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  You Might be a Jehovah's Witness if . . .

  by sizemik in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you might be a jehovah's witness if .

  you know when nisan 14 is but you forget you own birthday.

  you wash windows for a living but you own five suits.

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  You have dog marks on your suit, car, breifcase
  You could read better than most adults by age 8
  You immediately identify with any of these words/phrases:-

  The Truth, Kingdom Hall, Ministerial Servant, Pioneer, Elder, Witness, Bible Study, Field Service, Return Visit, In the Truth, Apostate, Disapproved Associate, Paradise Earth, Publications, Anointed, Governing Body, District Convention, Circuit Overseer, Special Pioneer, Where the need is greater, End of this system

  You feel releived the weekend is over
  You're quick to point out faults with other's faith, but are forbidden to investigate your own religion's history
  You have a warm fuzzy feeling knowing you will survive, and others will perish
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  Two new experiences.....

  by Momma-Tossed-Me in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  all of you share your experiences about encountering jw's and i enjoy them so much....here are two that just happened over the weekend for your enjoyment.. so as you all may know last december i was officially labeled by the borg.

  so now all jdubs must shun me who have known me since birth and thereafter.. i had a booth at a local festival this saturday and a jw was the chairman of this years deal.

  so he is also a photog and he was going to each booth and taking a picture of it.. he did the one right beside me and then did a wide half circle to get to the next booth on the other side so as not to get to close to the new town apostate.

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  Maybe next time pay for the meal, and leave a short message / note. e.g. "DONT Google: 1914 false prophesy". It will eat away at them till they do it.
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  You Might be a Jehovah's Witness if . . .

  by sizemik in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you might be a jehovah's witness if .

  you know when nisan 14 is but you forget you own birthday.

  you wash windows for a living but you own five suits.

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  You feel embarassed if someone sees you with a magazine that doesn't have hilighted portions, and lot's of scribble

  You have more ties than socks.

  You know tie store employees by name

  You have the door shut in your face at least one a month

  You've been told to leave the property, but you werent trespassing

  People look at you through cracks in their curtains

  When people see you coming, they run and hide (hint: you don't look intimidating)

  Your knuckes have a hard spots

  You knock on the door with a musical rythm

  Your car does more miles on Saturday than Mon to Fri combined

  You have never read publications written by Charles Taze Russell, yet know his life story intimately
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  You Might be a Jehovah's Witness if . . .

  by sizemik in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you might be a jehovah's witness if .

  you know when nisan 14 is but you forget you own birthday.

  you wash windows for a living but you own five suits.

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  ... You beleive the bible can only be interpreted by a select few (i.e. not for the common man)

  You have a briefcase full of books worth more than "Gold", and yet you're a window cleaner

  You don't have a pension plan, because you're not going to get old

  You've never really done anything in your life, because of impending doom

  You have secret doubts about your faith, but prefer to keep them to yourself
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  You Might be a Jehovah's Witness if . . .

  by sizemik in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you might be a jehovah's witness if .

  you know when nisan 14 is but you forget you own birthday.

  you wash windows for a living but you own five suits.

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  ... You're afraid to ask certian questions about your faith.

  You can't attend your sister's wedding

  You acheive high grades in school, but leave at 15 years of age to become a window cleaner

  You think a "Bible Study" means studying books other than the Bible

  You show love to your children by avoiding them, hanging up the phone, never replying to their letters, and not attending their wedding or funeral

  You find yourself keeping mental account of time when speakign to others
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  Hello Jehovah's Witnesses. I was in class 119 of Gilead in 2005

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my picture is in the january 1, 2006 watchtower.. why am i telling you this?

  consider this my small weekend contribution to the cause of real truth.

  any jw who has been one for a while, or a born in, knows the regard that pioneers, elders, bethelites and missionaries have.

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  One thing that got my attention recently was another flip-flop doctrine regarding the "Mark of the Beast".

