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  guilt tripping isn't working!

  by thecrushed in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i had a ms come into my work today to encourage me to come back to the meetings.

  he asked me how i was doing and i smiled real big and told him i was doing wonderful!!!

  he was completely confused because i think i was supposed to be feeling bad and guilty for not going out in service and feeling like the wrath of jehovah was upon me.

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  truth_b_known

  An older Witness couple who had just moved here from anothe state used to stop by and talk to my wife who is also a fader. One Saturday morning my wife was gone and they stopped by the house. We spoke for a few minutes.

  They say that I was wearing my old police academy PT t-shirt and asked if I was I was a police officer. I responded "Yes."

  "Well, then you must notice how the world is becoming worse and worse, every day."

  "No. I have seen some horrible things, but, statistically speaking, violent crime has been on the decline over the years."

  They were stunned. As nature abhors a vacuum they quickly filled the gap with, "Well, I'm sure it is getting worse in other countries."
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  2011 Yearbook= BEARDS are still for non-Witnesses ONLY!!!! Beard Fear?

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  1960's the watchtower pictures showed jesus clean shaven and with short hair {watch 1954 p.511 "why do watchtower books now show jesus with short hair and no beard?

  ....because he is shown that way in representations that are older than the traditional effeminate looking pictures..."}.

  yearbook 2011 p.57 "a bearded man named eric showed up at a congregation in the united states {oh god a bearded man!!!

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  truth_b_known

  I read a recent article on beards. It was meant to be humorous, but contained some facts. According to the article, shaving facial hair started with Alexander the Great. His soldiers were prohibitted from having beards as an enemy could grab it. If you know much about hand-to-hand combat, if you control a person's head you can control their body.

  Therefore, if a man shaves he must be learning war.

  Ooops!
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  Still confused after all these years,,,

  by marriedtoajw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as you guys can see i don't post as much as i'd like to.

  work hours and little family time don't allow me enough time to do it.

  as i've stated on some of my previous posts, also under the user name sahara, i still get confused after all of these years being married to a jw.

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  truth_b_known

  I suggest that you not take a hardline stance against your children studying with Witnesses. Rather, be open and supportive. Also, get them involved in wholesome activities that Jehovah's Witnesses oppose. Make sure they play sports, go to their friends birthday parties, go trick-or-treating at Halloween, and have a wonderful Christmas.

  As your children get older they will not want to go to meetings, go out in a door-to-door ministry, of give up fun activities for a control group. By allowing your children to study or go to meetings because THEY want to it gives you a strong foundation to support your children and oppose your in-laws when your kids no longer want to do it.
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  Apostasy my ass!

  by Glander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  let's call it what it is - disagreeing with the watchtower bible and tract society after baptism into the cult.

  in no way is the literal definition of the word "apostasy" applicable to what the cult is using the word for.

  it is a buzz word that scares the crap out of the rank and file and keeps them from communicating with those who have become enlightened about the cults lies.. we here on jwn have accepted the wt label, "apostates", with a sense of humor, such as calling our get togethers apostafests, etc.. but we are actually the "enlightened"..

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  So, by definition, any person who leaves a religion to join Jehovah's Witnesses is an apostate. Only born-ins and people who started off as athiests are not apostates.
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  New Site JW Outreach

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is a new site named jw outreach launched by an xjw from another board.. .

  http://www.witness-outreach.com/.

  bangalore.

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  truth_b_known

  I found some of the information on the website to be very informative. I was in for 30+ years and never knew some of the information presented. Look at the link dealing with teachings or doctrines Witnesses proclaim are exclusive to them. It shoots holes in the whole "Where would we go" defense.
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  The Tower of Babel - Languages: Isn't this story unhinged?

  by james_woods in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  besides the obvious fact that it is historically ridiculous - can anybody make any sense out of this story?.

  god was somehow afraid that man was developing too much technology?

  just because they were building a tower?.

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  Another fairytale, as told by Moses, in the book of Genesis. Humans have the power to destroy the planet, literally, and Jehovah was afraid because they built a multi-story structure from mud bricks.
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  For all the newbies.. the Belief-O-Matic...what religion should you be? Test your religious beliefs.

  by jemba in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i noticed that this thread has been done before by blacksheep but i loved doing this test and i loved the results i got... apparently i need to look into reformed judaism.

  jemba .

  sorry firefox wont let me cut n paste but heres the website:.

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  truth_b_known

  91% Neo-Pagan

  Hail Odin!
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  Looking for words, phrases, ideology. WT vs scriptural

  by blond-moment in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i 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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  truth_b_known

  I forgot my all time favorite: the belief that the intentional killing of another human is always murder and makes one bloodguilty. Even if you are justified in protecting yourself or another.
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  Looking for words, phrases, ideology. WT vs scriptural

  by blond-moment in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i 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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  truth_b_known

  Any "Class" mentioned by the Watchtower publications. The most notorious being the "Faithful and Discreet Slave Class" based on Matthew 24:42-46.

  The term "Governing Body" as well as the concept of the Governing Body is not mentioned or supported by scripture.

  Anything to do with the year 1914 is pure cult lunacy.

  Jesus being impaled on an upright pole vs a cross is based on intentionally taking one Bible scholars writing out of context.
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  cowboy films.

  by bigmac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some of us uk members of a certain age really enjoy cowboy films.. what was your most favourite cowboy film of all time?.

  mine was on tv again today-----.

  ---- the magnificent seven.

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  truth_b_known

  Any western film with any of the following actors:

  John Wayne

  Lee Marvin

  Clint Eastwood

  Lee Van Cleef

  Yul Brynner

  Tombstone is one of my all time favorites movies. If it's on television, I'm watching it.