writetoknow
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Field Service Antics ...
by writetoknow indo you remember all the munipulation and antics witnesses use to get out of actually going to the door and talking to people about the bible?.
i only bring this up because in another thread i posted someone made the assertion that if witnesses voted as a group they would change the election.
it like saying the witnesses go to every door in the world with the good news and their the only group doing the work!.
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character development in a perfect world- how??
by chickpea ini used to say this thing to my kids..... .
if adam had never sinned, and humanity had never been in a "fallen state", the concepts of valour and honour and heroism would not exist.....because in a perfect world there is no need for those qualities.
in the perfect world called paradise, that long promised land, there would be no challenges to develop those characteristics that even the present day jws lay claim to in their stories and tales of resistance and struggle again the "world".
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Is it "Healthy" for every JW to think alike like they do....
by JH ini like variety and different opinions and i don't see that in the jw's...... what can this lead to?.
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IF JW'S COULD VOTE...
by writetoknow inwould they vote as a group for republicans, democrats, or independant?
and who would the society encourage them to vote for?
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Can A Person Truly Love Some One ...
by writetoknow inthat won't forgive them?.
can a person every have a full relationship with someone that won't forgive them?.
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Honor Killings vs. Disfellowshipping
by writetoknow inrecently two teenage girls in texas where kill by their father it has been reported as a honor killing.
do you think disfellowshipping can be elevated to the level of honor killings?.
special focus: islam.
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A few gems from a recent Sunday talk
by TooBad TooSad inas i sit at the meeting on sunday mornings, it never ceases to amaze me as i look around at the people.
and wonder are these people brain dead?
an elder recently made these comments at the meeting:.
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Sorry - 1918/1919 again...
by Awakened07 inthis story of how jesus supposedly inspected earth in 1918 and as a result chose the bible students to be his people in 1919 (since they were the only true christians) is rather important to me.. we have discussed previously to some extent how they at that time believed a lot of things that jws no longer believe; for instance they still celebrated christmas and russel was the entire faithful and discreet slave.. however - the reason i raise the topic again, is to ask what things did they believe in 1919 that one could say would truly separate them from all other denominations?.
i guess they used the name jehovah.
i guess they didn't believe in the trinity(?).
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Most people would say that practising any religion is better than not......
by JH inmost believers think that it's better to practise any religion than to act like an animal and not practise any.. even my dad who used to dislike the jw's when he was alive, told me once, "you're better off going back to that religion, than not practising any religion at all".
i'm a believer like he was, but it's funny how most believers will say that practising any religion is better than not practising any.. jw's wouldn't agree, because they think that only their religion is the right one, even though a wrong religion may have a postive influence on somebody's behavior and happiness.. the only thing a jw looks at is the carrot "eternal life".
they won't look at the good that may come out of practising another religion.. after my jw experience, i won't go to any other religion.
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What's OK/ What's not... CONFUSING!
by tika inmy mil who is an active witness, just made each of her kids and spouses a huge tray of christmas cookies wrapped with red and green bows and delivered them christmas eve day.
what would the elders think of this?
i get so confused as to what's ok with them and what's not ok. it all seems very contradictory to me and they basically make excuses to do as they please, but criticize everyone else for say, letting their kid watch harry potter.