Posts by millie210

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I was invited to address The Presbyterians at their church

by Giordano in

so i was asked to give a presentation at the oxford forum which is sponsored by a local presbyterian church.

it's a very old church founded in 1758. it's way out in a rural area and if your interested here is their web site.. for a quick look at a beautiful setting: http://www.oxfordchurchlex.org/ yes this image is eye candy but up close the architectural detailing is pretty impressive............ there is no way you are going to confuse this church with a jehovah's witness soon to be closed kingdom hall.. the pastor told me that they would have 15 to 20 people attending my presentation about the jw life and beliefs.

it would start at 10am and end at 10:50. he would open the meeting with a brief prayer and welcome.

millie210

You are such a class act Giordano.

You planted seeds that will help someone along the way, I am sure of it.

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The increase in the Anointed Ones

by Sour Grapes in

to illustrate how the botchtower's groupies are losing brain cells...last year an elder told me some of the increase in the anointed is due to those who have been unfaithful and needed to be replaced.

when i was in first grade i knew that if i had 10 marbles and i lost one and a friend gave me a marble to replace the one i lost that i once again had 10 not 11 marbles.. jdubs are very good at not thinking..

millie210

Sour Grapes
Let's take the madness a step further. Only 144,000 get to go to heaven. At the end of the first century, there were over 1,000,000 Christain's who would have had the hope of going to heaven
Vanderhoven7
Since the other sheep only began being called after the year 1900...all Christians before that were anointed.

These are such important points I want to requote them in case they got missed.

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Talking to the people under the steeple

by Giordano in

i haven't found religion viable after we left the jws some fifty years ago.. oddly enough i will be conducting a session at the oxford forum which is put on once a week on a sunday by the presbyterian church.

they invite scholars, professors, artists etc.

people of interest to expose their congregation to what else is going on in this community.

millie210

I would love hearing all about your experience!

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What are you most passionate about?

by SplaneThisToMe in

i had an interview today and was asked a question o have gotten in the past: what are you most passionate about?

it was a struggle to come up with an answer on this one.

as a jw, the things i was passionate about were chosen for me.

millie210

zeb
performing random acts of kindness..
I can tell you all of this as I am anon.
Yesterday at Centrelink (social security) I saw a young couple looking for work and they had a beautiful baby, the little one was clearly the very centre of their being. I acknowledged the baby wished them well and went to the toy shop and came back with a soft toy teddy for them. It lifted them no end.A

And reading about your small act of great kindness lifted me!

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18-Year Old Daughter Moves in with Boyfriend and studying to become a witness

by RunAwayDaughter in

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my 18-year-old-daughter, who has not finished high school, left south carolina on january 31 with her 22-year old boyfriend to move in with his family in california.

they are jehovah witness.

daughter: i love you too.

millie210

RunAwayDaughter,

Just read all the above and wanted to say that I see how hard you are trying. I know this has to be so very difficult for you.

Keep posting, we care.

Millie

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Cousin's Runaway Girlfriend Living with us

by RunAwayDaughter in

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friends

my cousin's girlfriend moved from another state and is now living in our home.

they said she lived in a bad situation, but i don't believe them.

my cousin lies.

millie210

Hi RunAwayDaughter,

You are living a parents worse nightmare and I am sorry you are having to go through this.

I read through your first posts and the one above where you state it is your daughter.

I am assuming she is 18?

If not then she is a minor but since you havent invoked the rights of parents of minors, I am guessing she is over 18.

I know it is not what you want to hear but usually in these situations, ANYTHING you do will result in her digging in more.

It sounds like you have limited communication with her. Let her know you will have a ticket (NOT MONEY) at the gate anytime she wants to fly home and then drop any and all efforts to "reason" with her.

When you talk to her share your love and mirror (validate) her feelings.

This will be the hardest thing youve ever done but its worked for other moms.

There is a saying "If you find yourself in a tug of war, lay down your end of the rope."

If you can think of ways to effectively do that it will let her see her situation in her own time.

Remember that half of all marriages end in divorce, in relationships that are not marriages, the demise rate is even higher. In 5 years she wont even be with this guy but based on how you handle things now, she will know she always has her mother to turn to.

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I found a silver NWT at a very small library.

by blownaway in

my wife and i went to war eagle ar saturday.

there is a small library.

its about 18 inches x 18 inches.

millie210

I noticed in the silver Bible, when you look up Heb 10:25, they took out Matt. 18:20 from the side margin.

Its there in the red bible but not the silver. I guess they dont want people thinking they can meet in small groups?

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Advice from you to non jw

by Salley in

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i am not a jw, but know a jw family.

seem very loving and happy.

i have come to know the religion and have researched via this site,youtube, reddit etc.

millie210

In this religion you must act happy lest you be viewed as not faithful enough. This leads to a perfunctory pleasant facade that is quite pleasing to look upon at first glance.

It is superficial though and there is a lot of sadness and anxiety lurking under the surface.

Think of this religion as an iceburg floating on the oceans surface. There is what you see (sometimes quite majestic and beautiful) and then there is what is underneath, the larger, more jagged part.

This is the part that the public does not know about. You can learn about that large mass of convoluted teachings here on this site though if you are interested.

Glad you are here.

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