Posts by erbie

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Favorite JW URBAN LEGEND?
by Separation of Powers in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the story of why the new bible has a grey cover (silver sword) moved me to ask you all what your favorite jw urban legend is?.

one of my favorite jw urban legends.

a sister is out in service alone.
erbie

Oh, and did anyone else in the UK hear about David Jason getting baptized at Plymouth the other year?

Apparently not the actor David Jason but I had a hard job convincing active JW's that that was the case.

They just WANTED to believe.
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Favorite JW URBAN LEGEND?
by Separation of Powers in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the story of why the new bible has a grey cover (silver sword) moved me to ask you all what your favorite jw urban legend is?.

one of my favorite jw urban legends.

a sister is out in service alone.
erbie

Yes, I've heard the river bank tale

Also the one about some government guy spying on witnesses at a convention and got struck by lightening or something.

They all begin somewhere and I'm certain there must be a WT machine churning all this stuff out.

It gets crazier!

I think they must have sent someone on the writing department on a creative writing course...
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New Understanding of this Generation
by pronomono in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
another tidbit of information about this generation from the 1/15/2014 study edition under "let your kingdom come - but when?".

they've changed it again.. this generation will not pass away14-16.

what is a third reason for believing that gods kingdom will come soon?.
erbie

The truth is, if you tell a lie you have to tell another one to cover over the first and so it goes on.

The trouble is, they never seem to learn.

And as long as people keep believing the lies they will keep on making them up.

And so it goes on...
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New Study Watchtower Celebrates 100 year Anniversary of the Kingdom
by Skinnedsheep in
1. jw
2. friends
it is painful to read.

check out the 1/15/14 wt.

i am going to throw an invisible party to celebrate.
erbie

Perhaps we are all living in the paradise right now but we just can't see it...

It could happen
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How Many Here Are On Facebook & How Often Do You Frequent The Site?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm on it every couple of days and it's usually to see pics of my grandkids or to get the 411 onwhat's going on..
erbie

I have a personal profile and also a fan page for my art work.

I do use it quite a lot for that reason .
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RNWT: Has anybody else noticed this:
by TD in
1. jw
2. friends
--not a big screaming deal, but the heading at the top right of the page is wrong here:.

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erbie

The Devil's in the detail...
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How many have read 'Crisis of Conscience'?
by tornapart in
1. jw
2. friends
for me it was the book!

it opened my eyes.

i started it thinking it would just enlighten me about how the organisation works.
erbie

Yes, a mile stone for me too
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Stand For Pure Worship, what convinces you that the governing body is being used by Jehovah? Thanks.
by The Quiet One in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i struggled with this question before i got baptised.

what helped you to overcome any doubts?.
erbie

I own the book 'Life Everlasting in Freedom of The Sons of God' and I can tell you that it very, very definitely (that's definitely) points to the year 1975 as being the beginning of the New System of things and the thousand year rule of Christ.

I'm sorry, to say that it does not...well, I refuse to waste my precious time entertaining such stupidity. I apologize if that sounds offensive but I cannot account for the way JW's deliberately misunderstand their own history. Quite a clever tactic but also quite transparent.

Also, SFPW, in their earlier post, suggests that Mt 24 has a greater fulfilment for our generation.

Have we not discussed this word enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There you go again!

It didn't happen within the generation that is tied to that prophesy did it.

That generation passed away without seeing it's fulfilment didn't it.

No generation is 100 years long is it.

A lot of what you say about the WT I agree with but this denial of truth and fact that I also see in you is the principle reason I became inactive.

If you want to carry on as a Witness, accept the mistakes of the past, concentrate on what you like about your religion (because there is a lot to like) and move on but please, please do not try to convince people like me that black is white and white is black.

I know that this intellectual dishonesty is born of insecurity about WT history but in the end reason and common sense must prevail.

I wish you the very best and that is all I shall say on the matter.
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Proof of a Kingdom Hall being sold to a church!
by Sittingstraight1212 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
it cracks me up if you bring this subject up to a witness , they always try to convince themselves that i'm reading into this!!!.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpqwknq31ie&feature=youtube_gdata_player.
erbie

Its when they start selling them back to themselves that we need to start worrying...

Or not...
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Any proof that more JW's are leaving in greater numbers then before?
by Crazyguy in
1. jw
2. friends
or is it just wishful thinking on our parts?.
erbie

Many of them have been JW's for so long it would be crushing and humiliating for them to give up now.

Even though I was a JW for just a few years people would still ask me, "how can you believe in it one minute and abandon it the next".

It is a valid question if you think about it and it did come from very astute people.

I was forced to give it a lot of thought and am left wondering if anyone really buys into it 100% or whether we just go along with it because it sounds so good and gives us a 'purpose' in life.

The subconscious mind is a complicated thing, that much I do know...

The GB certainly don't believe it because they are the ones with the steering wheel and are the ones who keep changing everything.

Indeed, how could they really believe in it?