what-now?, I used to have the strangest thoughts whenever a "friend" talked in happiness about the destruction of mankind. I thought, "It would be good if Jah did not destroy your neighbors. It would be even better if you personally complained about their non-destruction and a shark popped up to immediately bite your head off...like Jonah but with more cenematic drama." Anyway, my one thought was, "WTF???? How did I get in here?"
Posts by Lieu
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40With This One Thought, You Become An XJW
by metatron inthere is one thought, which if spoken , even privately to yourself, instantly.
transforms you into an ex-witness.. it is:.
"what the hell was i thinking?".
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Seems to be going OK ... posting limits UP
by Simon in.
i set the limits low while i put the new s.w.
on but it seems to be going ok (phew) so i've raised the limits.. it tells you exactly how many you have when you try to post a new topic or a reply.
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Lieu
No worries, Simon. My iBook also came with IE for Mac. I could view this wonderful site but not post. (I was using Safari as my default browser; which is actually still in "Beta" mode. I'm sure Apple will fix this by final release. I've seen a couple of issues with Safari and Java stuff.) This is a nice new look.
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Seems to be going OK ... posting limits UP
by Simon in.
i set the limits low while i put the new s.w.
on but it seems to be going ok (phew) so i've raised the limits.. it tells you exactly how many you have when you try to post a new topic or a reply.
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Lieu
Nice, very nice. Doesn't like my Mac browser though.
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Narrow and cramped is the road leading ...
by whyhideit in"narrow and cramped is the road leading to life", right?
well with that quote, the witnesses have always justified the fact that they are still god's chosen people, even though they are not that large compared to other worldwide religions.
yet i was wondering something, if smaller is a sign of god's people, then how small is small enough.
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Lieu
The WTS is not on the road, last I heard they were in a boat that was 'tacking' in different directions on the open sea.
Did they come to a port yet? i may have missed that. :)
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Were You Depressed Because You Were A Witness?
by minimus init seems that many people here have been greatly depressed because they were or still are jehovah's witnesses.
what about you?
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Lieu
Who really is supposed to care what standing one has before man?
Certainly Jesus did not die in good standing before man...screw that!
Worrying about what men think is what drives myriads of JWs to "pick their poison".
What I noticed is that God did not seem to be insatiable, but a whole buch of men using God sure were. So, I ignored them and still do.
Depressed as a JW? Sure, who wouldn't be depressed with such silliness. I felt like I was just a number working in a factory with a broken punch card machine that continuously caused my paycheck to come up short.
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Loyalty to who or what?
by ozziepost ina question in the current written review asserts that "the loyalty that marks jehovah's organisation transcends every human relationship, such as that of close flesh-and-blood relatives.
" - question 35 .
note that loyalty that "transcends every human relationship" is not to god, but to the 'organisation'.
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Lieu
Loyalty begets loyalty.
Loyalty to Christ and to God....no one else when it comes to matters of faith.
As Paul commented on the folks saying they were followers of certain men, "who is Paul, Apollos, ..."? Certainly, Paul did not die for us and neither did anybody in Brooklyn. So, I'll go along with Paul's comments and say Christ is my leader, I belong to Christ not the WBTS.
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What don't you miss about meetings?
by kwijibo in.
i don't miss being spoken to like i was someones best friend when i know they wouldn't pee on me if i was on fire.. i don't miss always standing on my own and having no one come and talk to me.. i don't miss having people talk around me about the great time they had at the latest sport/barbecue/dinner get-together which i wasn't invited to because i'm not spiritual enough.. i don't miss not having friends in the truth or out of the truth because i shouldn't mix with wordly people.. i don't miss being so bored for all those hours a week.. i don't miss all the false smiles people give me when i look at them at the hall and the way they look away when i walk past them at the shopping center.. .................. anyone got anymore?
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Lieu
I don't miss feeling like a slave of men.
I don't miss never having a real Bible discussion.
I don't miss having questions which I could not ask.
I don't miss the "phonies" during the CO's visit.
I don't miss the boring songs played by tape in an octave that no human being could sing.
I don't miss people who could not have a conversation about an everyday topic.
I don't miss people who never say, "my thoughts are", but say, "well the WT says".
I don't miss elders, MS, who talk AT you and not TO you.
I don't miss the same drivel from the platform, day in and day out.
I guess I don't miss anything.
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Did Anyone Ever Like The Dramas?
by minimus inat the district convention, the highlight was always said to be the dramas.
did you really look forward to them?
was there one that ever stood out?
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Lieu
I liked the late 70's to mid 80's full costume dramas. Back then, there was actually a Bible theme and I couldn't wait to see them.
My favorite was the drama where Jezebel got tossed from the window( platform). Sodom was my second fave to that one.
When DC(s) started the "today" life boring behind tacky dramas, I stopped paying attention altogether. Now, the entire convention is completely boring.
"Won't it be wonderful to live on a paradise earth, friends?" <--------------repeated 79,000 times.
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 2-2-03 WT Study
by blondie incomments you will not hear at the 2-2-03 wt study
december 15, 2002.
use the bible, not wt publications.
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Lieu
You mean Nordic race...
Aryan actually refers to the people from India (ie. Aryan Mountains). Hitler borrowed it in his quest to find the mystical Shangraila (sp?)...a place where the perfect Indo-European people, in his mind, existed.
Good comments as usual, though.
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Anyone Remember this little Gem?
by Gizmo inedited to add page 6&7 .
who remembers studying this book?
hands up.
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Lieu
~Hand raised~
It used to be the book given only to Missionaries, now its the one given to Pioneers.