Posts by searcher

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Which Bible Translation is Currently the MOST Accurate in Your Opinion?

by Frannie Banannie in

i really wanna know.

i need the most accurate version to refer to in order to continue a project i'm working on.

frannie b

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BTW, the guy who is responsible for the NWT "finished product" is named Richard Cranium, obviously
Frannie B

Damnit, I spit tea all over, laughing

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Which Bible Translation is Currently the MOST Accurate in Your Opinion?

by Frannie Banannie in

i really wanna know.

i need the most accurate version to refer to in order to continue a project i'm working on.

frannie b

searcher

We know because we aren't so obstinate and contrary that we simply won't believe something if it's not in a signed and notarized document. We haven't chosen as you have to close our minds to facts that are easily available.

Scholor wouldnt believe it even then, remember, a famous tactic of the WT is to cry "apostate forgery" when presented with documentation (even their own).

The whole thrust of his 'argument' has been to cry "Pooh Pooh", not debate.

You will never convince someone who does not want to hear.

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What's your favorite JW word or phrase?

by Sara Annie in

in a minimus moment, i find myself interested in knowing which buzz-words and phrases in jw publications stand out the most to you?

when i read wt literature, i constantly find myself astounded by how transparently cultish the language is.

in an earlier, unrelated thread, i said the following: .

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'upbuilding'

so.........how do you 'downbuild'?

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What the crap does this saying mean anyways?

by gumby in

jw
friends

what kind of pizza toping do you like?.

as you all know.....i'm a dumb bastard, but i need to know this.. i remember our beloved wise ass farkle started this saying, and from day one i have never understood it.

now "dave the bastard" says it all the time.

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Its a saying, used to complain about threads like this one

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Who Was The Very First Poster That You Met In Real Life?

by Englishman in

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friends

the first poster that i ever met was philo.. we'd traded a few stories via the site and i realised that we knew some of the same people down in portsmouth.. he was very cagey as to his real identity, but eventually we shared emails and he told me all about himself.

one day, i took hl down to portsmouth to see my daughter who lives there.

i'd mentioned it in a post, that i was going in that direction.

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The very first was ISP, he picked me up from the hotel and drove me to his house where I met Latte, it sorta snowballed from there

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Did or does being a JW cause a person to be immature?

by gentlesoul in

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friends

i have noticed that most jehovahs witnesses and many who have left are very immature.

could you please give me your oppinion on that.

do they go as far as controlling your maturity ?

searcher

Your diplomacy just slays me sometimes.

Diplomacy Mike? Me?

I didnt know I cared

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Did or does being a JW cause a person to be immature?

by gentlesoul in

jw
friends

i have noticed that most jehovahs witnesses and many who have left are very immature.

could you please give me your oppinion on that.

do they go as far as controlling your maturity ?

searcher

The strongest argument I see on many exJW boards for immaturity is the unwillingness or possibly inability of many to look at an argument from both sides.

Many seem to take an entrenched position and just state, over and over again, what they wish to say.

Some even resort to ?foot stamping? when the other(s) will not come over to ?their side?

Being able to see what the ?other side? is saying, does not, IMHO, weaken ones position in the argument/discussion, it just gives an insight into the other persons thinking.

As an outsider (never a JW) this seems to me to be the biggest hangover that many have from JW days.

I realise, of course, that there are many in the world who also have this attitude, but if they are looked at critically, they always seem to come from a background of control in some way, or maybe sometimes, a position of some sort of (maybe perceived) power.

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What's in a Name?

by Thunder Rider in

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friends

ok, this has probably been done before and i missed it, but i want to know what your member names mean.

is there a special story behind your online handle?

mine is pretty self evident.

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I set myself a project researching the history of religious practices, looking around the net I found JWD (comparing the differences in various groups/faiths) and registered.

I was asked for my 'nickname' and thought I had to have one, so I came up with 'searcher' as part of 'researcher', not very origional, but since then, I use it everywhere.

I made some good friends here as I got addicted to chat so I stuck around.

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