I'm becoming more conscious of healthy eating habits, if that counts.
Fernando
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Have you had a crisis of concience?
by new hope and happiness inmy little boy has decided he wants to be a vegetarian and has been for over a year now.
i fully accepted and supported this.. my view however is no matter what you eat or how you eat it ....beings will die for you to eat.. i have noticed where we live we have the terms " free range" and " ecological".
if affordable i am sure most peoples preferrd option for their own health and the conditions of the animals.. i would say everyone has the right to eat what they want within reason.
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What the new children of the kingdom look like these days!
by Wasanelder Once inwith jw.org becoming the rage and new object of veneration, this is how the children will be appearing in a kh near you!
any comments?.
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Fernando
Maybe these are the 37% PEW says remain JWs?
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Australian Uniting Church Minister on CULTS
by Fernando in"the daily edition" on channel 7 this afternoon had a segment on cults, including an interview with david millikan:.
https://au.tv.yahoo.com/the-daily-edition/video/watch/24875977/inside-australias-notorius-cult/.
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Fernando
"The Daily Edition" on Channel 7 this afternoon had a segment on cults, including an interview with David Millikan:
https://au.tv.yahoo.com/the-daily-edition/video/watch/24875977/inside-australias-notorius-cult/
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CALVARY - the film
by BizzyBee injust saw this today.
quite an experience.
the film raised many issues about clergy, religion, morality, guilt and forgiveness.. .
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Fernando
Maybe we're in for many more related movies, now that society has finally chosen to question religion, and focus on the evil of: "childhood sexual abuse by a priest" (or "elder").
My wife has firsthand experience of such abuse, and is passionate about making an upbeat fictional movie, that showcases this and related issues, in a moving narrative.
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144,000 New Light update
by goingthruthemotions ini updated the list of partakers to 2013 (see below)...if i was to predict as to what new light might be coming down the borg poop shoot may be.
i would predict that they need to do something about the 144,000 being a literal number.. for two reasons:.
1. the number of partakers is increasing every year.
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Fernando
There must at least be some uncanny power in the koolaid "mother" has "lovingly" prepared.
Otherwise how can one explain that almost anyone and everyone else can see that 144,000 is not a literal number, and that heaven and earth are included in the "one hope" of scripture?
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Poster with basic math on shunning - for JW parents
by Fernando inyour thoughts on such a poster?.
(http://religions.pewforum.org/reports says: "jehovah's witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any religious tradition.
only 37% of all those who say they were raised as jehovah's witnesses still identify themselves as jehovah's witnesses.").
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Fernando
My thinking exactly.
I'm hoping the message appeals to one of JWN's resident artists.
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Poster with basic math on shunning - for JW parents
by Fernando inyour thoughts on such a poster?.
(http://religions.pewforum.org/reports says: "jehovah's witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any religious tradition.
only 37% of all those who say they were raised as jehovah's witnesses still identify themselves as jehovah's witnesses.").
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Fernando
Your thoughts on such a poster?
(http://religions.pewforum.org/reports says: "Jehovah's Witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any religious tradition. Only 37% of all those who say they were raised as Jehovah's Witnesses still identify themselves as Jehovah's Witnesses.")
There is a
63% chance
you will
have to
shun
your children
soon after
their
baptism
(PEW Forum . org)
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Introductions
by Onager ini've made a few posts here already so i thought i'd introduce myself.
i'm an ex-jw from cheltenham pittville (uk) congregation.
i've been free and clear for a few years now so i'm through the anger phase and in the happily getting on with my life phase.
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Fernando
Hi and welcome Matt!
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Would you go to church?
by Coded Logic ini have an unspoken rule that if someone ever invites me to a church - that i haven't been to before - i will go.
even though i'm an atheist i'm still interested in the experiance.
just like i'm not into basketball but i would like to go to a game sometime to feel the energy of the crowd.. growing up as a jw i've never set foot in another church.
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Fernando
As a believer in Jesus, and in the liberating gospel message about him, I do not believe in religion, but would like to take a tour of different manmade "Churches".
However I find clericalism offensive, and am still trying to figure out how to respond to the usual ignorant questions, and the obsessive possessive aggressive judgmental recruitment mentality:
"Where do you go to Church"?
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Letter of Reinstatement
by kayanow ini'm new to this website and i thought i'd create a profile.
i was disfellowshipped in july of 2013 in another city.
i since moved and starting going to meeting about 6 months ago in my new city.
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Fernando
Welcome kayanow!
Some here may understand your reasons for wanting or having to go back.
Personally I would discourage you unless you are going back for the sake of family and friends.
Just hang in there, and some good advice could soon come along.
Hopefully you are in the process of getting more informed about TATT, although of course I believe it is much safer to first learn as much as you can about the "unabridged gospel" of grace (starting with the books of Romans and Galatians).
In the mean time are you able to fill us in with more details?
This might help improve the quality of advice.
Some here were elders for several decades, and know the ropes well.
Greetings
Fernando