Posts by FFGhost

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Interesting field service experiences

by asp59 in

any one that have a funny or unusual experience from field service?

maeby you visited favela brazil.

the hood in the usa.

FFGhost

Dude, you can't leave us hanging like that.....details, man!

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Are JW's Sins Forgiven? NO - (Says the Watchtower)

by Sea Breeze in

anyone who has been of this forum in the past few days has seen doubting thomas (an active jw) refuse over and over to provide even one scripture that can show how a jw can get their sins forgiven while outside of the new covenant as described in mt.

26: 27-28. yet, he claims to believe in the blood covering of jesus while at the same time personally rejecting the new covenant "for forgiveness of sins".

his contradictory claims are common among jw's.

FFGhost

"The ...other sheep..are...not even justified." WT 1938 pages 104-105

I really honestly don't care one or the other, but....

That seems like a lot of heavy lifting from all those sets of ellipses.

Not to mention that any JW would laugh in your face if you tried to prove a point by quoting an 84 year old Watchtower article. "New light" and all that.

(Yes I know you'll argue that it has not been superseded but still....an 84 year old article? C'mon. JWs would respond by trotting out a couple dozen more recent WT articles explaining how their sins are forgiven)

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Door to door again?

by Zeds Dead in

do you think the jdubs will start up the door whacking again one day?.

there has to be many inside the org that are dreading having to do that again and as for the general public seeing this, it’s hard to imagine.

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FFGhost

Yes, in April.

LOL.

Which year?

Reminds me of that old JW joke - "I know the day and the hour of Armageddon! It's on a Tuesday at 9 AM".

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Did something changed regarding faders recently?

by Gorb in

jw
friends

friendly and good gorby smiled and waved towards 2 local jw's yesterday, and they turned with an angry face their back to me.

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has something changed regarding faders recently?.

FFGhost

Nothing new.

Maybe they heard a public talk on "bad associations spoil useful habits" and they took it ultra-seriously.

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Door to door again?

by Zeds Dead in

do you think the jdubs will start up the door whacking again one day?.

there has to be many inside the org that are dreading having to do that again and as for the general public seeing this, it’s hard to imagine.

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FFGhost

I think it will come back since they've gone to such great lengths to twist the scriptures to justify their practice of "door to door witnessing" but I predict it will be much less emphasized.

I can even picture a world where "door to door" is mainly (only?) carried out in rural areas and/or primarily by pioneers.

I can picture in urban, even suburban, environments, ubiquitous witnessing carts, manned in 2 or 3 hour shifts for 8 or even 12 hours a day, at highly visible areas - around bus stops, parking lots, park entrances, etc. Maybe even some places without all that much foot traffic, but where cars driving past would notice.

Pretty much any congregation (except those way out in the boonies) could come up with 5 or 6 spots where such a cart might be located. Say 6 location, 4 shifts of 2 or 3 persons per cart per day, 7 days a week, would be more than enough to keep a congregation busy. Pioneers who want more time could still go door to door.

It will be well past 2 years, probably approaching or even surpassing 3 years, of pandemic before "door to door" could even be considered. After so long not doing it, it would be very nearly impossible to get momentum for JWs to do it built up again.

And JWs loved, loved, LOVED "metropolitan witnessing" (aka cart witnessing) before the pandemic. Easy time, no effort, no walking, frequent breaks, never have to talk to anyone if you don't want to, and you are publicly "virtue-signaling" your zeal for the ministry.

Announcing arrangements as I just outlined would send JWs over the moon, delirious with joy.

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Why do Anti-Jws refuse to answer questions- and ignore our answers?

by DoubtingThomas in

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friends

denial..

FFGhost

masters at avoiding questions and ignoring well constructed arguments.

Or outright lying.

Householder: "Are you here to try to convince me to change my religion?"

JW: "Oh no! I'm only here to share information with you / encourage Bible reading."

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My Prediction Regarding New Space Telescope That Will See Back to 100 Million Years From the Big Bang

by Sea Breeze in

a new space telescope launched a few days age that will supposedly be able to see to within 100 million years of the big bang.

wow... only 100 million years from the big bang.

that is pretty early given the 12 billion year age of the universe assigned by scholars who adhere to naturalism.

FFGhost

God created the stars and galaxies IN ONE LITERAL 24 HR. DAY.

So, if I understand this correctly, your position is that God created the stars and galaxies in "24 hours"....billions of years before the earth was created and the time measured for it to complete one rotation was determined to be "24 hours"?

Wow, that's a real head-scratcher.

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Terminal Lucidity & the Nature of Consciousness

by Sea Breeze in

no, this isn't about suddenly becoming aware of how much you hate airports.

it is about people with profound brain impairments like mental retardation, alzheimer's, stroke and dementia (often in a coma) suddenly becoming normal and lucid shortly before passing away.

this is important because the wt teaches that consciousness is a function of the physical brain.