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  Anyone from Minnesota?

  by scootergirl in

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  2. experiences

  looking for anyone from the st. cloud congregations (i was in the north one)...or surrounding areas.

  oh heck, anyone from minnesota is fine!

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  Ravyn,

  Do the 'nicks' - "swamp-thing" and "Frosty" mean anything to you? I may have met you a few years ago on the net and emailed you.

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  I'm not ready to exhale

  by teejay in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  let's face it.... the only reason the d.c. sniper was caught was because his pride--arrogance, really--got out of hand.

  he bragged about another cold-blooded killing that he had made a month ago.

  what his stupid ass didn't realize is that he gave a break to competent officials who were looking for any opening.

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  They keep implying that there is not a connection to any outside group, that they acted alone. BUT I remember that is what they said about the "Shoe Bomber", Richard Reed, too. Then they found the Al-quada links that Reed was involved in. I hope these two snipers are NOT later found to have links as well. I would hate to think of an organized major effort in several cities at the same time.
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  I Need Help Please!!!

  by CW02 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm a 24yr old non-witness who has been dating a 23yr old witness.

  we met through a mutual friend.

  when i met him i thought he was sweet and kind and the kind of guy i could see myself with for the rest of my life.

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  Check out this thread: My B/F told me he's a J/W after months of dating! posted by Funky_Diva_53_2000

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=31651&site=3

  Your story sounds sooooo familiar.

  BTW - whatever happened to Funky_Diva_53_2000? She only has 7 posts since July

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  Do something about your life.............

  by Dawn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems that no matter how successful i am in life (family, career, social, money, etc...) it doesn't matter to my mother......her comment is always something like "when are you going to do something about the truth".

  i get so agrivated that i want to scream!!

  i have explained to her that i no longer believe the governing body to be directed by god - she knows i don't believe it is the truth any longer - yet every few months she says "when are you going to do something about your life" - it's like she's talking to a recovering drug addict just coming out of rehab with no job and nowhere to live.....do something about your life..........she just doesn't get it.

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  You might try a search on this site for threads dealing with the WT and the UN subject matter. Download and print out this info. When you know this information well, then begin to ask your mom "questions" about this information. Ask her to find out the "answers to your questions" from the elders. They will not be able to provide the answers you need. Keep asking deeper and deeper questions about this subject. Maybe this behaviour will get your mother to begin to think for herself instead of just accepting what she is told as the "whole truth".

  I'm sure that others on this board will be able to help you to "ask the right questions" to make your mom think for herself.

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  Angels Eliminate Yankees. California RULES!!!

  by footprints in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the wild-card angels wrapped up the al division series with a 9-5 victory .

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  TWINS WIN! ! ! !

  Twins to play the Angels!!
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  Confusion!!!

  by santacruzchick in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm soooo confused!!!

  i grew up in the 'truth'.

  about 4 years ago my parents divorced.

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  District Overbeer,

  Don't be so hard on a "newbie"!! She was NOT getting the responses that she deserved with her orig post which was in the "Announcements" forum.

  Orig Post Date: Oct 4, 2002 00:36

  Replies: 6 in TWO DAYS - that is not a heck of alot for a post of this importance to someone just new on the forum.

  I did a "bttt" today and she only got one more reply to raise the total to a big 7.

  Save your "knee jerk reaction" to yell at someone who really does deserves to be accused of "spamming the board" and leave the sincere newbies alone. They'll learn the board rules in time. No need to scare them off before they even begin.

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  Confusion!!!

  by santacruzchick in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  i'm soooo confused!!!

  i grew up in the 'truth'.

  about 4 years ago my parents divorced.

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  bttt

  I think that this thread deserves more comments. It is probably being missed because it is in the "Announcements" and not on the "Friends" forum.
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  Angels Eliminate Yankees. California RULES!!!

  by footprints in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the wild-card angels wrapped up the al division series with a 9-5 victory .

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  GO TWINS, GO

  WIN TWINS, WIN!!!!
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  Confusion!!!

  by santacruzchick in

  1. forum
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  i'm soooo confused!!!

  i grew up in the 'truth'.

  about 4 years ago my parents divorced.

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  NewLight2

  Welcome to the board!

  Below you will find some helpful links that will reveal more about "The real Truth about 'the truth'."

  JEHOVAHS WITNESSES: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7831/

  Shaun's Research on the Jehovah's Witnesses
  (Site Contains Photo Documentation )
  http://www.jwfiles.com/index.htm

  The Occult, Egypt and the Watchtower
  (This page contains MANY, MANY more Links for your research)
  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/5385/Links1.html

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  So how do you explain

  by plmkrzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i asked this q in another thread but thought the question might fit in better over here in bible research .

  thinking out loud again.

  it doesn't seem to matter what bible you read, unless you're looking for discrepancies in translation it's not easy to just abandon the big picture.

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  This outline may help you to study the Bible WITHOUT the WT's lit.

  A Bible Study Outline

  "Inductive Bible study doesnt tell you what the Bible means or what you should believe. Instead, it teaches you a method of studying Gods Word that can be applied to any portion of Scripture at any time for the rest of your life."

  (p. 7 How to Study your Bible by Kay Arthur)

  GETTING THE BIG PICTURE

  Identify the type of literature:
  Historical
  Biographical
  Poetic
  Proverbial
  Prophetic
  Epistle - letter
  Parable
  A Gospel
  Is it a combination?
  What combinations?

  THE 5 Ws AND AN H

  The 5 Ws and an H:
  Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How?

  Answer as many questions as you can. (Not all will be in every passage.)

  WHO?

  1. Who wrote it?
  2. Who said it?
  3. Who are the major characters?
  4. Who are the people mentioned?
  5. To whom is the author speaking?
  6. About whom is he (the author) speaking?

  WHAT?

  1. What are the main events ?
  2. What are the major ideas?
  3. What are the major teachings?
  4. What are these people like?
  5. What does he (the author) talk about the most?
  6. What is his purpose in saying that? (Refer to #5)

  WHEN?

  1. When was the passage written?
  2. When did the events in the passage take place?
  3. When will it happen?
  4. When did he (the author) say it?
  5. When did the author do it?
  6. When did the main characters of the passage do it?

  WHERE?

  1. Where was this done?
  2. Where was this said?
  3. Where will it happen?

  WHY?

  1. Why was there a need for this to be written?
  2. Why was this mentioned?
  3. Why was so much or so little space devoted to this particular event or
  teaching?
  4. Why was this reference mentioned?
  5. Why should they do such and such?

  HOW?

  1. How is it done?
  2. How did it happen?
  3. How is this truth illustrated?

  OBSERVATION IDENTIFY CONTEXT

  1. What is the setting or background of the passage?
  2. What things, events or people are obvious to see from reading this text?
  3. What primary objective is observed through repeated emphasis?

  DISCERN THE MAIN THEME

  Key WORDS reveal the SUBJECTS - SUBJECTS reveal the THEME

  1. List the key words found in the passage.
  2. List the subjects discussed in the passage.
  3. Write the main theme of the passage in your own words.
  4. Write out the key verse(s) in this passage?
  5. Discover the theme of each chapter.
  6. Identify clearly defined segments.
  Dates
  Places
  Topics
  Doctrines
  Reign of kings
  Major characters
  Major events

  Bible Study Method taken from the book How to Study Your Bible
  by Kay Arthur - founder of Precept Ministries
  (c/r 1994 and published by Harvest House Publishers)

  http://www.precept.org/index.html - Precept Ministries