  On page 203 of the "Revelation Its Grand Climax At Hand " book states:-

  some even being tortured
  and killed, because of their refusal to compromise
  their Christian neutrality. In other
  lands Christians are literally unable to buy or
  sell; some are unable to own property; others
  are raped, murdered, or chased from
  their native land. Why? Because in good
  conscience they refuse to buy a political party
  card. —John 17:16.

  See: http://www.jw-media.org/rus/publications/re_e.pdf

  On the official Jehovah's Witnesses site, it now mentions:

  Some believe that 666 is the mark of the Biblical antichrist. Others say that it signifies some form of compulsory identification, such as a tattoo or an implanted microchip with a digital code that identifies the person as a servant of the beast.

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  These fanciful and contrived interpretations, however, are very different from what the Bible itself says about the mark of the beast

  http://www.watchtower.org/e/20040401/article_01.htm

  The Revelation book says the mark can be a compulsory (political) identification. Yet their online article says the same interpretation is "fanciful and contrived".

  I'd also like to note, my job involves website optimization. A few tips.
  
  1. Link directly to official Jehovah's Witnesses sites. (They record visitors, and referrers).
  
  2. Don't use abbreviations such as JW, CO, PO, WTBS. Search engines are better at indexing words than acronyms.
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  The "invisible" Elephant in the room: ELDERLY JW's nobody provides for

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  question: how does the leadership of jehovah's witnesses instruct its members to prepare for the eventual elder care of its members?.

  answer: it pretends it will never happen!.

  is this responsible leadership or some kind of cognitive dissonant malfeasance?.

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  In Australia they'd get the pension (funded by all tax payers).
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  You would return to Jehovah's Witnesses if...

  by Shawn10538 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  someone else suggested this so i just figured, ok let's do it.. 1. all present jws died and i became the sole leader of the entire religion.

  2. then i would dissolve the religion and burn every last memory of it ever existing.

  3. all books would be burned, all buildings destroyed.

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  • They admitted Russell was a false prophet (and a crack-pot).
  • Showed Christian love towards spirutually sick (instead of shunning).
  • Admitted much of their bible understandings have no real basis (i.e. they're guessing).
  • Reverted to using a normal bible.

  ... That's a good start
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  Most Jehovah's Witnesses dont want ex-JWs, dis-fellowshipped, disassociated to be successful!!!

  by Joliette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  or to acheieve any goals in their life.

  and how dare you try to enjoy your life in this sick and demonic world.

  dont you know that this world wont be here for long?

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  I remember when I was young two older brothers (in their 30s) talking about someone who left the truth. The converstation went something like this:

  Brother 1: Have you heard about XXX he left the "Truth".

  Brother 2: Yes, I heard he's making a lot of money.

  Brother 1: Satan has used material gain as a trap for him. Did you see the sports car he drives now.

  Brother 2: Sister X said he was only renting that car.

  Brother 1: Really. He came to the KH in it last week. I bet he's just trying to show it off in front of all the brothers.

  Brother 2: Yeah that's probably it. I doubt he is doing that well, he's only been in business for 2 years now.

  Brother 1: It's a shame he has to resort to that. Who does he think he's fooling anyway.

  Brother 2: Isn't it great that the organisation protects us from showy displays of wealth. We'll have our reward in the New System of Things.

  Brother 1: Yes, who'd want to give up paradise forever for a sports car and a flashy house.
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  JW's 'put off living'

  by Lady Viola in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was reading a book and read the following quote:.

  "one of the most tragic things i know about human nature is.

  that all of us tend to put off living.

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  biometrics

  I still remember thinking I'd never get married or have kids because I woudln't/didn't want to get baptized, yet the only group I knew/networked with was the Witnesses (born in). Of course any girl I talked to the elders would quickly point out I wasn't "strong" in the truth, and discourage the girl and her parents from having anything to do with me.

  After reading stories here, I'm so glad I didn't marry a JW girl. I found my wife outside "The truth".