ha!
a few months ago my jw father and stepmother took me and my kids to a movie (rated g...lol).
anyway my grown jw brother who still lives with them called on their cell phone and he was planning on his "friend" coming over.
No, couples are not allowed to be alone before marriage. Once, about 15 minutes before a Tuesday night meeting I was practising my talk in the second school. My fiance was with me. An elder from Bethel? came in and broke it up, telling me it was inappropriate for me to be alone with a woman who was not my wife. It pissed me off a little, so I answered, "Roger, if I want to get laid I can think of better places than the kingdom hall to do it."
Walter
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i was noticing, how the great majority who are fading, or are df or da, and post here, seem to go through a sincere personality change for the better.. it is of course a very humbling experience to find out how wrong and judgemental we were.. but is there a witness or two, who even if they posted here, you wouldn't trust them or like them.?
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I can think of a few, but there's one in particular I'd never trust. He's the PO in the Toronto Renforth congregation.
Walter
what's the point i ask you?
here in the uk, it's an unavoidable fact that the majority of people are out at work, shopping etc.
if you really wanted to speak to people, and felt an urgent duty because the 'end is near' why aren't the jws in the shopping centres, streets, and generally where the people are?.
After two hours and not one notation on the territory card, we decided to go to the donut shop.
2 hours without a coffee break???
We were never out in service? for more than 45 minutes without a pit stop at Tim Hortons.
Walter
...into my own past which i never knew.
yes, i have just arrived in north east america, and in about an hour and half i will meet my great-aunt, my mother's aunt, who knew my mother well.
she broke the news to my mother, just 8 days after i was born, that her own mother (my mother's mother) had died.
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Why don't you post a pic of yours?
Walter
most of us have experienced the frustration of trying to convince a friend or relative that the wts is not what it claims: an organisation backed by 'god'.. of course, it is very difficult to prove a negative and a real die-hard believer will explain-away any evidence of wrongdoing by the org.
as they are trained to do so well.. i have found it good to reverse the question and ask them:.
"what would the wts have to do to convince you that it wasn't god's organisation?".
I tried and it didn't work. The response I got was that "the Watchtower is corrupt, just as ancient Isreal was. But, like ancient Isreal, the society is still being used by Jehovah at this time to accomplish his purpose."
Walter
i'm a jw still, and i'm new on this forum.
here's my question: if the faithful and discreet slave is a messenger for truth why is the only mention of them in the bible in the form of a parable?
why only one time(in two parallel accounts)?
If the "helper" Jesus spoke of is the holy spirit, why do we need a FDS?
Remember, this is Jehovah's "Spirit Directed Organization?" we're talking about. This "Spirit Directed Organization?" has replaced Holy Spirit in the second baptizmal question since 1985. Perhaps there was a hostile takeover or something, and the FDS has assumed the role of Holy Spirit. That is why they can say that elders? are appointed by "Holy Spirit", even those that were unrepentent child molesters in the past.
Walter
oh lordy, at yesterday's botchtower study, paragraph 17 (i think) asked what we personally found "encouraging" about the 2004 stats that are listed by country in the wt.
anyway, someone finally put up their hand and remarked about how wonderful it was to see that ethiopia had a 5% increase......ya, i guess if you're starving to death, who wouldn't want to hear that paradise is right around the corner.
one bro put up his hand and actually mentioned the fact that there was 0% increase in virtually all the industrialized nations, but that we "shouldn't let that discourage us".
What the hell would it take for them to get discouraged? Maybe a 30% decrease overall??
I would find that very encouraging.
Walter
i hope someone can help me with this one............................ i finally got the money together to take a holiday to see my sister out west.
i also booked this flight to have my son come along with me as he has never flown before...he was soo excited and so was i.we planned a 8 day trip for the march break and planned on finally seeing the mountains and checking out the biggest mall in the world..... we booked our flights and used my debit card to purchase the tickets and 10 hours later, the company we booked the tickets with ( jetsgo) went bankrupt!!!!!!.
in getting my money back or a flight...... http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article.jsp;jsessionid=miomdhcfioio?content=20050311_173002_5560.
This pisses me off:
? Consumers who have booked direct with Jetsgo Airlines and not through a registered Ontario travel retailer:
There is no provision under Ontario Regulation 806/93 pursuant to the Travel Industry Act for a consumer to claim on the Compensation Fund when they have purchased air travel directly with the airline.
Walter
i prayed and prayed about it.
i figured my prayers weren't going to be answered because jehovah doesn't hear your prayers if you aren't a witness.
i prayed for the witneses to come but they never did.
If you pray long enough you will get the milk man, post man, window cleaner, insurance salesman and god knows whoever else knocking on your door as well.
I've got $50 that says the window cleaner is a JW.
I said a similar prayer once and no one came, so I came to the conclusion that either god doesn't like me or there's no such thing as a "true religion". I can't afford to waste any more time on it. If god exists he knows where to find me.
Walter
typically, what life does a jw lead?
witnesses relish the thought that they are "different" from the rest of the "world"......how so???
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