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  Invisible Presence! Or COMING? Which?

  by wannabe in

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  invisible presence!

  or coming?

  the governing body of the watchtower society, makes claim to being the anointed brothers of the christ.

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  Hopefuly (visible) coming. I'm not good at "seeing" invisible things.
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  What is the Biblical Support for Observers at the Memorial ???

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have never gotten a good answer for this questions from any other jw's other than "everyone was of the annointed back in the first century" or "we are showing our respect for the arrangement" or some other nondescript comment.. even the notion that we "celebrate" the memorial is not accurate since the "celebration" part is limited to 8 or 9 thousand people and the 15 million or so that attend are merely observing or watching.. is there some other biblical support for people to observe the celebration ???

  in all my life as a jw, i still don't quite understand the significance of it from a biblical persective.. rub a dub .

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  Perry - Not interested. Thank's anyway. (Wow, that was easy. Should have done it to JWs years ago...)
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  Persons you Admire

  by Terry in

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  name three persons you admire and why..

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  My Dad - because he loves me, cares about me, and always gives me the best advice (example - Never do anything you could't do if I was watching). He is also lots of fun and he taught me to love nature and traveling...

  My Brother - because he always danced to his own drum... In a quiet not "in your face" kind of way.

  My Boyfriend - because he always says exactly what's on his mind - no matter what the consequences.

  If you meant three famous people then - Jesus, Joan of Arc, and Albert Schwietzer - basically for the same reasons as above.
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  What is the Biblical Support for Observers at the Memorial ???

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have never gotten a good answer for this questions from any other jw's other than "everyone was of the annointed back in the first century" or "we are showing our respect for the arrangement" or some other nondescript comment.. even the notion that we "celebrate" the memorial is not accurate since the "celebration" part is limited to 8 or 9 thousand people and the 15 million or so that attend are merely observing or watching.. is there some other biblical support for people to observe the celebration ???

  in all my life as a jw, i still don't quite understand the significance of it from a biblical persective.. rub a dub .

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  Perry - You said: "Get off the hampster wheel and be obedient is my best advice". Obedient to who? To God, to Jesus? - I don't know what they want from me. To people and their ideas about God? - I'm passed that...
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  What is the Biblical Support for Observers at the Memorial ???

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have never gotten a good answer for this questions from any other jw's other than "everyone was of the annointed back in the first century" or "we are showing our respect for the arrangement" or some other nondescript comment.. even the notion that we "celebrate" the memorial is not accurate since the "celebration" part is limited to 8 or 9 thousand people and the 15 million or so that attend are merely observing or watching.. is there some other biblical support for people to observe the celebration ???

  in all my life as a jw, i still don't quite understand the significance of it from a biblical persective.. rub a dub .

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  I have been wondering about it. Even after leaving JWs I went to the Memorial every year. I wanted to show my appreciation to Jesus and that was the best way I knew how. But just a few months ago I learned that the Black Mass is basically the same thing, and also some people on this forum called it "Jesus rejection party". I thought about it and decided not to go anymore until I understand, from the Bible, what is the right thing to do. So this will be my first year not going to the Memorial...

  I have a question - Those of you who still belive in Jesus and his sacrifice - what do you do in harmony with his command "keep doing this in remembrance of me?"
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  I'm Going To Tell You Something....

  by minimus in

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  in the fun spirit of wokeup, a new poster who has told us she/he is gonna tell us something (and still hasn't), i too am going to tell you something.

  you can guess what it is..

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  The new date for Armagedon! I'm all ears!
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  CO talk: "Jehovah's Witnesses killed Jesus"

  by sd-7 in

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  2. friends

  mentioned in his talk last week that the jews, who had the name "jehovah's witnesses" applied to them, killed jesus.

  i found that a particularly revealing admission, simply from the way he said it.

  "jehovah's witnesses killed jesus," he said.. he went on to explain that the coveted title of "jehovah's witnesses" was taken from the jews.

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  JWs wouldn't kill Jesus (it's against their religion) but they would certainly Df-ed him!
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  Your MIND is a vast INTERPRETIVE machine: want proof?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
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  only great minds can read this .

  this is weird, but .

  interesting!

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  Ha, ha. I read quite a few lines before I realized it was all messed up!
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  Borg court: 1st session

  by sd-7 in

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  2. friends

  record of committee meeting #1. after prayer, proverbs 28:13 was read: "he who is covering over his transgressions will not succeed, but he who is confessing and leaving them will be shown mercy.

  " the need to confess to jehovah was emphasized.

  as jehovah's representatives, the elders said we therefore needed to confess to them.

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  Hortenzie

  I read the whole post and one thought kept coming to me again and again: "People treat you the way you let them treat you." It's time to stand up for yourself. Don't allow your own thoughts of guilt and fear give permission to others to treat you badly. You are a human being and as such you deserve dignity, love and ucceptance of others. Think about it... And All the best!
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  We Former JW's Are Not Good At....

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just based on what i have seen..... self esteem.

  trying to get back to college.

  meeting good people to partner up with for life.

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  Hortenzie

  Trusting anybody and anything without proof... (But, maybe, that's good.)

  Just yesterday I tested a Dove commercial (it's suppose to rinse off a mirror (your body) better than other soaps). And guess what - It turned out that the other three soaps rinsed off clean and Dove didn't (Well, no wonder. It contains 1/4 of moisturizing cream!)

  The Bible has been right, after all - "...do not believe every inspired expression, but test [it]..."