so being someone who is not, however still believes around 70% of what the jw's talk about as far as the bible goes, ignoring the fact of no blood transfusions, shunning, etc.
wt doctrines, i got this question.
anybody really know how faithful 'worldly' (i use this term lightly 😉) women are these days?
There is NO difference in the fidelity of JW people and non JW people on average.
I've engaged in inappropriate behaviour with more than willing JW women and I've been given the slow down soldier talk from non JW women. I know that's not "hard" data, but that's my experience and I see no reason why it wouldn't apply generally.
You are likely to encounter more guilt, angst and regret with a JW though.
i took my wife to see doctor strange yesterday.
i'm not really going to review the movie here (it's good!
) but i noticed a few things.
Gordon Norton??!!!
(Graham Norton) :)
what sort of ex jw books do you folks like to read?.
i want to write another one.. i'm wondering what my next project should be...............
I wish I could write it, but I've started many books and finished none. You could say I lack gumption, in fact I don't think I can even finish th...
what sort of ex jw books do you folks like to read?.
i want to write another one.. i'm wondering what my next project should be...............
I'd like to read a book called "The Thousand Year Reign" which would be a dystopian future story of a world in which everything pans out exactly as the GB predict. It could follow a young family as they took part in burying the endless crow pecked dead, the losing of all sexual desire, the constant commands from heaven and of course the fear of sinning and losing even this poor miserable chance at life.
I see it as Hunger Games meets 1984.
i don't know if this will be of any use to our cousins from across the pond, but the principal of a uk school or college is generally referred to as simply "the head".. .
I've been to the Cheltenham Ladies College. I experienced a classical music recital but, sadly, no head.
large article at the top of page 20 in today's - 6th november 2016 - sunday observer, the 'sister' newspaper in the uk of the guardian which only prints monday to saturday.. the national society for the prevention of cruelty to children - nspcc - is the uk's leading children's charity, specialising in child protection and are the only uk children's charity with statutory powers and that means they can take action to safeguard children at risk of abuse.. the headline in the web version is slightly different, but the rest of the article appears to be the same.
nspcc rejects plan for 'mandatory reporting' of suspected child abuse.
the government’s consultation on reporting and acting on child abuse and neglect was launched amid concerns about past abuse in some of the country’s major institutions.
I feel like any chance at preventing child abuse should be taken but I can also see that making it a legal obligation for teachers etc. to report any suspicion could have a lot of negative outcomes.
The individual becomes responsible and not the system. So a teacher could be charged with missing the signs of child abuse whereas it should be the whole system which is held responsible.
Fear of legal consequences could lead to masses of negative reports as teachers report absolutely everything lest they end up being arrested themselves. Parents could end up keeping children home from school because they'd fallen over on their rollerskates and got a black eye.
But, on the other hand, I wouldn't want one single case of child abuse to go uninvestgated. I just don't know what the right solution is.
just wondering.
for you scotch lovers, i've been partial to singles for a long time, but was recently given a bottle of johnnie walker green.
i think i've fallen in love.
Is there no love for Rum here?
I found a rum in Cornwall called Three Sails. It was 80% but full of flavour and complexity. Only problem is I've never been able to find it again on subsequent trips.
I am on the lookout for a well priced Goslings Family Reserve Rum. That looks quite special.
anyone else hear about this.
as all j-dubs know, whenever someone complains about how long the "new system" is taking too arrive, they use the excuse that jehovah works on his own time.
quite a few times during the public talks, i've heard speakers say the phrase "1000 years to us is only one day to jehovah" (my parents never stop talking about this).
I have to say WTWizard, that post does come across as a teeny bit crackers.
1st corinthians 15 12-17. but if it is preached that christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even christ has been raised.
and if christ has not been raised, your faith is futile... .
Nicolau is an intelligent penguin typing his responses on this forum. That is a fact that I have witnessed right here.
When I tell my wife about it, she will have to have faith that Nicolau is a typing penguin because she hasn't seen the facts that I am reporting to her.
Therefore, if Nicolau is not, in fact, a typing penguin then the faith of my wife is in vain.
this image appears on the current main web page - as you scroll the "witnessing" photos.. weird "facial" image at the guy's right shoulder.. .
It's clearly a Stormtrooper from Star Wars.
Clearly.
