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  Petition to get "Johnny the Bethelite" to START posting on JWN

  by drewcoul in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in response to the petition to get rick fearon to stop posting on jwn (which i don't agree with despite the fact he can seldom be taken seriously), i would like to start this thread to try to compel johnny the bethelite to join jwn and start posting!!

  please johnny, what do you have to fear?

  rick- could you compel johnny to start posting to this forum?

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  drewcoul

  No kidding oz! Much safer to make an occasional post than to be on the phone for an hour every other week from a closet.
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  Petition to get "Johnny the Bethelite" to START posting on JWN

  by drewcoul in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in response to the petition to get rick fearon to stop posting on jwn (which i don't agree with despite the fact he can seldom be taken seriously), i would like to start this thread to try to compel johnny the bethelite to join jwn and start posting!!

  please johnny, what do you have to fear?

  rick- could you compel johnny to start posting to this forum?

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  drewcoul

  That was a fake Johnny the Bethelite. He admitted it and apologized to Rick for telling him to call. I mean the real (if I can use the term "real" with regard to JTB) Johnny needs to post here and tell us his story, respond to our questions and have a discourse with us.
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  Petition to get "Johnny the Bethelite" to START posting on JWN

  by drewcoul in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in response to the petition to get rick fearon to stop posting on jwn (which i don't agree with despite the fact he can seldom be taken seriously), i would like to start this thread to try to compel johnny the bethelite to join jwn and start posting!!

  please johnny, what do you have to fear?

  rick- could you compel johnny to start posting to this forum?

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  drewcoul

  In response to the petition to get Rick Fearon to stop posting on JWN (Which I don't agree with despite the fact he can seldom be taken seriously), I would like to start this thread to try to compel Johnny the Bethelite to join JWN and start posting!!

  Please Johnny, what do you have to fear? Rick- could you compel Johnny to start posting to this forum? We have read you time and again advertise for your website and your conference calls which I listen to occasionally. Please get Johnny to start posting here.

  All in favor?
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  I still miss Teena Marie...

  by serenitynow! in

  1. jw
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  it was 1 year ago today that she died, way too soon.

  she was a great singer and songwriter and i was lucky enough to see her in concert twice.

  unlike these no talent hacks out nowadays, she really could sing, write, and play instruments.

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  I think she looked a lot like Momma Cass in that pic. She was a good singer, but I never really got into her music.
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  Ding dong with 4 JWs this morning

  by Qcmbr in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the jws were out in our area this morning and i bolted downstairs before my wife could waive them away as she normally does.. two ladies (mum and 24 year old daughter i later found out) initially stopped as i opened with a comment about how i couldn't trust a thing they say because they are taught to practice theocratic warfare.. the mother blinked and asked me what that was ( so it began ) i informed them both that they are allowed to lie or at least be evasive with the truth with worldy people.

  she countered that they are taught not to lie so i again asked her if she knew what theocratic warfare meant and she again said no (first of my many - 'please go look that up' statements .).

  i then moved onto the idea that they couldn't think independently outside the organisation due to fear of being disfellowshipped and shunned.

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  I can't believe you were able to carry on such a long conversation with them.....Kudos to you!
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  Born ins..Were You Forced to Be a JW Growing Up?

  by LostGeneration in

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  myth: parents who are jehovahs witnesses.

  force their children to follow their faith.. fact:witness parents strive to inculcate love.

  for god in their offspring, just as the bible.

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  I was forced to go to the meetings, I would have rather stayed home and watched TV on thursday nights......(Thursday night was the best TV night when I was growing up).

  I was also forced to go out in service on Saturday mornings when I would have rather slept in and watched cartoons.
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  What is Knorr's legacy?

  by drewcoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was wondering, i am aware of most of the presidents of the wts being a born in.

  i am familiar with how it started with ct russell and the tumultuous takeover by jfr.

  i grew up in the franz era and left about 2001 (although not mentally out until finding this forum a year and a half ago).

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  So, then Freddie took care of prophecy and Knorr took care of the business and growing the organization. I see. It just seems that theologically he wasn't very insightful and didn't really look into deep scriptural things (true or not) like the other three (Russell, Rutherford, and Franz). Am I right about that?
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  What is Knorr's legacy?

  by drewcoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was wondering, i am aware of most of the presidents of the wts being a born in.

  i am familiar with how it started with ct russell and the tumultuous takeover by jfr.

  i grew up in the franz era and left about 2001 (although not mentally out until finding this forum a year and a half ago).

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  I was wondering, I am aware of most of the presidents of the WTS being a born in. I am familiar with how it started with CT Russell and the tumultuous takeover by JFR. I grew up in the Franz era and left about 2001 (although not mentally out until finding this forum a year and a half ago). What was Knorr really known for? Franz had all of the "Types and anti-types" and end time prophecies that I remember throughout my childhood and teen/ early adult years. But what the H-E-double hockey sticks did Knorr accomplish as president?

  Just curious to get the thoughts from people who remember farther back than I do.
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  Famous ex-Jws

  by ekruks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  michelle rodriguez used to be a jehovah's witness.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/michelle_rodriguez.

  i am just wondering if we can make a list of famous people that used to be jws, i.e.

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  I think that was the point of his song......As I remember reading, his mother was a faithful Witness, and he used to attend, but pursued his music career and left when he was a teenager. He was still close to his mother, and wrote the song for her I guess to make it seem like the KH was more energetic than it really was.
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  Famous ex-Jws

  by ekruks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  michelle rodriguez used to be a jehovah's witness.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/michelle_rodriguez.

  i am just wondering if we can make a list of famous people that used to be jws, i.e.

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  Van Morrison was raised as a JW. He has a song called "Down at the Kingdom Hall"

  He performs it on Saturday Night Live here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAu8TWJTd-M