Posts by grumblecakes

i don't believe the bible is inerrant nor do i hold a 'christian worldview' any longer as my profile details say (which i am unable to update on my profile), but i just can't see how anyone can be absolutely 100% confident there is nothing out there we can call a 'god' or spirit creature in the face of endless first-hand accounts of paranormal and occult experiences that felt as 'real' to the person who experienced them as anything else in their lives.. there are untold reports of ghosts, faith-healing, ouija boards, seances, spirit mediums, stigmata, mystical born-again experiences, speaking in tongues, and then there's hypnotism, ufo sightings, poltergeists, remote viewing, etc, etc.

ok, so its mostly only anecdotal evidence, but the amount of it is so overwhelming it is practically corroborating evidence.

in the face of all this, how can anyone categorically assert that there is nothing out there that is beyond ourselves that we might call a 'god' or spirit creature?

grumblecakes

iwas think8g this same thing, just too afraid too ask..

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How often did you entertain the "Traveling Overseers", and did you regret it afterwards?

by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

i found taking the traveling overseers out for a meal, to be a waste of time.

our literature regulary spoke of the upbuilding talk the local congregations received by entertaining our brothers.

now some of the modern cos look at their telecommunication devices, talk of things not related to our ministry or phone it in.

grumblecakes

oh my dear friend & husband (

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Witness Speak: the worst of collection

by grumblecakes in

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friends

so we all know the jw vocabulary is a weird one.

what words or phrases bugged you the most?.

a few of mine:.

grumblecakes

i feel like for some reason a good deal of witness vocab is stuck in the 40' & 50's. as i read the posts on this i see people mentioning terms like "heavy petting" and i realize "yeah, when was the last time you heard a non jw say something like that? while watching a cautionary PSA from 1952?

also, "pioneers" has always bothered me...because it takes some real streaching to make it not a weird term for "people who go door to door a lot", when in common usage it means "1. people who have settled a new area or 2. opened up new areas of reseach and or development".

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Crazy Watchtower Edition

by biblecheck in

sometimes the watchtower takes it too far to find new readers, but this january 2013 issue really takes the cake.... ...this will become a collectors item for sure!!.

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grumblecakes

so about the parody covers, there was one i remembers circulating amongst at least active JWs around 2001-2003ish (when i was in very good standing) "awake: Jive , should you dig it?"

anybody, remember that one?

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Crazy Watchtower Edition

by biblecheck in

sometimes the watchtower takes it too far to find new readers, but this january 2013 issue really takes the cake.... ...this will become a collectors item for sure!!.

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grumblecakes

I havent picked up my mags in like 2.5 months...this isnt real is it? This is just for s**ts and giggles right?

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JW Sister Missing near Portland, OR

by tresdecu in

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friends

grumblecakes

Poor thing, I hope we are all wrong and she's ok.

I did have a knee jerk gag reflex when her husband said "I'm sure if something happened that she objected to she would be vocal about it"...did he mean the whole JW scream insistance thing? Eh I hope not...

Wow, they canclled the meeting to look for her! They actually did the exact right thing. Good. Hope she just ran away and is safe somewhere.

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Witness Speak: the worst of collection

by grumblecakes in

jw
friends

so we all know the jw vocabulary is a weird one.

what words or phrases bugged you the most?.

a few of mine:.

grumblecakes

@Fed Up-yeah I second "need greaters". That's just stupid and irratating sounding.

Uggghh, Witness slang *groan*

Need Grater, Noun:

(1) A tool used to grate your need on when you want shredded need.