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  Nicest thing a JW has ever done?

  by aintenoughwiskey in

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  here is a change of pace, what was the nicest thing a jw has ever done for you or you have seen done?

  it wasn't all bad all the time!

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  Diogenesister

  I am loving that story 3rdgen!!!💕💕
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  Nicest thing a JW has ever done?

  by aintenoughwiskey in

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  here is a change of pace, what was the nicest thing a jw has ever done for you or you have seen done?

  it wasn't all bad all the time!

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  Diogenesister

  When I was a kid, the local cong elders after prayerful consideration offered the position of elder to a man who would be termed these days as 'learning disabled'. I remember the adults discussing it, the cong evidently felt that as a long term witness of good character there was nothing to prevent his becoming an elder, that to pass him over, as the most spiritually mature man in the cong would be wrong, bad form and (though they did not use the word )'prejudiced'. It was around 1981/2 and I remember being mightily impressed. As if the last bastion of the old order had been torn down- after all, would the C of E employ someone with downs syndrome as a bishop I reasoned. I know I will get lots of cracks along the lines that anyone with a low IQ is perfect JW material...but I am sure you get my drift about a rebellious young lefty being impressed by such egalitarianism....I hadnt yet got to the bit in JW culture that a 12 yr old child ("pre teen") is considered fit to lord it over a 50 yr old grandmother by virtue of his genitalia.
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  Crisis Of Conscience In Audio Format?

  by dubstepped in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm just wondering if the book is available to be listened to in any format?

  i know that it can be found online and read freely, and i've been through some of it, but i just wondered if it was available in any other way.

  i guess it would be lacking some of the copies of articles and such that were in the original book, but it would still be interesting.

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  Does anyone know where the pdf formatt is, I have tried to buy it but amazon want to charge hundreds of dollars if u live in the uk!!!
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  False messengers!

  by Diogenesister in

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  "jehovah god is the grand identifier of his true messengers.

  he identifies them by making the messages he delivers through them come true.

  jehovah is also the great exposer of false messengers.

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  Diogenesister

  Splash....gobsmacked, am going to print it and post it on the KH....THEY CAN READ A WATCHTOWER CANT THEY?
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  Children and University

  by disillusioned 2 in

  1. jw
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  just wanted to share some good news.

  my daughter has just got her first job as a school teacher, she starts in september.

  another daughter will be starting university in september, and one of my sons also.

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  Diogenesister

  Although my heart still breaks for the young you at least you had the joy of raising kids and have obviously done a fantastic job....nothing on earth tops that! So many gave up that joy becuse the org told them to do so.
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  Normalcy bias keeps JWs from leaving

  by zimunzucz in

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  i have been frustrated by the inability of most jws to escape their bondage to the kh, despite repeated exposure to negative information about their religion and belief system.

  perhaps it's due in part to something called normalcy bias- a definition i have found is:.

  normalcy bias is part of human nature and, to some extent, we are all guilty of participating in it.

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  Diogenesister

  Done4good I couldn't agree more, you are bang on. As the org always say, all you can do is give a great 'witness' to your loved ones by example and be there when needed.
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  Something that silenced my pestering JW friend

  by iconoclastic in

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  (http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_4.htm).

  (http://www.zmescience.com/other/most-amazing-unexplained-artifacts/); .

  (http://beforeitsnews.com/beyond-science/2013/01/13-world-mysteries-without-explanation-2440676.html); .

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  Diogenesister

  Wouldnt it be more interesting to ask about things that CAN be proven but dont fit into the biblical scheme of things...like 5,000 year old Bristlecone Pine trees that must have survived Noahs flood (which occured 2370 BCE according to their chronology)without so much as damage to the trees inner rings.
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  False messengers!

  by Diogenesister in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "jehovah god is the grand identifier of his true messengers.

  he identifies them by making the messages he delivers through them come true.

  jehovah is also the great exposer of false messengers.

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  "Jehovah God is the Grand Identifier of his true messengers. He identifies them by making the messages he delivers through them come true. Jehovah is also the Great Exposer of false messengers. How does he expose them? He frustrates their signs and predictions. In this way he shows that they are self-appointed prognosticators, whose messages really spring from their own false reasoning-yes, their foolish, fleshly thinking!" WATCHTOWER 1997 05/01 p.8. In their own words! It would take an astounding amount of self-delusion not to apply the above statement to their own organization as the ultimate in "frustrated signs and predictions". Please show the above watchtower quote to all your JW loved ones.
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  these books, want any? if not they go in the trash

  by sowhatnow in

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  2. bible

  worldwide security under the prince of peacegods eternal purpose now triumphinglife does have a purpose babylon the great has fallen gods kingdom rulesyou can live forever on a paradise earththe secret to family happinessdid man get here by evolution of creationlet your kingdom comechoosing the best way of lifecommentary on the letter of jamesi have one of each.. the bible gods word or mansis the bible really the word of godsurvival into a new earthknowledge that leads to everlasting lifereasoningunited in worshipholy spirit the force behind the coming new orderthe two babylon'sparadise lost originalyou can live forever on a paradise earth first large print edition 1982 revelation book 1988 large print.

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  The james book would be a good one to comvert into digital format if it is hard to get hold of..,I would be into doing that.
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  these books, want any? if not they go in the trash

  by sowhatnow in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  worldwide security under the prince of peacegods eternal purpose now triumphinglife does have a purpose babylon the great has fallen gods kingdom rulesyou can live forever on a paradise earththe secret to family happinessdid man get here by evolution of creationlet your kingdom comechoosing the best way of lifecommentary on the letter of jamesi have one of each.. the bible gods word or mansis the bible really the word of godsurvival into a new earthknowledge that leads to everlasting lifereasoningunited in worshipholy spirit the force behind the coming new orderthe two babylon'sparadise lost originalyou can live forever on a paradise earth first large print edition 1982 revelation book 1988 large print.

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  Diogenesister

  Hi, I would be interested in the revelation book please. Can I email you ?