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if it were possible to get a jw to actually listen to us, which three good questions do you reckon might get him/her to sit down and think?
ian
Question #1
If you follow the Bible, when was the last time you greeted the brothers with a 'holy kiss'?
Question #2
Is there anything you do not like about the organization (your religion)? All cultist say 'No'!
Question #3
Can you count 'time and a half' after 40 hours of going door to door?
Outaservice (trying to think of more good questions)
oh man, this is hilarious.......a friend of mine who left the borg a few years ago and is now df'd, was making a delivery (he's a truck driver) to a company where they're all witnesses.
he knew they were dubs, but they had no idea he used to be one.
as he was finishing his delivery, one of them says to him "did you know that jesus did not celebrate his birthday on december 25th?
As I was getting out of the Witnesses an Elder from another congregation called on me and asked if he could speak to me privately. I said sure, come up to my office. He then asked why I was not following the Bible's clear command to not forsake the gathering of ourselves together by going to the meetings.
I asked him why he did not follow the Bible also. He said what do you mean, I follow the Bible. Well I said, the Bible is quite clear that we should 'greet the brothers with a holy kiss'! When was the last time you did that?
Then I told him to hit the road and don't come back!
Outaservice ( who kissed a few sisters but NO brothers! )
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my brother, my sister, myself, xena and those with us walked out when we were called aside and asked not to attend the reception after the memorial.. more details to follow....... timb
THIS EVENT SHOULD BE TRIED IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION.
GET THE PRESS AND TV INVOLVED IF POSSIBLE AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW JUST WHAT JW'S ARE ALL ABOUT.
THE 'DIRTY RATS'!
OUTASERVICE
we had alot of snow today (about 35cm) and i took a few pics for those who dream of having snow for christmas.... .
it took these pics about 1 hour ago.
there's alread 2 feet of snow in the back yard.
LOOKS LIKE A TYPICAL SUMMER DAY HERE IN WEST MICHIGAN!
WOULDN'T CANCEL FIELD SERVICE FOR THAT!
OUTASERVICE
2004 worldwide service report
jehovah's witnesses are up this year.
1,019,000 live in the lower united states.
IT'S STILL TRUE THAT 'FIGURES LIE, AND LIARS FIGURE.' I WOULDN'T TRUST ANY OF THEIR FIGURES, ESPECIALLY MEMORIAL AND PARTAKERS NUMBERS.
OUTASERVICE (WHO HAD 20 HRS LAST MONTH IN FIELD SERVICE)
yeah right
a couple called karl und roswitha neigert offers appartments for those visiting the german branch office - jw only.
you can also buy an appartment.
the funny thing is: they have webspace on http://www.johannes-wrobel.de.
WONDER IF THEY HAVE A COPY OF JIM PENTON'S NEW BOOK 'JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES & THE THIRD REICH'?
MAYBE WE COULD SEND THEM ONE.
OUTASERVICE
i was wondering how many famous actors, musicians, and other public figures either are jw's or became jw's at some point in their life.
eveyone knows about [b] prince{b], and [b]michael jackson[/b], but i've also heard that they snagged up [b]george benson[b], a former indian prime minister and rapper [b]dres[/b] of the group the black sheep.
obviously this will be a short list since the society doesn't do much to encourge any kind of success, especially not the kind that will leave you with millions of adoring fans.
Prizefighter Kid Gavilan of Cuba in the 50's. The Society wanted him to write his life story for an AWAKE article but was apparently to 'punch drunk' to do so.
Abel was the first JW! Yeah right!
Outaservice (who never was too famous)
pontius pilate asked, and now i'm asking.
i've been reading many topics in here, now i am wondering... what is truth?
i'm both respectful and broadminded enough to allow for any other viewpoint, whether or not i agree.
JOHN 14:6 JESUS ANSWERED, "I AM THE WAY AND THE 'TRUTH' AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME."
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT, THE CHOICE IS YOURS.
OUTASERVICE
about 2 months ago i wrote a letter to the wts regarding the un affair (part of mrs. kwin's exiting request).
2 months and still no response.
i explained in the letter that i had fallen into inactivity because of the information i found and am searching for an explaination how it could have happened.
Probably no direct answer to you ever. They might possibly try and find out which congregation you were associated with and send a copy to the Elders for them to call on you, and get rid of you if they think you got the info from some apostate source.
So, don't hold your breath!
Outaservice
i recently went to a "pentacostal church" with my neighbor who has been a devout pentacostal for 30 years.
she has been asking me for years to come to her church since i left jw's so i finally went with her a few sundays ago.
i must admit i was nearly scared "speechless".
I'm a former JW and 'born again Christian, and the things you describe are not typical of most born again Christians but an abberation of a few. I find it strange and quite uncomfortable too. Non-Christian groups many times also have 'cult-like' practices and it is apparently a part of human nature to do weird things in 'group-think'.
Outaservice
