Posts by Badfish

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I think I've planted a seed!

by OneDayillBeFree in

i could be wrong, but i can't help but be a bit optimistic.last night my parents and i had our "family worship night".

i hate it, and i believe my mother does too.

my dad only does it because he's an elder but last night even he was acting like he didnt want to do it.

Badfish

What a great topic for "FWN!" The history of "Jehovah's Organization."

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Was Jesus a Jew OR actually a Hebrew

by *lost* in

any thoughts ?.

" The term Jew originates in the Biblical Hebrew word Yehudi meaning "from the Tribe of Judah ", "from the Kingdom of Judah , or " Jew ". This was translated into the Greek Ioudaios and Latin Iudaeus , from which the Old French giu was derived after dropping the letter "d", and later became the English word Jew."

So according to this, he was both a Jew and a Hebrew.

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Nervous confronting a women I like

by d in

i am trying to talk to a women at school i like.

i have emailed her but she did not respond back what i should i do?

i still get nervous around women..

Badfish

Asked my girlfriend about the one, two or three girls to approach from a female's perspective. She says the odds would be better to approach a woman who's alone. Women in groups are more likely to be afraid of looking like a slut in front of her friends if she asks interested in a guy that approaches her.

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How much do you pay for your internet service?

by JH in

jw
friends

a few years ago, i had dial up internet with netrover, and cost about 18$ a month, unlimited use.

but it was slow.. then i had videotron here in quebec, low speed internet (cable) for about 29$ a month which was about 3 to 4 times faster than dial up.

now i upgraded it to high speed for about 45$ a month plus tax of course.

Badfish

Not sure how much just the Internet is in mine. I have a bundle that includes the phone, Internet and TV for around $150 a month. The Internet speed is 50 Mbps down / 10 Mbps up, which I'm satisfied with for now.

Wish they had Google Fiber here though. It's 1 gigabit down / 1 gigbit up with a dedicated line to your house. Super fast!

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Sad Discussion Regarding Beards

by turtleturtle in

so both my wife and i are awake to ttatt.

we are still active, patiently waiting for the org to implode.

being active, it is evident this is happening as a quickening.. we were having a discussion regarding shaving & beards.

Badfish

They wouldn't say anything about your beard until you got serious in a bible study with someone and wanted to become a publisher or get baptized.

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TOP 10 REASONS that for JW's REALITY = access denied!

by Terry in

jw
friends

1.the organization itself denies access to reality and substitutes its own alternate reality of counterfeit "meaning".. a.only watchtower approved publications are worthwhile reading material.. b.no higher education is to be pursued.. c.no non-jw friends or associations are encouraged with their "outside" points of view.. d.no free-style questioning of doctrine or criticism permitted.

curiousity is verboten.. e.threat of being "marked" or disassociated looms as an invisible gun aimed at members at every moment!.

2.between every real-world event and the rank and file jw's mind is a roadblock.. a.the moment of identifying is short-circuited by an interpretive moment of re-labeling in watchtower-speak.. b.all things happening are forced into a narrow storyline and propagandized as end times happenings leading to armageddon.. 3.social and personal identity is expunged and replaced by a collective persona of "jehovah's witness".. a.private thinking is red-flagged as self-centered and sinful.. b.personal improvement, welfare and ambition is labeled repugnant.

Badfish

Ayn Rand - Anthem

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Sad Discussion Regarding Beards

by turtleturtle in

so both my wife and i are awake to ttatt.

we are still active, patiently waiting for the org to implode.

being active, it is evident this is happening as a quickening.. we were having a discussion regarding shaving & beards.

Badfish

I was never baptized but was a publisher. They made the announcement at the KH that I was "no longer a publisher" at the age of 17 in the late 90's because of my hair and beard. But since there are no scriptures about hair and beards, I called the elders and asked them why I was removed. They said it was for "loose conduct." Whatever that means.

When the elders met with me about my long hair, they said that long hair is associated with being homosexual and feminine and beards were a fad with the world.

i responded (this was the late 90's) that actually, the current style for my age group was not to have a beard, and most of the gays had short hair - I wouldn't be mistaken for a girl with my beard.

No comment from them. I'm pretty sure I knew more about the current styles at 17 than the two 60+ elders that met with me.

