iCeltic

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  New! Borg instruct to report tract placements

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there's a new letter coming up next week to be read instructing the publishers to begin reporting the number of tracts placed in the ministry, including copies of kingdom news 38, annual invitations, district handbills and other tracts.

  lol.

  see, the borg is allegue about numbers, and why on earth do they tell you to start counting placement in the middle of a campaing, like the one they are doing now witk kingdom news 38 and not before it started??.

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  iCeltic

  I was given the tract a few days ago then the next day a letter addressed to me personally asking me to come back..
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  Circuit Overseer who gave talk at Twickenham is DIsfellowshipped

  by usualusername in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  evening.

  i have it from 1st hand (or second) that a circuit overseer who gave a talk at twickenham in august 2013 has been disfellowshipped.. .

  my dilemma?

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  Jesus Christ (so to speak) it reminds me of an old Billy Connolly joke about men loving secrets. Guess what everyone, I know a secret but I can't post it. What's the point of mentioning it if you don't say who it is? i wouldn't know him regardless.
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  How I recently handled JWs at my door

  by Christian guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the jws stopped by my house a couple weeks ago on a saturday morning.

  i knew that with others most likely waiting for them out in the car they probably did not then have much time to engage in any serious conversation.

  so i let them talk while i feigned interest in what they had to say.

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  iCeltic

  It doesn't 'exactly' say that but it still speaks volumes, wouldn't you say?
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  What I’m Listening to Right Now / Playlist

  by KiddingMe in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i am listening to roar by katy perry right now .

  i listen to it several times a day as a pick me up.

  this song is so motivating and empowering.

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  iCeltic

  I make a playlist up for playing in our shop, today I had:

  Neil Young

  Mogwai

  De Rosa

  Ben Howard

  Sigur Ros

  Lou Reed

  Iggy Pop

  Justin Currie

  Pink Floyd

  Travis

  Bob marley

  Fleetwood Mac

  Frightened Rabbit

  Grace Jones

  Seasick Steve

  Wednesdays playlist :)
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  Trying to overcome my homophobia.

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had a music album by a gay guy before i was a jw and had no problem listening to it.

  it's good music.

  some of the lyrics are what you might call 'gay', that is there's some talk about boyfriends, gay bars, and queens and the intolerance the artist encountered as a gay man.

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  Go on, what is the LP?

  I know exactly what you mean, I less and less now have those feeling about gay people whereas I used to think they were bad people, I now know they aren't. Especially living in Sydney, it's way more out in the open here than in the uk.
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  How I recently handled JWs at my door

  by Christian guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the jws stopped by my house a couple weeks ago on a saturday morning.

  i knew that with others most likely waiting for them out in the car they probably did not then have much time to engage in any serious conversation.

  so i let them talk while i feigned interest in what they had to say.

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  iCeltic

  And the point was also made (I'm sure by besty) that if Christians here were born in another country with a different faith, what then? I believe the Christian answer was 'so what'

  So what? Well, I think that makes a massive difference. If you believed in the god your parents taught you does that just mean you will die when god steps in? Or are you just among those really lucky ones who know god (you know, the real god, the god of the western world) and you'll be fine but all the other believers in different faiths, well too bad for them? If not by blind luck you could be one of those.
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  How I recently handled JWs at my door

  by Christian guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the jws stopped by my house a couple weeks ago on a saturday morning.

  i knew that with others most likely waiting for them out in the car they probably did not then have much time to engage in any serious conversation.

  so i let them talk while i feigned interest in what they had to say.

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  iCeltic

  EdenOne, go back and see who first made the patronising remarks on this thread.

  name calling isn't good and gets us nowhere but saying that non believers just resort to insults in incorrect. Looking for facts, intelligence and clear understanding isn't a bad thing, after all, apparently our lives depend on it, wanting to know, to be absolutely sure is not a bad thing.

  people saying that Jesus talks to them ( as in this is what my lord tells me) is hardly evidence. It shouldn't be frowned upon if some of us what hard evidence.
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  How I recently handled JWs at my door

  by Christian guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the jws stopped by my house a couple weeks ago on a saturday morning.

  i knew that with others most likely waiting for them out in the car they probably did not then have much time to engage in any serious conversation.

  so i let them talk while i feigned interest in what they had to say.

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  Besty, that makes absolute sense to me. Big claims require big proof.
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  1st Time in 3 Years JW's call at our Door - Two 30 yr. long Time JW's

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i thought i was back on the jw radar after my jw daughter had a local elder call on me back in 2011 - but apparently not.

  he obviously didn't let his elders know i lived here, no record was kept for posterity and just called my daughter telling her that her " dad has differences with the organization " because he never called back on me as he promised to talk again.

  as i'm just inactive for 10 years.. so these two older jw ladys come knocking yesterday - one lady about 57 and the other lady older about 71 yrs.old ( i asked how long they had been jw's and told me they both have been in 30 years.

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  iCeltic

  Yes great job Flipper, I made a right arse of talking to one this morning, it's been so long since I've heard the jw talk. No excuses though, I hope he doesn't come back because I feel like crap after talking to him.
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  How I recently handled JWs at my door

  by Christian guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the jws stopped by my house a couple weeks ago on a saturday morning.

  i knew that with others most likely waiting for them out in the car they probably did not then have much time to engage in any serious conversation.

  so i let them talk while i feigned interest in what they had to say.

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  iCeltic

  I just had the jw's at my door, I didn't come out on top. I sounded annoyed, almost angry at the changed teachings etc and didn't handle it well. My reasoning was rubbish. Ah well, what to do.