Posts by extractor

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Do you have any "one-liners" for drive-by witnessing?

by Faithful Witness in

i am looking for things i can say in passing, when i meet some of my jw friends.

we used to attend meetings, but have not been officially recognized yet, as apostates.

we were good and curious students, but fell away and were choked out by weeds.. since i will be renewing my bible student status soon, i am hoping this will open more windows into the organization.

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Why do you think the Mormons refer to their religion as "The Truth"?

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Richard Dawkins Fail...

by tenyearsafter in

wow...hard to believe anyone would openly make this kind of comment.... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/09/richard-dawkins-pedophilia_n_3895514.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003#slide=989667.

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Hmm... It almost seems as if Dawkins is a arrogant and heartless... there's a shocker.

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4 sincere questions for those that believe there is a God

by S EIGHT in

greetings.. allow me to set the questions up.. after 30 years in the truth (i'm now late 40's) and having established the truth about the truth i consider myself agnostic going on atheist.. i struggle to believe there is a god when i observe life yet i try to convince myself there must be something out there.. here's the basis of my question: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23583116 .

in summary, 2 young boys have been killed by a snake that escaped from a pet store in canada.

it made it's way up through the ventilation into the apartment they were staying in.

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We all agree this was a horrible event. Why do we all agree?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJHEsKz_ha8

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My first experience at KH

by InChristAlone in

jw
friends

thank you to all of you who commented yesterday.

no doubt you gave me an accurate description of what to expect.

when i first walked in, i was greeted by the jw who calls on my house.

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John 17:3

Kingdom Interlinear: "But this is the everlasting life in order that they may be knowing you..."

NWT: "This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you..."

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"I won't watch HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER" because Neil Patrick Harris is gay"

by OnTheWayOut in

that's what my jw mother said.

folks, there are plenty of reasons not to watch how i met your mother, but a gay actor playing a straight part is not one of them.

i should give her a list of known gay actors and ruin a bunch of movies and t.v.

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What! Doogie Howser's gay?

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Did Jesus Use Gods Personal Name?

by Comatose in

the wt says yes.

i looked it up a few weeks ago and they said "we can be sure he used his fathers name".

for me the argument is more just interesting from a biblical and academic stand point.

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@ QC

Yes, I've read all of that before... in the Watchtower.

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Did Jesus Use Gods Personal Name?

by Comatose in

the wt says yes.

i looked it up a few weeks ago and they said "we can be sure he used his fathers name".

for me the argument is more just interesting from a biblical and academic stand point.

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Jesus used God's name...for himself.

Exodus 3:13 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” God said to Moses, “I AM who I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

John 8:58 “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”

John 18:6 When Jesus said, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

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Jehovah's Witnesses - The religion for the lazy zealot

by sosoconfused in

after taking a few steps back and really taking a look at the really zealous people and fairly intelligent people i knew in the j.w.

community and adding myself into this lump of people i realized something.

for anyone who wants to be seen as a very religious person - completely dedicated to god(or atleast give that impression to onlookers), this is the perfect religion.. .

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After asking a fairly new JW several Bible questions she couldn't answer, she just looked at me & said, "I don't know. I'm just going on faith." and then just stared at me as if to say, "That should answer everything for you." Sadly, it did.

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New Video On Youtube About Shunning

by Watchtower-Free in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2hsoolwac4.

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It states truth.

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Constructive feedback for AAWA leadership (IMHO)

by besty in

1 - reconsider your existence - there might be a reason why the most effective resources to date have been solo efforts.

2 - recognize that even well-intentioned organizations will firstly seek self-preservation.

3 - be aware that egos and emotional stupidity have torn apart much grander edifices than aawa.

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Thanks so much Marvin for all of your great, thought-out points!

AAWA is like a new-born baby still sitting in it's own birth fluid and there are idiots standing around screaming at it, "You stupid baby, why don't you clean yourself up, put on a decent suit, and get a job!" OF COURSE it has to get it's footing, of course there are going to be mistakes. It's just DAYS old. Why hasn't AAWA just learned from.....wait a minute...that's right, this has never been attemped before at this level! If you've never been the head of anything BIG you can't possibly understand there is no way to please everyone & you will be attacked from many sides, just for simply stepping out.

I'm involved with AAWA & I can tell you everyone I've had contact with is right now enthusiastically going about the business of helping put an end to the WT's abuses of people. I salute Cedars and others for attempting to do BIG things to end the WT's BIG abuses.