I visited relatives out of state this weekend and sure enough watched two Witnesses going door to door approach the house. I casually walked out to the front yard and, sure enough an older brother with a young married man in tow came over to me. I let them go through the usual speil & took the magazines. Now they must of thought they had a catch here & the conversation got interesting. Not telling them I was a former witness for 50 yrs. & an elder for 20, I told them I was a Bible student quite familiar with a number of religions & not affiliated with any one in particular. (Which is true.) I questioned the older on the "overlapping generation" theory to with he gave the company answer. I politely reminded him that in it's first fulfillment, Jesus understanding of a generation was 37 yrs. from it's inception to the fall of Jerusalem. He had no reply. I just could not resist & ran through question after question as the young man looked on in surprise. He left asking if he could come back, but I told him I was visiting & was leaving for NY in the morning. I doubt he will ever realize the burning contradictions I left him with, but I hope I opened the young man's eyes. I can not relay the overwhelming satisfaction I had on Saturday morning. If you ever get the chance, try it.
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Finally Got to Be the Saturday Morning Householder
by mrquik ini visited relatives out of state this weekend and sure enough watched two witnesses going door to door approach the house.
i casually walked out to the front yard and, sure enough an older brother with a young married man in tow came over to me.
i let them go through the usual speil & took the magazines.
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Expect More Property Sell Offs As Governing Body Face A Increase In Child Molestation Lawsuits World Wide
by frankiespeakin inthe old hay days when they could turn a nice profit from selling their printed garbage are over, thanks to recent development in electronics and watchtower corporation policies of strict donation based litterature offer to avoid paying taxes.. when the conti case has finished all apeals and wins $$millions$$, more lawyers will be interested in child molestation cases, more lawsuits will be filed, which could very well break the bank or bankrupt the watchtower corporation in a rather short amount of time.
expect to see desperate attempts by the governing body to collect more money from the rank and file and use what ever scam they can cook up.
they will have to liquidate more property, and continually tapping their free labor source to the maximum with building projects through out the world.
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Discussion w/ Wife: I Welcome Your Suggestions
by breakfast of champions inso these last few wts have definitely eroded my wife's faith in the org.
she is definitely seeing the bs, and i even overheard her talking openly about it to a family member.
good for her!.
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mrquik
Hi BOC; Ask her if she feels a warning of impending doom given for over a century has any validity. Remind her that in Jesus' prophesy of the "last days" that time period in Jerusalem lasted only 37 years well within a generation. That meant that those who heard his warning were still alive to benefit from it. Keep asking these types of questions. She needs to come to the correct conclusions on her own.
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Where WT Linear Thinking Leads When You Discredit 1914
by mrquik inbecause 1914 wasn't the beginning or ending of anything (see jwfacts for overwhelming evidence);.
1. witnesses are still in "gentile times".
2. jesus' hasn't begun to reign in kingdom.
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Because 1914 wasn't the beginning or ending of ANYTHING (See jwfacts for overwhelming evidence);
1. Witnesses are still in "Gentile Times"
2. Jesus' hasn't begun to reign in Kingdom
3. True religion has not arrived
4. You're actually a part of "Babylon the Great"
5. Last generation hasn't even started yet
6. You will grow old & die
7. You've wasted thousands of hours of your life for nothing serving a manmade religion
8. Have a nice day.
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Quick Poll - How many are...
by mrhhome inhow many here are (a) ex-jw, (b) non-jw with jw relatives or spouses, (c) inactive jw, or (d) active jw who stay in for your own reasons?.
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Quick Poll - How many are...
by mrhhome inhow many here are (a) ex-jw, (b) non-jw with jw relatives or spouses, (c) inactive jw, or (d) active jw who stay in for your own reasons?.
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mrquik
Got Df'd after leaving a intolerable marriage. Remarried a wonderful girl. Will be celebrating our 5th anniversary next Feb. I'm viewed by family still in as an "apostate" so most everyone I knew in 4 local congregations avoid me like the plague. I do enjoy watching them squirm when I see them Sat. morning in the donut shop "witnessing".
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The music that moves you....
by FlyingHighNow inonce when i was profoundly sad for too many days, my brother in law sent us a mix tape.
he named each song after a person in our family.
this is the one he named heather.
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