Posts by jdhf

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JW Tall Tales

by lancelink in

recently i was cleaning my bookcase and found an old book that i enjoyed as a child.

it had stories in it such as paul bunyan, pecos bill, and john henry.

while these stories are fictional, i enjoyed them because they were entertaining, and easy to understand.. fast forward to the late 70's when i was a teenager sitting at the ca hall in janesville wisconsin.. the speaker was explaining the great sacrifice god made in sending his son down to earth to die for all mankind.

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Hey there highdose...yeah..I met a sister from Dublin a few years ago and she told me that when she broke up with her husband she had no money and went to the meeting as usual and on her return there was a large box of food miraculously left outside her door! She did seem dead honest though.. so I can't judge that one!

I had a lovely necklace a few years ago with a little cross that I had bought in Yugoslavia and had it for years. When i started studying I was told that I had to destroy it. I did and I regret it now. Also i had a mask that was brought back from Guatemala for us and I had to burn that too... and maori items from NZ from when I was born... it makes me sad to think of it all.

I heard that angel story too.. only there was only one and the man at the door got baptized. Also in a year book was the story of a sister about to be raped in an african country and all the men went blind....

In hindsight I had a big ol' sign saying 'naive' on my head. I fell for them all! I feel like an 'eejit' now...hooray for the 'real' truth!

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My mom got stumbled by today's Watchtower

by JerkhovahsWitless in

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the photo on page 26. she noticed it and was wondering before i even brought it to her attention.. why is it ok for the jw posing as the "worldly person" to wear a cross necklace?

aren't jws suppose to destroy their crosses prior to becoming a jw no matter the monetary or sentimental value?

why can the watchtower keep cross necklaces on hand as props?

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Its funny how this topic has come up...I knew there was something else that had been bothering me for years...and all those 'lit' cigarettes that were used in the live forever book, etc., really interesting! I asked a Gilead grad many years ago who was really knowledgable and as far as I remember she didn't have an answer either!! My daughter R., when she was really small was very disturbed that there were even Bibles in the library with crosses on them. At the time I said they were for research purposes, but if you view the cross as pagan, then it doesn't make sense.

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Tattoos/Piercings?

by Think About It in

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i feel like woody allen in the 1973 movie "the sleeper".

i leave in 1995, wake up 15 yrs later to see what has been going on in the jw religion and find out it is completely different from what i left.

i started a thread about beards, because i wanted to know how the modern day beard and goatee fad went over in the kh's.. now i'm curious about the tattoo, piercings and short or shaved hair look.

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dig 692...don't you mean 'the end is rear'??

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Christmas & JW objection

by Luo bou to in

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jw's reject christmas because of its pagan origins.

it's not what it meant to people in the distant past that matters but what it means to us living today.

does anyone today visit a person's house see a christmas tree and think oooh he must be a pagan.

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Psac..I agree it is a personal choice...we need to use our OWN consciences and NOT those of others....and that IS a biblical fact.

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Can anyone here read and write Russian?

by asilentone in

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contact sidex, he is new here at the board, look at his first topic.

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some yes...why?

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Ex-Witnesses in Ireland...

by jdhf in

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hey there....i've been noticing that there are quite a few support groups in other countries for those who leave the 'truth'.

i am appealing to those who are in the emerald isle to see if there is any chance we can get together and enjoy 'real' association, being of same minds etc.

anyway... i will put this out there and hopefully those in ireland will get in touch and we can support each other!

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haha besty very funny...

hey Ed., I'm in co.longford...let me know 'who you know'..:)

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I'm a Dead Man!

by RR in

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googled myself today .... i'm dead!.

6th body found following weekend swim tragedy 7th person feared dead as search goes on in michigan .

article from:chicago sun-times .

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I thought we didn't believe in reincarnation?

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Is the Governing Body really Jehovah's mouthpiece?

by dgp in

on another thread, african gb member wondered whether the members of the governing body really believe what they preach.

and that led me to this thought:.

unless i misunderstood what i have read, the governing body claims that jehovah communicates with them and tells them what to do.

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Another thought....do you think Jehovah votes in Heaven?? Somehow I think it would take a hell of a long time to count them!

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Is the Governing Body really Jehovah's mouthpiece?

by dgp in

on another thread, african gb member wondered whether the members of the governing body really believe what they preach.

and that led me to this thought:.

unless i misunderstood what i have read, the governing body claims that jehovah communicates with them and tells them what to do.

jdhf

Inbetween..i have read in WT articles BOTH statements that they are and aren't Jeh's mouthpiece. I'll try to find them.

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Banned Book From The Bible

by frankiespeakin in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fx2fjuys-e&feature=related.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjyhr4icb3i&feature=related.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjxfujvqubu&feature=related.

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PSac....Apparently THE Enoch did NOT pen the book that bears his name. it has been dated to one-two hundred b.c. I have lots of regarding Jesus NOT being Michael... let me know if any are interested.