Posts by NeverKnew

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STARTING OVER with my Elderette - What Does the Bible REALLY Teach?

by Faithful Witness in

she said, "so, what made you decide to study this book?

at this point, she opened with a prayer.

"...and some decide that such questions are best left to religious leaders and teachers.

NeverKnew

Did you get to paragraph 7? THAT'S becoming my favorite paragraph.

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Could There Be Another Mass Exodus From This Cult?

by mrquik in

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it's happened before.

how much crap can any rational human being take before they just snap & walk away disgusted?.

NeverKnew

I can see shunning working on those leaving alone... that makes sense. However, leaving with entire families who have had it in tow? Now you're talking mass exodus.

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It is so obviously a lie......now

by snare&racket in

once the spell is broken, one you take a deep fresh breath outisde of the watchtower camp, the amazingly obvious realisation becomes clear.... of course this is a lie, of course this is ridiculous!

you find you have memories of really believing the claims and promises, but it seems like another life, another experience.

it seems so incredibly false once you leave and it is very difficult to belive you even once accepted it!

Things to understand about talking to a Jehovah's Witness...

by drew sagan in

please note that everything i write here is within the context of discussions between two witnesses.

conversations between a jw and non jw are different in a number of ways and so i will not be discussing them here.

the 'running ahead' fallacy.

I believe I'm the record holder for travel distance to a convention

by joe134cd in

well it was announced the other night that the new convention venue will be about a twenty hour drive away.

in that 20 hours will include at least 3 hour boat ride.

i'm guessing the cost of the boat ride + the cost of fuel would probably be about $us800 - $us 900. that wouldn't include the loss of wages for the 4 days just to get there and return.

NeverKnew

Shirley, traffic is bad on 95 but not THAT bad. :)

That's insane.

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New to The Jehovahs Witness Faith and need some help

by jnjburkett in

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hello there i am new to the faith and have been studying for about a month.

i am very excited and hungry for the truth and have not missed a meeting or study since the memorial.

we do about 2 bible studies a week.

JNJ... I have never been a JW and only have JW friends. They have certain cliches that are foreign to non JWs. Your language pattern has outed you. Your semantics are pure jw if anyone were to ask me. If I weren't on a tablet I could copy and paste them. There's no way you could pick up this language pattern in one months study.

I'm hoping you're sincere but....

I'm also finding it telling that you were able to use the word troll correctly in under 10 posts here. Despite surrounding the word in quotes, you used it correctly and knew enough to deny the label.

You may be sincere in your goal, but is lying is an appropiate way to bear witness? Which 1st century Christians used deceipt? I'd like to know whose model you're using.

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Christmas, Mother's Day etc etc..

by Mikado in

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it's mother's day today, a lovely tradition that probably raises lots of thoughts and emotions in ex jws... i was walking around the local supermarket and remembered my family's next door neighbours, who were very intellectually disabled.. in hindsight they probably weren't able to look after themselves, as they lived in absolute squalor.. they didn't have two coins to rub together, yet they went to the effort to buy my family a card and get them a small gift.. i was newly out, and watched in absolute shame and horror as my mother said, in a very superior manner " we don't celebrate christmas", .

it's something i think of often with shame... i too was that superior... to my shame..

NeverKnew

I was once told by a gloating JW that JWs appreciate their loved ones year round.

After the explanation I responded in kind. "I'm baffled as to how one can believe that they can appreciate their Mom (Mothers Day), child (birthday), lover (valentines day), father (Fathers Day), or family (Christmas) on 364 days of a year but if an appreciation is shown on a date that everyone else customarily celebrates the same person, God will be disappointed in you? ... So if an Australian JW gives his mom a gift on an American holiday called Mothers Day, how does he get forgiveness?"

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Additional BOE Letter: Please Be Advised that Further Direction Will Soon be Sent to the Bodies of Elders...

by TTATTelder in

dear brothers:.

we are writing as a follow-up to the letters dated january 24, 2014, and march 29, 2014,. to all congregations regarding the adjustments now underway to accelerate construction of king-.

dom halls and assembly halls.. .

NeverKnew

IMHO with respect to project management, I agree with Apog. They got a flurry of calls with questions that probably made corporate realize the flaws in the way the information was presented.

Hey, maybe these brake lights that are showing up on the dashboard will help some elders realize there's a problem with the engine.

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What percentage of elders are single at the time of appointment?

by NeverKnew in

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there are 4 single men who are serving as ms. all are tripping over themselves for attenttion.

do they have to marry off a ministerial servant before taking him to the next level?.

and what percentage of elders are married?

NeverKnew

There are 4 single men who are serving as MS. All are tripping over themselves for attenttion. Do they have to marry off a ministerial servant before taking him to the next level?

And what percentage of elders are married?

Guesstimate....

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Trinitarians! Who is Jesus Christ's father the Holy Spirit or the Father?

by booker-t in

this is one question that trinitarians try to avoid because they have created a very embarrassing problem.

the bible is very clear when the angel tells mary that holy spirit will overshadow her and she will become pregnant.

the angel does not say the father will overshadow her but the holy spirit will and if the holy spirit is a person that would make him the father of jesus.

NeverKnew

Jonza you forgot to recommend the use of non-NWT Bibles.