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Sad Discussion Regarding Beards

by turtleturtle in

so both my wife and i are awake to ttatt.

we are still active, patiently waiting for the org to implode.

being active, it is evident this is happening as a quickening.. we were having a discussion regarding shaving & beards.

Badfish

I remember in the 90's when I was in a car group and a younger brother said he can't wait until he no longer has to shave in the New System. An elder who was sitting in the car got upset and corrected him and said we would always have to shave and reminded him that there are no beards in any of the pictures of the New System in the publications, meaning we we always have to shave.

I asked the elder if Abraham will be resurrected clean shaven or with a beard. He said if he's resurrected with a beard, he'll have to shave it.

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Post 666: Revelation--Its Grand Climax in 70 AD

by Londo111 in

revelation is the most misunderstood and misused book of the bible.

the branch davidians and other cults used revelation with deadly results.

fundamentalists have used it to prognosticate a future where the antichrist and his one world government mark people with microchips or barcodes during a seven year tribulation.

Badfish

Wait - so if the Thousand Year Reign of Christ began in 70 AD but isn't a literal number and has been ongoing ever since, does that mean Satan is still in the Abyss? So when is his release date?

And does this mean Satan had no influence on Hitler?

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Friday's Daily Text - Denial of the Free Gift

by Badfish in

friday, may 3. abraham put faith in jehovah, and it was counted to him as righteousness, and he came to be called jehovahs friend.jas.

2:23.. abraham came to be jehovahs friendand that before the ransom sacrifice was offered.

(isa.

Badfish

Friday, May 3

“Abraham put faith in Jehovah, and it was counted to him as righteousness,” and he came to be called “Jehovah’s friend.”—Jas. 2:23.

Abraham came to be “Jehovah’s friend”—and that before the ransom sacrifice was offered. (Isa. 41:8) What, then, about true Christians who hope to live in the restored earthly Paradise? These have not received “the free gift of righteousness” with heavenly life in view “through the release by the ransom paid by Christ Jesus.” (Rom. 3:24; 5:15, 17) Nevertheless, they exercise deep faith in God and his provisions, and they manifest their faith by good works. One such work is that of “preaching the kingdom of God . . . and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Acts 28:31) Thus, Jehovah can view these as righteous in the sense that he did Abraham. The gift such ones receive—friendship with God—differs from “the free gift” the anointed receive. Yet, it certainly is a gift that they accept with deep gratitude. w116/15 2:19, 20

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Friday's daily text is a reminder to Witnesses that they can only be saved by works, because "the free gift" does not apply to them.

The text cites Romans 3:24:

"and it is as a free gift + that they are being declared righteous by his undeserved kindness + through the release by the ransom + [paid] by Christ * Jesus."

But if you back two verses and actually read it in context:

21 But now apart from law God’s righteousness + has been made manifest, as it is borne witness + to by the Law + and the Prophets; + 22 yes, God’s righteousness through the faith in Jesus* Christ,+ for all those having faith.+ For there is no distinction.+ 23 For all have sinned+ and fall short of the glory of God,+ 24 and it is as a free gift + that they are being declared righteous by his undeserved kindness + through the release by the ransom + [paid] by Christ * Jesus. 25 God set him forth as an offering for propitiation*+ through faith in his blood.+ This was in order to exhibit his own righteousness, because he was forgiving the sins+ that occurred in the past while God was exercising forbearance;+ 26 so as to exhibit his own righteousness+ in this present season, that he might be righteous even when declaring righteous+ the man that has faith in Jesus.

27 Where, then, is the boasting?+ It is shut out. Through what law?+ That of works?+ No indeed, but through the law of faith.+ 28 For we reckon that a man is declared righteous* by faith apart from works of law.+ 29 Or is he the God of the Jews only?+ Is he not also of people of the nations?+ Yes, of people of the nations also,+ 30 if truly God is one,+ who will declare circumcised+ people righteous as a result of faith and uncircumcised+ people righteous by means of their faith. 31 Do we, then, abolish law by means of our faith?+ Never may that happen! On the contrary, we establish law.+

Friday's text is an excellent example of twisting the scriptures and shows a major distinction between JW's and the majority of Christians. They are openly denying the "free gift" from Jesus Christ.