Posts by Lee Marsh

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the cheap trick for believers...

by inbetween in

yesterdays wt study (wt january 2022) stressed the issue, to set aside time to deepen the relationship to god.. in order to strengthen one`s faith, it was encouraged to ask god anytime for basically anything.

and each time god answers your prayers the faith grows.. now, each one of us has wishes, desires, hopes.

some naturally will fail, some will come true.

Lee Marsh

I was 10 when I started praying for God to help me stop my father from abusing me. Well that didn't work. I actually walked into a police station and reported him - 60 years ago. The police arrested him. Now some people would say that God gave me the strength to do it. No I don't think so.

Later I prayed for help to stop my step-father. Well that one didn't work either. My mother caught him with me and put me in foster care and kept him. Nice new JW studying family. Well I suppose some might say God made her walk in and catch him.

A few years later I was praying again for my elder husband to stop abusing me. That didn't work either until I left him and the JWs.

I see a definite theme here. God did not intervene. Not ever. It was always me that had to do it. Not as a child and not as a JW wife.

OK I will roll my eyes and some might say God DID help.

Well he isn't exactly helping me now with the cancer. Personally I think he should be doing more important things; stop wars, deal with famine, would be good places to start but I don't exactly see any god helping with any of that. God seems to be willing to watch women, children and babies be slaughtered in different parts of the world and god sits and does nothing.

Even my children were young they called social services for friends who were being abused.

If kids can do something to protect the innocent why can't any god do it?

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Different versions of the NWT?

by HowTheBibleWasInvented in

having noted in the last 3 days a romour of a new revisal of the nwt etc i thought i would see if i have all the nwts in my collection:.

1. christian greek scriptures.

4. job- song of solomon.

Lee Marsh

Wikipedia has this list of Bibles published by the WTS:

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) (2015, revised annually)
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References (1984)

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (students' edition) (1963)

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (1961, revised 1970, 1971, 1981, 1984, 2006, 2013)

New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, Volume I (Genesis to Ruth) (1953)

New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, Volume II (1 Samuel to Esther) (1955)

New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) (1957)

New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, Volume IV (Isaiah to Lamentations) (1958)

New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, Volume V (Ezekiel to Malachi) (1960)

New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures (1950, revised 1951)

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures (1969, revised 1985; out of print, available online)

The Watch Tower Society also acquired publishing rights for the following Bible translations:

The Bible in Living English (1972, revised 1989; out of print, available online)—by Steven T. Byington
American Standard Version (1944)
King James Version (1907 with Watch Tower Society appendices entitled Berean Bible Teachers' Manual,[1] revised 1908; 1942)

The Emphatic Diaglott (1902, 1926)

Holman Linear Parallel Edition (1902, parallel King James Version and Revised Version, with Watch Tower Society appendices)[2]

Joseph B. Rotherham's New Testament Critically Emphasised, Second Edition (1890)

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Lies, Damn Lies.

by Lost in the fog in

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/home-and-garden/jehovahs-witnesses-to-resume-in-person-services-opt-not-to-resume-door-to-door-ministry/ar-aavnxv0 .

so apparently robert hendricks the spin doctor of the wt society has been proudly telling news channels how wonderful the wt org has been during the 2 years of the pandemic, checking in with each and every member to meet their needs on a weekly basis.. except, based on the comments of former jw friends on facebook, it's news to most of them since they are screaming out that they were totally neglected by the elders/ms throughout most of that period.

a couple even said that because of being ignored by the congregation during this time, that they have walked away completely.

Lee Marsh

FedUpJW

i am sorry to hear that.

“love on their lips but none in their heart.” Sounds exactly right

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Lies, Damn Lies.

by Lost in the fog in

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/home-and-garden/jehovahs-witnesses-to-resume-in-person-services-opt-not-to-resume-door-to-door-ministry/ar-aavnxv0 .

so apparently robert hendricks the spin doctor of the wt society has been proudly telling news channels how wonderful the wt org has been during the 2 years of the pandemic, checking in with each and every member to meet their needs on a weekly basis.. except, based on the comments of former jw friends on facebook, it's news to most of them since they are screaming out that they were totally neglected by the elders/ms throughout most of that period.

a couple even said that because of being ignored by the congregation during this time, that they have walked away completely.

Lee Marsh

Hi Atlantis. Missed ya a lot

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Different versions of the NWT?

by HowTheBibleWasInvented in

having noted in the last 3 days a romour of a new revisal of the nwt etc i thought i would see if i have all the nwts in my collection:.

1. christian greek scriptures.

4. job- song of solomon.

Lee Marsh

HARD COVER: I have a 1961, 1981 and 2013.

PDF: 1984, 2013, many older ones on my personal saved files CDs

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Lies, Damn Lies.

by Lost in the fog in

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/home-and-garden/jehovahs-witnesses-to-resume-in-person-services-opt-not-to-resume-door-to-door-ministry/ar-aavnxv0 .

so apparently robert hendricks the spin doctor of the wt society has been proudly telling news channels how wonderful the wt org has been during the 2 years of the pandemic, checking in with each and every member to meet their needs on a weekly basis.. except, based on the comments of former jw friends on facebook, it's news to most of them since they are screaming out that they were totally neglected by the elders/ms throughout most of that period.

a couple even said that because of being ignored by the congregation during this time, that they have walked away completely.

Lee Marsh

I thought the hallmark of a "true" religion was that they had love among themselves.

Yea. Right.

In 2 years my neighbor had no JW visitors. She was alone and very depressed. She felt neglected and abandoned. So much for love amongst themselves.

When I was a JW I really did try to practice this as much as possible. To me it was what Christians should be doing. But I know very few did it for me when I really needed it. In reality I saw very little of it.

An elder coming to preach to you to get to meetings and "pray more" is not loving. It implies you are not doing enough, not good enough. It feels like a lecture rather than real love and concern for a fellow human being.

Yes that is the problem. The WTS ha drilled all humanity out of all JWs. I was more of a friend to her over the last 2 years than any of the "brothers and sisters". I think in 2 years not one person even called her to see how she was.

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Vid obsession

by punkofnice in

i'm interested in your thoughts.. the media tells us a lot of agenda driven propaganda.

you're hard pressed to spot truth these days.. however, i'm told that the rona is now just a rotten flu and not the plague we were originally terrified in to believing.

last time i heard it was down in the hit parade to 16th nasty health thing.. all the people and family i know that have had the rona, have been complaining it's a very crappy flu.

Lee Marsh

FedUPJW

I am in Canada. My concern for them was that the mask was pinched over the nose and closed on all sides. Far too many people in my building wear it under their noses. Not exactly going to help them.

I sat outside a pharmacy on Saturday waiting for something and watched people enter and exit the store. We don't have to wear a mask in the store although all staff are wearing theirs. About 90% of everyone who went into the store was wearing a mask and wearing them properly. The other 10% either had no mask or had one pulled down.

BTW If we were to meet I would want you to wear a mask otherwise we will be 6 feet or more apart. My lungs are still very vulnerable.

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