Daniel, while I agree with you in regards to emotional complexity, I also agree with Truth... 200 years ago roles (both gender & societal) were clearly defined, today it has become less defined and more chosen. 200 years ago If you were a peasant serf, you knew what your role was; work like a dog til you keel over dead one day, you had no aspirations for greater things in life, if there was shelter, enough food, and family, then that was the pinnacle of your existence. Today we are inundated with choice and encouraged to attain more, materialism has become the cornerstone of western society, and ultimately I think this is the result of the industrial revolution. (just my opinion of course)
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15simplify your life...that was maybe a good jw idea.......but how??
by oompa inonce your kids move out.....and you hit midlife crap..........just how much do you or should you do this?.....here in usa......times are pretty awful moneywise/workwise.......i just feel the need to downsize bigtime..........anybody gone supersimple and are now superhappier??........thanks......oompa.
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Adam and Eve should have scuppered God'sWIll before the breezy part of day
by hamsterbait ingod barred the way to the tree of life after a&e ate of the tree of knowledge.. because if they ate of it they would be guaranteed never to die.. so - omnipotent god says that if they eat the fruit of knowledge they will die.. and - omnipotent god says that if they eat the fruit of life they will not die.. so is god here admitting he cannot make them die if they eat yet another goddam piece of fruit?.
this sounds a bit like the argument i used to dismiss (was it hegel or kierkegaard?).
can an almighty god make an object which he cannot move?
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My question... Can there be a biblical discussion with a believer that does not involve a degree of cognitive dissonance? There is no good answer to your question imo...
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Prayers for Aubrey requested
by coffee_black ini am sitting in the family lounge at the university of va medical center.
my grandson has paused his walk after 2 days because his 10 year old sister, aubrey, has had a terrible accident.
she fell off of a bike, slamming into a tree going downhill.
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My thoughts are with your family and your granddaughter
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Just my 2 Cents.......Go ahead and FLAME AWAY.....I won't reply
by scrapmama777 in"inciting hatred on the basis of race, religion, gender, nationality or sexuality or other personal characteristic.".
is this seriously one of the forum's rules to follow?
how can that be so when this whole forum is based on inciting hatred towards one religion.....jehovah's witnesses.......wow this is funny!
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LOL @ CT Russell...
Scrapmama, welcome... As with the real world, there is a mixed bag of personalities, with the commonality that everyone has been touched by the WTS in one way or another. I think the more you hear their stories the more you will understand the occasional vitriolic comment. I've never been a witness, so I'm just another one of those worldly folks condemned to be eaten by birds really soon! I'm just being a smart alec there... It's nice to see that you are continuing to read these posts, I hope you take the time to look around, there is a lot of worthwhile information here!
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by megs ini just read this on the topix board and was curious to know how some of you would react to it:.
our main responsibility toward the unwashed masses is to preach the good news to them, not forge real relationships.
unless they want to clean up their act and serve jehovah with us.
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LOL Y, I did not spend a lot of time there, they are too friggin crazy for me... As a "worldly", I will stick with "apostates" they seem to have a better grasp on reality...
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by megs ini just read this on the topix board and was curious to know how some of you would react to it:.
our main responsibility toward the unwashed masses is to preach the good news to them, not forge real relationships.
unless they want to clean up their act and serve jehovah with us.
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I just read this on the topix board and was curious to know how some of you would react to it:
Our main responsibility toward the unwashed masses is to preach the good news to them, not forge real relationships. Unless they want to clean up their act and serve Jehovah with us. Then we will be eager to forge real relationships with them.
Sooo... Would you say that those who have "cleaned up their act" have been rewarded with "real relationships"?
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Very confused-help please
by hatchetsup injust found this board late last night and can't stop reading, it's fascinating.. let me give you a quick background of myself.
i was born a jw, never baptized, was labeled bad association when i was 12 due to having all worldy friends and smoking, lol.
i was very confused how being that young i could be labelled as that but i was.
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welcome hatchetsup! What they did when I signed up was to send a pioneer over (during the day) who left a note with contact details. I left her a voicemail saying thanks but I've changed my mind! lol
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Going Gray...would you dare?
by restrangled ini have been a blond my entire life, and am really sick of trying to maintain these locks in the champagne color family.
my roots are now a shimmering silver and i wonder should i get it done that way.. girls what would you do?....guys can post too by the way!.
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It was a lovely thing to say JD, and your mother was more lovely with silver hair! Me... probably not so much, ain't blessed with looks that can carry it off!
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Going Gray...would you dare?
by restrangled ini have been a blond my entire life, and am really sick of trying to maintain these locks in the champagne color family.
my roots are now a shimmering silver and i wonder should i get it done that way.. girls what would you do?....guys can post too by the way!.
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I just can't do it!!!! Psychologically I'd feel older than I am!
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Going Gray...would you dare?
by restrangled ini have been a blond my entire life, and am really sick of trying to maintain these locks in the champagne color family.
my roots are now a shimmering silver and i wonder should i get it done that way.. girls what would you do?....guys can post too by the way!.
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I'm 39, and have been grey since I was 25... I'm not ready yet! I dye my hair regularly