War is a reality we face in this life. When a man protects his family it is a sort of war that includes a sense of honor. When it comes to wars where the goal is simply financial or ideologically motivated, killing people in lands which have posed no threat to our "family", ie. nation, I cannot thank a soldier for their service. Can I really thank the soldier who volunteers to fight but has no compunction about the slaughter of 100's of thousands of Iraqi or Vietnamese women and children for corporations like Halliburton or big oil? It was never simply that Jehovah hates killing that tempered my opinion. Tell me please, when besides Pearl Harbor has the United States been directly attacked by another nation? Even the attack of 9/11 was not by a specific nation. I cannot be moved to thank pawns in the wars during my lifetime. If the fight were so noble, why so much mental anguish for the horrors they were subjected to, senseless slaughter of the innocent and the loss of battle buddies to the madness of goalless battles with no clear purpose or end in sight.
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When was the first time you said, "thank you for your service" to someone?
by Coded Logic inmine was to some random guy in uniform i saw on the street about two years ago.
even as a jw i knew that we had a lot of freedoms here in the us that were hard earned.
it felt really good to finally be able to say in person to someone when i i did..
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Fatherless Boys
by JW_Rogue inthe wt teaches that "fatherless boys" need special care and attention in the congregation.
however, as brought out at the rc their definition of "fatherless boys" includes boys that have actual fathers who maybe very well qualified to teach and raise their sons.
according to wt, if either of your parents aren't jws then you are a "fatherless boy.
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Wasanelder Once
What better way to open the door for the pedophiles? Take a "trusted adult" and put them with a child who will look up to them as sent from God to handle the spiritual need that good ol' dad has neglected. Next thing you know there's trouble right here in River City. (Music Man reference).
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Is a born-in brought up in a JW home like being a child inmate being raised in prison?
by Still Totally ADD ini bring up this subject because of all the restrictions children have to endure in the jw cult.
they are made prisoners of mind and body.
being forced to do things that are not natural for children to do.
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Wasanelder Once
Things are relative. Hard core JW parents can be restrictive, other parents of born ins do not outlaw a modicum of worldliness. There is no hardfast rule. Life is how it works itself out, don't sell all JW parents down the river as zealots. Those that are true believers can be true Aholes, but so can some converts. There is a saying, "There's nothing worse than a converted sinner."
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Gas or Electric Stove
by just fine ini am getting new appliances.
i have decided on black stainless for the finish.
the house is stubbed for gas and electric for the range.
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Gas is king.
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Southern California USA Congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses On High Alert
by JW GoneBad incircuit overseers, elders, ministerial servants, pioneers and rank & file are stressed out over an ex-jw (kevin) who has visited nearly 20 congregations (orange county) and has high-jacked the opening prayers and done some effective witnessing before he is escorted to the back door.
and everything is caught on video!.
kevin is also visiting numerous jw cart locations from the los angeles area to orange county and giving a most effective wiitness at each location and they're all on video.
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Wasanelder Once
To each their own. He was childish and disrespectful. All he accomplished was to confirm apostates are rude and self serving. If that works for him, more power to him. Me? I would have popped him one if he were in my face like that.
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Gone, James Gone.
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Sea lion snatches girl off wharf into water in viral video
by oppostate inhttp://www.sacbee.com/news/local/environment/article151962557.html.
a little girl sat on the edge of a dock in canada, and watched a sea lion who popped his head out of the water to take a look at the tourists.
seconds later, the sea lion pulled her into the water.
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Wasanelder Once
The family were Asian tourists. The feeding of the sea lions is against the law, posted on the wharf. Authorities are looking for the family because the sea lion's mouth has nasty bacteria and could cause trouble if the girl's skin was broken. The owner of the wharf said, "you can't hand a grizzly bear a ham sandwich and you shouldn't feed the 700 lb sea lion bread. People are stupid". That about covers it. The man who dove in to save her was her grandfather.
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Is the Jehovah's Witnesses religion based upon False Prophesy ?
by Finkelstein inthis is probably the most qualitatively focused question that gets examined and investigated concerning the jws religion in a intent to derive an honest and correct answer to .
my opinion based from facts derived from evaluating the jws's doctrines and teachings compared to the teaching within the bible itself is outstandingly yes.
the probable reason for this is really not too hard to accept once its reflectively realized that the core operation of the jws is to publicly distribute the literature the wts's publishes.. doctrines were created and proliferated toward that agenda as they still are to this day.. the imposing fear of the soon to come armageddon, the supposed " this generation " , the said to come persecution of the jws because of the "end times" are all connecting adjectives that created a phobia or psychosis of fear that the wts uses and exploits to spur on the continuing proliferation and distribution of its own published works.. the unfortunate prevailing circumstances is that the wts creates a state of mental imbalance indoctrinated into people's consciousness who become strongly attached to this organization to their own peril and harm.. some have been so mentally wrapped up in this organization in their thinking consciousness and social attachment they couldn't resolve that engagement toward freeing themselves and their only resolve was to take their own life.. yes unfortunately suicide is closely related to the jws organization and disgustingly the wts leaders have used these suicides as vehicles of exploitation of see what happens when we leave the organization, again the element of fear is further exploited .
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Wasanelder Once
Ya think?
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wt exposer makes jw's flip out in fs
by JunkYardDog ini forgot my wallet and went back home to get it.
i see 25 yr old jws working the door next to me.
i attack shaking my head at them.
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Wasanelder Once
Blah, blah, blah. I'm amazed anyone still cares about this crap.
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Lot's Wife - Connect the dots - JW.org
by Funchback inyay!
now kids can help draw lot's wife getting destroyed.. .
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Wasanelder Once
It's interesting that Mrs. Lot is turning into salt before she even leaves the city. She is turning around so soon. Most illustrations have her on a mountainside looking back. I just thought it was interesting. Kill her! Kill her! Jehovah, kill her! A new cheer for all who are dear as the end will soon appear.