Posts by Nathan Natas

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A not so loving phone call....

by new hope and happiness in

i recently got a letter in my pillar box asking me to attend a meeting at the k.h.

i ignored the " kind" request.. this was folloed up by a " loving" phone call with the question " do i believe in the organisation" my reply.

" anyway what pissed me off was during the " loving" phone call i realized there was another " brother" listning in.

Nathan Natas

Next time, have some fun with the loving 'dubs. Ask if someone else is listening in on another line.

If they deny it, you can go into a "revival preacher" voice and say, "BY THE POWER of JAY-sus, I command you to answer truthfully!"

Or you could say, "You must be having some trouble with your telephone line; the wye-meter I have recording this conversation shows that someone is listening in."

There is no such thing as a wye-meter that records phone calls, but your average window-washing elder won't know that. You might scare the squirt out of him.

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Someone I know wants to go back to the meetings

by StephaneLaliberte in

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i am presently fadding out and a person that i know sent me an email telling me he was going back to his meeting.

how can i let him know that i think he probably will be better outside if he keeps trying without running the risk that he goes back and forward the email to a local elder?.

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I have often seen JW`s supposed beleif of 1925 as the end .....It`s not what I remember

by smiddy in

i could be wrong of course , but as far as i recall 1925 was not the date of armageddon , but was the date the" princes of the earth" would be resurrected .

the princes of course were faithfull men of old such as abraham issac and jacob, anybody who had a prominent part in gods favour.. witnesses at assemblies after 1925 were constantly awaiting to welcome the resurrected princes of the earth up until the late 1950`s.

these faithfull resurrected men were to lead the rank and file into the glorious new system of christs thousand year reign.. smiddy.

Nathan Natas

LOL, JYD! Thanks for the kind words.

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Can Jehovah's witnesses eat halal and kosher meat?

by Reynam in

i'm new here, i pretty much created this account cause i couldn't find the answer to my question.

and my question is, can jw eat halal and kosher meat?

i was searching online but all i found was that jw dont have any food restrictions besides consuming blood.. if someone can answer my question, please and thank u!.

Nathan Natas

Mynameislame oberved, " Interesting point, I don't ever remember that being discussed. We always used to use Kosher wine and unlevened bread for the memorial."

I'll admit that during the 20-odd years I was a Dub this never occurred to me, and I consumed Kosher foods without giving it a second thought.

It would be kind of interesting to hear the Watchtower's weasel-words on this issue of Pure Worship™.

Now I'm a free atheist and don't worry none about what superstitious people do.

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Can Jehovah's witnesses eat halal and kosher meat?

by Reynam in

i'm new here, i pretty much created this account cause i couldn't find the answer to my question.

and my question is, can jw eat halal and kosher meat?

i was searching online but all i found was that jw dont have any food restrictions besides consuming blood.. if someone can answer my question, please and thank u!.

Nathan Natas

Reynam asked, "... my question is, can JW eat halal and kosher meat?"

That's an interesting question!

My initial thought was "Yes, they can."

But then I recalled Acts 15:29: "You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell."

Could an argument be made that the religious requirements for food to meet Jewish Kosher and Muslim Halal standards is a kind of FALSE "religious blessing" on the food?

Yes folks, when you get down to the religious nitty-gritty, Judaism is just as much a FALSE RELIGION as submission to Allah - Islam - is.

Hmmmm?

So maybe not, eh?

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I have often seen JW`s supposed beleif of 1925 as the end .....It`s not what I remember

by smiddy in

i could be wrong of course , but as far as i recall 1925 was not the date of armageddon , but was the date the" princes of the earth" would be resurrected .

the princes of course were faithfull men of old such as abraham issac and jacob, anybody who had a prominent part in gods favour.. witnesses at assemblies after 1925 were constantly awaiting to welcome the resurrected princes of the earth up until the late 1950`s.

these faithfull resurrected men were to lead the rank and file into the glorious new system of christs thousand year reign.. smiddy.

Nathan Natas

Suavojr, I'll bet you frequently find yourself wishing you knew what the hell you were talking about.

FYI, I've served ten times as many as you have ear hair and unsightly nasal hair COMBINED.

It's easy to jump to uninformed, ignorant and biased conclusions, isn't it?

I've been around a LONG time, junior. My deeds are known.

What have you done in the apostate soup kitchen lately?

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I have often seen JW`s supposed beleif of 1925 as the end .....It`s not what I remember

by smiddy in

i could be wrong of course , but as far as i recall 1925 was not the date of armageddon , but was the date the" princes of the earth" would be resurrected .

the princes of course were faithfull men of old such as abraham issac and jacob, anybody who had a prominent part in gods favour.. witnesses at assemblies after 1925 were constantly awaiting to welcome the resurrected princes of the earth up until the late 1950`s.

these faithfull resurrected men were to lead the rank and file into the glorious new system of christs thousand year reign.. smiddy.

Nathan Natas

Smiddy, I over-reacted. What you did was perfectly normal and OK. Please forgive me.

Really, I'm not being facetious or insincere as far as you can tell.

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Truth be told screening NY was a fantastic success

by truthseeker in

i attended the nyc screening of truth be told.. despite the atrocious weather, there were about 80 in attendance.. .

the director is planning to show the movie in the uk..

Nathan Natas

If the weather was better there might have been 81.

You've got a real blockbuster on your hands!

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I have often seen JW`s supposed beleif of 1925 as the end .....It`s not what I remember

by smiddy in

i could be wrong of course , but as far as i recall 1925 was not the date of armageddon , but was the date the" princes of the earth" would be resurrected .

the princes of course were faithfull men of old such as abraham issac and jacob, anybody who had a prominent part in gods favour.. witnesses at assemblies after 1925 were constantly awaiting to welcome the resurrected princes of the earth up until the late 1950`s.

these faithfull resurrected men were to lead the rank and file into the glorious new system of christs thousand year reign.. smiddy.

Nathan Natas

Smiddy, you were wrong.

You could have remedied that by doing some research instead of pulling your idea out of your butt, but LOOK! so many were willing to do the hard lifting for you.

Thus your slothful lazy ways are rewarded. How nice for you.

What other ridiculous erroneous notions would you like to spout? Feel free...

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I am new here and had so many laughs for the first time in years. It took me a long time to find the courage to sign up. Thank you for existing

by umbertoecho in

Nathan Natas

Welcome, Umbertoecho. I'm glad you find us worth your while.

Let us entertain you...

I have a confession to make... I fantasize about you...

I left in the mid 1970s after about 20 years involvement. I am now in my mid 60s.

Whenever I read a happy comment such as yours, for a fleeting second my imagination fires up and I wonder if you (the new poster here) might be one of the JW kids I grew up with. It hasn't happened yet (I have found a couple former JW friends, but never on this board).

There were SO many of us back then - kids who were JWs simply because they had no choice. It is sad beyond all understanding that so few of that great crowd of kids never developed the courage to admit to themselves that Mom & Dad made a stupid decision 'way back when.