Posts by Unclepenn1

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Weirdest door to door experience (fiction)

by Unclepenn1 in

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ok, this is a follow up to kenneson's wonderful post about the strangest door to door experience you have ever had.

i thought it would be fun to start one that was make believe.

you know, spin a tale that is fantasy but make it sound real, (or make it sound fake).. example[fake one]- one time i was with some brothers on fs and after waiting at a certain door for a couple of minutes, out of nowhere, a group of ninja's jumped out and went ballistic on us.... or something like that.. anyway, i thought it would be funny.

Unclepenn1

OK, this is a follow up to Kenneson's wonderful post about the strangest door to door experience you have ever had. I thought it would be fun to start one that was make believe. You know, spin a tale that is fantasy but make it sound real, (or make it sound fake).

Example[Fake one]- One time I was with some brothers on FS and after waiting at a certain door for a couple of minutes, out of nowhere, a group of ninja's jumped out and went ballistic on us.... Or something like that.

Anyway, I thought it would be funny. The winner gets a free gift mailed to their home by me :) (Hint: It's a book)

Penn

P.S. No it's not a Bible

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Did you have a "religious experience" ?

by refiners fire in

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by "religious experience" i mean a moment, an incident, where you felt that god was directly addressing you thru a public talk, a watchtower article.

did god give you a "sign" that convicted you of the truth of "the truth"?.

my mother told me about one she had.

Unclepenn1

Adonai, as always, I totally agree! Gold_Morning, you are a blessing to have here ((hugs))

Penn

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What is the most unBiblical teaching of the JWs?

by jerome in

it has been said that the jws hold to many beliefs that are unnsupported scripturally and inforce many 'unwritten' rules which they refer to as 'principles'.. i would like to start off the thread with what i think is the most important unbiblical teaching that they need to promote inorder to exist.. the watchtower teaches that "a prophet is able to make mistakes while he is speaking for god and still be considered as true.

mind you that these are not slips of the tounge but doctrines and predictions that have been promoted for years and have only been modified only after the watchtower had no choice but to change them.. this in my opinion is the most unscriptural teaching that the watchtower promotes.

if it werent for this teaching then the watchtower would most definately have to be marked as a false prophet!

Unclepenn1

Any *major* doctrine a religion has built off of a parable, or a Psalm, or from Revelation, is a red flag. Get your running shoes on cause it's time to split!

parable- The faithful and discreet slave story

Revelation- 144,000 amongst others

Psalm- earthly paradise (psalm 37?)

Penn

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hello from new person

by monkey in

hi, im a young annointed also!!

no just kidding.

im not a jw, i was on this board a while ago as morrigan, we have gotten a new computer and all that stuff.

Unclepenn1

my little monkey **he he** My mom used to call me that too **blush**

Penn

P.S. De-program these kids quick!

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ANOINTED Jehovah Witness has no doubt,

by lotus in

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hello, i am new to this website, but have to be straightforward and say that i do not agree with most subjects and contents.

i am an active jehovah witness, but i am very lonely so i am looking for others with the "hope" or to speak to those that know someone that does.

it has been a long , hard road for me.

Unclepenn1

>> we are NO different from them except we didnt have to wear funny clothes.

Just really uncomfortable and scratchy clothing in the noon day sun going door to door preaching a false gospel.

Penn

Glad you are here Lotus:) Just remember, there is FREEDOM in Jesus. Religion = slavery / Jesus = Life and Peace

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Jr Ex JW's

by Xena in

my daughter is interested in posting on here, but there doesn't seem to be any other pint sized exjw's around.

anyone out there have kids that would like to post with her or possibly be pen pals?.

she is 7 years old but is at a 3rd grade reading and comprehension level so any kids up to 10 or so might like to correspond with her...... anyway just a thought...

Unclepenn1

Please don't open your daughter up to all the garbage some people say around here. I dont think it would be beneficial. Just my opinion ;)

Penn

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Did you have a "religious experience" ?

by refiners fire in

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by "religious experience" i mean a moment, an incident, where you felt that god was directly addressing you thru a public talk, a watchtower article.

did god give you a "sign" that convicted you of the truth of "the truth"?.

my mother told me about one she had.

