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Tashawaa
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this website is having an impact
by dothemath inhello.........this is a first for me- i've been reading some of your messages for some time now, and i must say you guys study your watchtower far better than i ever did.
i'm still a part of the congregation (and an elder), but i have to say i agree with many of your criticisms of the organization.
we've become just like the pharisees that jesus condemned............at our last assembly, the do and co warned against apostate material over and over again..........so i certainly think you're having a tremendous impact on their actions.
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It's my birthday.........
by Tatiana inno one remembered...... so, i'm off to margaritaville.
my favorite place..... .
hopefully tomorrow, i won't remember this day.. oh, happy thanksgiving everyone.
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Tashawaa
Happy B'day!!!! May you live every day of your life!
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Embarassing Moments
by Tashawaa ini sorta have a knack for embarassing myself.
i'll say something and once its out of my mouth, i realize it has a "double meaning"... .
a couple of days ago i was putting up my curtains.
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I sorta have a knack for embarassing myself. I'll say something and once its out of my mouth, I realize it has a "double meaning"...
A couple of days ago I was putting up my curtains. I was standing on a chair and when I stepped down, I slammed my butt on the corner of the chair. I have a huge bruise under the cheek and the muscle sorta hurts.
I work in very "professional" offices. I was walking down the hall (just now), and I have a slight limp (due to accident). Anyway, one of my male co-workers noticed my limp and made a comment. I turned around, looked them both in the eye and said...
" I sat on something hard and bruised my butt "
OMG - I had to return to my office, with them laughing hysterically - I had tears rolling down my face. We're all going for drinks after work on Friday. I hope they forget about it by then.
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Will The Brothers and Sisters Marry and Have Children in The New System?
by AwakenedAndFree ini have a question for active elders, ex-elders and other bible experts regarding the following topic:.
will the brothers and sisters marry and have children in the new system?.
according to the watchtower, yes .
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Tashawaa
When we would get into discussions of this topic (back in the good ole' dubbie days), I usually was quiet. I felt that the resurrected would marry - but almost everyone would give the usual reasons why they wouldn't. How Jah would take away their desire for it... etc etc blah blah blah
I couldn't understand why then, doesn't he take away bad "desires" now - hell, thats alot better solution to "sin" than armageddon.
And I often wondered if 1 Tim 4:1-3 applied to them... "later time some shall fall away...seducing spirits and doctines of demons... forbidding to marry..."
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*The WBTS Inc. new corporations....
by MacHislopp injust a simple question.
why the " r&f" of the jw's have
not been told, informed through
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Tashawaa
Which one of the corporations does the GB reside at and have an active part in?
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News from the "confrontation of religions" front ...
by CruithneLaLuna inthe following is a repost from an internet discussion group that i belong to.
subject: davis pagan club meets psychotic hateful "christians".
today i sat outside the student union with travis, tabling (the .
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Tashawaa
Since they were being persecuted, does that mean they have the "truth"?
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Vomit alert!
by Tashawaa ini was lurking at beliefnet "learn about jehovah's witnesses"... here's a response to a question i'm sure you'll all enjoy!.
"3. what social systems do the jw have?
like support systems.".
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I knew this would open a sore... sorry - that wasn't my intention. It just bothered me to see this "canned response" to an interested person. It makes me sad
Their experience is the "Watchtower & Awake" - but where is the counselling? Those mags always leave off with the all problems are going to be cured in the new order... after building up what a horrible world we live in. The thread over at BeliefNet is still going (on the debate board)...
Its the "double-think". Perhaps some Watchtower/Awake mag says that a battered wife should seek counselling - but I know from experience, a CO was visiting our hall and talking about marriage breakups. 'Cause all the worldly people leave for no good reason and this attitude was rubbing off on the Christian Congregation (). He gave an example of a JW married to a non-JW. He'd beat her after every meeting, and after the beating she'd rub his feet ... trying to "win" him over with her "Christian qualities". WTF?????? The poor woman!!!! The subtle message, of course, is to "endure" anything for the sake of the "truth". It makes me sick. All the JW wives who may be abused sitting in the audience that day got the message loud-and-clear. Stay with the b*st*rd.
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Vomit alert!
by Tashawaa ini was lurking at beliefnet "learn about jehovah's witnesses"... here's a response to a question i'm sure you'll all enjoy!.
"3. what social systems do the jw have?
like support systems.".
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I could open a new thread on the JW debate thread.
I've already been "warned" about posting on the Learn About JW's - as its a JW forum only.
Hmmm, yes, I'm going over there to do that now. I'll find out if they have a "problem" with links.
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Vomit alert!
by Tashawaa ini was lurking at beliefnet "learn about jehovah's witnesses"... here's a response to a question i'm sure you'll all enjoy!.
"3. what social systems do the jw have?
like support systems.".
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"able to help us locate secular sources of help for things they are not qualified to handle. "
I LOVE this part. Yah. I had one elder counsel my then ex-husband, not to see a psych. regarding his depression and obsessive/compulsion disorder. Oh right, I forgot... they ALWAYS inform the family that they should report cases of child abuse to the proper authorities!!!
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Vomit alert!
by Tashawaa ini was lurking at beliefnet "learn about jehovah's witnesses"... here's a response to a question i'm sure you'll all enjoy!.
"3. what social systems do the jw have?
like support systems.".
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I was lurking at Beliefnet "Learn about Jehovah's Witnesses"... here's a response to a question I'm sure you'll all enjoy!
"3. what social systems do the JW have? Like support systems."Our elders are well trained to handle all kinds of situations that may come up, including helping those who may have an addiction to be freed from it, marriage and family counselling, suicide counselling, and so forth. They are also able to help us locate secular sources of help for things they are not qualified to handle.
I warnnned you