Topics Started by the pharmer

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Does Anyone Know How To Drain Blocked Inner Ears?
by Low-Key Lysmith in
1. jw
2. friends
i just got over a bad sinus infection.

both of my inner ears are filled with fluid as a result.

i simply cannot get them to drain.
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I should just be DF'd
by Lunatic Faith in
1. jw
2. friends
so i have been texting with an inactive friend all day.

she sent a text this morning asking me if i had had second thoughts and decided to go to memorial after all.

i told her 'no, did you have second thoughts and decide not to go?
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Truth - How obvious does it need to be?
by Nickolas in
1. jw
2. friends
hey folks.

i've been on this board for just under seven months and i thank all of you who have contributed so generously to my education on things watchtower, and quite a few other things too.

not all of it was on here but it was through this board i've been directed to sites like freeminds and jwfacts.
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re-enforcing the shunning of immediate family - WT 7-15-11
by undercover in
1. watchtower
2. bible
july 15th wt study edition (regular dumb edition, not the dumber one).

god's rest - have you entered into it?.

subheading, when someone we love leaves jehovah.
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Is this not an easy question?
by the pharmer in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i wanted my jw friend's perspective on something, so i asked them this question:.

if i read a passage of scripture and conclude about it something that opposes the wt's view of the same passage, in your mind who has the truth about that passage (i.e.

who is correct)?
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State your "epiphany moment " for leaving the WT
by caliber in
1. jw
2. friends
i have found some powerful reinforcements when people have stated their " epiphany moment "... please share some.. my turning pointing began when i was badly hurt by a person i had always viewed as a literal brother.

i realized that if his.

love was conditional.... if it was the case with him , then how about those i had less affection for and trust in ?.
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FDS says - "No need to check our work. Besides, it will only make God angry."
by Crisis of Conscience in
1. watchtower
2. bible
though i no longer believe the fds is indeed appointed by god, i guess because of what has been taught to me all these years through the wtbts, i still make an effort to try and look at both sides.

and then i come across this number below, which is how i arrived at my title for this thread.

***w81 2/15 p.19 do we need help to understand the bible?***.
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To answer, or not to answer, that is the question:
by the pharmer in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
can anyone tell me if the following idea is taught or found specifically in any wtbts literature (and if so, where can i find it)?.

we must be very careful of how we allow others to label us.

sometimes the best answer we can give is no answer.. thanks!.
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Newbie: Galatians overview - original or textbook?
by the pharmer in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i hope this doesn't seem irrelevant, but i have a jw friend who seems to shut down whenever information opposes her belief, regardless of who has initiated the information or the source of the information.

when it comes to this person's expressions of their religious beliefs, i'm not accustomed to getting thorough answers that aren't textbook responses.

i can't tell if the most recent correspondence is their own words or not.
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"All generalizations are false, including this one."
by Mr. Falcon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the above mark twain quote made me think about some of the comments i heard this weekend during the watchtower study.

several commentors alluded to the seeming ignorance of "wordly" people as regards bible knowledge.

comments such as "people who go to churches don't know the bible like we do, so they may go to church and afterwards say that was a very good sermon.