Posts by stuckinamovement

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Blood Transference?

by Marvin Shilmer in

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blood transference?.

watchtower doctrine has advanced the natural and healthy transference of blood constituents via the placenta as a basis for letting witnesses accept blood fractions.

there is a fundamental flaw in that particular proposition that presents an internal contradiction to watchtowers blood doctrine.

WOW. This is getting tougher II

by Franklin Massey in

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http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/206514/3/wow-this-is-getting-tougher.

after the last comment from sweetbabycheezits, the thread disappears with no place to continue posting.

i went to page one and added a comment to the thread but i can't see it.. suggestions?

Wow, This is Getting Tougher!

by Franklin Massey in

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i'm having a really hard time giving my meeting parts.

i had a service meeting part this week and i could hardly get through it.

i am no longer convinced of some of the things jws teach and so i try to either eliminate those things from my parts, or reword them so that i'm not speaking about that which i do not personally believe.

stuckinamovement

Oops sorry Franklin, I must have been thinking of another poster with a similar situation. Never hurts to ask if your wife is preggers? LOL

I came to the point where I realized that 1/2 of my life was over and I had spent it zealously preaching and teaching a lie. I wasn't going to allow the last 1/2 to be a waste. Life is too short to spend it doing something that has no value.

It is tough because if you are "born in" everything you do and everyone you know are tied to the religion. It can be a terrifying thought to just walk away cold turkey, which is why many of us decide to fade away with vary degrees of success. Once you realize that the cage door is open it becomes easier mentally.

I sent you a PM.

SIAM

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Convention invitation distribution campaign - Apr KM

by dozy in

had a quick look at the april km - they are having (yet) another invitation campaign to the convention.

slight twist though , in that any invitations not used are to be taken to the convention & used in informal witnessing.. traditional "convention reminders" insert - usual stuff about "jehovah arranging the program" , get early to the stadium , tip restaurant staff , don't make a scene at hotel reception desks if they have messed up your booking , no peeing in the hotel pool etc.

(i made the last one up , but you get the gist.

stuckinamovement

Funny, one of the recent watchtower study articles mentioned how Jehovah's Witnesses stand out because they do not simply invite people to a religious service. I guess they forgot that in preparing the campaign.

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Wow, This is Getting Tougher!

by Franklin Massey in

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i'm having a really hard time giving my meeting parts.

i had a service meeting part this week and i could hardly get through it.

i am no longer convinced of some of the things jws teach and so i try to either eliminate those things from my parts, or reword them so that i'm not speaking about that which i do not personally believe.

stuckinamovement

I couldn't do it any longer and quit recently. If you don't believe in it, just step down. It was the best decision of my life. I know now that I am not teaching people to believe something that I don't. It has resloved much of my inner turmoil.

Franklin, You have the best opportunity to step down with your wife being pregnant. " Brothers, my wife needs a lot of care right now, and when the baby comes it will consume almost all of my time". " I can't devote the time that is required to prepare talks." " I am sure you brothers understand how this is my first priority before the congregation's needs". "I look forward to the time when I can serve again."

SIAM

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Why dont JW's walk around with Placard Boards now ?

by sleepingbeauty in

are there laws preventing them walking around with 'repent, the end is nigh placard boards or is it a practise that they just prefer not to do now ?.

any ideas ??

im sure glad i didnt have to wear one !.

stuckinamovement

Cause its dangerous, the wind knocks em over and makes them look stupid.

SIAm

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A Lurker taking a step out of the shadows

by AlmightyDog in

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i have been lurking on this site and others for a couple of years now, and i feel it is time to step out and say "hello!

" when i first began investigating my beliefs, it was innocent enough.

i had been reading an article on scientology, thinking; "wow, these people are just plain nuts!!!

stuckinamovement

Welcome Dog,

I am in the same place hang in there.

SIAM

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Is there really a faithful and wise servant?

by jakeyen in

matthew 24 answers when will be the time of the end, reading the context will lead us to realized that the time when son of god will come is unknown to anyone, coming just like a thief,.

now mat 24:45-51 talks about "a servant" given authority by their master to head all other servants.

it says that when the servant is wise and faithful, as giving food at a proper time, then he will be given charge to all possesions of the master.

stuckinamovement

It was an illustration and not a prophecy. The point is for all of us individually to stay on the watch. The account in Luke speaks of how the steward turns bad. If you wanted to look at it as a prophecy the GB really would fit when the account talks about the slave beating his fellow slaves.

SIAM

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The Parable of the Net

by jakeyen in

this is my first post.

im reading a lot of good stuff in here, like the ones from special mention yknot, fokyc, marcusscriptus, brotherdan, td, and some of the funny stuff from lars the annointed.

well this lead me to reread the gospel account.. .