Topics Started by AvocadoJake

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I worry about you all, regarding the promotion of "Steven Hassan's." book. Why?
by AvocadoJake in
1. jw
2. friends
dear brothers and sisters, .

i worry about you jumping on steven hassan's ideas which are not new, in fact, after reading a good chunk of his book today, nothing he has written is fresh and new to the psychology world.

so far, i have been cautious about revealing who or what schooling and background i have.
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What Is the longest Prayer (Meeting, Circuit Assymbly, District, Internation.) You have endured?
by AvocadoJake in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
place los angeles dodger stadium temperature 97-100 degrees.

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prayer lenght 25 minutes of pain!.
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The "Generation." what is the latest New Light Regarding It? CO from Fresno Area Confused Me!
by AvocadoJake in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the co who is covering the central valley, mentioned how easy this concept is to understand.

in his talk, he said many of the friends had made a "big deal, over little.

he used the "titanic analogy, used the space shuttle analogy.
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Im a mormon
by deservingone26 in
1. jw
2. friends
im a mormon now and have been one for the last 3 months.

at first i really liked it but now i am starting to have 2nd thoughts, i grew up as a jehovahs witness and was disfellowshiped at 19 i really started to look for a new church in july of this year.

i started out in a christian church which i really liked but i didnt understand the jesus as god thing/trinity.
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"Craiglist." Robbery and Killing Scam, Watch Out!
by AvocadoJake in
1. social
2. current
dear friends, watch out with craigslist, i personally have not had any problems but you never know.

here is a story about men getting killed by some horrible people, they are promising a nice farm job... http://news.yahoo.com/suspected-craigslist-toll-now-3-dead-1-wounded-180033217.html.
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Anyone ever went from Athiesm to Theism?
by Silent_Scream in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if so, how'd that happen?.
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"Hospitality"?
by NCO in
1. jw
2. friends
had to meet my parents not too long ago for some family business and while working out the time for that sunday, they said they had the meeting and then following the meeting they had "hospitality" for an hour or so.. now i've been out for going on 20 years and somewhat out of the loop.

needless to say i've never heard of that.

i've been to other churches where they have the sanctuary and then the fellowship hall where the members go and eat after the service.
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Who would you have Lunch With? From JWN?
by AvocadoJake in
1. jw
2. friends
the last few years "warren buffet.

" has donated his time to the highest bidder for charity.

the ebay auction usually goes for $100,000 to spend lunch-time and pick his brain on his view.
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"Extreme physical abuse" only grounds for separation, NOT divorce.
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. bible
forgive me if i'm a bit slow with the title to this thread.

the true absurdity of the cult that robbed me of my intellect for so long is still beginning to dawn on me.. i'm doing more research into domestic violence as part of a response to the notorious "wife beating" article in the feb 2012 watchtower.. i was shocked to find a question from readers in the w75 5/1 p286-288 which basically said that a battered wife would not be scripturally free to divorce her husband.

my first reaction was that this stance must have changed since 1975, but then i dipped into my own memory from serving as an elder, and of course, adultery (including porneia) is given as the only scriptural grounds for divorce down to this day.. please can somebody correct me if i'm wrong, preferably with a reference?
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For Mankkeli and other apologists
by JeffT in
1. jw
2. friends
i thought i'd throw this out here again after reading the post quoting the wt article about returning to god.

the problem with all such articles is, the governing body/watchtower/jw's are not god.

leaving a human organization is not leaving god, nor is going back to it returning to god.