Posts by humbled

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Should Pot Be Legalized?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i don't smoke anything but i know many that do--- some frequently, most infrequently.. personally, i don't see much difference between drinking alcohol and pot use.. should pot be legalized?.

i think we all have some time a weaker moment and miss the times we were regular witness.. to admit, i have some of these moments a year.. for these moments i have this point "i can't accect being part of.

a religious organisation that structural apeals child abuse cases".. then i'm finished with the moment.. the path is narrow.. g.. .

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humbled

I am glad to be out. Always.

The fact that my JW friends won't/can't say anything to me says it all.

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Human kindness

by stillin in

jw
friends

i hold kindness in high regard; it separates us from the drudgery of life and elevates those who practice it as well as those who receive it.

my family has been going through a big crisis for several weeks now and i've noticed a few things.

several of the elders have expressed their concern for us, shared a scripture and then back out to field service or whatever.

humbled

Ditto

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Human kindness

by stillin in

jw
friends

i hold kindness in high regard; it separates us from the drudgery of life and elevates those who practice it as well as those who receive it.

my family has been going through a big crisis for several weeks now and i've noticed a few things.

several of the elders have expressed their concern for us, shared a scripture and then back out to field service or whatever.

humbled

Hello, stillin,

Yep--what you say about kindness is right on--We know it for what it is where ever i comes from and whoever gives it. It takes at least the time to slow down and look a what is happening to a person in trouble and say or do a thing to help.

That much anyone can do--no matter how poor we are. It takes so little and can mean so much.

When I had my cancer treatment and recovery, persons whose names I never knew were kind to me. It healed me as much as the radiation and chemo, I am certain.

I hope you are soon past this current trouble and thanks for the reminder of the kindness that is available to receive and to give.

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Look what's trending on Yahoo

by carla in

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humbled

Glad to see it's in the news.

When JWs came to my door, I remember this pitch:"Hey- you do not need a clergyman ruling your understanding of scripture--you can read God's word plainly for yourself, right? Here, read this....... what does it say? 'Call no one on earth your father..' JWs do not have a paid clergy, we are all brothers. Isn't that nice?"

Right--

controlled much? O, yeah.

"the brothers" totally tell you what God says and means--WAY beyond anything I ever experienced around other churches. And no, they do not protect children. They protect the WTBTS.

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What if the GB now stated, "Now that's it for the new changes, Stay tuned for 2114"

by Quarterback in

what if the gb has used up all it's bag of tricks, no more adjustments, the ten toes are like the hokey pokey, that's what it's all about?.

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humbled

Yep, Ocean1111--

Like the Great Wizard of Oz ascending in the balloon leaving Dorothy behind--waving goodbye. Tough bounce, you guys, we're outta here.

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"Controlling followers based on the threat of punishment and Hell is WRONG!" (Public talk)

by stuckinarut2 in

yep...that was the topic discussed in a recent public talk!.

the speaker went on about how a "god of love, along with his organisation, would never threaten people with punishment and hell!".

talk about hypocrisy!

humbled

Good point, stuckin.

Cofty has a thread Islam's Psychotic Obsession with Hell that has video clip of an audience listening to the sick spiel of a Muslim preacher going on about hell. I heard the sermon but it was watching the audience and remembering sitting myself sitting through the bullshit indoctrination of white-washed hate that I tolerated and brought my children to hear, too.

I was struck at the same thing you mention here--the threat of a vengeful God (of love?) terrorizing and killing unbelievers and the unfaithful. It is grossly hypocritical for them not to see it is the SAME!

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ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT settlement - $13 MILLION

by Watchtower-Free in

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html.

(published thursday, oct 30, 2014).

thursday, oct 30, 2014 updated at 11:58 pm pdt.

humbled

Barbara, thanks for staying on the trail. It is hard to think of the children that had their abuse covered over.

I hope the stink of this rises so high that they can smell it in the sealed kingdom Halls everywhere.

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Governing Body Member Gerrit Loesch Must Eventually Take The Witness Stand In Child Molestation Lawsuits

by frankiespeakin in

with many more cases in the offing the zalkin lawfirm will press the issue again and again and force gerrit loesch to testify.

what say you?.

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humbled

..and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. John 8:44

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Have you investigated Gnostic Christianity?

by Gnostic Bishop in

have you investigated gnostic christianity?.

the gnostic wing of christianity, if it can even be called that today, has quite a few differences to christianity and catholicism.

if the old gnostic christians were here, they would hardly recognize what has happened to the original orthodox catholic church or its various offshoots in protestantism and islam.

humbled

Laika--

Yep-that patriarchy thing--it's tied up with hierarchy--which Gnostic Bishop says they do have presently. And it's an evolving religion.

So who proposes the
"New Light" when there is an evolutionary change? The rank &file? Or like most religions they are not supposed to be anything but silent empty-minded vessels for the real spiritual guides?

Nothing really new then--even if they start out different they all end up the same.