Posts by Thirdson

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Friends of the other sex in the JW's

by JH in

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how is it seen if a single adult brother sits right next to a single adult sister at the kingdom hall?

rumours get going, right?

one thing i never liked in the jw's was that you just couldn't be good friends with people of the other sex.

Thirdson

Even when I was a JW I never made 'sisters' sit in the back of my car. I viewed it that to do so would either mean to the sister that I didn't trust myself or I didn't trust them. I went out on field service with married and single sisters. I worked with everyone from kids to the elderly.

I never had opposite sex friends until I quit being a JW. When I remarried I had a female friend (Kathy) be a grooms-person at my wedding. I see Kathy nearly everyday, I work with her now and occasionally we have lunch together. I have other opposite sex friends who I see less frequently. I don't see it as an issue at all. However, I think the Watchtower is preoccupied with sex and their doctrine is no one is trust worthy.

Thirdson

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2014, will the watchtower be celebrating, 100 years of a big mistake ?????

by run dont walk in

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october 2014, should be an interesting watchtower !!!.

wonder what the articles will be ????????.

celebrating 100 years of oops.. we never said 1914, only religions of the world did.. why 1914 is not important.. why the watchtower never makes predictions like other religions.. .

Thirdson

1914 A Historic Year - Watchtower December 1, 2014

...while some of Jehovah's Witnesses, knowing the significance of the 2520 year prophetic period, speculated that this year did see the invisible return of Christ, a better understanding of the scriptures leads us to conclude that this year marked the announcement period of the John the Baptist class.

We bring a heart of wisdom and humility to the revised understanding of the pre-presence announcement period where Jehovah's people have acted as a voice crying out in the wilderness and have prepared the way for the arrival of Christ. Unfaithful Christendom has been totally oblivious to the great preparatory work that has been going on for some 100 years...

..some have even claimed that Jehovah's Witnesses are false prophets. Far from it. Jehovah God has gradually revealed the understanding of this marked year and even though some individuals were wrong in their thinking the facts prove beyond doubt that 1914 was indeed the marked year from Bible prophecy.

...while a hundred years may seem like a long period of time from a human standpoint, surpassing the duration of what is regarded as a generation we must remember that "1 day to Jehovah is as a 1000 years to us" and hence the 100 years of preaching and preparing for the second presence has been just a relatively small amount of time...

1) a - What have Jehovah's Witnesses long known about 1914?

3) - Who have shown themselves to truly be the John the Baptist class and how?

15) - Why are Jehovah's Witnesses not false prophets?

19) - What will be our resolve in the these last days before the second presence?

Thirdson

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If you decided to try a church, which one would you try?and why?

by LyinEyes in

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i have been thinking of doing something i have wanted to for along time, just to see, that is go to a church.

i guess i am a little afraid , or nervous , more than anything, but i feel i ready to venture out there and see what it is about,,,,,,,,,,,lol, i might not stay , i just want to try it.. i just want to give it a chance and right now i have no reason why i shouldnt if i go in with my eyes open.

i dont know what religion to start with,,,,,,,,, i figure this may be a journey on finding what feels right to me, or it could end up i stay home and do my own worship , who knows.. i know there are many christains on this board and i would be interested in hearing why you choose the faith you did, if it is methodist, catholic, baptist, or other mainstream ones.. i am also interested in other forms of religion some have choosen, and why?

Thirdson

I did one of those on-line surveys and found out I was a prime candidate for Liberal Quakers. I often think about attending a Quaker service. A college professor acquaitance told me he went to the Quakers as soon as Gulf War II started to find solice. I may give it a try just to see what it is like.

Thirdson

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When Was The Last Time You Set Foot In a Kingdom Hall?

by minimus in

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weeks?

months?

years??

Thirdson

Hey Freedom,

It was at the memorial in 1997 that sitting there I finally decided to quit completely and never return. Must have been a "good" one that year.

Thirdson

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When Was The Last Time You Set Foot In a Kingdom Hall?

by minimus in

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weeks?

months?

years??

Thirdson

June 1998, I took my parents to a KH when they visited me. It was highly tedious for me and the unfriendliness disappointed my parents. (I took them to visit a congregation that I had never been to before, so know one knew me. But still, my parents were visiting from out of country, even I thought more than two people might have spoken to them.)

I actually quit attending meetings after March, 1997.

Thirdson

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Why Do JW's Applaud At The End Of Each Day's District Convention Prayer?

by minimus in

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any ideas??

?

Thirdson

I always felt that US conventions had way too much applause, may be the British are more reserved and only politely applaud at the end of each talk whereas in the US there seemed to be applause in response to every rhetorical question.

In 1978 at Dodger Stadium in LA I remember one of the first speakers on the program exhorting the brothers not to applaud so much, which was immediately followed by applause, duh! I can't remember when clapping after the final prayer started. At least in the UK, I seem to think, this was reserved for the final prayer on the last day and was a sort of appreciation for the whole assembly and "phew, I am glad it's all over."

I didn't clap much and felt a simple "amen" was sufficient.

Thirdson

14

Changing of the Guard

by Thirdson in

my mother attended the funeral of an elderly jw recently.

the person that passed away was in her 90's had been a jw since the 1930's and her late husband was one of the "annointed" although she didn't claim that for herself.

every few months i hear of old jws passing away.

