Posts by rnicole76

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I feel so alone within Jw's

by XPeterX in

why won't any jw call me?i always call them and they avoid me or meet me only for study and meetings.they won't even start a conversation with me on msn!i feel somewhat uncomfortable within jw 'friends'.i have prayed a lot about this all of my adolescent years and still no response.did this happen to you too?.

rnicole76

Okay, two points.

1. you support the doctrine with bible scriptures. When the WBTS didn't support organ transplant, jehovah witnesses then use the scriptures to show its wrong. But now you can accept organs. Didn't you think the bible says accepting organs is cannibalism and just plain wrong? Why the organization changed the doctrine?

2. 1 corinthians 5:11 did say do not associate with a person who claimed to be a believer but commit these sins listed in the scriptures. which in other words, is called a hypocrite. What does this scripture has to do with people that want to leave the organization? They are not hypocrites. They don't believe in the doctrines anymore. They are not going around claiming to be christians but commit these sins too. yes according to 1 corinthians 5:12 it saying why judge people on the outside but you don't judge people within your church? 1 corinthians 5:13 is saying that God will judge the people on the outside, just remove the wicked person from the church. It didn't say label the person as disfellowshipped and shun the person. In a sense you are cleansing the congregation, but shunning the person on the outside has nothing to do with cleansing the congregation.

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To those still "active", what makes you keep going to meetings?

by Cindi_67 in

i've been reading a lot of posts and a lot of you here on the board, are "active" members, attend all meetings and conventions, go out in field service, even help with quick builds.

i don't want this to sound like i am disrespecting anybody, but what makes you lead a double life?

doesn't anybody at the hall notice your lack of interest?

rnicole76

my momma

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The sweet sound of a critic

by Lady Lee in

got this email.

i am not a jehovah witnesses, but all my family are......i saw your video on "youtube" and what you said about them is despicable and i think your hypocrisy in your face made me sick... shut your mouth and have respect for all religions.... i can say bad things about all religions but i have the decency to respect their faith and their thoughts... guest who is next to me seeing me writing this email to you nothing but a musulman friend, and a jewish friend and by the way they say that you are a sick old lady.... -------------.

this is in reference to the video clip on you tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viswagy_emg that is a short clip from a much longer interview (85 minutes).

rnicole76

he has to be a jehovah witness himself...a young one at that. if this religion is so wonderful, why he is not in it? he has to be a pretend worldly person to make you feel bad.

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JW replies on my Shunning article

by besty in

i have a google article on shunning -.

http://knol.google.com/k/why-jehovah-s-witnesses-practice-religious-shunning#.

its had almost 15,000 page views :-).

rnicole76

I would tell the person how does he know the person is unrepentent in the first place? He is talking to worldly people who unrepentently commit a sin. What is the difference between a person who dedicated his life to the gb through baptism and a worldy person and they both don't follow the bible? He is saying "oh the bible said this" the bible didn't flat out said "avoid the people who doesn't follow the order of a group of men on this earth" the gb interpretted it that way. big difference there.

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Can I ask elders a question without getting in trouble?

by NiceDream in

jw
friends

recently i found no scriptural evidence to support 607 or therefore 1914. and the new overlapping generation really bothers my conscience because i don't see how it is scripturally supported.. .

if i write a letter to bethel, or talk with local elders, i am afraid of getting df'd because i don't want to cause family conflict (with my spouse's family, not mine).

i asked my spouse if it would be ok if i talked with an elder because i want answers, but don't want to cause family problems.

rnicole76

I wouldn't ask them a question. If i had a question, i would look it up. I had a question about the watchtower's history. I know not even my mother knows so i look it up. You won't get them to think by asking them a question. They will say look in the watchtower or quote what it says. Nothing comes from their free thinking but the watchtower.

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two witness rule

by rnicole76 in

this rule is really flawed.

if the child goes to the elder and tell them that bro.

so and so raped him.

rnicole76

This rule is really flawed. If the child goes to the elder and tell them that bro. so and so raped him. The elders won't take action unless the molestor confess or there is witness there. Who would stand there and watch someone rape a child and report it? Thats against the law to even watch that. unless you try to stop it from happening in the first place and then report it...

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JW's humble?

by donny in

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friends

during my trek through the jw's i often heard talks and comments stating how witnesses were humble and meek, unlike the haughty-title loving people of the world especially christendom.

well i just received my 2010 alumni directory that covers everyone who graduated from the two high schools that were part of the district i live in.. so i spent the afternoon parusing its pages when i came across a listing for a guy who is now an elder in the congregation i used to attend.

here is how he describes himself.

rnicole76

Don't pay attention to that humble, jumble crap. They bragged about and overexaggerated their title in the congregation. To the world, they are no one.

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So, you blew your chance to go to college because of JWs? Don't give up!

by cabasilas in

i got the jw "bug" as a teenager.

witnesses called at our door when i was nearly 11. my parents are deaf and i was the oldest hearing child, the default interpreter for them in that era before relay services and professional interpreters.

they had no interest in jws, but it started to spark an interest in me.

rnicole76

No it is not too late to go back. I am a pre-dental student in college and an active witness. I am surprise no one didn't say anything to me about it now but oh well. They are won't be getting in between me and my future dream to be a dentist. I don't care what they would do to me.

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Adults with imaginary friends are stupid.

by alice.in.wonderland in

here on jehovahs-witness.net i have come across theists, atheists and those that are agnostic that all claim to be friends because they're ex-witnesses like it is all that is needed for religious unity.. .

why isn't this on the ad?.

because every atheist i've talked to believes jehovah's witnesses are just another organization of stupid adults with imaginary friends, just a splinter of mainstream christianity a lot like the branch davidians.

rnicole76

i dont understand why active jws say that "oh other churches do this too. we must have the truth or we are right all along." ok it is just like you see all your friends doing drugs. Does it make it okay? Your friends all have 10 or more sex partners, does it make it okay or right to do so? So, what is the point? Didn't the elders say that the world thinks it is okay to do certain stuff wrong in the bible but it is not. "Jehovah hates those things" well you can't say just because "christendom" do these things, it makes it okay to do the same or the right thing to do.

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Adults with imaginary friends are stupid.

by alice.in.wonderland in

here on jehovahs-witness.net i have come across theists, atheists and those that are agnostic that all claim to be friends because they're ex-witnesses like it is all that is needed for religious unity.. .

why isn't this on the ad?.

because every atheist i've talked to believes jehovah's witnesses are just another organization of stupid adults with imaginary friends, just a splinter of mainstream christianity a lot like the branch davidians.

rnicole76

well by reading you thread, i kind of understand some of your points. Some other christian groups are "cult like" by kicking out their members and shunning them. But there are diferent groups in a category of christians. Catholic, eastern orthodox, Protestants, amish, Jehovah Witnesses, Mormons, etc. are all part of the big christian category. When someone says, "I'm in a christian cult" it can mean any group in that category. It doesn't mean all groups do this. Some Christian groups do not shun former memebers.