And 'Reasoning With The Scritpures' book is there doorstep life jacket? And why the rain coats and briefcases, with that slow pacing up the street walk they do?  I love JW's - I really do.
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Reading the respones,especially from ones like "cynthia"\nreally reinforces my faith.I used to be a catholic and no cared,it didnt matter to anyone.\nWhen I became one of Jehovah's Witnesses,all of a sudden people didnt want to know me anymore.\nThe indifference and dislike for Jehovah's people just reminds me of what Jesus said at Matt.10:22-"You will be objects of hatred on account of my name".Jesus also stated that "if they hate you,they hated me first".\nPaul also warned at 2Tim.3:12 that we should expect to be persecuted.\nSo it comes as no surprise to Jehovah's people,in actual fact we expect it and even more so as the days draw nearer to the conclusion of this system of things
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I love the winter. Living in the uk, I dent like the summer. Cozy nights. The prayer during the day Isa good, only when I'm shopping its less convenient. Fajr and isha is really good. Fasting in short days is also good.
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no why though? why r u askin people? jw
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They love fashion at that time they did pretty much like we do now... I think\nHey you r a christian? Lukewarm or not lukewarm?\nst
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God moves in mysterious ways..................!\n\nWhy did not he include a chapter "prophecies", "question and answers from followers" etc..\n\nAnd no little picture with his bibliography at the back ! really disappointing ! \n\nAnd why did he give away his author's rights ??
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Actually, JW's don't believe that good works will get them anywhere at all.  They acknowledge that God cannot be bought by works.  They don't perform good works so much as shun sin as best they can, but out of respect and love for Jehovah and to cultivate and nourish their relationship with Him.  JW's foremost concern is the salvation of the human race by coming to know Jehovah.  They place great emphasis on the following verse, "This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ."
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Some of the answers being given in here are truly amazing......because of the incredibly ignorant prejudice people have and their utterly idiotic reasons they give. \n\nLet's look at what reasons people are giving, and what the facts actually are: \n\n1) They think Jesus is gonna comeback and just chilaxilate in this huge mansion they built for him in California\n\nTHE TRUTH IS: That very idea is ridiculous. Jehovah's Witnesses have never preached anything even remotely close to this. \n\n2) i don't like any religious faction that 'forces' their belief system.\n\nTHE TRUTH IS: Jehovah's Witnesses don't force anything on anyone. They come around to share positive Biblical thoughts with individuals and if someone doesn't care to hear it, they respect those wishes and leave. Nobody is forced into anything. \n\n3) It's not that they knock on my door, IT'S THAT THEY DO IT AT 7AM ON A SATURDAY!!!! \n\nTHE TRUTH IS: Jehovah's Witnesses DO NOT and WILL NOT go in their house-to-house work that early in the morning. They just don't. They have more respect for people than to go that early when they're most likely still asleep. If someone came to your door at that time, it wasn't a Jehovah's Witness.\n\n4) They don't properly research their material -- they don't know their own Bible, especially the Old Testament. \n\nTHE TRUTH IS: A tremendous amount of time and effort has been and is spent in researching the Bible. We don't have our "own" Bible, in fact, we're more than happy to discuss any Bible translation with people because for the most part, the same upbuilding thoughts and hopes are present in them as well. And if you actually speak to Jehovah's Witnesses, you'll find that they know the bible VERY well. \n\n5) Told me God would punish me because I let the ER give me a blood transfusion to save my life.\n\nTHE TRUTH IS: NO Jehovah's Witness would ever tell anyone such a thing. All they would do is share the Bible's viewpoint on the matter of blood. \n\n6) Them assuming that I want them to come to my door and tell me what I should and shouldn't believe.\n\nTHE TRUTH IS: They do no such thing. They share positive and encouraging thoughts from the Bible if someone is interested, and if not, they politely leave and move on. \n\n7) they keep comming to my house to sell me stuff i do not believe in or want \n\nTHE TRUTH IS: Jehovah's Witnesses do not SELL anything. \n\n8) they keep pushing their views. I mean, come on. How many No's does it take for them to just go away? Stop soliciting your religion. Even Christians aren't THAT pushy. \n\nTHE TRUTH IS: (1) They keep coming back because sometimes people's circumstances change. When a person isn't interested one day, they may very well be on another. (2) Jehovah's Witnesses ARE christians. True Christians would follow the command that Jesus laid upon them do to exactly the work that Jehovah's Witnesses are doing. \n\n9) twisting the Scriptures/demeaning Christianity\n\nTHE TRUTH IS: They do NEITHER of those things. Rather, by their adherence to Bible teachings, they expose those religions that do twist the scriptures and demean Christianity. \n\n10) only 1 thing ever botherd me about them and that is when one told me i was going to hell because i participate in the tradition of halloween I really didn't appreciate that \n\nTHE TRUTH IS: NO Jehovah's Witness would ever have told you that because the Bible doesn't teach that there is a fiery burning hell like false religion teaches. \n\n11) they think like only 40,000 ppl will b saved then they like take a whole bunch of kids and lock them in rooms by themselves and make them just like sit there and read \nday after day\nthey like dont get out ever....\n\nTHE TRUTH IS: That statement simply doesn't make any sense. The scriptures teach that 144,000 will be granted heavenly life. As far as the l
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Someone who asked a question about a book she read by Sylvia Browne and psychic phenomena wrote me to thank me because I told her about deceiving spirits who seek to lead people away from God and into the occult.\n\nIn her question she was convinced that by reading this book that she had "opened her mind" to a new world of psychic insights but after she read my answer she wrote me and thanked me and told me that I was right and that her sister who was a Christian had been trying to tell her the same thing.\n\nA couple of other people have also written me to thank me for setting them straight about something, but I give all of the glory and honor to God! I regularly ask that the Holy Spirit will guide me to posts and speak through me and accompany the words He gives me to accomplish every purpose that He would set for them in Jesus' name.\n\nIsaiah 55:10  For as the rain comes down, and the snow from the heavens, and does not return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring out and bud, and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater;   11   so shall My Word be, which goes out of My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall certainly do what I sent it to do.
