Posts by TTWSYF

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Going to family outing with a bad JW

by TTWSYF in

i'm not a jw nor is my entire family save for my brother, his wife and kids.

we are celebrating our grandparents 50th anniversary.. one of my brother's kids is living with his girlfriend and as a result, the rest of his immediate {jw} family is shunning him.. what, if anything do you think that i could do or say to get his (jw) family to see how awful their behavior is?.

i am asking for suggestions to get these people to think.. .

TTWSYF

Thanks Ignoranceisbliss, asking about suicides is a good start I think.

Finkelstein, good point. The couple is engaged and I don't really support their living together yet, but I'm glad they have plans and certainly I understand.

Ruderedhead-yes! Just another reason not to follow THE TRUTHtm

Satanus-good point, what's that called {common law spouse?} I think there must be several years of cohab before that kicks in though.

Sarasmile- I've been doing that for years with no results. Nothing seems to dislodge them from the WTS. Not false prophesies, false beliefs, doctrinal flip flops, etc, etc

Howthebiblewascreated- Just 30 more years to go :)

Thanks all!

ttwsyf

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Going to family outing with a bad JW

by TTWSYF in

i'm not a jw nor is my entire family save for my brother, his wife and kids.

we are celebrating our grandparents 50th anniversary.. one of my brother's kids is living with his girlfriend and as a result, the rest of his immediate {jw} family is shunning him.. what, if anything do you think that i could do or say to get his (jw) family to see how awful their behavior is?.

i am asking for suggestions to get these people to think.. .

TTWSYF

I'm not a JW nor is my entire family save for my brother, his wife and kids.

We are celebrating our grandparents 50th anniversary.

One of my brother's kids is living with his girlfriend and as a result, the rest of his immediate {JW} family is shunning him.

What, if anything do you think that I could do or say to get his (JW) family to see how awful their behavior is?

I am asking for suggestions to get these people to think.

Thanks,

The Truth Will Set You Free

TTWSYF

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"The end will come when you least expect it"

by stuckinarut2 in

ok, so didnt jesus supposedly say "the end will come when you least expect it"?

(or words to that effect...).

so, with so many witnesses running around in an excited way talking about "100 years since the kingdom...etc" and "it may be our last chance to pioneer etc"..."may be the last international conventions".....doesnt this mean then that the end can not come now??!!.

TTWSYF

Judgement day is the day I die.

That is when the theif is coming.

Possible, but highly unlikely scenarios include some cosmic collision, earthquake or volcano eruption that destroys all life on earth.

Because those are highly unlikely scenarios, how could you ever possibly expect (or worse) teach your children that is what we should expect?

If you knew before hand the crap that they believe, you would run them off of your property with a shotgun

....just saying...

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"The end will come when you least expect it"

by stuckinarut2 in

ok, so didnt jesus supposedly say "the end will come when you least expect it"?

(or words to that effect...).

so, with so many witnesses running around in an excited way talking about "100 years since the kingdom...etc" and "it may be our last chance to pioneer etc"..."may be the last international conventions".....doesnt this mean then that the end can not come now??!!.

TTWSYF

Mark 13;32 "But about that day, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven or even the son, only the father"

Just the typical fear inducing membership drive that the watchtower has promoted since it's inception (less than 150 years ago)

Amazing to me to hear any JWs say "where does the bible say that?" People coming to your door to talk about the bible, but really you talk about the watchtower and awake and say "get with our program or be destroyed"

just saying

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Is the Bible really out of date?

by jam in

jw
friends

an interesting read the emporia gazette: www.emporiagazzette.com.

the israelities needed moral codes, civil codes and holiness codes.. when the jews were getting ready to go to the promise land, god.

had to prepare them to become a nation.

TTWSYF

The Bible is timeless and does not change, nor does the Father or Jesus. Of course... and hence Jesus was AOK with stoning homosexuals to death , of course not. He didn't want the Jews to stone the woman who was the adulterer right? Why? Because they would not have the chance to repent [probably]. If he is the judge, why would he want anyone to kill for him? Never happen. Just my opinion. Regards to all, DC

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Who Really Are True Christians?

by The Searcher in

well, since the wtbts "litter-ature" has informed people almost 4000 times about "true christian/s", then it would appear that they must be the assigned experts to judge any hypocritical "wolves in sheep's clothing".. thank goodness the bible confirms that the fds has been given the privilege to say who is or isn't a christian!.

2 corinthians 5:10 says (probably in the new version of the nwt) "for we must all be made manifest before the judgment seat of the governing body, that each one may get his award for the things done through the body, according to the things he has practiced, whether it is good or vile.".

or in simple terms, it's like saying to christ, "don't worry yourself, we'll do the judging for you!!"..

TTWSYF

I always thought that Christians were CHRISTIANS because they had the church of Christ. They worshipped the Christ the same as the Father.

Something about the name of Jesus being above any other name.

Think I read that somewhere......not in The Watchtower or Awake though..

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NEW BIBLE

by The Searcher in

the following is part of an email from a retired district overseer in the states.

(source private).

"the new bible will be released at the agm and i understand only two versions will be printed from now on.

TTWSYF

Now THIS will be the MOST accurate bible ever. Scholars have been working round the clock checking and rechecking all of the biblical languages and cultural , geographical, and historical facts to get the most accurate translation ever!

Oh wait.....that's what all the other Christians churches do.

No scholars ever agree with the watchtowers VERSIONS....my bad

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Do you think that "Born Agains" will eventually abandon the "Hellfire" doctrine?

by booker-t in

i have talked to christians for years on this subject and they all seem more confused then ever.

some born agains have a hard time reconciling hellfire damnation with jehovah's loving personality.

the two just can't mix.

TTWSYF

um, [in the bible] Jesus spoke more of hell then he did of heaven I believe.

just saying

Where would God let people go who hate him and want nothing to do with him?

Someplace far from God would make sense maybe

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The Wt. is right we are mentally diseased

by TotallyADD in

jw
friends

we are mentally diseased in ways that most normal people cannot understand.

it does bare asking " what part did the wt.

have in causing this problem?

TTWSYF

Tough to keep your sanity when they [the WTS] asks you to go door to door with a Catholic book and then asks you to bash the Catholics on their teachings, not to mention denying the explicit and implicit teachings that are actually in the bible.

Never made sense and it never will imho.

dc

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What kind of people leave and join religious organizations?

by TTWSYF in

jw
friends

the more people get educated on the facts of any faith people will join or leave.. what do you think about people who leave the watchtower or what do you think of people who join the watchtower?.

TTWSYF

I ask because I heard a [former baptist who became ] catholic speculate that millions leave and join the catholics everyday. He stated that most who leave were never up on their faith and those who join have done their homework.