Posts by Thirdson

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Is there a Mormon equivalent to JWD?

by nicolaou in

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if any of you know of a mormon discussion board that even comes close to the traffic we get here please let me know.

just doing a little research.. nic'

Thirdson

Thanks Blondie. One of the links contains the Mormon Dictionary

:Internet: Pre 2002 - God's tool to assist in spreading the Gospel. Post 2002 - Satan's Playground (make sure you use an LDS ISP)

I guess the Internet causes as big a problem to the LDS as the WTS. How long before the WTS has its own ISP?

:Jehovah's Witnesses : Like Mormons, but without the weirder bits.

Glad I was never brought up in a weird cult then!

3rd

I liked this one too as it seems familiar:

adult: an eight year old to be baptised (but we consider child baptism to be wrong)

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Theocratic Ministry School

by Nosferatu in

jw
friends

the tms had always somewhat intrigued me when i was a jw.

it was actually a fascinating part of the thursday night meeting.

you never graduated, your grades didn't range from a to f, and it was mandatory to applaud after a new "classmate" gives their first talk.

Many of us have benefited from the TMS. It has helped me, I can comfortably address large groups of people, chair meetings, conduct training and demonstration sessions. However, I still have recurring dreams with either of two problems when ever I am facing some serious event. In my dreams I am often inappropriately dressed, in my underwear, just a bathrobe or naked. The other problem is the inability to read material in front of me, either words make no sense or are smudged. If my dreams parallel my fears I haven't gotten over them completely yet.

3rd

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Do you ever mention to anyone you were a JW ??? or keep it secret ???

by run dont walk in

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workmates, friends, school friends etc,.

do you ever mention it, or if someone asks you your religion, do you ever mention it, or keep it in your past ??

Thirdson

I rarely confessed to being a JW when I was one, and I hardly tell anyone I used to be one. My closest friends know and obviously my wife and her family and her closest friends know. Matters of religion are discussed occasionally at work but the issues that made you different, Christmas, birthdays etc make no difference now. Those that know my personal history will never, ever become JWs.

3rd

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How far back do you remember?

by dh in

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friends

what are your first memories?

i started to write a post about this the other day but it turned into a bio, so i deleted it.. my first memory is my mom carrying me into a house and putting me on the floor with another boy, and talking to some guy behind me while i watched the other kid playing with a board game.

it turned out that the other kid was my older brother, the man was my real father who i never met, and because of the time frame of events i was well under a year old when this happened.. i also remember being rocked to sleep as a baby by my mom, and trying to tell her i wasn't tired but not being able to.. do you have early memories?

Thirdson

I remember several events around the time Fourthson was born. I was 2 yrs and 7 months old.

3rd

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United Nations in Prophecy

by littlemike in

hello i am new to this board, but wen out of truth about 18 months ago.

reading crisis of conscience etc helped me greatly.

however like most of you still recovering.

Thirdson

Poztate,

ROFLMAO

3rd

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generation change

by littlemike in

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friends

hello this is my first topic on this forum.. i left the jws 18 months ago and am still recovering.

it was after reading crisis of conscience that i was brave enough to leave although i had serious doubts before i was always scared in case it was right!!

and i was wrong.. however when they changed the generation in 1995 that caused me great trauma as i had accepted that as absolute fact and based my life on it.

Thirdson

LittleMike,

I already had doubts but when the Generation change was made I really thought something was wrong with the religion. I was out for good a little over a year later. Like you I had long believed that the end would come within my working life if not sooner (I was still in school in 1975 and we all expected the big A around that time). Now I am planning catch-up and saving for the years in the latter part of my life when I should be taking it easy and enjoying life to the full.

Welcome too!

3rd

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United Nations in Prophecy

by littlemike in

hello i am new to this board, but wen out of truth about 18 months ago.

reading crisis of conscience etc helped me greatly.

however like most of you still recovering.

Thirdson

Poztate,

Perhaps it would be wise not to speculate who the "faithful and discrete slave" is as well. Meantime after studying Isaiah good JWs will redo Revelation and consider how the 2nd trumpet blast was fulfilled when Judge Rutherford blew his nose at the International Convention in Neverheardof Springs, Idaho.

3rd

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Do other religions use the name Jehovah?

by JH in

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when people hear the name jehovah, they automatically think jehovah witnesses.

i know that in old catholic bibles, the word jehovah might be found or jahweh.

is it the jw's who came out with that name first or did other religions use it before the jw's?

Thirdson

I was quite surprised at how frequently the name Jehovah and Yahweh are used in other churches. Not in every other sentence (ala JWs) but in prayers, collects, hymns and anthems. As for "Guide Me Oh Thou Great Jehovah," it is a great hymn.

3rd

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Liquor/Mixed Drink survey

by dustyb in

jw
friends

ok, i've done the beer survey, now its the mixed drinks survey.. i personally like the 4 horseman (1/4 jack 1/4 rum 151, 1/4 everclear, and 1/4 tequila).

it'll put you on your ass quick.

i also like a good bull buster (yager w/ red bull).

Thirdson

My favorite mix was the Manhattan I had at the Sioux Falls SD, Raddison. I had a free drink coupon given to me when I checked in and, later in the bar, I asked the girl serving for a Manhattan. Apparently new, or just filling in, she said she didn't know how to mix one. I said, "it's 5 parts Bourbon and 2 parts dry Vermouth with a dash of Bitters, on the rocks." She made a drink with 5 shots of Bourbon and 2 of Vermouth!

I tried again the next night but the real bar tender was on duty and the drink was considerably smaller.

3rd

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Serena Williams

by Kenneson in

see "serena's next game.

sidelined by knee surgery, the tennis champ talks about life off the court--including her acting career.".

and check out sister venus as she models serena's designs!

Thirdson

Flower,

Good for them!! If I was smarter when I was their age I would have told the JW's to take their rules and SHOVE them too!

I agree, I wish I could have been like that. I hope they become role models for new young JW kids. Unless they are rich and famous I doubt many who who copy the sisters Williams will be allowed to stay as good standing JWs...but that is not a bad thing.

3rd