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JW interpretation of bible
by osmosis insay, for example, you ask a jw about the book of genesis, and about the seven days, we all know what they say, that it's in "god time" which means 1 day = 7000 years, by their reckoning.
does this particular argument have any validity?
to me it seems like an "escape hatch", a tool to explain away what one could call certain "irregularities" in the bible.. they seem to think they can cross-reference any one part of the bible with any other as serves their ideological agenda.
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Update on the JW aunt melodrama
by osmosis innot sure if she has actually sent that letter to the wts yet, but so far there has not been a response.
i wonder if they will respond at all, after all it's easy to say it got lost in the mail or something, much harder to make such excuses over the phone.
time will tell.
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What do you have now?
by osmosis ini was talking to my aunt the other day.
she knows i talk to you apostate folks and i don't think she's very comfortable with it, but that's her problem.. she did, however, ask a question that seems particularly important, not only in and of itself, but even more so when you apply it more generally.. the question was: what do you people have now that you're out?
what has leaving given you?.
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Wow that UN scandal really DOES work wonders
by osmosis ini'm totally amazed.
i gave that un report to my (hardcore jw to the extreme max, but in a nice way) aunt, and she didn't speak of it for several days.
when she said nothing, i knew i'd gotten somewhere.. today she finally spoke up.
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Not used to silence from a JW
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i found an apparently unbiased report on the un scandal, printed it and gave it to my jw aunt.. since then she has not mentioned it.
odd, if she thinks she's right about something she never hesitates to tell me in detail.. maybe i scored a point.. ?
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A new cult idea -- or is it
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i've been thinking.
some of us may remember getting to celebrate christmas, and i wonder if any of those remember being told by adults to go to bed early christmas eve, so santa would be there sooner.. why not start one of those suicide cults based on the same premise, if we all kill ourselves the new system will be here sooner.. or has this been done already..
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Survey: Are JWs superstitious?
by osmosis ini've often noticed various superstitions in my aunt & uncle.
for example, on at least two occasions i remember my aunt talking about blood transfusions and when actually pressed on the matter, she resorts to an argument that is essentially superstitious, something about jesus saying the life force was in the blood or something.
and they actually believe that there are demons, so therefore there are certain things you shouldn't touch or look at, like outsider information.