Topics Started by Aphrodite

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Why didn't Jesus write his own parts of the bible?
by Aphrodite in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
why leave the writing to inaccurate third parties who each saw things from their own perspective.

if his message was so important for posterity, why did he not write an accurate account of his message?
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Feeling really sad and missing my family.
by Aphrodite in
1. jw
2. friends
i really feel i have no one to turn to who understands other than you guys of course.

i'm just really sad and crying a lot and missing my whole extended familly who are all witnesses.

i basicly have me my husband and two kids and my 2 sisters who are out.
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New light -generation change - which watchtower?
by Aphrodite in
1. watchtower
2. bible
can someone tell me which watchtower has the new light about the generation change and maybe a link to the article or a thread about it please?
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Remember when assemblies were fun?
by Aphrodite in
1. jw
2. friends
i just remembered when i was a kid and we would go to the assembly, it was fun because we got to buy new clothes and put extra effort into looking good.

when we would get there you could save your seats and even save some for your friends, then go off looking for them.. i used to love our circuit assembly because of the food.

it was at the assembly hall and there was a big kitchen, some of my favourite brothers worked in that kitchen, sometimes i was allowed to go in and help.
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Do you sometimes feel really disconected from people?
by Aphrodite in
1. jw
2. friends
i thought i had been going really well in my life until my mothers recent attempt at shunning me.

now im feeling like i don't want to connect with anyone.

i'm kind of disconnecting myself from my friends even, withdrawing.
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Blood Transfusions - Eating blood???
by Aphrodite in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i don't understand how the wt links blood transfusion and eating blood?

http://www.watchtower.org/e/hb/article_01.htm from their website, it is obvious that they can gain the conclusion from the bible that eating blood is wrong.. but from leviticus 17:1-16 10as for any man of the house of israel or some alien resident who is residing as an alien in your midst who eats any sort of blood, i shall certainly set my face against the soul that is eating the blood, and i shall indeed cut him off from among his people.11for the soul of the flesh is in the blood, and i myself have put it upon the altar for you to make atonement for your souls, because it is the blood that makes atonement by the soul [in it].12that is why i have said to the sons of israel: no soul of you must eat blood and no alien resident who is residing as an alien in your midst should eat blood.. i don't see how they can turn around and say that blood should not be used for its propper use which is to flow through your veins and sustain your life.

it even says: "for the life of the flesh is in the blood.
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Who believes in reincarnation and enlightenment??
by Aphrodite in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what are your beliefs based on and how has this been affected by your time as a witness?
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Memorial on full moon?
by Aphrodite in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
talked to jw mother in law about memorial, df'd hubby reckons it should be on full moon which was friday, but it was held on wednesday.

mother in law says "well as brother so&so pointed out to us, it is the full moon in the northern hemisphere, so we are only out by a few hours and anyone looking into the night sky would think its a full moon anyway.

so they are saying they are having the memorial on the northern hemispheres full moon, but they actually had it just after sundown here which was well before sundown up there so in fact they held the memorial on nisan 13. i just dont get it, is this normal, is it even true?