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  Memorial Invite

  by littlerockguy in

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  i moved back to my hometown almost a year ago after being away for almost 20 years.

  since that time it's gotten around to others in the area and my relatives how i view the organization, not to mention that my brother and sister have outed me to some people about my sexual orientation and that's all it takes.

  so now i feel estranged somewhat from relatives i used to be close to even though i have not been outright shunned by them.

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  Steel

  I am still trying to figure out the point of hosting it since they changed the meaning of the faithful slave.
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  I was quite tolerant of this guy until now

  by never a jw in

  1. social
  2. current

  president trump is definitely a demagogue, a populist, and not a great extemporaneous speaker, just to mention few of his more conspicuous flaws.

  however, i was going along because "it's the economy stupid".

  now that has changed.

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  Steel

  The strange part about Trumps policies is when he threatens tariffs against Canada and Mexico , he actually lowers the value of both the Canadian dollar and Mexican peso to the US dollar thus making it harder for the United States to export and making it more attractive for an Americans to buy from other countries.

  I live in a border town and no one cross the line to shop anymore. Especially Building supplies which he already put tariffs on. I just priced out a garage package at Home Depot in the US and my local lumber yard and the mom and pop shop was actually cheaper.

  idiot.
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  I was quite tolerant of this guy until now

  by never a jw in

  1. social
  2. current

  president trump is definitely a demagogue, a populist, and not a great extemporaneous speaker, just to mention few of his more conspicuous flaws.

  however, i was going along because "it's the economy stupid".

  now that has changed.

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  Steel

  I am not really sure how a country that feels its getting a raw deal exporting there products is going to make this better by making there products even more expensive.

  Hey you don' want buy my car at 15000, well fuck you buddy, now I want 17000.

  Any jobs Trump protects will be wiped out if inflation takes hold even just 2 percent. If my mortgage went from 3 to 5 , my payments would jump 500 dollars. That is 500 dollars I don't have to spend.

  Times 100 million households. Not good.
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  Am I losing my mind or am I being stalked?

  by Michigan22 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi everyone, this is my first post.

  i studied the bible weekly with a wonderful jw.

  i suddenly stopped because things just seemed to be getting stranger.

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  Steel

  The WTS essentially a belief that Jesus died for anointed Christians or 144 who can only be understood by seven magical men called the faithful slave. Though your works and obedience to the wizards you can be saved.

  I see you have moved from the basic bible facade to the guts of what they teach. The superiority of the WTS to all other Christian denominations.

  Keep going and you get to learn about the magical wizards next.

  Congrats on being smart enough to pick up on how pompous and arrogant it is.

  GET OUT
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  Masturbation is not sinful, unclean, or wicked [Rebuttal to leaked Bethel video regarding masturbation]

  by Mace.Bean in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  [the following information is intended as a response to the leaked bethel video regarding masturbation.

  if you are not aware of that video, please check it our before attempting to comment.].

  masturbation is not sinful, unclean, or wicked.

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  Steel

  Rubbing one out has actually kept me from making some very bad decisions when I was younger.

  I am sure it has saved me a few stds and maybe an unwanted pregnacy or two. Getting a girl pregnat of course.
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  Not going to say a word

  by berrygerry in

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  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-0p-5x2g4w.

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  Steel

  I have always seen a certain level of mockery in the WTS but this is literally homosexual erotica.

  Besides of the writers of gay porn, who the fire tuck actually thinks about this stuff and talks about it.
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  Is it ethical to have children?

  by joey jojo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this was a news article recently in an australian newspaper that caught my eye.. the premise was that to have a child is to inflict an extra human being onto the world and also, to inflict the world (with all its problems) onto the child.. there is a lot to say about this but from jw point of view, i have always believed it to be incredibly hypocritical that jw's have children in 'this system'.

  all my life at the meeting i heard how little time we have left, how sick the world is, how i was probably going to be persecuted and end up in a jail cell for being a jw.

  why would anyone want to become parents in this situation, particularly if they are confident there is only 'a short time left'?.

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  is this the reason some of the ubers in my cong don't have children?
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  Born again or born from above

  by Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  last year i was at the memorial and the speaker was saying something about how the phrase born again was actually a mistake and it should say born from above.

  jesus was actually referring to those with a heavenly hope.

  last night i was flipping the channels and there is a religious program talking about being born again.

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  Steel

  The part that bothers me is large tracts of the new testment are decided to the idea of spiritual rebirth or becoming the new creature in Christ.

  Yet as a JW , basically none of that applies to the average person. Essentially the entire new testament is just written for the 144.

  What a bizarre and depressing teaching.

  I don' really understand the connection between being Born Again and tthat being limited.
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  Born again or born from above

  by Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  last year i was at the memorial and the speaker was saying something about how the phrase born again was actually a mistake and it should say born from above.

  jesus was actually referring to those with a heavenly hope.

  last night i was flipping the channels and there is a religious program talking about being born again.

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  Steel

  Last year I was at the memorial and the speaker was saying something about how the phrase Born Again was actually a mistake and it should say born from above. Jesus was actually referring to those with a heavenly hope.

  Last night I was flipping the channels and there is a religious program talking about being Born Again. Jesus is talking to a man who thinks he has to re enter in the womb.

  This got me thinking about how dishonest the memorial talk was. Clearly the bible is referring to born again instead of born from above.

  Sorry I can't copy from a phone or I would reference the scripture but has anyone else picked up on this?
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  Anybody listen to Country/Western/Indie music?

  by Coded Logic in

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  2. entertainment

  anybody have some good suggestions?

  not really sure what to call it.

  it's kind of like country music - but i personally call it "western" music because it's - well - not country music.

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  Steel

  I have been a Steve Earle fan for years.

  I love the way he went from a main stream country act to an indie folk act.

  Check out the Mastersons too.