He looks like he's a circus clown who left the tent.
john.prestor
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That Awkward Moment When ....
by Sea Breeze inyou realize that your spiritual leader may be wackier than previous suicide cult leaders.
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jim jones in happier times.
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Who invented your faith?
by TTWSYF inby some estimates there are up to 40,000 different christian religions.
everyone of them started by a man or a woman.. shakers {ann lee} , quakers [george fox], baptists [john smyth] , mormons [joseph smith] , jws {charles russell] etc, etc can all trace their history to a singular human.. all can do this except for one religion.
catholic church was started by jesus or the apostles or both?.
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john.prestor
Try either, neither Jesus nor the apostles founded the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church came into existence in the second century, before that we know of Gnostic groups with widely different beliefs and practices like the Cerinthians and the Carpocratians. The Catholic Church pretends, like every other Christian group pretended in the second century, that its teachings came from Jesus and the apostles. They didn't. Go read the church father Irenaeus' 'Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching' where all the guy knows about the apostles comes from 2nd century books like Acts of the Apostles.
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Not attracted to "spiritual" people?
by nowawake14 ini was always into boys that had "wordly" tendencies, like giggling at innopropriate jokes, watching scary/horror movies, scary video games, and just being open minded.. even if i ever get together with anybody, he's either gonna be an "awake" jw that is not a stupid pioneer, ministerial servant, elder, etc., and is not as active in the org.
if they're not a jw, maybe i could find someone i could get along with somewhere.
it takes time.
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john.prestor
In my experience most young 'spiritual men' come across is inhibited, weird, or shy... or all three.
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Funeral Fashion
by ThinkerBelle ini have a funeral to attend for a non jw family member and the jdub family member reminded me that i should not wear black.
for the life of me, i can't recall where this belief came from in jw teachings and i'm born in.
is there something in print or is that just a personal opinion belief?
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john.prestor
Great quote Atlantis, thanks for digging that up. I almost laughed when I read the part about in some parts of the world a person's entire life involves some spirit or deity...
Like Jehovah's Witnesses, who let 'Jehovah' decide their life from sunup till sundown?
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Here We Go...AGAIN!
by FedUpJW inso here is a newer post over on that other site that reminds me of wash, rinse, and repeat.. this could be "our last memorial"!!!!
by shannie, wednesday at 08:14 pm in our meetings, ministry, and life as a christian.
well once again the memorial is upon us... tonight at our meeting.. .
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john.prestor
They said that last year! Jesus did they forget already, it's almost funny...
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Serving where the need is great or serving where their needs are great?
by truthseeker inhave any of you come across this rare breed of jw?.
i know a brother who spends 9 months of the year living in a caribbean island where he is an active jw and then he flies back to his home european country for 3 months to work and save up so he can fly back out again.
he is an active jw in his home country.. he's not a missionary and has never been to gilead though he attended pioneer school back in the '90s.
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john.prestor
It gets them serious 'cred' in their home congregation, and I'm guessing it helps get them promotions too since it shows their 'spirituality (commitment). -
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1986--2019-Examining The Scriptures Daily!
by Atlantis inall are bookmarked and searchable.. .. 1986--1990. https://we.tl/t-sqgt9exh5k .
.. 1991--2000. https://we.tl/t-qzbfbiacq8.
.. 2001--2010. https://we.tl/t-yaw2lety01.
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john.prestor
Atlantis, we salute you.
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Serving where the need is great or serving where their needs are great?
by truthseeker inhave any of you come across this rare breed of jw?.
i know a brother who spends 9 months of the year living in a caribbean island where he is an active jw and then he flies back to his home european country for 3 months to work and save up so he can fly back out again.
he is an active jw in his home country.. he's not a missionary and has never been to gilead though he attended pioneer school back in the '90s.
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john.prestor
Yeah, sounds a lot more pleasant than knocking on doors in suburban America or Europe.
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The Incredible Shrinking Watchtower -- What's Up?
by Room 215 inwhat's up with this?
it seems that with the january study magazine it's been trimmed by by four pages.
have any of you commented on this?.
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john.prestor
WtWizard, love your terminology, that's spot on. Koolaid edition, hahaha. Drink up, sheep.
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REVEAL:THE CENTRE OF INVESTIGATING :Jehovah’s Witness leader says child sex abuse claims are ‘lies’
by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara ininterestinng article.
also has more links in the article to read further stuff on jdubs.. https://www.revealnews.org/article/jehovahs-witness-leader-says-child-sex-abuse-claims-are-lies/.
https://www.revealnews.org/article/jehovahs-witnesses-use-1st-amendment-to-hide-child-sex-abuse-claims/.
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john.prestor
Yeah, it's good to call to mind their lies and deflections but we should keep up to date on these things too. These people will not go down without a fight, kicking and screaming that they protect kids and abhor child sex abuse as we bury them in a heap of evidence to the contrary.