Posts by Rattigan350

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Emotional Moment...

by babygirl30 in

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yesterday i was looking to share a pic with a friend of mine, and i swore it was in my photo albums (i have 3).

so i start going through them, and i see so many jw pics!

i had a huge group of friends when i was 'in', and so there is just pic after pic of assemblies, dinners, game nights, rbc projects, my family and the house i grew up in, people from the hall, etc.

I've been thinking back how in the 70s and early 80s while growing up and attending meetings and assemblies, I don't remember anything about them or anything particular that happened. But what I remember is the softball games when several congregations got together, sledding parties, weddings and receptions. I remember camping at the conventions but not the conventions themselves. While they are so big on family worship, but the kids don't remember those things. They remember the extra-curricular activities with the congregations.

Fognomore, I am in the same boat as you are being married to a PIMI.

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JW Phrases

by Holden Caufield in

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what some jw phrases that you hate?.

Rattigan350

Self abuse. If a spouse does that does it mean that it is Spousal abuse?

Care and keeping

Family worship - The Bible says children are to be taught at all times, not 1 hour a week.

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Topix forums gone

by Roddy in

i don't know if anyone here did topix or used topix for jw news or other religion news and discussions but today topix dropped all their religion forums, discussion forums, news aggregates, .... everything!

except for some of their entertainment portals and info panels.

now i don't have a place that aggregates jw related news.. .

Rattigan350

Excellent. Topixs was just a place for slander.

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Are the G.B.members really good business people ?

by smiddy3 in

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if i was an author of a book i think i would be over the moon if i was guaranteed a sale of around 5 million or more books for my work.. the jehovah`s witnesses have over 8 million members plus relatives that are fringe dwellers who come to the memorial once a year ,.

so what a gold mine they have been sitting on as a publishing house .. why didn`t they keep publishing books for the faithful ,they could have even upped the price , and the faithful would have paid especially in prosperous country`s in the west.. they could have milked this venture for years to come as the faithful would have bought anything they would have published .. and their prophets (profits) would have soared ,literally and figuratively for many more years to come ..

Rattigan350

"They believe and teach blood fractions is NOT BLOOD."

That is correct, blood fractions is not blood. Neither should plasma be as that is the stuff that blood rides on.

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Elders and Attendants sing, clap and turn backs on Street Preacher after Duluth RC.

by ToesUp in

very strange behavior by the attendants and elders after the duluth, ga, rc.

on the first link the attendants start to exit the arena, then line up and turn their backs on the street preachers.

(around the 6:00 mark).. elders and attendants after duluth rc.

Rattigan350

They should have called the police and had him removed from the property.

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JW elders stumped by Watchtower Publications

by Roger Kirkpatrick in

i was approached by two jehovah’s witness elders who handed me a pamphlet advertising the jw .org website.

each man carried a bible and an apple ipad.

they told me that they enjoyed visiting with people about the bible, and asked if i was a bible reader.

Rattigan350

That's not a doctrine that can be proven wrong.

Rev 19:1 says a great crowd in heaven but that is a description not an identifier of the specific group that John saw in Rev 7.

Having only 144,000 go to heaven to rule with Jesus makes perfect sense as what other reason would human be taken to heaven.

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Jehovah's Witnesses and the Great Crowd

by Meshech in

as jesus christ was preparing to go to his death, he encouraged his disciples with these words:.

"in my father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, i would have told you.

i go to prepare a place for you.

Rattigan350

"In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also." (John 14:2-3).

When Jesus said that he was talking to his apostles and disciples. He was stating that he will die and go to heaven as a spirit and then prepare a place for them there by casting Satan out of Heaven. But he was not referring to all believers. Just those ones with him.

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JW's will NOT like the first months of life in the Paradise! (University Research)

by fulltimestudent in

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have you ever wondered (when you were an active believer) what life would be like immediately after the big a?.

in my experience of the pre-big a spiritual paradise most witnesses were aware of the problem posed by the dead bodies of those slain by the bloody minded, would-be mass murderer jesus.

most liked to quote the author of the revelation, that carrion birds would eat the carcasses.

Rattigan350

Perhaps they will just turn to dust like Thanos did.

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Facebook evangelising

by jhine in

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2226652490738312&set=a.106546726082243&type=3&theater this was posted on fb by a witness who l am " friends " with .

she has since posted another jw propaganda piece .

these look like they are from the wt and are official evangelising tools .

Rattigan350

"Funny that the book "Aid To Bible Understanding" printed by Jehovah`s Witnesses admitted that the name Jehovah was not the most accurate and that Yahweh was probably a more accurate rendering."

The name YHWH, Yahweh is Hebrew and was given to Hebrew speaking people. If God gave his name to English speaking people he would give it as Jehovah. The same way that Yeshua was Jesus' Hebrew name given to Mary, but in Engish was say Jesus.

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Two witness rule: who cares?

by _Morpheus in

i find people railing against the so called “two witness rule” puzzling.

i think its a complete and total non issue.

for those that protest, argue or advocate for change in that rule, why?

Rattigan350

Phoebe said "Because it's devastating when an elder says to you 'it's your word against his, nothing we can do.'"

What do you expect them to do? Believe all women? The two witness rule presents some due process. With the Kavanagh hearings it was just his word vs her word. Do you ruin a man's, family's reputation with cooberating evidence?