Posts by discreetslave

it is not our right to tell others how to run their personal affairs'' anybody here ever been told to do something/how to do something by an elder or other jw?

in regards to job situation/family for example, with no direct scriptural backing...

discreetslave

I'm bi-racial & after I stopped straightening my hair a black pioneer sister said nappy hair is inappropriate for JW's.

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Meddling

by The Quiet One in

wt july 15, 2011 page 18 paragraph 15 "meddlers in other people's affairs".

it is not our right to tell others how to run their personal affairs'' anybody here ever been told to do something/how to do something by an elder or other jw?

in regards to job situation/family for example, with no direct scriptural backing...

discreetslave

@ Jean luc picard I was a newbie an I was a sister it was a skirt suit that had a vest & tie

In regards to the sex article it was true the reason being it arouses passion. I said so, I'm married I can defuse any passions aroused with my husband.

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Is there anyone sick among YOU? Let him call the older men!

by TimothyT in

i was reading the letter of james before and i came across a verse which a brother on my judicial comittee shown me:.

14 is there anyone sickamong you?

let him call the older men of the congregation to [him], and let them pray over him, greasing [him] with oil in the name of jehovah.

discreetslave

Awesome find Timothy.

I found this in the NWT the reference for James 5:14 is Mark 6:13 "and they would expel many demons and grease many sickly people with oil and cure them." The correct explanation was there all along.

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in my interactions with jw males guarding the kh entrance or with the various males my study conductor would bring to our study (one i later found out was considered a "heavy," meaning he was supposedly really good at answering tough questions), i notice they stare intensely at me and i start fumbling my words.

in one case, i went to a different kh where no one knew me and got the same stare at the door.

is this stare deliberate, and if so, what is behind it?

discreetslave

I use to comment on a stare in regards to Mormons, maybe because I was a JW I never noticed it.

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Meddling

by The Quiet One in

wt july 15, 2011 page 18 paragraph 15 "meddlers in other people's affairs".

it is not our right to tell others how to run their personal affairs'' anybody here ever been told to do something/how to do something by an elder or other jw?

in regards to job situation/family for example, with no direct scriptural backing...

discreetslave

I had on an outfit with a tie and was told that's not allowed

Even though I was married it's wrong to read articles about improving one's sex life

I can't watch the Lion King because it features the heavenly hope. ( I argued the movie teaches the kings are in heaven like the 144,000)

I know a sister who felt anything with talking animals was wrong since Satan was the first to make an animal appear to talk

The whole sterilization thing made no sense even with the scriptures they used.

My personal favorite is If one's bible reading brings up too many questions just read the Psalms

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"never receive him into YOUR homes or say a greeting to him" - 2 John 10

by irondork in

it's us who should be shunning them!.

2 john is talking about the anti-christ.

he describes it:.

discreetslave

I agree with you Irondork JW's, Mormons, any who claim to be Christian put themselves in his place.

Aussie Oz despite my preference being Christianity I do not hold the beliefs or non belief of others as inferior. This may be contradictory but I love the variety of this planet to much to fell any one way is exclusive.

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Confused.

by Cyruse in

ok, i am aware there is people here who have strong opinions about the wtb, and all things entailing that.

what i am confused by is threads dealing with athiesm, evolution, and other non christian topics being viewed as viable and worth discussing on this board.

they may very well worth discussing, but i was under the impression that this was a board revolving around jehovahs witnesses.

discreetslave

It's all good. There are those who believe, those who don't, and those in between. We all agree to disagree. I'm Christian yet most of my facebook friends aren't. Variety is the spice of life. If you only want Christian discussion I suggest this site http://www.paradisecafediscussions.net/index.php.