They have a standard reply when you tell them JW is not the truth, they say the Bible says "Where else shall we go?" when in reality Peter says "To whom shall we go away to? You have words of eternal life." (John 6:68) which he says to and about Jesus, not about leaving the JW religion.
lilbluekitty
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Looking for words, phrases, ideology. WT vs scriptural
by blond-moment ini have a friend, who is compiling information.
he is not a jw, but wife is.
looking for words, phrases, ideologies that jws live and die by that are wt teachings, but not scriptural.
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There is a JW fraud, sex and murder story on 48 hours right now!
by serenitynow! incheck it out..
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lilbluekitty
Thanks for the link, watching now.
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Letter about using iPads at meetings
by under the radar infirst of all, i really appreciate it when official, especially "secret," boe letters and the like are posted here.
it's great to have that stuff on hand, straight from the horse's... uhh...mouth, when certain "friends" deny the slave would ever do or say such and such.... anyway, there have been some references to a letter they sent out about using ipads and the like during congregation meetings.
could anyone provide a scan or link to this letter?
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lilbluekitty
I heard about this only I heard it was a Kindle. My (wacky, self-righteous) cousin (the one who argued with me on Facebook about women wearing pants to the meetings) told me it was because it would be distracting to see a bro on the platform with one and that it would make new ones or the rank and file want to go out and buy one or feel like they had to buy it. (LOL okay then...) and that only the regular Bible would be allowed on the platform.
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One Lord - One Savior : Get Used To It
by Perry injehovah in the old testament and jesus in the new testament are one and the same.. .
3. jehovah is salvation.
5. jehovah wants only himself to be worshipped.
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lilbluekitty
My 2 cents: I believe Jesus is divine, can also be called God. I don't believe he is the Father though because how could Jesus not know the day and the hour yet the Father could? Therefore they're different yet the same titles can be applied to them both and I feel worship can be given to them both. But Jesus is not the Father. That's the way I understand it.
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How do you study the Bible? (for those that do)
by Silent_Scream inwhat have you found is a productive way for you to study the bible?
do you have a group?
or a solitary preference?.
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lilbluekitty
LouBelle: It is not as easy as just picking it up and reading it and praying for inspiration.
Actually, for those that believe, it can be that easy. You can get out the Greek/Hebrew interlinears and dictionaries and all that if you're researching something specific, but I just pick up the Bible and read. I do try to read in order somewhat, like I read Matthew to Revelation, now I'm re-reading Matthew again since my church is doing sermons on it lately, but when I finish I want to get into the Psalms. Sometimes I just randomly read Psalms when I'm bored or upset or something. I have a hard time reading the Old Testament, a lot of so and so begat so and so haha, but it's still good stuff.
Sometimes I google or Wiki specific topics, but mostly I don't really pay much attention to people's interpretations and try to take the Bible as it really is, God's Word. If you do it that way and pray asking for Holy Spirit to help you understand, it goes pretty quickly and is nowhere near as painful as JWs made it.
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Are the JWs were you are getting worked up over having a to go bag (Armageddon bag) ready?
by life is to short inok where i live in the pacific northwest in january of this year this elder from the hall called a special meeting and gave everyone some papers that he had gotten from some government place on what to put in an emergency bag to grab in case you have to flee your home in seconds.
i thought it was just my husbands hall being all strange and stupid over this.
one older sister said that the elder told everyone they needed three bottles of water for 14 days that is 42 bottles of water plus whatever other stuff they put in there not sure if she got that right because 42 bottles of water is a lot of weight.
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lilbluekitty
They did it in my mom's congregation in CT, it's not a bad idea for natural disasters and such.
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Let's get this memorial party started!
by Megachusen ini'm being forced to go to this one by my family members so i thought i'd write this out in disgust: http://apostarad.blogspot.com/2012/04/memorial-time-again.html.
i'm serious about getting wasted before i go, by the way.
this will be a night to be remembered..
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lilbluekitty
Sayswho, you said there was more? *bump* I'm curious.
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I would like some ideas on celebrating Easter
by umadevi inhi friends, this will be my first easter and i would like to make it memorable.
i have a 9 year old son.
any ideas?.
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lilbluekitty
This is my first real Easter. 2 years ago my husband's family was doing an Easter egg hunt in the yard and the eggs were filled with confetti and everyone would smack the egg on someone's head and get confetti in their hair. I was still brainwashed at the time but they wanted me to join in so I did and it was fun but I felt hella guilty afterwards. This year we're not really doing anything non-religious since the nieces and nephews won't be around but my MIL and I are going to my church to see Handel's Messiah with a full orchestra and choir, and a sermon and possibly modern worship music as well. We did the Stations Of The Cross today. (My MIL is Catholic, I'm Protestant as well as my husband but the whole family is a mix so nobody fights about it.) I have a pastel-colored wreath on my door and we did get an Easter basket as a gift from my SIL. Lots of candy, yummy!!
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What was the last meeting you ever went to?
by lilbluekitty ini figured out it's been 4 months and 5 days since my last meeting ever.
july 10th, it was a sunday.
i hadn't been there in 2 months or so and decided to see if anyone noticed i'd been gone.
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lilbluekitty
Great DA letter! Quick and straight to the point
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lilbluekitty
Not sure about cancelled but up in the Rhode Island area in 2010 there was a lot of flooding and a lot of people simply weren't able to make it. I wonder if they were made to feel bad because of it.