Vita Nuova
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My Girlfriend's a JW, but I am not, What to do???
by Another Guy injust wondering if anyone can help, so heres a little insight into the situation.. we've been friens for ages but she always told me we could be nothing more she said "theres stuff you dont know about me & you wouldnt understand" but one night i kinda hinted that i knew and she fessed up not only bout being a jw but also bout how she felt only thing is she says its not gonna work, but she wants it to work she wants me to convert and i want her to leave the orgainization.
her mothers been a witness for ten years but her father is not.
also she hasnt paid much attention to it either till a few months ago and shes starting to get into it now.
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Did Jesus REALLY cast demons into swine?
by gumby inthe gospels tell us that on one occasion jesus exorcised a man of demons who called themselves "legion" because there was about..."two thousand of them.
" these demons are cast by jesus into a large herd of pigs, which rush over the edge of a hillside and are drowned.. exactly the motif is found in the rites of the mysteries at eluesis ( about 20-40 miles from greece) as part of the purification ceremony before initiation, some 2 thousand initiates all bathed in the sea with young pigs.
this bathing ritual banished all evil into the pigs, which were then sacraficed, as a symbol of the initiates own impurities, by being chased over a chasm.. these latter rites and performances were long before jesus time.
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Our Heroes--past and present
by Vita Nuova ini really hope to get a ton of responses for this topic, so even if you're just browsing through postings and topics, please add your two cents...however brief.
i am really curious to know who our "heroes" are, those people we admire, identify with, emulate and recieve inspiration from.
feel free to even list former heroes and perhaps why you were taken with admiration for them at that point in your life and maybe why you don't feel that way any longer.
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What Bugs You The Most About Jehovah's Witnesses?
by minimus inis it the theology?
is it the smugness that many witnesses have?
is it the multitude of false prophecies and errors?
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Men vs. Women... again.
by Vita Nuova inactually, the title of the thread is misleading, but i'm assuming it will draw the same posters who commented on a similar thread previously posted this month.
in that thread, which belonged to minimus, i posed the provocative question, the essence of which was whether women could ever achieve in any major field of the arts and sciences the precedents set by the greatest of men.
by the responses, it seemed a lot of women thought i came off as a chauvinist.
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What's Your Opinion of the Opposite Sex?
by minimus inare you of the mind that all men and all women are basically the same?
you know---all men just have one thing on their mind or all women are just users?
there's so much stereotyping when it comes to males and females...typical man, typical woman.
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Where is Jesus?
by AuntieJane indid any of you who came into the dubs as adults ask this question, since jc is "stifled" by the jw "bible", the nwt.??
if so, what kind of answers did you get?
if not, did you think it odd that this so-called christian organization didn't preach in christ's name?
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God and Man -- The Paradox....The Choice
by logansrun inhere's the deal: if you are an atheist you still must come to grips with the ultimate question, that is, why is there something rather than nothing?
even a universe with nothing more than a tiny electron floating about would require a reason as to why it exists.
our universe is one in which there are, almost literally, but not quite, an infinite amount of electrons (and protons, neutrons, etc.
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What will happen to humankind? (serious)
by ScoobySnax ini want to ask a deep question here, only because i want to know your answer..... i was listening to my mum and dad tonight watching a programme on the discovery channel about how in so many million years the sun will implode or explode and destroy all life in our solar system and beyond.
my dad was fascinated and was arguing with my mum who said it's rubbish because that isn't jehovah's purpose for the earth.
later i was thinking.
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If You Could Write Articles For The Watchtower What Would The Titles Be?
by minimus inif you had the power to print millions of watchtowers & awakes and you could see to it that the articles that you wrote got to all the readers, give a sampling of what the articles highlighting "spiritual food" would say.