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Say "NO!" to the "drug" of Absolute Belief

by Terry in

absolute certainty(the grip of belief).

in physics class the professor gathers his students together on the first day of school in the gymnasium for a stunning demonstration in what he terms "absolute certainty.

"there is also a law of conservation of energy.

IRAN - An inevitable clash of civilizations just up ahead (1953-1979)

by Terry in

jw
friends

satan peeks over the horizon in qatar :).

arbitrary borders on a map of the middle east, post wwi.. .

civilizations were uprooted.. .

There is nothing worse than a do-gooder. They are like the monkey that saved a fish from drowning by scooping the fish from the water and placing it in a tree. We believe democracy is the greatest form of government, so much so that we tell other countries they better adopt it or we will shoot them.

If we want to do some real good in the middle east, the west must completely abandon all fossil fuels and remove its military presence.

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confused with nowhere to turn

by Rebecca in

i'm 43 and a divorced mother of 2. in january 2019 i met the man i thought i could spend the rest of my life with.

we were happy and even though our relationship wasn't perfect (like all relationships) i thought we had a chance and were building a life together with our young kids.

background on me - i've been divorced since 2012 after 12 years of marriage.

truth_b_known

God has nothing to do with this. We are free moral agents. God would violate the free will he has given your loved one by making him stay or go.

The real question is - Why now has your loved one decided to abandon you and your family?

It sounds like he suffers from what so many people suffer from, especially men, which is an over-attachment to his parents. When a grown man still allows his desire to please his parents override his own happiness in life he is bound for marital failure.

Have him read Matthew 25:38-46 out loud to you. The remind him who it was who stayed by his side during his difficult times. Then ask him who was acting Christ like and who was not. Educate him that Jehovah's Witnesses condemned shunning/disfellowshipping as an unloving, pagan practice up until 1952. Did the Holy Spirit mislead Jehovah's Witnesses for nearly 83 years? Why was something condemned in writing as a pagan practice for 83 years suddenly alright to practice. That would be like saying Christmas is wrong to celebrate for 83 years and then suddenly its alright.

Then ask him to use only the Bible and only the 4 Gospels to prove a person must be one of Jehovah's Witnesses to find favor with God or one must accept the Gospel of Christ and be baptized to find salvation? I will give you a clue - you can't prove the first, but the you can prove the latter.

Ask your loved one a hypothetical - if you parents and siblings all died at today in a car crash would you still want to go back? If he's honest with you he would say, "No." Then ask him if he is leaving you for God or for his family. In the end, we should never marry a person who puts their parents before their spouse.

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Pat Robertson using the Bible to justify horrible actions

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

here comes old and senile pat robertson speaking on his television program, the 700 club.

robertson went on a rant (when asked by an audience member) on his thoughts about the death penalty.. robertson said:.

are you kidding?

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It is more expensive to care for a lifer in prison than an execution. Life in custody is hard. If you don't have high blood pressure and diabetes before going to prison, you will in time. Not to mention that half the inmate population in prison and jail are on psyche meds. The medical costs far exceeds appellate attorney costs.

Money should never be an issue in moral decision making.

It is true the police sometimes get it wrong. It is true that sometimes prosecutors successfully litigate innocent people. In Murder cases, especially death penalty Murder cases, the State pays for the absolute best Murder trial defense teams to represent the Defendant.

Countries that patted themselves on the back for abolishing the death penalty and see themselves as some how morally superior for doing so are continuing down the slippery slope by now outlawing life sentences or sentences exceeding say 20 years.

There are serious moral issues that cause conflict in our criminal justice systems. Executing a person who has been convicted of Murder is a serious thing. I would hope there is an eye witness to the Murder, which often there is not. The only witness is the deceased victim. People can change. People can be rehabilitated, but only if they want to. So, if they want to, perhaps they should be given a chance to do so. Victims of crime deserve justice, too. Let us not forget about them. However, at the same time, how does intentionally taking a human life make the world a better place.

I used to be a huge proponent of the death penalty. I did a paper on it back in college. However, recently I have changed my stance on this. I have been a police officer for over 20 years now. I am not as big of proponent as I once was. I carry that "sword" mentioned in Romans 13. It's a heavy burden. Trust me. I pray every morning that my co-workers and I use it with mercy, kindness, and understanding.

