Posts by wallsofjericho

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Looking back,"That was crazy, moment"

by MarkofCane in

i got baptized later in life.

i was around 21, i had left and went out into the world should of listen to my gut back then, but instead i disowned myself and came back into the fold.

before i could get baptized, the elder who studied with me said i needed to get rid of everything that was contaminated by this world: music, books & clothing,everything.

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My MIL would burn junk mail if it so much as had a karate ad in it cause karate is demonism

So crazy

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this is a quick experience i have recently had and i have two questions at the end.. a couple of weeks ago, the dogs were barking at the gate on saturday morning and wouldn't you know it, it was some witnesses.

there was a father with his lovely wife and their young daughter.

the father did all the talking as mother and daughter just dutifully smiled and watched.

wallsofjericho

If you've ever watched a service demostration not one in all history has ever had the "householder" do anything other than nod in 100% agreement

No one is prepared for this.

I heard aN elder once sharing an experience like this and he basically said it finally dawned on him that the reason the HH wasnt playing ball with him is because he's worldly and worldly people are stupid!

The arrogance

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The wt has now changed Jesus definition of neighboor

by poopie in

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the man asked jesus who is my neighbor jesus stated the one who acts mercifully toward other humans.

not good enough for watchtower neighbor must fit in three catagories only according to yesterdays wt wow changed the words of the son of god.

wallsofjericho

Lana longer, your missing the point

Read island man's post. .. he nailed it

The point is the WTS doesn't say anyone that needs our help. They said anyone we meet in the ministry. It's not about them, it's about YOU.... that is YOU being in the ministry and not off doing some other good deed

This is typical of the WTs. And your falling right in line Lana

The wts didn't say everyone YOU did. They didn't say NOT everyone, they weighted the intent toward the thing they want. Then they let the dubs put up their hands and say "everyone"

But when it comes time for counsel they'll show you what it really says, get out preaching

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The Demons were messing with me last night!

by olongapo joe in

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so said my pops one morning.

we were visiting my sister in eastern tennessee and the night before after everyone else went to bed pops was watching tv when all of a sudden and completely on it's own the tv changed to the tonight show, holy smokes!!

must be demons cause pops didn't change it!

wallsofjericho

Lol rebel fighter

That is EXACTLY what happens! !

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Hey ya'll! My first post. Please help. In need of advice/comfort.

by Stepford Wife in

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hey ya'll!

i have been lurking for years on this site and others but never had the courage to post anything.

actually i was afraid of posting on an apostate site in the event i was wrong.

wallsofjericho

Your blood comment WILL come up in the conversation

It's important you make sure they know you concluded that of your own valition and not from Internet "research"

Perhaps a simple comment that wts seems to be going that way with the allowance of fractions etc

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Is this a true statement? Elders that are DF will be reinstated much quicker than the average publisher.

by James Mixon in

back in the early 70's there was a brother, well known in the circuit did the no no with.

a few of the young sisters in the congregation.

he was df and the word, he would never be.

wallsofjericho

I say false

But it ALL depends on the local elder bodies recommendation

All boe's are different

I knew a guy who was never given a single privilege in 10 years of working hard in the cong because he told his mother to "F off" ONE time and his old school PO nailed him to the cross for it

Even called his new cong and told boe not to appt him. That was how he found out what old PO was doing

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The Demons were messing with me last night!

by olongapo joe in

jw
friends

so said my pops one morning.

we were visiting my sister in eastern tennessee and the night before after everyone else went to bed pops was watching tv when all of a sudden and completely on it's own the tv changed to the tonight show, holy smokes!!

must be demons cause pops didn't change it!

wallsofjericho

I've heard so many "demon attack" stories

To this day I still frustrate my family when I refuse to agree with them about demons

My question to them is: "what are you doing that invites so many demons into your home?"

They don't like that question

At the end of the day, every person I've ever known that has shared a demon story with me had been a heavy drug user (legal and illegal) or alcoholic

Demons don't seem to like rational sober people

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Evolution is a Fact #11 - Tiktaalik

by cofty in

one of the biggest gulfs that life has had to cross was the transition from sea to dry land.. fish have conical shaped heads, reptiles have flat heads.

fish have no necks; their heads are attached to their shoulders by a series of bony plates.

land-dwelling animals all have necks; their heads can move independently of their shoulders.

wallsofjericho

The ignorance and arrogance of evolution naysayers astounds me

Evolution is do blatantly obvious and factual yet they always seem to resort to the foolish argument where animals somehow "decided" to change based on conscious thought

Reproduction is everything. Reproduction repeated 100's millions of times. Survival of the fittest so obviously drives evolution (predator & prey) in ways we can see even today over short periods of time

Show me a half human/half monkey! They mock

So rediculous

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whats your take? When someone asks my wife what religion she is, she seems embarrassed to say she is a JW.

by goingthruthemotions in

so thinking back about the times when someone has asked my wife what religion she is.

she sheepishly and seems almost embarrassed to say she is a jehovah witness.

when someone asks me, i just say i am a christian.

wallsofjericho

Oh yes I was this way

She wants to fiT in. when she's at the kh she acts the way everyone expects and when she's around non-dubs she acts normal

She may be battling a need to be accepted

I remember this feeling starting my path of eye opening

I couldn't understand why I wasn't so happy and bubbley like "all the other Bros & sis's"

If I'm doing everything right why aren't I happy?

I knew deep down I was faking it in the truth and I decided to PROVE it to myself I really did LOVE the truth

Within about 3 hours of proving to myself I loved the truth I knee TTATT and I was mentally free

It all made sense

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No more pain sorrow or crying in new system!!!!!!!

by atomant in

"and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain.

for the old world and its evils are gone forever.

" rev.

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And what about if someone chooses to disobey jehovah in perfection?

Satan was perfect yet he disobeyed

Since jehovahs name will already have been sanctified the answer I've always understood is the disobedient one would be executed immediately

What of their family? No tears? No sorrow?

Living in a world where disobedience means instant death and survivors are incapable of feeling anything but pleasure all the time?

What a joke