Posts by shepherd

@ Mebaqqer2 thank you for the posts. They were very informative - I have always wondered about Dan 10 and Jude 1 and why various angels/gods would be fighting amongst themselves as if they were princes over particular peoples. Your well researched explanation helped me a lot.

Sometimes I read so much dross and see so much uneducated bickering in this forum I want to leave and never return, then your posts (and previously many from Leolaia) completely change my mind. I just need to skim past the crap better, without getting sucked into it.

Thank you, both.

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Have your faith been made stronger or made weaker since coming here?

by jam in

me personally, considerably weaker.

in fact i have.

become an agnostic.. since i discovered this site over 6-7 yrs, we have.

shepherd

"I suppose this site hasn't done anything to my faith. It allows me to put my past in context. I survived a cult."

I agree with BOTR that the site has helped me to place my experiences in context. It was not immediate, but now I am atheist. I don't think the site is responsible, I have just managed to advance past Go and now have a 'get out of religion free' card.

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Current King James Bible now has 6,972 Jehovah's name restored.

by Iamallcool in

http://www.dnkjb.net/ .

shepherd

I once read the King James Bible. It was a black book with gold edging. I once saw someone putting gold edging on a book. It was hard. The binding was leather. My grandmother once kept a cow. There are many people who kept cows in those days but not so many translated the Bible. It was a hot day in July.

I remember it well. I think it's nice to remember. People remember all sorts of things, and then they did the best with the available knowledge. I can't understand why I am writing this. I can't understand a word of what I wrote either, but I, Band on the Run, needed to write something so here it is.....

:)))

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Watchtower Growth by CONTINENT and other Statistical Gems

by jwfacts in

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shepherd

Excellent posts jwfacts.

" Congregation numbers have grown steadily, but not as fast as the number of publishers"

I would suggest the primary reason is a lack of elders. It's not possible to split the congregations until there are sufficient 'qualified brothers' and anecdotal evidence is the number of elders is not growing at a similar rate to the plebs pubs.

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OK, What is this summer's District Convention Theme?

by Quarterback in

jw
friends

got the news this week as to where we are going to be, but, the elder making the announcement couldn't tell us what the da's theme was.. is this now a secret?

.

shepherd

The theme is "Genitals Like Donkeys" and all attending are encouraged to wear the convention badge at all times.

Based on Ezekiel 23:20-21

20 There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. 21 So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breasts fondled.

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I am now officially an Ex-JW!!!!

by Momma-Tossed-Me in

jw
friends

i am now officially by being announced at congregation level that i am no longer one of jehovahs wihtnesses.

that news spread like wild fire and i was dropped by all jw's on facebook, which shows the level of control the borg has in this area.

what is interesting is there was no juducial committee.

shepherd

Congratulations! The truth has set you free.