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"Dress your family..." is his newest book. Check the NPR website. He often does commentary for them and they put them online.
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I have a weeks worth of food supply and I am close to a store. I am in my basement with a shotgun and a computer, phone, and hairclippers. I have a bible, and a morman bible. Just incase the mormans are right like in south park
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These people "VANGYBLUE, FRODO, PEYI2, & TEENEY1116" give you negative answers,\n\nAnd they do the SAMETHING, "teeney1116" says it is a "load of crap" her answer is a "load of crap" when you accuse someone of something, and then you do the same thing.  If you will notice she lists 5 web sites to prove her point.\n\nIt's always the "JW's" that you complain about, and most of you do the same thing, but I love it, because it gives me something to respond to.
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The church I attend is more like a family in that we make it a point to be involved in each others lives.  We "deal with" the good, bad, and ugly (so to speak).  My wife and a good friend started a clothing ministry which provides clothing to the needy.  We are also working with recent African refugees that escaped the killings in their country and are now lost in this one.\n\nI personally am always looking for ways to help others.\n\nBy the way, this church "family" has a lot of us who are going on a motorcycle ride after church today as it is "Biker Weekend" here.\n\nCome visit if you're ever in town.
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Hilarious. You now have gotten the masses so excited. I see some ready to pack up and head to Jesus land. I'm already living above it so I don't need the ride but thanks for the offer.\nLove & Light\nSharon
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They apparently CAN knock on EVERYONE's door all day long & annoy the crap outta ya!!!! LOL....\n\nThe reason why they can't do anything is because they are being dictated by their founder's script (no it is NOT the 'regular' Bible)--the JEHOVAH'S WITNESS' BIBLE...
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I love the book of John.  This passage particularly.  \n\nYou gave me pause with your question however.  I pray daily, but I do not confess daily.  Maybe I should.
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The devil and I thought we'd go watch the passion of crist. Is it me or is he hung up on him or what? Any way, after the movie we are going for a walk along the river styx, he says it's beautiful this time of year.
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ROFLMAO! Do you mind if I re-write that for my Atheist chick-tracts?\n\nFor the guy above me... \n-The Watchmaker, by Rev. Jim Huber-\n\nWhile walking through the park, I found a watch. Watches (in my experience) do not simply spring into existence alongside the path. Someone of fairly high intelligence must have made the watch, then left it there. Wondering why someone might do such a thing, I decided to find the Watchmaker.\n\nLuck was with me. On the way home I saw an advertisement for similar watches available free (with the purchase of a meal) at a popular fast-food chain. I went to the nearest franchise and asked to see the Watchmaker. The counter-person was not helpful. "Dude, there's no Watchmaker here, we just pull 'em out of a box."\n\nI expressed my conviction that the watch could not simply happen. There must be a Watchmaker. The manager (who took an interest when I began to raise my voice) was able to shed some light on the matter. "Sir, we receive these watches from corporate headquarters in Vermont. If you want to find the Watchmaker, you will have to contact them."\n\nA very nice person at corporate headquarters was able to refer me to her contact at an import company, who referred me to his contact at a Far-Eastern manufacturing firm. Once I convinced him that I was not investigating his company's employment practices, he was kind enough to provide me with a description of their manufacturing process.\n\nThe watches were assembled by unskilled workers paid the equivalent of about two dollars a day. (For some reason my contact thought it was important to point out that this is nearly one-and-a-half times the local minimum wage.) The watch band, case, and face were injection molded in an automated process. The electronic portion of the watch was purchased in bulk from another company.\n\nContacting that company, I found that the electronic portions were produced on an assembly-line using a combination of industrial robots and semi-skilled labor.\n\nThe microchips were cut from blanks grown from vats of molten silicon and traces of other elements. The machinery that did this is impressive, but it did not build the blanks so much as control the environment so that the silicon could assemble itself.\n\nThe control circuitry is photo etched on to the silicon chips. The photo etchers are fairly complex, as machines go, but hardly intelligent. The operators of these machines are better trained than the laborers who assemble the finished product. However, their knowledge is limited to running the machines. They had nothing to do with the design of the watch.\n\nThe doohickey that counts off the seconds is a small bit of quartz. Quartz is a naturally occurring crystal that vibrates at a constant rate when an electric current passes through it.\n\nI'm sure all the folks involved in the manufacture of the watch were quite competent. Many of the folks I talked to seemed quite intelligent; but none of the people directly involved in the watch's manufacture would have been able to make a watch themselves from scratch. No one I had talked to so far was truly the Watchmaker.\n\nThe engineer who actually produced the design was knowledgeable and helpful. Unfortunately, his enthusiastic description of the process of circuit design was largely beyond me. I was able to glean two important facts: First, he used a computer aided design system. Second, his design was an enhancement of a previous design by another engineer, who based her design on an even earlier design, and so on; back through several decades.\n\nThe engineer was also able to provide me with a very interesting pamphlet entitled A brief history of time-keeping. This pamphlet traced the development of quartz clocks and watches back to a team of designers in the sixties. It went on to trace time-pieces in general back to the water-clocks of the ancient Greeks. It even contained a little speculation about the prehistoric people who