Different stokes for different folks. I had over 25 years of christmas before joining. The 15 years before joining I had already stopped for my own reasons.
trillaz
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When you were a jw....Christmas day...
by carla inwhen you were a jw did you get together with family or other jw's on christmas day?
most people have off so it would be convenient.
in my mind, if you got together with family or jw's shared a meal or drinks, perhaps watched a movie or played games you did celebrate the day.
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Timmy,s letter to Santa
by jam inhow is mrs claus?
i hope everyone, from.
the reindeers to the elves, is fine.
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trillaz
fakesmile you probably don't haev a majority race who is always on the offensive for you. A majority race who is always out to see what the minority will do. You probably don't have a majority race who thinks so less of you. You have to wonder what that person, if they were in authority, might do. You seem to be the type who wants to "even the score" and "take back America". When redneck becomes associated with an oppressed race by those who hate through murders, lynchings, or whateve scheme you have, call me.
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Study the Bible with JW - Any advice?
by FingersCrossed ingoing for a word by word bible reading/study with a jw, no literature involved and maybe using more than one versions.
is that a wise move and is there any advantage?.
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trillaz
On the 2nd part, that just believing is enough.. It does present a problem, but the Org is cunning enough.
I'm agreeing with you right there, buth then again no one confronts or questions them about the basis for the organizational baptismal questions when one who is ready is fully aware of Matt 28:19. So why would they question going through a bunch of other stuff like Hebrews 5:12 states they should? Perhaps some do, and those are ones who are "not ready yet" and either escape before being baptised or go through more "intense study".
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Study the Bible with JW - Any advice?
by FingersCrossed ingoing for a word by word bible reading/study with a jw, no literature involved and maybe using more than one versions.
is that a wise move and is there any advantage?.
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Witnesses believe that Jesus is the Son of God so there is no problem there.
On the 2nd part, that just believing is enough.. It does present a problem, but the Org is cunning enough.
When they baptize they can't get around knowledge of Matt 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit,
since it is a fundamental scripture used, yet they still inject the two baptismal questions.
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Timmy,s letter to Santa
by jam inhow is mrs claus?
i hope everyone, from.
the reindeers to the elves, is fine.
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trillaz
Funny as hell
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When you were a jw....Christmas day...
by carla inwhen you were a jw did you get together with family or other jw's on christmas day?
most people have off so it would be convenient.
in my mind, if you got together with family or jw's shared a meal or drinks, perhaps watched a movie or played games you did celebrate the day.
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trillaz
Wasn't trying to be cruel, actually trying to be reassuring about the dreading it part. And christmas without presents and just family can still be dreadful. All kinds of people are depressed for various reasons during this time of year.
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Do you know where you gun is?
by purplesofa into gunowners:.
is your gun in a place where a child, unstable person, mentally ill person, suicidal person, or stranger cannot get to it?
do you ..right now, know an unstable person that owns a gun?
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trillaz
You forgot one thing. What if the gun owner is mentally-ill? I think that people can be seemingly stable and that just because they snap does not mean they would be considered ill enough to not get a gun when you get into the details.
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When you were a jw....Christmas day...
by carla inwhen you were a jw did you get together with family or other jw's on christmas day?
most people have off so it would be convenient.
in my mind, if you got together with family or jw's shared a meal or drinks, perhaps watched a movie or played games you did celebrate the day.
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trillaz
Taking part in christmas can be dreadful as well. You didn't miss anything.
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Study the Bible with JW - Any advice?
by FingersCrossed ingoing for a word by word bible reading/study with a jw, no literature involved and maybe using more than one versions.
is that a wise move and is there any advantage?.
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trillaz
When I think of search and replace, I think of The Living Bible. The NWT is certainly more. For example, the KJV says in Acts 8:37
And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Seems like a benign enough passage. How does the NWT translate that same passage?
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The closest exegetical study of the NWT would be made with the KIT, no? Because no one is certain of what they used for the old Purple version and 1985 versions, correct?
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trillaz
Good videos. How about seeing the targets before and after or during if possible.