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  kingdom halls

  by pepperheart in

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  2. bible

  who owns a kingdom hall is it the local people or is it the watchtower via the branch office.

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  smiddy3

  I think we would all like to know what happened to the Bonham Texas K.H.as that thread is 8 years old anyone ?

  And didn`t the WT come out unscathed with the Menlo Park K.H.? from memory !
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  Beard update

  by Coded Logic in

  1. social
  2. physical

  so it's been over a month since i decided to grow a beard.

  the mustache and chin have come in fuller than i ever imagined - while the cheeks leave me wondering if i'll ever grow enough hair to make it not look so wildly unkept and patchy (if anyone has any advice here it'd be much appreciated).

  but in the mean time i'll give it another month and see how it goes.. .

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  smiddy3

  Looks alright to me Bro....I`ve had mine a good 25 years now and mines all grey
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  Do any of the JWs go out door to door with a territory any more?

  by Spiral in

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  2. beliefs

  i actually had a neighbor ask me that the other day (she knows i'm an "ex" jw) and i didn't really know the answer.

  i know there's a bit of cart witnessing going on (small town) and a lot of driving around to return visits.. but are they actually doing territory, not-at-homes, all of that?

  the neighbor said that eight years ago, when she bought her house, the jws were by "all the time".

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  smiddy3

  A small group of J.W.`s were going D2D a few blocks from my place on Saturday morning and they looked to be teenagers and one young family couple with a pusher .{ poor kid unless the parents wake up }
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  Looking for user names order

  by useruser1914 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  looking for user names order in posts .

  an honest look at the situation.

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  smiddy3

  Useruser1914 send order a couple of pm`s over a couple of days and if you don`t hear anything back by pm from him/her then they obviously don`t want to converse with you .

  So then you just move on .
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  Cancer in Animals

  by Normalfulla in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we were taught sickness and death is a result of the sin inherited from adam and eve, so why do animals get cancer?

  they are supposedly still as big j intended, so therefore cancer is a creation by the big fella himself?.

  just an exercise for one's who believe in the whole bible story thing.. (not me)... any others anomalies you can think of ?

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  smiddy3

  Their are many scriptures in the Bible that claim God is a protector of animals in that he has laid down laws to protect the animals. As the O.P. points out animals suffer many of the afflictions humans have , then why is that ?

  Maybe that is all bullshit that he cares about animals. .Consider a few pointers .

  God has shown his thirst for blood when he approved Abel`s sacrifice over Cain`s { surely the first fruits of the earth should have satisfied a God ?}

  He destroyed every living animal and bird life in the world in the flood of Noah`s day { apparently not marine life }

  And throughout the Old Testament God has continually sought blood sacrifices of bulls,Sheep ,Birds ,

  1 Kings 8:63-66 , 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep slaughtered to inaugurate the house of Jehovah {a bit of an overkill don`t you think?}

  Animals are supposed to act on instinct that the creator instilled in them right ?

  How do bears know that their are Salmon migrating up river to spawn and they prey on them at the right time ?

  How do birds know that their are fish in the ocean that they can dive in and feed off ?

  How do land animals know their is food for them in the ocean or rivers if it is not already instilled in them from creation by God.

  Isa.11:6-9 It has never been the case and will never be the case ,animals ,bird life and marine life never had anything to do with the so called fall of man and their is no justification for their suffering that they do .
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  Kingdom Interlinear Version

  by Lynnie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my mom has gone into assisted living and i've discovered a treasure trove of old wt publications, 2 interlinear bibles for example.

  is anyone interested in these?

  i live in seattle..

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  smiddy3

  I would but the trouble is I live in Australia , damn!

  The name Jehovah { Tetragrammaton} does not appear in the Greek Text that the New World Translation is based on , so my view is the name should not be in the New Testament.

  In that publication printed by the WTB&TS Jesus never uttered the name Jehovah

  The Apostles never uttered that name,

  and neither did any of the disciples or anybody else use that name Jehovah in the Greek Text.
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  I think I was terribly wrong...

  by sinboi in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have once commented under the topic "are you better off as a worldly person or a jw?

  i am a born-in but left nearly a year ago at age 16. i would say when i was a jw and was still fully convinced that it is the truth, i was happier.

  i have a hope then.

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  I should be happy that I found out about TTATT at a young age.

  I realize now how fortunate I am .

  Don`t be too hard on yourself sinboi ,you will be O.K.

  I was a convert as a 20 yr. old married in the "truth" 1960 and brought up two boys with the belief they would never go to high school.they are both married now with families of their own , thankfully we are all out of the religion.

  Though it took me 33 years to know TTATT and at first it was a bit traumatic and I was a bit paranoid about coming to sites like this when I eventually got a computer.

  Now I just want to share what I can and hope it helps someone somewhere.

  Take care my young friend.
  
  
  
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  Waiting for Jehovah's witnesses

  by sinboi in

  1. social
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  my mom : why are you leaving the door open?.

  me : jehovah's wintesses are around.

  i am waiting for them.. my mom ; what for?.

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  J.W : Gives his witness presentation to a householder

  H.H. : So to cut to the chase what you really want is for me to be a witness for Jehovah right ?

  J.W. : Somewhat taken aback by the response say`s "Well yes that would be a good thing "

  H.H.: then replies " I`m sorry but I never saw the accident " and then closed the door.
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  49th Anniversary of my PAROLE from Federal prison

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  today is the 49th anniversaryof my parole from federal prison.

  in french, "parole" means 'word of honor'.in effect, a prisoner promises the authorities they will be honorable.. in 1967, i violated the u.s. military training and service act.about 25,000 draft age americans simply ran away to canada.i did not run.

  i stayed and gave my 'witness.".

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  smiddy3

  I was one of the lucky one`s in Australia my birth date exempted me in the ballot box.And that was about a year or 18 months before I became a convert .

  I often wondered what would have happened had my number came up ?
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  Another marriage bites the dust ...

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ... and this time it was mine.. mrs. eden decided to part ways and leave home, and so our 25 year long partnership is now dissolving.

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  just another colateral damage in a long list of colateral damages from being raised in the "truth".

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  smiddy3

  So sorry to hear this EdenOne I hope you both find happiness and glad to hear you still have an amiable friendship with each other.