Thirdson

Hi everyone,

Thanks for the comments and reflections and for the hugs, Essie and its nice to meet you too Little Witch. TJ, I've been around frequently but not written a great deal. I have a lot of things happening right now and after June 2 I will hopefully have some good news and will write about it.
Bikerchic's comment about the "woe to the pregnant women......" syndrome really bugs me. My mother relates how the faithful chided her for being pregnant when she was carrying me! I sat through the DC in 1987 listening to a talk about irresponsible child-rearing at this time with my pregnant wife (now-ex). My son is 15 and will be a sophomore at high school in September. In three years he'll be in college. If we'd all done as the Watchtower suggested there be several missing generations.

Regarding the latter thought in this thread, the old-timers and the hoax, I think many feel that way but blank the thought out because their whole world will collapse if they reason about it. My Dad is like that, he got quite upset recently when I asked him about current Watchtower thinking on the role of the United Nations and the unknown 'King of the North'. I pushed him too far when I asked him to explain who the 'faithful and discrete slave" is/are and what relationship the JW GB has to all the so-called 'anointed'. He quit the conversation at that point because he knows there is a big hole in JW doctrine.

The last time I spoke to my mom I tip-toed around our conversation. I bit my tongue when she explained how lucky they are to have a supplementary pension from dad's last employer (16 years)...I didn't say anything about not planning for retirement with the end so soon. I think my mom bit her tongue when I commented on the importance of planning for retirement and how I felt that I couldn't rely on getting a penny from the UK government when I retire despite 17 years of paying in to the state system, and that I am dependant on investing now for my future.

As for the strength of conviction of the younger JW generations, if the Watchtower said that the door-to-door ministry was an optional service (as opposed to voluntary) how many JWs would ever knock a door again? I guess that the number would be a single digit percentage and that within a year field service would be gone forever.

Regards,

Thirdson

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Changing of the Guard

by Thirdson in

my mother attended the funeral of an elderly jw recently.

the person that passed away was in her 90's had been a jw since the 1930's and her late husband was one of the "annointed" although she didn't claim that for herself.

every few months i hear of old jws passing away.

Thirdson

My mother attended the funeral of an elderly JW recently. The person that passed away was in her 90's had been a JW since the 1930's and her late husband was one of the "annointed" although she didn't claim that for herself. Every few months I hear of old JWs passing away. These are the people of my parents generation,the old faithful JWs who lived through the 60s and the excitement of the soon-to-come-end circa 1975. These are the ones who had all the knowledge, knew JW doctrine and all its changes and were the ones that answered up in the "deep" Watchtower studies and the book studies.

The old guard is changing. No longer will there be any JWs who remember 8 day conventions, or even 5 day conventions with evening sessions. They are handing over to the wishy-washy generation who never bother to read any of the "food" and who always relied on the old-timers to be there. It doesn't bode well for this organization. The central core is dying off and I don't believe those of the great influx of the 70s and 80s are that willing to keep supporting the end-is-coming-soon notion and all that that entails.

In 11 years time my dad will be 84, I wonder what will be left of the 1914 doctrine and whether he will live to see the death of the parousia.

Thirdson

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Lunar Landing Story

by hippikon in

on july 20, 1969, as commander of the apollo 11 lunar module, neil armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon.

his first words after stepping on the moon, "that's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind", were televised to earth and heard by millions.

but just before he reentered the lander, he made the enigmatic remark: "good luck, mr.

Thirdson

Hi Hippikon,

In the version I read it was oral sex, "you want oral sex?"

Unfortunately, it isn't a true story, I wish it were though. It's just another urban legend.

Thirdson

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West Indian Goat Curry

by Thirdson in

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this is a bit of fluff and maybe i should inlcude it in the "cookbook" thread but.... yesterday at supper, (it was curry night and i cook the curry), we were discussing food and i told my wife that one of my best curry memories is west indian curried goat that i ate at a number times at west indian (jw of course) weddings.

after the normal reception buffet, and the wedding cake, (traditional english sort, fruit, brandy, marzipan, and icing) these weddings included a late night serving of goat curry.

i guess the enormous quantity of curry must have been cooking all day long but it tasted wonderful.. i spent the first 10 years of my life in a inner city area of the english midlands and attended a multi-racial school where being white was not a majority.

Thirdson

This is a bit of fluff and maybe I should inlcude it in the "cookbook" thread but...

Yesterday at supper, (it was curry night and I cook the curry), we were discussing food and I told my wife that one of my best curry memories is West Indian Curried Goat that I ate at a number times at West Indian (JW of course) weddings. After the normal reception buffet, and the wedding cake, (Traditional English sort, fruit, brandy, marzipan, and icing) these weddings included a late night serving of goat curry. I guess the enormous quantity of curry must have been cooking all day long but it tasted wonderful.

I spent the first 10 years of my life in a inner city area of the English Midlands and attended a multi-racial school where being white was not a majority. The cong of JWs we attended was mix of white, Carribean and Greek Cypriot and even after we left the area we attended a number of weddings from the old congregation as the kids we knew and grew up with matured and married.

If anyone has a traditional goat curry they would like to share please let me know. I have collected a number for the "net" but until I try them all I will not know if I am getting close.

Thirdson