Posts by doublelife

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What religion would you recommend for those who want to leave the WTS?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

after i decide to leave the jehovah's witnesses one day,i will not look for a new religion.

the damage that the wts has caused me leads me to mistrust all men and religion.. i trusted these men from the wts .

i gave up 35 years of my life to find out that the wts is just a printing and real estate corporation disguised as a religion.

doublelife

Restored Reformed congregation of the Dutch Reformed Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 2nd Synod, Afscheiding schism.

Wow. I thought this was a joke. I googled it and it turns out to be real.

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Jesus' family tree

by doublelife in

in the insight bk, vol.1, page 915 it says:.

"reliability of the gospel genealogies.

the question arises: why does matthew leave out some names that are contained in the listings of the other chroniclers?

doublelife

Here's a link that compares them side by side.

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/gen_ml.html

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Whatever you do reflects on Jehovah

by dgp in

i heard a witness say this.

sorry if my question seems stupid, but i'm not a jw and i don't know any better.

i have the feeling that this phrase means that you have to carefully weight your every word and action so the worldlies won't have a bad opinion of the wts?.

doublelife

dgp, "And this also means you will often do what you wouldn't, just because your actions would reflect on Jehovah?"

I don't know if this is what you're referring to but going out in service, commenting at meetings. I hated doing those things and it went against my quiet, reserved nature. When I was in school there were clothes that I wanted to wear but didn't because it would bring a "reproach on Jehovah's name." There was always things I would or wouldn't do because of how it would reflect on the organization.

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How Much are Your Conditional Friends Worth?

by leavingwt in

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upon learning that wt was not "god's organization", i was devastated.

for two decades i had spent valuable time building friendships, mostly with jws.

during my stay at bethel, i made many fine friends, some of them very close.

doublelife

How Much are Your Conditional Friends Worth?

They're not worth my sanity and freedom. The thing is, several months before I found out the truth about "the truth" I knew all my friends weren't real friends. After the meetings I would leave immediately. I never stayed to socialize with anyone. My husband was a little worried about it but I just didn't want to waste energy on fake people. Once I made the decision to become inactive I knew that my friends would stop talking to me. We had a girls night in October and I went out with them knowing that that would be the last time I would being hanging out with them. It was a little sad but I knew that it couldn't be any other way.

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New Here

by CuriousButterfly in

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hi new to this message board.

i was trying to contact the admins or mods and the link at the botton if the message board does not appear to be working.

am i able to pm them?.

doublelife

Welcome!

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Jesus' family tree

by doublelife in

in the insight bk, vol.1, page 915 it says:.

"reliability of the gospel genealogies.

the question arises: why does matthew leave out some names that are contained in the listings of the other chroniclers?

doublelife

In the Insight Bk, Vol.1, page 915 it says:

"Reliability of the Gospel Genealogies. The question arises: Why does Matthew leave out some names that are contained in the listings of the other chroniclers? First of all, to prove one's genealogy it was not necessary to name every link in the line of descent."

Is it just me or is something seriously wrong with that statement? If I needed to prove that my grandfather is my grandfather I would have to list my dad as the link between us. A person can't skip a generation in proving a line of descent.

Then on page 916 it talks about the difference in Matthew's genealogy verses Luke's genealogy. It says that Luke's genealogy is actually listing Mary's family and it gives the reason for listing Joseph's name instead of Mary's by quoting from Commentary on Luke, 1981, page 129:

"Ancient sentiment did not comport with the mention of the mother as genealogical link. Among the Greeks a man was the son of his father, not of his mother; and among the Jews the adage was: "The descendant of the mother is not call her descendant."

That may be true but Matthew listed four women on his list. If Luke was listing Mary's family why couldn't he have done the same?

Last question. The Insight Bk says on page 915 that if either Matthew's or Luke's genealogy of Jesus had been in error, any enemies of christianity in the first century would have used that as an opportunity to prove it. Is there really no one in the first century that brought attention to the inconsistencies between the two genealogies?

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My hubby has just registered here

by Mickey mouse in

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he's just waiting for his account to be activated.. look out for him.

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doublelife

Mr Moody, welcome!

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Newbie Here

by bluegirl78 in

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hi everyone, another newbie here.

i've been lurking on this site for over 2 weeks now - love it!

the more i read the more ignorant i feel, but i'm learning... i've posted a few responses to others, and would like to say a big thank you to those who have already welcomed me.