I really don't know what the solution is other than it lies in repairing society and a mass paradigm shift. Rather than work so hard on perfecting how we deal with Murderers, why not work on changing hearts and minds so that violence is no longer a viable solution to people? There will always be a few truly evil people that in their core hold no value for human life, have no desire to change, and present a true danger to society. I don't think that applies to most of the people who go through our criminal justice system. I do think that society is at the root of crime.

When society as whole decides to put others first, chooses selfless love over profit, cares for the sick, the hungry, the homeless, we may not have to have this debate anymore. We will always have crime and violence, but we can certainly reduce it to a rarity.

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The sky is falling- maybe

by joey jojo in

i am actually not a 'sky is falling' guy, but i wanted to comment on the australian bushfires.. you may or may not believe the science behind global warming, however i personally put more faith in verified, scientific data than the words of fat cat, self-serving politicians.

climate science has predicted, based on data, that we will see more prolonged, extreme weather events, higher average temperatures, rising sea levels due to ocean expansion and glacial melting.

and this is exactly whats happening.

truth_b_known

Climate change is real. Remember that several thousands years ago most the planet was frozen in ice (i.e. ice Age). Man-made climate change may be real. 24 individuals were just arrested for intentionally starting the wildfires in Australia.

The bigger issue is that the human species is intentionally poisoning its air, water, and farmland for profit. That is morally wrong and suicide on a global scale. Genocide of the species.

We need to stop polluting immediately. We need to change our lifestyle and end the consumer based society. The planet will heal itself over time, but we have to stop polluting it first.

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Adam could have put Jehovah In Paradox!

by JohnTron72 in

i'm going to be the first and throw this out there for others but, from careful study of the scriptures i've found a loophole that even adam who was perfect at the time missed!

i'm sure everyone has heard the conundrum about ,"can god create a rock he can't lift?

" and if he can't create one he can't lift, then god cannot do everything" well that doesn't really matter since we know jehovah says himself he cannot lie right?

truth_b_known

If Captain Kirk was Adam then that is exactly how it would have played out. Haven't you seen Star Trek V: The Final Frontier?

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Help please

by jhine in

hi , would someone help me please with some info about the nwt .

during my study time l have been reading john 1:1-14 and colossians 1:15-17 .

both these passages indicate that jesus was not created as the wt asserts .

truth_b_known

As you are learning, the NWT is a translation written with eisegesis.

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Cost to build a hall and the lies of the cult

by JimmyYoung in

i was listening to a podcast on cost to build a hall and there was a brother from the stage saying it costs the cult half a million to build a hall.

lol its bs.

there is no fing way that it cost the cult a half million to build a hall.

truth_b_known

Whether it was $500.00 or $5,000,000.00 is not the point. The real issue is that those poor window washers have to pay the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society for the loan to purchase that Kingdom Hall. Then a few years down the road a Circuit Overseer will tell them they have to build another one and sell the first one with 100% of the proceeds going to Watchtower.

This scheme mirrors the old literature scheme. Watchtower uses free labor to print a $0.05 magazine which they sell to a Witness for $0.50. That Witness then sells it to someone in the door-to-door ministry for $0.50 and donates that money to Watchtower. In the end, Watchtower receives $1.00 for its $0.05 investment.

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Christmas Eve Service

by Biahi in

i just got home from attending a lovely christmas eve service with my daughter and her family.

what a nice, no pressure, service, singing the old songs we all know.

silent night, etc.

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Xanthippe - you and your ripped jeans are always welcome with me.

Merry Christmas to all!

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Did You Know Any "Genuine"" Old School Anointed?

by Number 6 in

growing up in scotland in the 1970s in scotland the anointed were few and far between, but we had one old dude in our cong who claimed to be one of the anointed.

in the days when it was taken seriously.. i'd be curious how you viewed them.

thing is, he wasn't an elder, or even a ministerial servant, just a plain old publisher.. but he was revered like he had a hotline to jesus.. the other week i was talking to a friend of similar age to me but who hung around the wt a lot longer than i did, and he just commented "oh him... he was a doddery old fool who used to just sit and piss himself.

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My father professes to be of the annointed. Growing up he was initially put in charge of everything possible. Presiding Overseer. Book Study Conductor. Gave the Memorial talk every year, sometimes even for more than one congregation. Had parts on every assembly and convention.

Then we moved far away and he came under attack for it. He hasn't had any extended privileges in over 30 years. I thought for sure when the Watchtower changed its doctrine that only the Governing Body is the Faithful Slave that it would shake him. It has not.

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