Posts by Billy Pilgrim

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What hope is there then?

by sayitsnotso in

if jws don't have the truth; if there is no paradise earth; if there is no end of this system; if death is all there is, then what hope do we have to look forward too?.

" ... as a JW, since the soul dies the person is non-existent. And so what comes back is a photocopy or clone of the dead person, not the person themselves. In that case, what is to stop God making multiple clones, or even cloning you whilst you are still alive. Is a photocopy really you?"

I brought this "no-soul resurrection dilemma" up years ago. How could a copy of oneself be the original person? It brought up the possibility of sitting in a room with a copy of yourself -- you, but not you. At the time the apostasy paranoia and hysteria was racing out of control so I was never able to really discuss it with JWs.

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Let's get that field service time in...

by Jim_TX in

jw
friends

i normally don't go around looking for jws.

after my morning coffee and breakfast taco at jim's, i went over to big lot's to look around.

outside of the store, they have an island where a couple of trees were either saved - or planted - and provide a nice shade during the day.. under these trees, in the shade, was this fella - dressed in nice slacks and a shirt - wearing a tie - reading - or flipping through what appeared to be an 'awake' or a 'watchtower'.

Billy Pilgrim

Thank you for the welcome, Meeting-Junkie-No-More. Re: hyphens. I prefer to call them "dashes." Poet Emily Dickinson used them in abundance. I confess, the subject of "counting time" has annoyed me for years. If you're going to organize people for a "cause," at least have them do something beneficial.

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Let's get that field service time in...

by Jim_TX in

jw
friends

i normally don't go around looking for jws.

after my morning coffee and breakfast taco at jim's, i went over to big lot's to look around.

outside of the store, they have an island where a couple of trees were either saved - or planted - and provide a nice shade during the day.. under these trees, in the shade, was this fella - dressed in nice slacks and a shirt - wearing a tie - reading - or flipping through what appeared to be an 'awake' or a 'watchtower'.

Billy Pilgrim

I see JWs out in street work frequently. There's a heavily traveled public mall they use. Sometimes they arrive quite early in the morning -- and they greatly outnumber the non-JWs. Then they just stand there holding up the magazines, saying nothing to passers-by. Or they'll gather in a large cluster talking with each other, still holding up their magazines, quite oblivious to the pedestrian traffic. Yes, it's all about getting that field service time in -- and maybe leaving a few older magazines on benches. What a waste. Why not use that organized time and energy to assist the elderly, those sick, or even helping youngsters with their homework?