JustTickledPink
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"Jehovahs Witnesses" on Wikipedia the online encyclopedia
by JustTickledPink infor those of you familiar with wikipedia, you can get the answer to almost any question.
it's the greatest online encyclopedia and reference.. for curiosity sake, i looked up "jehovah's witnesses" and came up with this link.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jehovas_witnesses.
not only does it do a pretty good job of outlining what jws are about, it also mentions they are suffering from a decline in numbers in developed lands.
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Jesus was the first apostate
by JustTickledPink inhe was a real rebel, he called the religious leaders out, he walked into the temple and actually overturned tables, he exposed their hypocrisy, he hung out with sinners, he didn't buy into the "organization" he basically walked around and talked to whoever whenever.
he never built a chuch, he never collected donations, he just preached what he believed to be the truth in a time when the religious leaders were more concerned with status and tradtitions.
if you look up apostacy in the dictionary the definition is: "renunciation of a religious faith, abandonment of a previous loyalty" it never says you automatically become a devil worshipper or anything scary or evil... just reject a teaching or a loyalty (to an organization.
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Black vs white families - do they treat DF'ing differently?
by JustTickledPink ini know of someone that is a disfellowshipped black jw that has been df'd for 11 years.
anyways, found out his mother never shunned him.
never quit associating with him, never gave him a hard time, nothing.
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I think those of us who leave are special in many ways
by JustTickledPink ini had the opportunity to have lunch with an old jw friend of mine recently.
it was quite surreal.
i have forgotten the absolute depression and control they feel.. whereas i am happily yacking away about the improvements in my life, college, job, etc... happy marriage, going on vacation ... blah blah blah.. she says how she's still married but unhappily but she is waiting on the 'new system' and sorta chatters on about how 'bad' this system is getting, etc.
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Hindu's sacred cows vs JWs
by JustTickledPink ini was watching the discovery channel the other day and they pictured the "sacred" or "holy" cows that wander around the hindu's land.. i thought about how many generations have held that belief and wondered if there are any younger generations that question the validity of that belief?
do you think there are any rebels?
any independant thinkers that see a cheeseburger rather than holiness?.
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Ideas for a ex-jw party theme/games
by JustTickledPink in.
i am planning to have a few ex-dubs over next month and i am trying to come up with some sort of game or theme maybe for the party.. it will just be a few people but i thought it might be fun to do play some game.. any ideas?
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What God has yoked together, let no man put asunder
by JustTickledPink inin some religious marriage ceremonies, they recite the scripture,.
"let the two become one flesh, what god has yoked together let no man put asunder".
i was thinking of the terry shaivo case today and thinking if you take marriage vows seriously then your spouse always would have guardianship and rights to you considering you both are one flesh.. how can you reconcile honoring those vows and trying to dissolve "what god has yoked together".
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JWs mentioned on MSNBC commentary
by JustTickledPink inhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7289351/
msnbc online has an article written by arthur caplan, ph.d. it's pretty good actually, page 2 he writes, and yes, we heard from the vatican about its thoughts concerning schiavo.
but where are the christian scientists, the jehovah?s witnesses and the fundamentalist protestants who turn to prayer to express their views on the right to refuse any and all medical care including a feeding tube?
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Should they "pay" for believing all these years?
by JustTickledPink ini finally started reading ray franz book and was reading the part how he ends up with little to no money, buying a trailer in ms. i thought about my own mother, who sacrificed a lot in the name of the "truth" meaning she only worked part time jobs so that she could pioneer, she didn't accumulate money or buy herself a nice house, she continued to believe and still does that armeggedon is around the corner.. some of these people have literally sacrificed their whole lives.
at this point they may or may not come to the realization that armeggedon isn't coming.
whether they are still waiting for it or not, many of them have gotten old and they may not have paid a lot into social security, they may have a very limited income, may live in trailers or whatever.
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Starbucks and Subway in church!!!!
by JustTickledPink inmy husband went to church in tn a few years back with a friend for easter and told me they had a starbucks inside the church.
it was just like barnes and noble or the local target now, have their own starbucks.
so i found this article in the christian science monitor and it says there are churchs with subway franchises in them... i think that is hilarious.. http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1229/p01s04-ussc.html.