Revelation 7:15 - they (the great crowd) are rendering him sacred service day and night in his temple (na'os, literally "divine habitation"). Watch Tower claims the great crowd are in the outer courtyard, so the divine habitation must be outside of the temple sanctuary! See the subject "sanctuary" in the Insight book; also Luke 1:9,21.
Rufus T. Firefly
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NWT departure from greek meaning
by aintenoughwiskey inthe new jw library app includes the kingdom interlinear.
just by looking up the scriptures at the meeting when i went, revealed the following "departures" from the other translations:.
rev 5:10 "over the earth" vs "upon the earth".
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What song or line from a song bests describes your time as a JW?????
by karter inwaisted days and waisted nites.. freddy fender..
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Rufus T. Firefly
Frequently Wrong But Never in Doubt. (An actual song by Cheryl Wheeler)
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jehovahswitnessesexperts website
by love2Bworldly inare most people aware of this website?
they have a video that is pretty interesting.
it was too long though and i didn't have time to listen to the whole thing.
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Rufus T. Firefly
Thanks, love2Bworldly. I think that video is excellent!
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Elders, apostasy and disfellowshipping issue's - thoughts please
by FeelingFree inok so... when i was talking to my mil about why i no longer wanted to be a witness she kept trying to convience me that i needed to speak to the elders.
i said from the word go i didn't feel the need to as my mind was already made up and no one could change it.
i also said if the elders new all my reasons for leaving they would view me as an apostate and i would get disfellowshipped.
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Rufus T. Firefly
People in your situation seem to always forget the most important thing: You can not be forced to testify against yourself; however, if you insist on telling the elders how you really feel, you will be testifying against yourself, and there will be repercusssions. Remember, you do not have to answer any questions from anyone about how you feel about anything. Period.
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Rufus T. Firefly
Thank you, Zack! A friend who studied with the Mormons once told me, "I love the Mormon people, but I despise their organization." Come to think of it, I have never met a Mormon whom I didn't like. As a lifelong JW, I wish I could say the same thing about Jehovah's Witnesses. Being raised as a JW is like being raised in a snake pit. Sad, but true.
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Breast milk contains white blood cells
by Rufus T. Firefly ini just learned (from a post on a facebook jw recovery forum) that breast milk contains white blood cells [see link below for confirmation].
so, when nursing, an infant ingests its mother's white blood cells for nourishment.
furthermore, i have known jw mothers who would nurse the infant of another mother when that mother was temporarily indisposed.
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Rufus T. Firefly
I just learned (from a post on a Facebook JW recovery forum) that breast milk contains white blood cells [see link below for confirmation]. So, when nursing, an infant ingests its mother's white blood cells for nourishment. Furthermore, I have known JW mothers who would nurse the infant of another mother when that mother was temporarily indisposed. This really shakes up current Watchtower policy, doesn't it?
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Watchtower "litter-ature"
by Rufus T. Firefly inin the town where i live, it became customary some years ago for the pioneers to do the actual door-to-door work during the week, and their not-at-home records would provide the territory for the rank-and-file publishers on the weekends.
also, car groups of publishers would get an early start by driving around to the apartment complexes in their territory and leaving older issues of the magazines in the laundry rooms, a practice some called stealth witnessing.
many so-call publishers do nothing but stealth witnessing and wouldnt know how to actually talk to someone if they had to.
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In the town where I live, it became customary some years ago for the pioneers to do the actual door-to-door work during the week, and their not-at-home records would provide the “territory” for the rank-and-file publishers on the weekends. Also, car groups of publishers would get an early start by driving around to the apartment complexes in their territory and leaving older issues of the magazines in the laundry rooms, a practice some called “stealth witnessing.” Many so-call “publishers” do nothing but “stealth witnessing” and wouldn’t know how to actually talk to someone if they had to.
While I was still active, the managers of several apartment complexes began complaining because the “free reading material” left in their laundry rooms frequently became litter which had to be picked up and disposed of by their employees. Of course, not knowing that they should call the local Kingdom Hall to register their complaints, they would simply complain to the various JWs they would encounter from time to time, not realizing that would have no practical effect. The wife of a non-JW friend of mine works in the office of a local apartment complex where the complex manager is irate over her inability to get JWs to stop leaving the unwanted Watchtower “litter-ature.” I suggested they post a sign in the laundry rooms stating, “DO NOT LEAVE WATCHTOWER LITERATURE ON THESE PREMISES!” Has this been an issue in other areas?
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First post
by BenRichards ini've been lurking here off and on for a few years, figured i would introduce myself and share the clif notes version of my story.. i'm in my late 30's and was born in.
mom was a jw, dad wasn't.
got baptized in my teens and started dating my eventual wife.
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Rufus T. Firefly
Excellent first post, Ben! You're going to have to make your own decisions about if and when and how much to tell your mother. Personally, I've learned that people only pay attention to what they discover for themselves. Sometimes, the less said, the greater the effect. Not going to the Memorial says a lot by itself. "Because I don't want to" seems to me to be the perfect response at this point. At least you know that you are not alone. I feel confident in saying there are more of us (ex-JWs) than there are of them. (This forum represents only the tip of the iceberg!) Remember that you never have to testify against yourself regardless of what questions anyone may ask you. I assume you are using an alias, so use this forum as the place to vent. Welcome!
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Hey you guys...is someone at Bethel having a laugh?
by wizzstick inhas anyone else noticed the below?.
the mountain on the front cover of 'god kingdom rules' segues beautifully into the mountain on the front cover of 'crisis of conscience' (with a bit of cropping):.
coincidence?.
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Rufus T. Firefly
Thanks, wizzstick!