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  Times are a changin...

  by TheApostleAK in

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  times change, rules change.... the corrected list from a previous post.. * = what i've seen jw's doing (and not just a few either) against the society.. become a jw and you can't.

  celebrate mother's day .

  celebrate father's day .

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  Jimmer

  No turkey at Thanksgiving or owning a smurf? What's this world coming to?
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  Apostates at assemblies...

  by TheApostleAK in

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  anyone here got any stories about apostates going on the rampage at any meetings, assemblies, conventions.. i haven't seen any but a young witness told me that his previous cong.

  called the police to a meeting cos a df person went apesh*t once.. also, all aussie jw's should know about the riot at a glenelg convention in adelaide in the 1940's where apostates rushed to the sound equipment and some jw stood in there way and kinghit one of them.

  (see 1983 yearbook).. from the apostle ak

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  Jimmer

  I once picketed a convention. I suppose by the borg's definition I am an apostate.
  I wouldn't call my peaceful picketing on the public sidewalk a rampage. However, I would call the borg's attempts at squelching freedom of expression on public grounds reprehensible.
  Hmmm...
  Funny thing is, while all the borg filed out with looks of dismay and anger towards me, I was having a pleasant conversation with an interested nineteen year old.

  Ya gotta love it!
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  Organised Religion

  by aud8 in

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  if none of you believe in organised religion then who is the "faithful and discreet slave" mentioned in the bible?

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  Jimmer

  aud8,

  Organized religion. Hmmm.

  You seem to be assuming that not believing in the "JW organization" is equivalent to not believing in any organized religion. Is that a correct assessment of your standing? I hope it is not.

  Belief in any organization is dangerous. BUT, belief in CHRIST and expressing that belief IN an organization is wholly different.

  So, you think God is a God of organization? And in just what one form of earthly organization do you think He's the CEO? The Watchtower?
  I think not!

  No, God sets up residence in the hearts of believers, NOT in organizations. Look it up and check Him out.

  Remember aud8, just because the Watchtower claims to be God's organization doesn't make it so. Claims do not equal truth. (I could claim to be Christ but that statement wouldn't make me Christ.)

  Hmmm...
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  Graven Images

  by ruffian in

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  maybe some of you are familiar with the study guid that the j.w's brought to me.

  its called "what does god really require of us?

  " in chaper 2 they mention graven images.

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  Jimmer

  You handled it quite well. Your explaination was the best I've heard in a long time. If they didn't get it--that's their problem. "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink."
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  Request for Opinions

  by patio34 in

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  i requested that my sons (both jws) come to my home for a family meeting today.

  had nothing to do with religion.

  both of them know i don't go to meetings and that i have intellectual disagreement with wtbs.. son #2 said that before we begin the meeting, he would like to offer up prayer.

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  Jimmer

  Good job! (Hope the beer was of the premium type--they're your sons, you know.)
  Tactful, yet to the point. Touche`!
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  Organised Religion

  by aud8 in

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  if none of you believe in organised religion then who is the "faithful and discreet slave" mentioned in the bible?

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  Jimmer

  A parable is a parable is a parable; NOT A PROPHESY!
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  Accepted 66 books of Canon

  by SharonUT in

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  considering an apostacy that was well into swing by 100ad, and worse yet by the time the nicene council was held in 325ad... how are jehovah's witnesses sure about the basically protestant canon they initially accepted which was canonized about 376ad at earlist and still even then, many christians didn't agree upon that and still don't today!

  i could go into more detail if desired... but upon what basis to jw's accept this canon from an apostate generation?

  how do they know that other books such as the book of enoch originally held to be scripture and quoted frequently in mark or the shepherd of hermes should not be included as inspired?

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  Maybe they ought to return to the AV. (Much better than the NWT.)
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  When things started to "fall off"

  by comment in

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  i was thinking about this in several areas today.. 1) district conventions and house-to-house work.

  if you were a witness for a long time, you probably remember a time when going to the conventions seemed perfectly "normal" to you: it was absolutely "the thing" to sit in a sports arena all day listening to bible talks and counsel from men in suits.. but at some point, did you ever start to feel like you were participating in a cultural relic, so to speak?.

  as in, "here it is, the 1990's, and the society is still using fundamentally the same old format they've been using all century long.

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  Jimmer

  If the borg ever produces a teaching series to televise, who would buy advertising during it?
  Perhaps the following:

  Preparation H
  Depends
  Immodium AD
  Bankruptcy lawyers
  Roto Rooter

  It'll end up being broadcast on some low power, limited reach UHF station with all four viewers laid up in the local psych ward.

  Da..Da..Da..Blauuuuuuuugh!
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  Convention is over! (sigh of relief)

  by biblexaminer in

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  what made me the most ill at the district convention.

  the public talk had to be it.

  although the drama was a close second.

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  Jimmer

  Unfortunately, there are alot of dubs who are lifers. (Like my folks.)
  It will take an a-bomb to get them out.
  I think they would be affected emotionally to the nth degree. I only hope they can withstand the temporary turmoil.
  All of us with loved ones in the borg wish the same. (A safe exit for them.)
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  Why iseveryone always complaining and criticising?

  by Gianluca in

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  hi folks.

  i have notice that many here are always complaining about those wonderful assemblies that we used to attend?

  why is everyone so ungrateful?.

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  Jimmer

  Question:
  What do a JW assembly restroom and a JW key note address have in common?

  (You can't think of anything either...uh!)