Warrigal

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  Why did you get out of JW?

  by WorldsEyeView in

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  why did all of you guys get out?.

  i have a friend who is a jw, and i don't think she is right at all.

  do you guys have any convincing arguments on why jw is wrong?

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  Warrigal

  I'm not in a hurry to substitute one religion for another but I feel that I have a good relationship with God and Jesus Christ.

  I feel free to pray to them at any time and can examine the bible without a cult interpreting the words. I can enjoy God's creation from the tiniest flower to magnificent mountain views and be thankful for the gorgeous planet that he has given us.

  There are no quotas to meet and no nitpicking rules to follow. Love God with your whole soul and mind and love your neighbor as yourself is my religion now.
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  How did spiderman go to the toilet?

  by Pleasuredome in

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  Warrigal

  He goes to the toilet like everyone else...he just has a problem taking a whizzzz...
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  Encyclopedia of Language

  by Valis in

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  greetings all...i just got my girl scout cookies from daughter numero uno and in it was one of my old books her mother found.

  its the cambridge encyclopedia of language written by david crystal.

  isbn 0-521-42443-7. i thought as much as we dissect language and words that many of you would benefit from such a well put together volume that covers the history of language and also covers everything from semantics to the liguistic use of sound...very good reading and informative.

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  You mean we don't communicate by banging on drums and baying at the moon??? Where have I been all my life?
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  Why did you get out of JW?

  by WorldsEyeView in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why did all of you guys get out?.

  i have a friend who is a jw, and i don't think she is right at all.

  do you guys have any convincing arguments on why jw is wrong?

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  Warrigal

  I drifted away because of the coldness of the congregation. Everyone was busy inflating their service records and no one had a genuine love for others in the congregation. It took me a while to realize that their teachings bore little resemblence to the teachings of Jesus Christ. Jesus said that his disciples would be known by the love amongst themselves.....it doesn't exist among JWs

  God also required that his organization be a clean organization. After the revelations of child molestation and the Watchtower Society's involvement with the UN; it was clear that they were not the clean, holy organization they claimed to be.

  False prophecy, misinterpretation of the scriptures and the horrendous practice of shunning opened my eyes to the cult-like structure of this organization. I'm glad to be away from them!

  Warrigal
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  Jesus invited 12 - The Society invites the whole world

  by truthseeker in

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  during his 3 1/2 hears of 'field service' jesus made hundreds, perhaps thousands of disciples.

  amongst them, his closest associates, known as apostles numbered 12, and to these jesus gave special attention and consideration.. the 12 apostles, including judas iscariot, had the privilege of attending jesus' last supper, and it is here that jesus instituted the memorial of his death.. "keep doing this in remembrance of me".

  the question is, why are 16,000,000 people doing it today?

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  Warrigal

  When the holy spirit came upon the assembled group at Pentecost 33AD, did they partake of the bread and wine at that time????

  The memorial of the covenant that Jesus made with his remaining 11 apostles was not witnessed by anyone else. So why do those who claim to be of the anointed partake of the emblems if their anointing stems from the outpouring of holy spirit at Pentecost ???

  Personally, I won't believe that anyone is anointed unless a tongue of fire dances above their heads......lets see that happen at the Kingdom Hall.
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  What Are Your Goals For The Memorial Season?

  by minimus in

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  be zealous for what is good!

  is the article of the latest km.

  there's a box in the article that has the following question---what are your goals for the memorial season?-----here are the check off points that should be answered to this question.

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  Warrigal

  As always, I refuse to participate in the big, giant headcount!
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  Brother Ted, Theocratic Economics and Card Run-outs

  by Duncan in

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  2. friends

  dear all,.

  i nearly met up with brother ted f. the other day.

  i say nearly, because i arrived round my mothers house just a few minutes after he left.

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  Warrigal

  Great reasoning, Duncan. I too asked the question about how a lion could eat straw like the ox as the lion's digestive system couldn't accomodate all that roughage...they have a relatively short digestive tract.

  But another thing comes to mind. After the 1000 year paradise...if indeed it is a paradise, why would people rebel and side with Satan if everything had been hunky-dory up till then?

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  Going nuts....

  by Vivamus in

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  slowly going nuts here.

  i quit smoking nine hours and 52 minutes ago.

  still counting... when does it get easier?

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  Warrigal

  Hang in there Vivamus! They say kicking a smoking habit is harder than kicking heroin. Its a tumor causing, teeth staining, smelly, puking habit. At least thats what the ads down here say about it.

  I quit in '86 and I've never been sorry. You can do it too!
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  Where'd you sit in the KH?

  by DblOSmith in

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  our hall has 3 sections of seating, we always sat in the left section all the way in the back if possible heh.

  it's funny: it seemed like all the foreign people, immigrants, etc, sat on the right side, all the "goody goods" sat in the middle, and all of the um "shady" people... all the people i would think would become defectors sat on the left.

  hehe.

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  Warrigal

  I used to sit on the left hand side near the aisle. It was one of the few places where the cool air would circulate. The hall was kept so warm and stuffy that most everyone got dozy during the meetings.

  I'm so glad to be out of that now!
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  WTS Secret Police

  by Pleasuredome in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  heres a story of what happened to me at a district convention this year.. an unbaptised publisher and i travelled to wolverhampton district convention in england.

  this wasnt our district but id been on holiday and had missed my own district convention (how unspiritual of me).

  so me and this friend decided to go to this convention and was also hoping to meet a friend there.. on the saturday morning we were delayed in traffic and we eventually arrived at 11.30am, paid our 3 for parking (i wonder if they had the use of car parks for free?

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  Warrigal

  We were told at the Service meeting about the new food arrangements at our DC and everyone would have to bring a sack lunch from home. This was distressing because the Convention site was in an area where there were some nice gourmet fast food places.

  While sitting in the stands munching on a stale sandwich I saw two 'sisters' walk in with bags of food from one of the outlawed establishments. They went behind the stage and distributed the goodies to the elite and members of the visiting GB.

  Warrigal....who never went back to that convention