Unclepenn1

Kenneson, that's great! THAT is ministry :)

Penn

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Did you have a "religious experience" ?

by refiners fire in

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friends

by "religious experience" i mean a moment, an incident, where you felt that god was directly addressing you thru a public talk, a watchtower article.

did god give you a "sign" that convicted you of the truth of "the truth"?.

my mother told me about one she had.

Unclepenn1

> The Momos were trying to convict me of theirs being the True church in these last days,and they help up a picture of Joseph Smith (The prophet) and asked me to focus upon it while they spoke

Unbelieveable!! Do you see anywhere in scripture when anything like this is a litmus test for God to be speaking to someone? I mean, who is the best impersonator of God in the world? The Devil is! I cannot believe that someone[the Mormons in this case] would pose something so subjective as to being the 'sign'' that theirs is the truth.

>>I swear...the picture MOVED! The beam of light shining on prophet Joe intensified and Joe shifted position a fraction where he was kneeling before God.
A sign!

I believe you, you know why? Cause Satan loves 'signs'.

Jesus said 'A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a miraculous sign....'

Satan loves it when people ask God for a sign that is not already something revealed in His Word.
I had a conversion experience when I met Christ, but in no way do I look to that as proof of my salvation, or that I have the right God. I look to Jesus on a cross, and the Word of God as the anchor for my soul. Interesting topic. Thanks for posting it :)

Penn

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No windows on Kingdom Halls?

by just_a_girl in

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i just read a post on another site i belong to (non-jw related) where a person asked if anyone knew why jws do not have windows on their kingdom halls.

a few other people responded saying that they had noticed the same thing, that they thought it was b/c the jws believe that windows are just an adornment, hence a distraction?.

in my 20+ years of being a jw and attending quick builds, i never noticed this ... it never even dawned on me ... and now that i try to think back, i can't remember there being any windows at the khs i attended?.

Unclepenn1

I live in So Cal and have yet to see a KH with windows. I actually believe that it is for psychological reasons. I mean, it's a cult, OK. They want to furnish an 'us and them' mentality, to keep these people thinkning that Armageddon is soon and that no windows may provide a safer harbor for them when eveyone goes nuts and Jehovah pours out His wrath. My first answer for no windows was going to be John 3:19 ' This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. ' But then I thought that might be a bit much (notice how I slipped it in there anyway :)). Seriously thought, I truly beleive there are psychological reasons for the no windows thing, apart from cost.

Penn

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Can any Witness possibly anwser this question?

by jerome in

hello all... i came across this line of questioning many months on the inet so i decided that i would submit just this once to peer pressure and make a usefull contribution to the board.. here is the question... is jesus just "a god?".

many of the regular inet surfers would have come across this line of questioning before so if you have you could just sit back and relax and read the replys.. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>.

me: so is he a 'lesser true god' or a 'lesser false god?'.

Unclepenn1

Alan wrote::: Nowhere in the NT is the Holy Spirit spoken of as God, nor is Jesus spoken of as God.

Do you really mean this, or do you mean that there aren't examples that you will accept? For instance in Acts chp 5, you are familiar with the story of Ananias and Saphira I am sure?

3Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God."

Does it say that the Holy Spirit is God? Well, not in those exact words. Does it say that he lied to the Holy Spirit, and then in the same breath reveal that it was God that he lied to? YEP!

Probably not good enough for you Alan, but it works for me. Plenty more, but that will do.

Apostate Man- What you believe is called Modalism. Unfotunately that causes some problems theologically. Jesus prays to the Father, the Father loves the Son, The Spirit reveals Christ, The Father sent the Spirit, et al.

The best explanation is that since there is one God, yet the Bible calls 3 different persons God, then that can only mean what most call the Trinity. One WHAT and three WHO'S. A triune Godhead. Not God simply putting on different masks.

Penn