Flat_Accent
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Abortion double standards
by Flat_Accent inobviously the wt is pro-life when it comes to abortion, whatever the circumstances (a viewpoint completely devoid of human empathy, a quality which they consider so important) according to the bible, life begins at conception, and deliberately terminating a pregnancy is punishable with death.. but are unborn foetuses going to be resurrected?
no.. it seems that embryo's are 'human' enough for god to be pissed if you abort one, but not human enough for him to care about giving a second chance after armageddon.. another idea that's been repeated to me by several witnesses, is that some children (only the angelic like ones of course, not the little hellions that run around stepping on frogs) will survive armageddon, because they can not have made a proper decision about serving god.
but a worldly woman who is pregnant will die, thus condemning herself and her unborn to everlasting destruction.. a bit unfair isn't it?.
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EVERYONE IS AGNOSTIC
by Flat_Accent insince we are born in ignorance, it's the starting point for each of our journeys even if many move away from it.
some return while others never do though even these remain 'agnostic' towards leprechauns and such.
eventually we end up in the same state of ambivalence and uncertainty as when we began.. the journey is what makes a life and if yours contains a positive or negative belief in anything that's fine - so long as it causes no harm.
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Had to sit through 'Creation Reveals God's Glory'
by Flat_Accent inwith my parents last night.. i had seen the dvd before but there was an overall feeling of awkwardness when they played it this time.. they both came diving into the living room anxious to watch it, and though my mum usually gets emotional when things like this are brought up, she kept her cool and decided to lay down some "facts".
things like "we are living in the last days, and the anglo-american world power is the last one.
china will never be a world power.
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Seeing Both Sides
by Flat_Accent inmy parents are sat upstairs right now going over a chapter in the jeremiah book for their family study.
while i went up briefly to get something, i overheard my dad relating a personal experience.
something about being on the ministry and getting a 'bad vibe' about a certain house.
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Out of the loop and needing some advice
by Flat_Accent inhello everyone, i'm not on here much these days, but thought this might be worth the post for you veteran x-dubbies to help me.. .
i've got a min servant and his wife coming over this sunday.
the brother has already called me up and invited me to his first public talk that day, which i respectfully declined.
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UN website pandering to hapless JWs
by Flat_Accent in.
http://www.un.org/en/peace/.
don't know if this was posted already, but it's been doing the rounds on my still witness facebook friends.. .
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Finding Armageddon-esque undertones at the Olympic Closing Ceremony
by Flat_Accent inmy dad in particular hasn't shut up about this.. they played john lennon's 'imagine' at the closing ceremony - fantastic song, though the actual message would seem to clash with that of the olympics.. anyway, one of the lines is of course "imagine no religion.".
well i've never heard such a kerfuffle about a song lyric in this house since lady gaga was bluffing with her muffin.. .
i like how the only thing they can pick up on for the sunday circle-jerk is a song that was written 41 years ago, the composer of which is now dead, albeit untimely.. .
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Holidays
by Flat_Accent innow it's been a good 8 months since i told my parents i no longer considered myself a jw.
things have settled down to an extent but the hurt is still there - they think i'm going to die and as such are overly concerned for my safety.. in november i met a gal online and we've kept contact.
a few months ago we decided i would come to visit her for a week.
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Inconsistent logic over dinner.
by Flat_Accent in> "you can never rely on politicians, because they will never agree on anything.".
> "we really need a new sound system, but the sharing congregations won't agree to it .
> "like the bible says, 'things going from bad to worse.'".
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If you can brave going on..
by Flat_Accent in4chan.org/b - the original home of anonymous, this video is on the top of the page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qoavlvhqhx0#!.
the /b/ board gets thousands of posts a day and lots of viewers that dont post called 'lurkers'.