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Dump Truck Religion

by startingover in

this was in the letters to the editors in our local paper:.

a dump-truck religion.

dialogue is out of the question with people who have a dump-truck religion.

Dump Truck Religion

by startingover in

this was in the letters to the editors in our local paper:.

a dump-truck religion.

dialogue is out of the question with people who have a dump-truck religion.

startingover

This was in the letters to the editors in our local paper:

A DUMP-TRUCK RELIGION

Dialogue is out of the question with people who have a dump-truck religion. They have a load; they drive in and dump it; they're outta there. The delivery of their words completes their mission. It is not connected to your response.

The good they do lies in delivery, not in consumption. That is their understanding of "love thy neighbor as thyself." They are delighted when you agree with them, and equally satisfied, if not happy, if you respond negatively. That only helps them to become martyrs suffering "for righteousness sake."

Give up hopes of dialogue. You can't win, and in their minds they can't lose. "No dark is so dark as the darkness of a mind that is closed."

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"Deliverance at Hand" District Convention Invitation

by Elsewhere in

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truthsetsonefree has provided spiritual food at the proper time by emailing me these scans.... this is the little hand-bill invitation for the next district convention that we've been hearing about.

considering the fact that most jws never actually read such things before handing them out, i suspect that many people will be given these things but never actually told when and where the convention will be held!

on the back it says: "the local congregation of jehovahs witnesses invites you to attend the convention that will be held at the time and location shown here.

startingover

jstalin

Great observations. They like to give the impression the guy is growing his own food, but where are the guys working in the factory producing the nails and shingles and lumber, and what tools are they using up there on the roof, who made those.

It's very irritating for me now to see those pictures, it's all such a fantasy.

Sir82 and Daniel-P You posted while I was, great observations as well

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LETTERS THAT DEAR ABBY ADMITTED THAT SHE WAS AT A LOSS TO ANSWER...

by startingover in

dear abby,.

a couple of women moved in across the hall from me.

one is a middle .

startingover

Dear Abby,
A couple of women moved in across the hall from me. One is a middle
aged gym teacher and the other is a social worker in her mid
twenties. These two women go everywhere together and I've never seen a man go into or
leave their apartment. Do you think they could be Lebanese? Dear Abby,
What can I do about all the sex, nudity, language and violence on my
VCR?

Dear Abby,
I have a man I can't trust. He cheats so much, I'm not even sure the
baby I'm carrying is his. Dear Abby,
I am a twenty-three year old liberated woman who has been on the pill
for two years. It's getting expensive and I think my boy friend should
share half the cost, but I don't know him well enough to discuss money with him.

Dear Abby,
I've suspected that my husband has been fooling around, and when
confronted with the evidence, he denied everything and said it would never
happen again.

Dear Abby,
Our son writes that he is taking Judo. Why would a boy who was raised in a good Christian home turn against his own?

Dear Abby,
I joined the Navy to see the world. I've seen it. Now, how do I get
out?

Dear Abby,
My forty year old son has been paying a psychiatrist $50.00 an hour
every week for two and a half years. He must be crazy.

Dear Abby,
I was married to Bill for three months and I didn't know he drank
until one night he came home sober. Dear Abby,
My mother is mean and short tempered. I think she is going through
mental pause.

Dear Abby,
You told some woman whose husband had lost all interest in sex
to send him to a doctor. Well, my husband lost all interest in sex and he
is a doctor! Now what do I do?

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607 vs 586 - Why should WTS care?

by james_woods in

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of course, there must have been a thousand threads on this debate.. having read a few of them, i say who cares?

particularly, the society?

ok, so lets say it really was 21 years later than they thought...but using their same (flawed) chronology theory:.

startingover

I am of the opinion that the younger ones don't know about it, and many of the older ones could care less if it's wrong. If the WTS came out tomorrow and admitted they were totally wrong, most would stay JW's because it has evolved into nothing more than a social club.

I have been told several times that even if it was all wrong, what better group of people could you be associated with. And I thought people were attracted to it because it was the "truth". Guess I was wrong.

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Has Noah's Ark been found? New satellite images of anomaly on Mt. Ararat

by truthseeker in

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if this turns out to be the ark, it will be huge!.

http://www.space.com/news/060309_ark_update.html.

exclusive: satellite sleuth closes in on noah's ark mystery .

startingover

Haven't we already been down this road

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/14/109372/1.ashx

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Do Some JW Elders Secretly Consider It Possible That They Are Wrong?

by West70 in

i recently heard this "experience" from a now "christian" former jw, which has not previously been publicly communicated.

this jw then moved back to their home area (no jw relatives), and simply continued living their already-in-progress non-jw life.

inevitably, this exjw christian started bumping into their jw former associates.

startingover

SickOfLies and Osmosis,

LMAO! What a great way to let this thread die.

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Do Some JW Elders Secretly Consider It Possible That They Are Wrong?

by West70 in

i recently heard this "experience" from a now "christian" former jw, which has not previously been publicly communicated.

this jw then moved back to their home area (no jw relatives), and simply continued living their already-in-progress non-jw life.

inevitably, this exjw christian started bumping into their jw former associates.

startingover

I don't get why Sherry's comments required such an attack. What does her being gay or not believing in your jesus have to do with her comments to what you posted?

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