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  Children or no Children?

  by Sirona in

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  the jws used to always have discussions about whether to have children "in this system of things".. i used to always think it was pathetic to avoid having kids because of the so-called impending armageddon.. however.

  despite the fact that i've always wanted kids, right now i'm not so sure.

  just look at the things happening in the world.

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  kid-A

  I completely agree. An incredibly complex decision. I am recently married, and still undecided about kids...I have been told by several people I know that were in a similar conumdrum that having kids requires a willful suspension of "over-analysis"....so perhaps I am just overanalyzing the whole situation, but, surely a decision of this magnitude requires a huge amount of analysis and weighing of pros and cons? Seems like catch-22. The world is a rotten place, but there are moments of incredible joy and satisfaction as well, yet doesnt bringing children into this situation make me morally responsible for both the agony and the joy of their potential lives???? Not sure.

  What I am guessing is that, once they are born, all pre-existing doubts would just completely vanish and natural instincts just take over, its the dreaded "decision" stage that seems so daunting!
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  What's Your View of Spanking (Children)?

  by minimus in

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  have you done it?

  would you still?

  is it ever acceptable?

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  kid-A

  Prophecor needs a good spanking!
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  DEFINING EVIL in a meaningful way

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we always choose the __lesser__of the two evils.. .

  we demand of truth that it be consistent and will not accept a grey area of inconsistency.

  black and white.

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  kid-A

  "IF you can recognize the GOOD in your life: health, wealth, beauty, strength, longevity, fame, companionship; then you can recognize the vulnerability of those goods to destructive acts"

  Gee, is "longevity" GOOD when you are suffering the pain of terminal cancer? is "companionship" GOOD when you are with an abusive spouse? is "fame" good when you are followed by stalkers?

  THese are all merely circumstantial "definitions" of good....and the exact same counterarguments would apply to the things you deem "evil". I guess you would be MY best example

  of mistaking the noumenal for the phenomenal and applying it to an attempted semantic definition.

  GET IT?
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  What's Your View of Spanking (Children)?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  have you done it?

  would you still?

  is it ever acceptable?

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  kid-A

  Teaching your children that "violence" is an acceptable method of dealing with problems is NEVER acceptable. Violence begets violence....ALWAYS.
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  DEFINING EVIL in a meaningful way

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we always choose the __lesser__of the two evils.. .

  we demand of truth that it be consistent and will not accept a grey area of inconsistency.

  black and white.

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  kid-A

  Unfortunately your logic is circular. What you define as "harm" I may define as something "beneficial" depending on my preconceived expectations and perceptions based upon my own

  personal experience. You fail to divorce your definitions from the emotional valence you place on your perceptions.
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  The Atheist's Book of Bible Stories - new - The Long and the Short of It

  by RunningMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  and there were giants in those days genesis 6:4

  there is a simple principle of physics that has changed the way i look at the universe.

  it has also prevented me from being taken in by a huge array of common legends and misconceptions.

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  kid-A

  Right on, Tetra!!
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  how much money did you give the borg???

  by kid-A in

  1. jw
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  just curious....because i left before being baptized, my parents handled all the donations and i never gave them a penny.

  how many posters on this board actually gave large or not so large sums of money to the jws, either directly, or as 'gifts' to pioneers, cos, etc??

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  kid-A

  Thom,

  I hope it was a "PINTO"
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  DEFINING EVIL in a meaningful way

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we always choose the __lesser__of the two evils.. .

  we demand of truth that it be consistent and will not accept a grey area of inconsistency.

  black and white.

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  kid-A

  but are you suggesting that anything (event, word, object, action) can possess any intrinsic value (positive or negative) in and of itself? Are not all perceptions simply mental constructs with our own psychological faculties imparting whatever meaning we like onto them?

  I would argue evil cannot be defined, since it cannot exist, in and of itself.
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  Born In, the Difference

  by wanderlustguy in

  1. jw
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  born in, what difference does it make?

  i was thinking about this one a lot over the last few weeks.

  what difference does it make whether you were born into a cult or were brought in as a teen or adult?

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  kid-A

  I think there are actually two advantages being 'born in', despite the crap you go through as a kid and all the fun you miss out on:

  1) you didnt 'choose' this way of life OR thinking, therefore you have much less psychological investment in it.

  2) when you eventually ESCAPE (and I ran a survey a while back on this page and found that about 80% of the posters on this site were "born intos" that had indeed escaped) you have the pleasure (as I am having now) of RELIVING your childhood with all the holidays, etc, being experienced as brand new! I had my first christmas at 24!! LOL
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  how much money did you give the borg???

  by kid-A in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just curious....because i left before being baptized, my parents handled all the donations and i never gave them a penny.

  how many posters on this board actually gave large or not so large sums of money to the jws, either directly, or as 'gifts' to pioneers, cos, etc??

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  kid-A

  Just curious....because I left before being baptized, my parents handled all the donations and I never gave them a penny. How many posters on this board actually gave large or not so large sums of money to the JWs, either directly, or as 'gifts' to pioneers, COs, etc???