Posts by Carol1111

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First exchange in years about JW religion with my wife...

by NVR2L8 in

today my wife showed me the new medical directive and power of attorney form she got at the meeting.

surprisingly she asked if i wanted to fill mine!

i have been inactive for 6 years and i don't go close to any jw gatherings because i don't want friends who only care for me unless i share their beliefs.

Carol1111

NVR2L8 quote:

ALCOHOL YOU DRINK IS NOT THE SAME AS ALCOHOL YOU USE TO DISINFECT A WOUND.

Blood put directly into a vein is not the same as blood eaten..

For a start, nothing has died by transfusing blood given voluntarily.

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Questions for JW's from Christians

by Perry in

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i'm thinking of printing a tract with some simple but thought-provoking questions for people to use when jw's come to their doors.

questions from christians.

bible-believing christians appreciate the moral values of jehovah’s witnesses in their communities but have several questions that somehow seem to escape us when we are caught unexpectedly at our doors.

Carol1111

Thanks for this, Perry. I am always looking for questions to ask the JW's who come to my door.

I also have a question:

Jesus said that we were to take the bread and wine in memory of him until he returns.

If he returned in 1914, then why do some JW's still take the bread and wine now?

If he did not return, then when and how will he return to stop the need for remembering?

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A story of two JW families after the resurrection...

by James Mixon in

this is a story of two jw couples, brother jerk and his wife sister pleasant, brother easy going.

the ocean.. sister pleasant: wife!

brother jerk.

Carol1111

Marriage is dissolved on death. Romans 7 v 3.

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What does the Armageddon Genocide Actually Accomplish?

by xjwsrock in

why murder 8 billion non-believers to just turn around and resurrect 20 billion other non-believers?

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Carol1111

Very good point, xjwsrock.

Where do they get all this from anyway?

Armageddon means 'the mount of Megiddo', and is a place in Israel.

It is only mentioned once in the Bible, and in Revelation.. which is a very strange book.

The rulers of the earth are gathered together there for the battle, then there are plagues and a lot of hail.

Where do they get the idea that there will be a lot of people lying around dead all over the world?

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Latest religious lunacy... Suicide by Lion

by Mandrake in

yesterday, here in santiago, chile, some stupid ***** yerk tried to kill himself by entering naked to the lions cage in broad day light and while the zoo was filled with people!...

sad part is the zoo personnel had to shoot dead the lions (male and female, 22 years old)... because waiting for the tranquilizers to take effect would be the sarah of the man.... at first everyone thought it was a suicide attempt, but later they found in his garments some kind of letter stating that armageddon had come and that he is daniel the prophet and god would save him... and he signed the letter as "jesus christ".

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3602819/naked-man-jumps-zoo-s-lion-enclosure-suicide-bid-survives-grave-condition-two-beasts-mauling-killed.html.

Carol1111

Sad about the lions, but that poor man was ill.. and he has a mother who will be very sad just now.

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Demon possesion, bunch of crap or?

by raven in

i've been using the forum to vent and post a lot more frequently lately as a venting purpose & way to obtain peace of mind with the craziness i've been going through recently as i fade away form the org.

anyways today i'm sitting here at work and thinking to myself about demons... ok i know this sounds crazy but has anyone else out there been traumatized by the thought of demons?

i had a dream the other night, just flat out spooky and i woke and couldn't help but feeling it may have been evil ole' satan and his demons at it again.. i don't want to believe that, (trying not to, & just brushing it under the rug so to speak) but have any of you out there been talked up about demons?

Carol1111

I think fear of 'demons' and 'things that go bump in the night' has to do with the active imagination of a child, which most of us eventually grow out of.

As a little child I was terrified of flushing the toilet at night as it makes such a noise and I thought that some unknown 'thing' would hear and get me. I felt I was safe in bed, so if I did flush I would run and jump into bed as quickly as I could. I didn't know what the 'thing' was and grew out of it eventually.

I also was afraid that daleks would get me and combatted this fear by realising that they move around on wheels and so could not get up stairs. Once again, I was safe in bed!

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A world without religion? Any different?

by punkofnice in

i wonder what it would be like, without any religion in the world?

i don't think it would be like 'imagine' by lennon.. i don't believe it will ever happen.

even if it did, people are the same.

Carol1111

I don't think it would be any different. People would still find a reason to hurt others.

A religion that believed in kindness and honesty would be a lot better.

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I was disfellowshipped because of Satan

by elbib in

during co visit, i took him for a bible study i was conducting.

during the session, the householder said he believed satan was not a person, but personification of evil within us.

i left co to handle householder’s doubt.

Carol1111

It would be very unfair of God to blame mankind for all the evil in the world if it were caused by a superhuman entity to whom God had given the power.

Also, why did Jesus compare himself with the serpent on the pole?

John 3 v 14 and as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

Think about it.

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Lurking JWs: Do people really need to know and use the word "Jehovah" or other language equivalents, to truly know God?

by Island Man in

watchtower puts forth the argument that you can't really know god unless you know and use the appellation "jehovah" or its equivalent in other languages.

is this really true?

i say it's not true and i will demonstrate to you why.. god's name is not a mere label that we have to use to communicate with him so that he knows we're talking to him.

Carol1111

I just looked up the Romans 14v4 quotation and the word for God is theos.

Rom 14:4 WhoG5101 artG1488 thouG4771 that judgestG2919 another man'sG245 servant?G3610 to his ownG2398 masterG2962 he standethG4739 orG2228 falleth.G4098 Yea,G1161 he shall be holden up:G2476 forG1063 GodG2316 isG2076 ableG1415 to make him stand.G2476 G846

I recommend e-sword if you want to check on the original language.

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New Light - Two Sticks in Ezekiel - July 2016 Watchtower

by Listener in

ezekiel 37:15-17 prophesies about two sticks being joined together to become 1. one stick represented the two tribe kingdom of judah and the other stick represented the 10 tribe of israel (ephraim).

the article explains how the coming together of these two sticks meant the reuniting of these tribes in 537 bce.the modern day fulfillment was previously taught to mean that the anointed had once again come together in unity in these last days.the july watchtower now explains that one stick, the stick of judah, represents the anointed and the other stick, the stick of ephraim, represents the other sheep.

they further explain that since 1919 god's people have gradually reunited to become one flock.they are now saying that the other sheep are represented by 10 tribes of israel.

Carol1111

I Cor 6v9

Or do you know that unrighteous people will not inherit God's kingdom?

So where does that leave them?