Topics Started by MrFreeze

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Why are anniversaries okay?
by MrFreeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm sure this topic has been brought up before.

i was at a jw graduation party yesterday and realized "if birthday parties are not okay because they supposedly bring undue attention to an individual, why are graduation parties and wedding anniversaries okay?

" they both glorify individuals and put them on a pedestal.
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Let's compile the 10 most...
by MrFreeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
let's compile the 10 most most flawed teachings of jehovah's witnesses and provide sound reasoning and references as to why they are so flawed.

this way we can all have this thread as a reference when it comes to disputing what jehovah's witnesses believe.

we can make this a community project.
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Where did 607 come from?
by MrFreeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
okay so we've obviously established on this board that 607 is not the correct date that babylon destroyed jerusalem.

even before 1914 came around, the bible students still thought 1914 would be a pivital date.

the only way they can gain that info is from the 7 times or w/e.
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Most Ridiculous Thing You've Ever Been Counseled On
by MrFreeze in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm sure topics like this have already come up but they tend to get hilarious with the absolute absurdity that goes on in the kh.

i was once counseled for not shaving after two days.

i was also counseled by a sister for eating lucky charms cereal.
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Just witnessed this...
by MrFreeze in
1. jw
2. experiences
i just witnessed my mother and step father put the end to a friendship my 9 year old sister had with a "worldly" person.

it was heartbreaking.

this is someone she has been friends with for a few years and all of a sudden it's a problem now?
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Another hilarious facebook post...
by MrFreeze in
1. social
2. current
a post made by a jw on facebook:.

unemployment line-here i come with my aux pioneer slip in my hand!!!!.

yes, let's take advantage of government programs designed to help those who are less fortunate, so we can spend more time in god's work.
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Your guilty pleasures...
by MrFreeze in
1. social
2. entertainment
when you were a witness, or if you still are, what types of movies/games/tv shows/books/other activities did you enjoy that the society might not find too appropriate for jdubs.

for me here's a list of things i enjoyed that wouldn't have made the friends too pleased but that i rather enjoyed.. movies: all the best movies are rated r. whether it be language, violence, or sex.

you'd be hard pressed to find a movie made in the last 20 years that is really good that isn't rated r. some movies i enjoyed that the friends wouldn't have wanted me to be seeing: the matrix, godfather, godfather 2, goodfellas, american history x, office space, the pianist, shawshank redemption, the shining.
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Belief in the Torture Stake and Noah's Ark - My Issues
by MrFreeze in
1. jw
2. friends
we all have jw beliefs that we take issue with.

what are some of the beliefs you think about that really bug you, that not too many people talk about?.

for me there are two specific teachings.
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Do you know of anybody who...
by MrFreeze in
1. jw
2. experiences
... has gone to a district convention based on one of the invitations in the annual campaign?

my convention is held about 3 hours from where i live so i doubt it has gotten anybody to go to the convention.

i'm not even sure what the purpose of it is.
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My experience
by MrFreeze in
1. jw
2. experiences
my experience is in no way remarkeable but i felt like sharing it anyway.

i was raised a jw.

my mom became one the year i was born.