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NeonMadman
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Are Your Credit Cards Paid In Full or Are You Behind??
by minimus ini will be paying off all my cards by next week (around 2500).
have you had a difficult time paying those bills this year?
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The appeal process is a joke!!!
by jakesnake82 init was pretty messed up.
i appealed and two of the three elders on my appeal commity were from our sister congregation.
when i turned in my appeal letter, the elder i turned it in to tried to talk me out of appealing.
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NeonMadman
That's an interesting fine point in the JW judicial process. It doesn't matter whether you are repentant at the time of the appeal hearing - what they are trying to determine is whether you were repentant at the time of the ORIGINAL judicial meeting. If you have repented since then, tough stuff. Just because God has forgiven you doesn't mean the organization has to!
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Jehovah's Witnesses Do Not Act Like Christians. They Act Like Jews
by minimus inbecause witnesses are less into christ than they are into moses.
when christ talks about turning the other cheek, witnesses talk about why the faithful should shun anyone that doesn't see eye to eye with them.
the jewish religious leaders were condemned by christ for their biases.. why do jehovah's witnesses treat disfellowshipped ones as if they were "dead"?
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NeonMadman
The Good News is published by the United Church of God, one of the larger breakaway groups from the old Worldwide Church of God, run by Herbert W. Armstrong. The WCG itself went mainstream evangelical after Armstrong's death. However, this group still pretty much subscribes to Armstrong's theology, which can sound a lot like JW teaching on the surface. If anything, they are even more legalistic than the JW's, enforcing Sabbath observance, the Jewish festivals and multiple tithing. At one time Armstrong taught that Christians could not go to medical doctors and that divorced persons who had remarried had to leave their new mates and reunite with the old ones, or else remain single.
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How to convince a JW that they have the truth.
by DT init may be easier to see how to reason with a jw when you consider how the governing body convinces them that they have the truth or how they convince themselves of it when they are confronted by troubling information.
it seems that all they need is a plausible way to explain away inconvenient facts.
if they hear about a case where pedophilia was covered up, it is usually sufficient to assume that it was an isolated case.
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Personally, the only truth I see in this world is there is no truth.
Is that a true statement?
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Your Cong = Which Songs or Band were "Demonic?" Did you toss albums?
by Witness 007 inlet me start = "kiss" stood for knights in satans service, "ac/dc" was anti-christ devils children.
"hotel california" was demonic who knew!
"yummy yummy yummy i've got love in my tummy.
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NeonMadman
My friend and I once had an elder tell us that we shouldn't listen to Santana because "Santana" is a feminine version of "Satan" and therefore the music must be demonic. He didn't know what to say when we told him that "Santana" is the guy's name...
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Does time fly by faster now that you don't go to meetings anymore?
by JH inwithout a doubt, time flies by much faster now that i don't have to prepare and go to meetings.
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NeonMadman
I've noticed the years go by faster now that I celebrate holidays.
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New Light Extravagansa!!
by jefferywhat ina lot of people are in a little fuss about the generation change, which as far as im concerned, doesn't change anything, it could be step one of a bigger adjustment down the track, but on its own, its been done.
but at the annual meeting of the wtbs, there wasn't 1 but 5 changes of thought, the light has literally exploded.
one that has caught my attention is the the change on the dragnet of matthew 13. if you have wt 92 6/15 read it!
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NeonMadman
So if you're too small a fish (spiritually speaking, of course), the angels throw you back? :-)
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You will see Old age
by KW13 ini told mum yesterday that i'd carry on my so called 'anti jw' speak when she is an old lady of 80 years old.
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her words "i dont think this system will last that long".. i have a long time to wait but i shall be proven right!.
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NeonMadman
Could neon or anyone direct me to this issue of awake so I do not have to start reading in january 1969 and become ill on my way to december?........thanks so much
That would be the Awake of 5/22/69, page 15.
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Does the Society actually condemn Thanksgiving in print?
by reneeisorym ini've tried to find it in print while i was a jw about thanksgiving and couldn't find it.
i actually convinced my relatives that the society never said thanksgiving was wrong.
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g7611/22pp.12-13ANational"DayofThanks"—TheDreamandtheReality***A
BibleHoliday?Sarah Hale, in campaigning for a national festival, wrote: "Can we not then, following the appointment of Jehovah in the ‘Feast of Weeks,’ or Harvest Festival, establish our yearly Thanksgiving?" To what was she referring? The belief, still held by some, is that observing a ‘thanksgiving day’ is a Bible command, since Jehovah God instituted a harvest festival with the Mosaic law given to the Jews. (Lev. 23:15-17) Actually, all three of Israel’s primary festivals were directly associated with harvests.—Ex. 23:14-17.
However, with the teachings of Jesus Christ came a new view of the prescribed Jewish celebrations. Just before his death, Jesus commanded but one celebration. He required his followers to memorialize his death. This observance was made all the more outstanding by its being the only one.—Luke 22:19, 20.
The apostle Paul, in fact, became concerned about Jewish Christians who still were "scrupulously observing days and months and seasons and years." He remarked: "I fear for you, that somehow I have toiled to no purpose respecting you." (Gal. 4:10, 11) Why was Paul so concerned? Because, despite his hard work, these former Jews were clinging to religious observances that God no longer desired. They were missing the "spirit" of Christianity.
The early Christians were admonished to apply the principle found at Ephesians 5:20. In the name of Jesus Christ, they were to ‘givethanksalways for all things to their God and Father.’ Yes, an attitude of constant appreciation for God’s provisions and protection was emphasized repeatedly. The words "thanks" and "thanksgiving" are used over forty times in the Christian Greek Scriptures.
On the contrary, the idea of a single day of thanks undoubtedly would have reminded the early Christians of the pagan Romans, who held an annual thanksgiving celebration in December. A writer of the second century noted: "We [Christians] are accused of a lower sacrilege, because we do not celebrate along with you the holidays of the Cæsars in a manner forbidden alike by modesty, decency, and purity."
What, then, is the modern-day Christian likely to conclude as he views this national holiday? Looking at many of the present practices, he may be reminded of Second Corinthians 6:14, where we read: "Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers. For what fellowship do righteousness and lawlessness have?"
Naturally, many dedicated Christians will not be working secularly on that day. Some may choose to take advantage of this opportunity to enjoy fellowship with family and friends. Yet, what "spirit" will a Christian manifest? It is true that God created turkeys and other foods, so these are not in themselves objectionable. But undoubtedly one who is a true Christian will want to be careful not to stumble others.
Consider what the apostle Paul says, as recorded in First Corinthians, chapter ten. He reasons that Christians should wisely avoid eating before others a perfectly acceptable food if doing so would stumble them. ‘Respect your brother’s conscience’ is the message.
So on November 25, the declared "day of thanks" in 1976, personal decisions need to be made. Dedicated Christians certainly will not want to convey to others the idea that they believe in one-day-a-year gratitude. Really, should not all who profess Christianity encourage a spontaneous spirit of thanksgiving—from the heart—the year around?
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You will see Old age
by KW13 ini told mum yesterday that i'd carry on my so called 'anti jw' speak when she is an old lady of 80 years old.
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her words "i dont think this system will last that long".. i have a long time to wait but i shall be proven right!.
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NeonMadman
I remember graduating from high school in 1969 and getting baptized shortly thereafter. I also remembering the Awake magazine that year assuring us that young people needed to face the fact that they would never grow old in this system of things, and therefore should focus on spiritual things rather than a career. I'm now 55. Would you call that old? I don't know, but the system of things is still here, and that college education sure would have made a big difference in my career opportunities...