Posts by NeverKnew

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Numbers don't lie :The End of JESUS...
by raymond frantz in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
(1john2:22,23)who is the liar if it is not the one that denies that jesus is the christ?

this is the antichrist, the one that denies the father and the son.

23 everyone that denies the son does not have the father either.
NeverKnew

Welllllllllll....
Given your benchmarks, and IF this data could be used as as a qualitative barameter and not the quantitative one that it is, it would be more appropriate to compare the ratio of Jesus/Jehovah. As long as you were consistent from year to year in your search criteria, one would derive the following:
2010-12
6.08%
2000s
5.21%
1990s
6.41%
1980s
8.30%
1970s
11.26%
So, while there HAS been a decline in the ratio of references of Jesus to Jehovah in the annual yearbooks and his honorable mentions represent a 50% reduction of what it had been in the 70's, the trend for this decade is showing a slight improvement (or WTS error - not sure).
Once this thread's analysis has been completed, I'm sure the Yearbook Committee will make the appropriate "adjustments."
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What about your vow to Jehovah?
by a watcher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did you get baptized without being dedicated?.

why did you allow men to come between you and jehovah?.

why were you serving jehovah at all?
NeverKnew

I came here to get the scoop on things that are not on jw.org
The WTS doesn't tell you everything? Say it isn't so!
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My Life growning up a JW
by WTLies in
1. jw
2. experiences
william's story .

my mother received a knock at the door when i was 4 years old, that knock would alter the course of my entire life.

it was then, she received what she and millions of others call 'the truth.
NeverKnew

marked.
Thanks, Lois. :)
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Tech49, James Jackson and Zophar and every other elder on JWN...
by NeverKnew in
1. jw
2. friends
i have failed to welcome any of you individually so i wanted to make a thread to formally thank you.

.

i know that your presence, wisdom and the courage you're demonstrating by being here will help many.. .
NeverKnew

Talesin's right.
Please know that my op was not meant to tout one group over another.
I had mentioned to a JW friend that there were active elders and ministerial servants that contributed to this forum and that, by observation, many individuals, elder or otherwise, may not have had that ridiculous label of "apostate". In unbelief, I was asked to produce a post of an elder. I couldn't find an introductory post fast enough before the request was retracted.
It was then that I realized that the person who had been raped or abused as a child, the person who lost all family/friends, and even the suicide mattered to him (I shared Oompa's story). It was ALL about the words of an elder.
Sickened me too. Given my very limited experience with one JW, I am just hoping stories like this will only serve to strengthen the chance for people like him to see what's really going on.
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What about your vow to Jehovah?
by a watcher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did you get baptized without being dedicated?.

why did you allow men to come between you and jehovah?.

why were you serving jehovah at all?
NeverKnew

The early Christians preached extensively from Jerusalem to Rome, from the day they were baptised.
Early Christians were lion food.
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What about your vow to Jehovah?
by a watcher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did you get baptized without being dedicated?.

why did you allow men to come between you and jehovah?.

why were you serving jehovah at all?
NeverKnew

I can't prove that JW's have the Truth.
Well then how do you think Jehovah feels about your proselytizing WT opinion without making sure of all things?
Jehovah's scriptures have a LOT to say about this.... you realize this, right?
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What about your vow to Jehovah?
by a watcher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did you get baptized without being dedicated?.

why did you allow men to come between you and jehovah?.

why were you serving jehovah at all?
NeverKnew

How can all Christian groups be approved by Jehovah when they all teach contradictory doctrine? Jehovah HAD to narrow it down to one.
Jehovah HAD to do.... WHAT???
Have you read Romans 14????
Are JWs REALLY this arrogant behind the scenes?
287
What about your vow to Jehovah?
by a watcher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did you get baptized without being dedicated?.

why did you allow men to come between you and jehovah?.

why were you serving jehovah at all?
NeverKnew

Please present proof that god chose the WT/GB as his "arrangement", other than the WT telling you god chose them.
I'm still waiting for a door-knocking JW to come back and provide me with the same answer to a similar query. Maybe AWatcher can eliminate my anxiety and answer the question so we can go on to the next when and if they come back.
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Christendom should have a little talk with the JW GB.
by jam in
1. social
2. humour
you people are turning out more atheist and agnostic then.

any other religious organization.

what the hell are you people.
NeverKnew

I will say that in all that I've ever known, those that leave churches seem to become denominationally unaffiliated but maintain a belief in a greater power. I had never seen active atheism railing against theism until I joined JWN.
In all fairness, this would be the place for these conversations. At work or social settings, it'd be a tad bit out of place. :/
I wish Christendom knew more about the WTS.
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What about your vow to Jehovah?
by a watcher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did you get baptized without being dedicated?.

why did you allow men to come between you and jehovah?.

why were you serving jehovah at all?
NeverKnew

Maybe you can pray for more friends to spend time with you in your congregation. I'm kinda feeling sad for you here.
Can AWatcher count these conversations for time? Like... how many credit hours would s/he get to claim? Are we virtual "be back" studies or would we be virtual householders?
...wait... what's the term? be back... come back... return back.... crap. I've forgotten.

2010-12			6.08%
2000s			5.21%
1990s			6.41%
1980s			8.30%
1970s			11.26%