Mad Sweeney

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  Pina Colada Song (Escape)

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  2. friends

  recall this song from the early 80s?.

  anyone else ever wonder whether you might know someone here at jwn in the real world and not know you know them?

  like you might one day soon sneak off to your very first 'apostate' meetup and run into someone else from your kh or that you otherwise know in real life and find out they're one of your jwn buddies, too?.

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  Wife love-bombed...HELP ME!

  by Mad Sweeney in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i thought the fade was speeding up and there was light on the horizon for me and my family.

  then yesterday my wife gets love-bombed and is ready to go back to the dubs.

  i'm angry, cynical, depressed, disillusioned, you name it.. i don't know what to do for her.

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  Pimping the FDS

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  2. friends

  we all know that the wts doesn't let a kool aid issue of the wt get printed without at least one reference to the fds and matthew 24:45-47 but i'd never seen it quantified so i decided to do a simple search of "matthew 24:45-47" on the cd rom.

  here are some results from recent years and issues (issue - # of occurances):.

  2009: 12/15-0, 11/15-4, 10/15-6, 9/15-4, 8/15-1, 7/15-3, 6/15-8, 5/15-7, 4/15-3, 3/15-3, 2/15-9, 1/15-3, for a total of 51 references in 12 issues.

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  For you Website and/or Youtube folks

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  2. friends

  anyone working on an updated version of the "growing anointed partakers" topic?.

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  "By this ALL will know that you are my disciples..."

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  2. experiences

  "...if you have love among yourselves.

  " john 13:35. question: is there any religion out there of which all people in the world looks at and says, "wow, that religion clearly follows jesus because of the love they have among themselves?".

  the jws claim this distinction for themselves, but what part of "all will know" is unambiguous?

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  Any "single issue" faders or leavers around?

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  2. beliefs

  i doubt this will get a lot of response but here goes anyway.

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  anyone fading (or just left cold turkey) over a single issue (such as blood, pedophelia, or shunning, for example) who would be willing to return if the borg finally reformed that particular doctrine to your satisfaction?.

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  Clarification on Blood in Bulgaria

  by Mad Sweeney in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  it's been established that the wt convinced the bulgarian government that there are "no sanctions" on jws who accept blood transfusions, in order to obtain legal recognition by that government.

  my question is this:.

  does the wt actually now allow bulgarian jws to accept blood transfusions without consequence?.

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  The Sign of Matthew 24 shows we ARE NOT in the last days

  by Mad Sweeney in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  here is what the nwt says:.

  "4and in answer jesus said to them: look out that nobody misleads you;5for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, i am the christ, and will mislead many.6you are going to hear of wars and reports of wars; see that you are not terrified.

  for these things must take place, but the end is not yet.. 7for nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be food shortages and earthquakes in one place after another.8all these things are a beginning of pangs of distress.. 9then people will deliver you up to tribulation and will kill you, and you will be objects of hatred by all the nations on account of my name.10then, also, many will be stumbled and will betray one another and will hate one another.11and many false prophets will arise and mislead many;12and because of the increasing of lawlessness the love of the greater number will cool off.13but he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved.14and this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.

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  Seeking links to help Deaf learn about the WT via sign language ASL

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  2. friends

  anyone have links to any sign language video help to get deaf people thinking about leaving wt?.

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  OT God YHWH versus Jesus' Father

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm starting to think they're not the same being.

  thoughts?.

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