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Funny experience last night...
by pronomono in
1. jw
2. experiences
my story in brief..... after being a born-in, getting baptized at 15, and seeking to excel based on the approval of elders and my parents, i hit a bump in the road.

i moved to a new congregation, and was a little more than disheartened by the lack of love.

with all my responsibilities removed from the recent move and being told that i no longer qualified for responsibilities due to my declining activity, i sat down to do some long overdue research to appreciate our spiritual heritage.
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Abhor Menstruating Women.......Because The FDS say so.
by pronomono in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
wow.

the insight book has some outlandish reasoning.

i'm trying to put together a talk for tomorrow night, the number 3 on abhorrent things (insight vol 1, p 17) and the entire first half links abhorrent things to menstruating women through a "possible" derived word that might mean uncleaness.
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History And The Search For True Christianity
by pronomono in
1. watchtower
2. bible
what happened to the original christian churches named in the bible - philadelphia, thessolonica, ephesus, smyrna, pergamum, thyatira, sardis, and laodicea to name a few?

one would think that since these were the original churches, if we could trace the history of these churches down to our day, we could find who is preaching truth today.

obviously this doesn't lie with jws because it is a new religion, although i do not doubt the sincerity of their belief.. there are two likely cases that i can see: 1) these became what is now known as the roman catholic church, 2) the roman catholic church was an apostate christianity that seperated from these true churches and used their power to snuff out the true churches from history.. which one do you think is correct?
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The Right Religion Demonstrates True Faith In Jesus Christ
by pronomono in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the week of december 9th, i have the talk "the right religion demonstrates true faith in jesus christ" base on the reasoning book rs p329.

the following is the suggested material.. istruefaithinjesuschristbeingdemonstrated?

this involves appreciation of the value of the sacrifice of jesus human life and of his position today as heavenly king.
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Maintaining Faith In God As An Ex-JW
by pronomono in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
as i fade further from the jws, i'm finding it increasingly hard to maintain faith in god.

i've been exploring many alternatives from atheism, agnostic, apathetic, pagan, and satanism (not devil worship, but the promotion of self-indulgence) to name a few.

i'm thoroughly intrigued to learn how those of you who remained christian managed to maintain your faith in god and christ, especially after enduring all the lies that we've been told about them.
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A Faders Guide to Field Service
by pronomono in
1. watchtower
2. bible
as a fader, i'm working on a mental guide to field service.

because most of this is a mental exercise realizing that your new knowledge, the mental side of things, is what makes it so hard to preach after learning ttatt.

what presentations have you used in field service as a fader to preach the good news without preaching jw propaganda?.
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Favorite or Follow A Thread
by pronomono in
1. forum
2. suggestions
i know there is a feature that allows you to view threads that you start and threads that you have posted to.

it would be nice to have a feature where you can "favorite" or "follow" threads and view these in a similar way to threads that you have posted to or started.

i've been told that i'm blind as a bat.. i see a lot of people making single posts that say "marked", and am assuming they do this so that they can follow the thread as a thread they have posted to..
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New Understanding of this Generation
by pronomono in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
another tidbit of information about this generation from the 1/15/2014 study edition under "let your kingdom come - but when?".

they've changed it again.. this generation will not pass away14-16.

what is a third reason for believing that gods kingdom will come soon?.
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I had a dream...
by pronomono in
1. jw
2. experiences
i had an interesting dream last night.. in my dream, i decided to visit another church for the first time, although i'm not sure what denomination this church was.

as we were leaving from the sunday morning service, i saw my long-time friend and mentor (let's call hime bro.

wales).
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Cheers! Here's to lost opportunities and forgotten memories.
by pronomono in
1. jw
2. experiences
it's 1am and i'm halfway through a glass of brandy.

i've been cleaning out the closet (literally), and reminiscing about old times and decisions i didn't make.

it's times like these i regret being brought up as a witness the most.