I did, that's why I can't be bothered with JWs too much. One can worship God and love his son at the same time. I see no conflict. I had a saying: Catholics know Peter and JWs know Paul; Christ anyone?
Posts by Lieu
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29As A JW, Did You Ever Really Love Jesus?
by minimus init was always about "jehovah god".
jesus was mentioned but he was always in the background.
many religions boast of loving jesus.
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Did Anyone Ever Find The Meetings Interesting???
by minimus inevery once in a while i enjoyed a public talk that featured a very good speaker.
most meetings i was thoroughly bored.
especially was i bored with the baby food pablum that was force fed to us.
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Lieu
No. I found them boring in discourse and juvenile in content. Its like there's a red button and a blue botton. A group of fickle minded guys give the 'don't push the red button' discourse over and over and over; a never ending cycle going nowhere. We never get to the purpose of the red button nor any mention of the blue button. Then there's the whole 'out of context' scripture (in everything) shiznit and 'your never doing enough' discouraging talk which goes on, polluting matters worse. So many JWs are depressed because of attending meetings where their feelings of worthlessness are solidified by the Elders discourses.
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what to say to when someone says happy bday?
by tsunami_rid3r inwhenever people tell me happy birthday tomorrow what do i say?
and the girl i took to prom well im still having some feelings for her and we seem to be getting along good.
id like to hang out with her because shes fun, but she has a bf now.
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Lieu
I had a MS keep telling me it was his birthday at the book counter. Finally, I said 'happy birthday' as an elder was walking by and the MS simply said, 'thank you'. It was hilarious!!
Just say thank you, its okay to do so. If someone wishes you good tidings about anything, just say thanks. -
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Are You Still Stuck In The Moral Panic trap?
by Englishman injust curious..now that you're an exjw, do you think that the world is a good place or an evil place to be?.
or are you screwed up about asylum seekers and other perceived threats to your security?.
i tend to always err towards optimism generally.
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Lieu
I don't think the world is evil per se but I do think there are some very evil and immoral people in it. There are slso some very decent folk about just trying to do their best as people. I no longer hang around JWs because I prefer to focus on the positives, not lull in the negatives.
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Post Some Flowers Here, Please?
by Frannie Banannie inmany of yall have seen the "someone special needs cheering up" thread >> http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/79297/1.ashx.
there've been some really thoughtful responses, such kind and considerate wishes for kristy.
even so, i realize how difficult it may be at times to find the words to convey well wishes for someone who's suffering and striving so hard to overcome extreme circumstances.. .
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Post Some Flowers Here, Please?
by Frannie Banannie inmany of yall have seen the "someone special needs cheering up" thread >> http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/79297/1.ashx.
there've been some really thoughtful responses, such kind and considerate wishes for kristy.
even so, i realize how difficult it may be at times to find the words to convey well wishes for someone who's suffering and striving so hard to overcome extreme circumstances.. .
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"Must Do" list after leaving the borg
by doodle-v inwhat would you list as the top "must do's" after leaving the borg?.
it can be serious or goofy.. im in a goofy mood tonight so here's mine.. 1. give oral sex.
2. recive oral sex.
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Lieu
1. Sleep in on Sat and Sun morning
2. Watch tv on Tues and Thur evening
3. Think and believe whatever you want...and say so
4. Enjoy reading the Bible again
5. Enjoy reading anything you feel like
6. Be happy
7. Drive by a KH, honk, wave, and continue merrily on to the zoo.
8. Appreciate those same flowers you passed by in FS but never really saw before.
9. Buy something expensive you really don't need but have always wanted. Then put it in a highly visible place.
10. Be decent to your fellow humans remembering everyone's thoughts are their own and thats okay. -
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As an Org.
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Misconceptions of the GB
by Larry inwhat was your misconceptions about the gb?
here was one of mine, when folks would ask me why wasn't their any blacks on the gb.
i would say that the blacks weren't educated enough at the time (late 1800's - early 1900's) to govern a worldwide organization.
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Lieu
A misconception:
The GB writes the articles and books put out. They read them all and pray over them before they are put out too.
Since most of the JW file believes this they take whatever is in those pubs as gospel.
Having given themselves the title Ambassadors of Christ, they don't mention the one whom they're representing much. As a matter of fact, they have all but bumped him out of the equation...that darn Memorial is what's keeeping him from JW annihilation.
Satan must be proud.
JW's oogle over the GB the same as Catholics oogle over the Pope. JW structure mirrors that of the CC with semantics in titles being all the rage. Laymen, Priests, Bishops, Cardinals, Pope. --- Publishers, Ministerial Servants, Elders, DOs, COs, and GB. -
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Which was scarier... the torture scenario or the Armageddon scenario?
by Gopher infor those of us who grew up in the jw's, there were a couple of scary scenarios presented, one supposedly to happen before armageddon, and armageddon itself.. before armageddon, all jw's were going to be chased around by worldly nations because they would be the only religion left on earth, satan's system having destroyed "babylon the great" (all religions outside jw's, we were told).
so as part of that, jw's would be persecuted worldwide for being religious and proclaiming the "kingdom".. now -- connect that with the actual persecution that happened to the jw's as documented in the annual "yearbook" and in the pages of the watchtower magazine.
sometimes the details of what happened to jw's when in confinement were quite graphic and frightening.
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Lieu
Armageddon was, I guess, the scarier of the two. At least imprisonement, torture, and death meant I didn't have to go to the boring meetings. :)