

(acts 20:28-30):.

1) jesus would not speak of such a heartless arrangement whereby a person who does not listen to the church is finally disfellowshipped, because it is in sharp contrast to what he was saying in mathew 18:14 and mathew 18:21-35; 1 peter 2:22; contrast also mathew 5:3, 40, 41; 16:24.. 2) jesus would not have told his disciples (mathew 18:1) to take things to the church (presently more than 40,000 in numbers) which obviously did not exist then.

Fernando

"Judicial Committee arrangement is found in Matthew 18:15-20"

That is not what I get from reading this passage...

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My conversation with my mother in law.

by StephaneLaliberte in

my wife and i recently took the decision to fade out progressively and we are now in the stage where we no longer assist to our meetings.

in this process, we have told the truth to our respective parents but have not forced ourselves upon them; meaning that: we will talk about it when you want to.

as a result, my mother in-law already had some conversations with my wife on why we no longer went, but never brought up the subject with me, at least, up until yesterday.. she was telling us that a good deal of people miss us at the meeting and i answered that i missed them also.

Fernando

Very well reasoned, and very well done ecan6.

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Head covering for women--how did you feel about this? Men? Women?

by humbled in

jw
friends

thinking about how this felt awkward to some of us women when a bible student noticed something was "up" if a baptised brother sat in on a study.

had to reference 1 cor.

11:1-16.. i wonder if this irked any while you were still in?.

Fernando

Now - appalled.

Then - ignorant.

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Photon Glue, new super material from some very smart kids

by designs in

using light on a filament thinner than a strand of hair and lined with mirrors researchers have been able to bind organic and inorganic materials to be used in solar cells and lighting.. this is cool stuff.

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http://phys.org/news/2014-03-photon-enables-quatum-mechanical-state.html.

Fernando

http://phys.org/news/2014-03-photon-enables-quantum-mechanical-state.html

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Aren't Jehovah's Witnesses really standing in front of the LIGHT and blocking it?

by Terry in

jw
friends

folks are about as happy as they decide to be.. looking on the bright side of life gives you more of a foothold when things go awry.

nurturing hope builds a foundation for you which enables you to save for tomorrow and build toward the future and hang on when things get tough.. people dig their own graves when they become pessimists.

"why bother" replaces "that's worth a try!".