Nothing about assemblies were fun! I do not think all the effort and hype was worth it.
California was fun place! But the assemblies were not.
Nothwest has great camping and fishing.
Funny, some of us were at the same assemblies.
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Anyone recall asemblies actually being fun?
by tim hooper inwhen i was a wee lad, there was a carnival atmosphere at assemblies as this old footage will show:.
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http://www.britishpathe.com/video/witnesses-baptised/query/jehovahs+witnesses.
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GREAT SONG FOR THOSE OF US STRUGGLING TO LEAVE THE JW CULT!!!
by ADJUSTMENTS inthis is a song by lauren hill she had family ties to the jw cult, so it is very touching and moving, she even gets choked up in the middle of the song.
i like to share this song with new ones or old ones and those who have heard it before every now and again, it so refreshing and hopefull!
enjoy it!!!.
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sarahsmile
I did not know this! Thanks for this tune!
Thanks for posting the lyrics.
"keep me as your slave."
How many cults claim they are slaves!
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Could There Be Another Mass Exodus From This Cult?
by mrquik init's happened before.
how much crap can any rational human being take before they just snap & walk away disgusted?.
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"Don't be surprised if Watchtower implements a new draconian policy in the near future that says inactive ones who miss x number of consequetive meetings will be considered as having disassociated themsleves and are to be treated the same as those who have formally disassociated themselves."
Inactive ones are marked! They are considered bad association it is a silent disassociation.
It so obvious that when elders do not speak to certain individuals they are marked. Congregation notice and does the samething.
Elders also mark ones because they do not like them or in my brothers case his shirt was hanging out.
Why do you think people stop attending because they have no association.
Sometimes hidden rules are worse than written rules. X
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Could There Be Another Mass Exodus From This Cult?
by mrquik init's happened before.
how much crap can any rational human being take before they just snap & walk away disgusted?.
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It means nothing! If everyone left tomorrow there would still be JW. GB would just hire someone to run the internet site. Actually at their age it would be the best thing to happen. More money for them and they could retire.
I am sure they get real tired if dealing with the garbage and would love to shut it down but the organization is a beast.
With or without people it will live on.
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A glaring example of how Watchtower's insertion of "Jehovah" corrupts the NT
by Island Man in"the rnwt replaces "kyrios" (lord) with "jehovah" in translating romans 14:8 as follows:.
"for if we live, we live to jehovah,*+ and if we die, we die to jehovah.
* so both if we live and if we die, we belong to jehovah.".
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The scriptures Island Man wrote Romans 14:8,9 was stating Jesus as Lord. Later Paul qoutes Old Testament but not in 8 or 9.
The scripture Apogno qouted Romans 10:13, Paul stated it was written and he referred back to OT: LORD,YHWH.
So the Wt should not insert Jehovah where it does not belong in Romans 14:8.
No comparison with Romans 10:13.
Everyone knows Jesus is Lord and YHWH is LORD. That the first teachings of the WT.
The point is the Wt will change scriptures.
Island Man good Job! Just another manipulation of WT!
Apognos look at the scriptures again! It was a nice try! I read the chapter!
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A glaring example of how Watchtower's insertion of "Jehovah" corrupts the NT
by Island Man in"the rnwt replaces "kyrios" (lord) with "jehovah" in translating romans 14:8 as follows:.
"for if we live, we live to jehovah,*+ and if we die, we die to jehovah.
* so both if we live and if we die, we belong to jehovah.".
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7 For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; 8 for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.…
Verse 7 is referring to Lord as Jesus!
:-) Good one!
Most JW would ignore the facts!
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Luke 12:45 - Does that mean the F&D can go "bad"?
by thedepressedsoul inthe more i read the gospels the more i get the feeling that jesus warns about organized religion or those that overbear on your faith telling you completely how to worship god.
let's say luke chapter 12 is talking about the f&s.
does vs 45 on mean that the f&s can turn bad so to speak?
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Lundo you did an excellent job! All christain are in a stewardship.
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Luke 12:45 - Does that mean the F&D can go "bad"?
by thedepressedsoul inthe more i read the gospels the more i get the feeling that jesus warns about organized religion or those that overbear on your faith telling you completely how to worship god.
let's say luke chapter 12 is talking about the f&s.
does vs 45 on mean that the f&s can turn bad so to speak?
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"Suppose" the "faithful servant or slave" does not preach Christ delay or gets drunk and parties. He beats his fellow servants with emotional black mail. Would the ending change. No
You can read that chapter many ways! The master could be YHWH and Jesus could be the servant. In my view point, the conversation is to prove that only Jesus was handed such a responsibility. Through only him holy spirit is given which is food.
Also, Jesus never answered the question. 41Peter said, "Lord, are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?" Probably neither! Peter was just as puzzled with Jesus saying as we are today.
Kind of hard to emotionally black mail people over an unanswered question and a parable at that!
Many people try to make claim to that title with poor results! Unfortunately, it has harmed many for believing them.
Anyhow there are other ways to interrupt that chapter and reading it for yourselves is better than depending on a religion. What religion would not want that power!
Haha I like what DD said.
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Main reason JWs are JWs
by Batman89 inwhat is the(or what was your) main motivation for serving god as a jw(or any christian)?.
a) love for god and genuinely trying to learn more about him and bible truths?.
b) to escape punishment/death at armegddon?.
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Sorry I am stuck on the serving part! What like going door to door is serving!
No reason and it was mandatory and forced. I never thought ever anything the JWs did was serving God but socializing.
I doubt any JW kid or young adult actually thinks about armeggedon or everlasting life. It is all bull. Paradise earth is just part of a doctrine.
What you call serving is a verbal contract with the JWs.
Serving that is a good one! joke. I doubt God would ever think of anything a JW does is serving him! or any church.
One must be really delusional if they think sitting in any church is part of serving God.
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"No more money, not one red cent!"
by Separation of Powers inonce you recognize that the contributions you gave for the upkeep of your place of worship have been given to the corporation and will only be used to upkeep your place of worship at their discretion...the caption will become your mantra!.
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I see people at my church donating in the plate every week. The plate is full of twenties and hundreds. Three services a week and three different churches. About 200 in each services.
Every week the donation is mentioned in the talk! They even did it at the passover meal how respectful.
And that is not including tithing or extra guilt donations for third world. One year they bought a helicopter for a third world country it changed their style.
All religions pay for their pastors salaries. Some way over fifty thousand a year.