Posts by GOrwell

I've seen various translations (HCSB etc) that say "house to house" @ both Acts 5:42 and Acts 2:46 (same greek term), but in acts 2:46 the phrase "breaking bread from house to house" instead of in "private homes" just doesn't make much sense..

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your last day before impending destruction, what act would you perform?

by jam in

jw
friends

a large asteroid is heading for earth... it will destroy the earth.. i would tell my wife, thinks for making my life great.

call my.

daughter that i have not spoke with in 11yrs.

GOrwell

sit in the sun with my family till the end.

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See you later

by pirata in

jw
friends

it's been a year and a bit since i first joined jwn.

the guilty fascination, turned anger, turned sadness, turned acceptance has been a journey that i'm honored all of you have have been a pat of, whether you realize it or not.

although i haven't said much about myself personally, and probably won't as long as i still am a captive... er i mean a member of jehovah's witnesses, i appreciated reading all your posts, observations, stories and reality-checks.

GOrwell

be back soon!

good wishes and luck and all that jazz :)

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Are You Going To the Memorial?

by headisspinning in

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friends

i can't see myself not attending.

i would feel horrible not to go.

i don't know where i'm going to land and if i had to look back and think i didn't go... well, i would feel awful..

GOrwell

I would have to be drugged and dragged to get there.. so no..

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Just Tell Us In Plain English

by headisspinning in

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friends

if god has instructions for sincere people why can't he just tell us what they are in plain language?.

he could do that and some people would fall in line and others wouldn't.. if i was god, that's what i would do.. as a parent, that's what i do with my kids.. i am so tired of all the guesswork..

GOrwell

tec, thank you.. great posts (all around)..

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Dr. Phil episode?

by stillstuckcruz in

there was an episode of dr. phil a couple of days ago, regarding mind-controlling cults.

i missed it, but check this out on the dr.phil website(i apologize if this has been posted elsewhere.

i didn't look too hard).

GOrwell

I understand the Mormons have at least 12+ million members.. not sure how they count an active member, though..

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Does this mean what I think it means?

by MrFreeze in

it's been about a month and a half since i last talked to the elders.

today i got a call from one of them.

he left me a voicemail saying he would like to have me meet with them on sunday after the meeting to discuss some things and to see if there is any way they can be of help.. i haven't been to a meeting since the end of october/beginning of november.

GOrwell

what MS said.. it's a "let's see what you've been doing" exploratory meeting.. because obviously you've been doing BAD things if you aren't doing GOOD things (attending said meetings etc etc)..

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Why does God permit suffering? Don't let others answer this question for you

by sabastious in

jw
friends

wasn't the answer to this question wrapped up in a neat little package when you were young?

it was easily explainable and it made you feel so warm inside that you knew that god felt passionately bad about the suffering and that it was going to stop.. there is so much pain in this world.

people are starving, people are being torchered by others who have lost their minds, there is endless suffering on this planet.

GOrwell

Isn't the only way to have true free will is to allow suffering/evil? you can't have one without the other, I feel..