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  If a JW Came To Your Door How Would You Handle It?

  by minimus in

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  jehovah's witnesses have never come to my door but they have come to my girlfriends door.

  i have coached her as to what to say or ask but it appears that they always seem to come when she's not there.

  .....just curious would you get into it with a jehovah's witness at your door especially if it was someone you did not know?.

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  drewcoul

  I haven't had them come to my door....but they hang out on the sidewalk in front of my local Kroger. I engage them from time to time. I don't want to be known as a guy who the figure is opposed, so I just ask questions.

  I say things like......"My brother is a Jehovah Witness [intentionally mispronouncing it] and I've talked to him some. Now, do you guys believe that at Armageddon, you have to be a Jehovah Witness to live?"

  This is usually enough, if I do it sheepishly enough to get them trying to defend their faith. They throw the old straw-man arguments up that I remember using. I just direct them back and insist that they answer, not what the Watchtower says, but what do they believe.

  I just make sure I just ask a lot of questions, because you know how much they love to use their superior Bible knowledge......you can use enough questions to make them see the silliness of their own reasoning. At least it should get them thinking.
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  I've been found out!

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
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  well, thats it folks.. my identity on here has been rumbled and reported to the elders.

  someone, somehow, has figured out that im a member of this site and - rather than speak to me - has promptly reported me to the elders.

  i just feel sad for my daughter.

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  Ask them who is making the accusation. Then tell them that you have a biblical right to have that person accuse you in person.

  That'll leave them stammering for a minute. They have to concede that to you. They must have the person make accusation in front of you unless you confess.

  My suggestion: Don't confess. Treat them as equals both intellectually and spiritually. Do not treat them like they are your superiors. Do your homework on how they are instructed to do their process. They will screw it up because they are ignorant.
  
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  My Bible Study Is Wide Awake To The TTATT

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
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  i ran into my old bible study at the kingdom hall recently, he was baptized as a jw 8 years ago.

  we started talking about small things and catching up about our families and then the bombshell.. "my wife and i are deeply troubled by the watchtower change of doctrine, prophecy, and their history"!

  "did you know about charles russell and his failed marriage... his view of pyramids... generation mistakes... and dates... that place in california for returning prophets..."and on and on he went.. i told him i knew all about it and then show him a publication on display in the foyer (i think it is divine plan of the ages), and it had a fold out of a pyramid and a description on bible verses that showed 1914 was the year the big a was going to happen.

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  Marked.......This has the potential to be real, real good!
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  My sister denounced the two elders

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  yesterday my sister presented, against the two stalker elders, a complaint before the district prosecutor.

  the prosecutor said to my sister that in the country there are freedom of religion, so it is totally illegal to accuse a person loudly in the street before her neighbors , and to insist for going to a illegal judicial questioning.

  she even showed to the prosecutor a past notification in which she asked to the elders a written document specifying the charge of apostasy so as to attend the judiciary meeting with her attorney.

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  After the RAC, the elder book is in the public domain, at least the contents are. It still is copyright protected, but the contents can be accessed. As long as she quotes it and cites where she got it, I think she'd be on pretty solid ground. But, I'm not an attorney.
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  Man Killed in car crash watching Porn

  by StoneWall in

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  makes me wonder what "flashed" before his eyes at moment of impact/death.http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/82584838-story

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  So he had the extremely rare opportunity to literally be coming and going at the same time.
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  Where are you from?

  by BeautifulMind in

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  i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

  but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

  i currently live in georgia, usa.

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  drewcoul

  Indianapolis, Indiana here. Spent pretty much all of my life in central Indiana.
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  WTB&TS has invested $40,000,000 in November 2007 in a Hedge fund located in the Cayman Islands, a tax haven

  by sammy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  wtb&ts has invested $40,000,000 in november 2007 in a hedge fund located in the cayman islands, a tax haven.

  the document is from the official website : securities and exchange commission:.

  http://www.sec.gov/archives/edgar/vprr/07/9999999997-07-048801 .

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  respectful_observer: So, does the WT have $40 million in this fund and the fund has a value of $500 million including investments from others? Or does the WT have $500 million in this fund and $40 million is in the Caymans?
  
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  Getting ready to visit the San Diego area......Any suggestions?

  by drewcoul in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my son is getting ready to move to hawaii.

  we are driving from indianapolis to san diego next week so that they can ship his car from the west coast and save about a thousand dollars versus shipping it from here.

  i am only going to be there for a few days, thursday through sunday and would like some suggestions of what to do while i'm there.

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  My son is getting ready to move to Hawaii. We are driving from Indianapolis to San Diego next week so that they can ship his car from the West Coast and save about a thousand dollars versus shipping it from here.

  I am only going to be there for a few days, Thursday through Sunday and would like some suggestions of what to do while I'm there. If anyone would like to meet up and have an adult beverage or a cup of coffee, my son and I would really appreciate it.

  I have never been west of Denver and am a little anxious about it. Especially with him moving so far away at the same time.

  Thanks,

  -Andrew
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  Geoffrey Jackson - Royal Commission Live Hearing Now!

  by LostinJapan in

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  https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.

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  Jackson said that an Elder's conscience should move them to notify the authorities if they thought the other children could be in danger. Shouldn't the Holy-Spirit appointed elder know this already and not need directive from the society?
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  Geoffrey Jackson - Royal Commission Live Hearing Now!

  by LostinJapan in

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  2. child-abuse

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  https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.

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  drewcoul

  Angus is getting into some meat here......Meat in due season, if I may