Topics Started by CitizenofEarth

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Falcon Heavy
by Coded Logic in
1. social
2. current
the falcon heavy is set to launch today.

if successful, it will become the most powerful rocket in use (twice as powerful as the delta heavy).. as it's the very first attempt, elon musk has said he thinks there's a 50/50 chance of it not blowing up.

so should be interesting.
12
Questions from readers: Pillow talk
by truthseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
i can't believe they came out with this.... question from readers: should a youth who struggles with masturbation sleep with a pillow?.

you young people know that it is wise to make such restrictions, especially during "the bloom of youth.

" (1 corinthians 7:36).
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Child sexual abuse major item in Dutch News
by jochie in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
last friday child sexual abuse was a major item in the 7.30 pm news by the rtl broadcasting company.the item can be watched here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvnjde0nsek&feature=player_embedded(english subs available).
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End times "too late for you now" witnessing?
by CitizenofEarth in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hello there.. i've heard it several times from different people while i was growing up, as well seen some people talk about it here on the forum.

the subject is the jw belief that a time will come before the end where they will change the message that jesus talked about, to one of damnation, where the world will be told something along the lines of "it is too late now".

do any of you have references to jw litterature where they write this?
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Pillowgate - John Cedars
by CitizenofEarth in
1. social
2. humour
is this true?

is this really true?!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qirjv48c55m.
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I am getting disfellowshipped
by CitizenofEarth in
1. jw
2. experiences
maybe some of you remember me, maybe not.

for general information i am now 19 years old, and living by myself.

for the past 1 year (more like 1.5 years) i have been quietly fading out of the hypocrisy of this organization, but since i still live in the town i grew up in it has been hard, and filled with different challenges.
81
Gerrit Losch Claims JW's Attending College Are Spiritually Weak
by pale.emperor in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
https://www.facebook.com/jw.0027/videos/799049613609936/.

the video was posted directly to a pro-jw facebook page.

i cant believe what i'm hearing... actually, nothing surprises be about this cult anymore.. didn't they say to the judge in the arc that they dont discourage college?.
12
The Biblical reasoning behind a judicial comitee?
by CitizenofEarth in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was wondering today what i would say if i ever were to be called to a judicial trial in the congregation, and my conclusion was that i didn't really have any biblical defense against it.

so i was wondering what you guys would recommend.

it seems far fetched to me that the bible condones a 1 vs 3 biased trial (where you already have been judged beforehand), instead of one where you have a unbiased judge, a defense and a prosecutor/accuser.
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Study with an Elder - propose a question.
by CitizenofEarth in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hello there.. as some of you might remember i am keeping my facade up by "studying" with an elder.

this study however is more of a session where i put hard questions about the org, doctrine and so on, on the table.

the time has come for the next session in a couple of days, and i have quite frankly lost the will to keep digging up things that just shouldn't be happening.
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Forcing a meaning?
by CitizenofEarth in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was looking for the word that jwfacts.com used for "forcing a meaning" into ex.

a scripture.

fx.