Greybeard - I likie your tactics. That would be awesome to do and may make them think. I normally engage JWs at my door and nuke them back to the stone age. Ultimately, they leave feeling that I'm a hater and I feel like I won the debate, but nothing has changed. I guess in some ways I am the same as a JW at the door.I think I know better.....weird
Posts by TTWSYF
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26Questions for JW's from Christians
by Perry ini'm thinking of printing a tract with some simple but thought-provoking questions for people to use when jw's come to their doors.
questions from christians.
bible-believing christians appreciate the moral values of jehovah’s witnesses in their communities but have several questions that somehow seem to escape us when we are caught unexpectedly at our doors.
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disfellowshipped wife, husband still a jw
by thereishope ini'm new here and haven't introduced myself yet, but have been lurking for the past couple of weeks and learned so much!
quick first question: if i get disfellowshipped for researching info on websites other than jw.org (the official website), how can i expect to be treated by my husband still in the truth?
ie what will he be told by the elders about how to treat me?
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TTWSYF
Sorry, Im always killing posts
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disfellowshipped wife, husband still a jw
by thereishope ini'm new here and haven't introduced myself yet, but have been lurking for the past couple of weeks and learned so much!
quick first question: if i get disfellowshipped for researching info on websites other than jw.org (the official website), how can i expect to be treated by my husband still in the truth?
ie what will he be told by the elders about how to treat me?
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TTWSYF
THE FACT: You FEAR anything from doing research is mindboggling isn't it? Labeled and gossiped about for doing research on true history.
I mean really, How can you research what truths are real and what are not?
The bible itself states that one must test things to make sure that they're true.
They lost me at "Lying for the TRUTHtm"
Didn't they lose you yet?
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Giant Earthworm Debunks Jehovah's Witnesses Theological Teachings
by jwleaks inbizarre, yes but consider this .... .
link (story unrelated to op): http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-25/council-protects-gippsland-giant-earthworm-habitat/7444228?wt.
this giant earthworm, unique to gippsland, australia, poses a potential problem to the doctrinal teachings of jehovah's witnesses.
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TTWSYF
If you can't find a giant earthworm, you could debunk all of the JW theological teachings with the bible...
just saying
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Oldest Person Alive
by bemused infollowing the death of susannah jones of the us on 12 may 2016, the oldest person alive today is emma morano of italy.. many years ago i remember my recently converted relative desperately trying to convince me that i too should become a witness because the world was certain to end before the last person who was 15 or older at the outbreak of the first world war had passed away, so time was short if i was to have any hope of reaching paradise etc etc.. i didn't become a witness and, although i know that jw doctrine has changed since then, it's interesting to note that the late ms jones was born on 6 july 1899 so had just reached 15 when ww1 started on 28 july 1914; ms morano was born on 29 november 1914 so was only 14 at the outbreak of war.
there is no one living who was 15 or older at the beginning of ww1.
i wonder if my relative and other zealous witnesses from that period ever reflect on the nonsense they were preaching then?.
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TTWSYF
I always look to see how old the oldest person is. I remember reading [in the bible] that God set 120 years as the maximum human life span.
As far as witnesses feeling ignorant about past teachings, it doesn't happen until [or unless] they learn ttatt
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how many bethels are left
by pepperheart inwith the news these past days that bethels in both rome and belguim are being closed does anybody know how many bethels are left worldwide?
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TTWSYF
I also agree that there have been no closings of brothels in these locations. Love those brothels!
Albania Dominican Republic Korea Rwanda Angola Ecuador Kyrgyzstan Senegal Argentina Ethiopia Liberia Serbia Australia Fiji Macedonia Sierra Leone Barbados Finland Madagascar Slovakia Belgium France Malawi Slovenia Benin Georgia Mexico Solomon Islands Bolivia Germany Moldova South Africa Brazil Ghana Mozambique Spain Britain Greece Myanmar Sri Lanka Bulgaria Guam Netherlands Suriname Burundi Haiti New Caledonia Tahiti Cameroon Hong Kong Nigeria Taiwan Canada Hungary Papua New Guinea Thailand Central African Republic India Paraguay The Democratic Republic of the Congo Chile Indonesia Peru Trinidad and Tobago Colombia Israel Philippines Uganda Côte d’Ivoire Italy Poland Ukraine Croatia Japan Portugal United States Curaçao Kazakhstan Romania Venezuela Denmark Kenya Russia Zambia Which of these others are closed? Zimbabwe
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TTWSYF
The artist know formerly as Prince is not dead, he's now known as formerly alive.......what?, that's funny, no?
...no
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Jehovahs witnesses investing in stocks involving pornography, alcohol distribution and military war weapons??
by Ghiagirl inwhy is this the first time i have come across this?
my husband showed me a video about how the jws invest in stock like cinemax, disney, companies producing war weapons, alcohol and much much more.
if this is true, there are tax records to show for it right?
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TTWSYF
I am no fan of the WTS, but stock and assets donated to the WTS are theirs to do as they see fit. If I donated something, I would not want it sold off or re-donated, I would want it there for emergencies or perhaps as equity for some other cost or expense.
Then again, with theocratic warfare, you could say ANYTHING about the stocks and assets and still be ok
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We close this prayer in the mighty god and our everlasting father Jesus Christ amen.
by pleaseresearch inhmmm, how well do you think that would go down?.
you didn't say nothing wrong, isiah states that jesus is such things mentioned.
would brothers and sisters look at you with a smile, or would there be gasps of shock as you closed a prayer like that..
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TTWSYF
Yes, I agree with Doug...umm, ok, maybe not
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the greatness of his government and peace
there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
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False reasoning behind some of the WT rules?
by nevaagain inwhat are some false reasoning's behind some of the wt rules?.
birthdays:.
why is it forbidden as a jw to celebrate birthdays?
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TTWSYF
Theocratic warfare is most definitely defined through false reasoning. Scriptural support for this is presented as 'don't throw pearls before the swine' and something in the old testament about the king being lied to about Sarah being the sister instead of the wife.
First, it is true and worth acknowledging that the WTS lies to their own flock as a matter of general day to day operation. So in that way, the WTS states that their whole cong are swine. Is that a stretch to any?
The 2nd example of lyin to the king was so bad, that even the evil king says 'why are you so evil' or 'why have you done such evil?' Certainly, the story does NOT promote lying
And of course there are numerous places in the bible where God says he HATES a lying tongue and the act of lying.
Nothing like lying for the truth