new22day
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The real danger of "end times" thinking
by new22day inif the world is going to come to an end doesn't it drain one's motivation to make the world a better place?
is religion just giving people a free pass to apathy and letting them off the hook?
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I have a dumb question re: publishing corp...
by new22day inmany of you refer to wts as a rich publishing corp. since the mags they pass out are free i don't understand how they make money from them?
sorry for the dumb question - curious newbie....
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Confused about Satan's plan according to WTS
by new22day inmy rudimentary understanding of jw beliefs is that satan is leading traditional christian religions and the wild beast of the un is his tool.
is the wts concept that the un will eventually ban all religion and this will start the big a?
wouldn't satan be working at cross purposes if 'he' is leading the false religions too??
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Jack JWs - is this common?
by new22day ini've heard about jack mormons.
are there jack jws (folks that partially believe but their lives are pretty worldy) ?
what are your thoughts about these peeps?
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Foot in mouth again - sigh
by new22day inmy ex bf, newly reinstated jw, was texting me that his 75 year old parents (uber dubs) are giving him grief about taking on some debt to buy a new truck to invest in his new job.
they thought he should just resume his old window cleaning biz.
so i told him just to tell them not to worry about the debt since it will be wiped clean in the new system, which is right around the corner.. whoops -- i thought i was being clever but apparently my comment offended him.
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JWs suck
by new22day insorry for the inflammatory header but jws suck.
they live a lie and live in a self-imposed bubble judging 'worldlys' as less than.
fine if they want to be in a cult and judge fellow cult members but if they are going to step outside that cult and live among worldlys than they need need to follow the moral compass of society and be held to those standards.
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Christian and a Hindu prayed for me today
by new22day ini had an accident wed. night and dislocated my knee while walking the woods.
took the paramedics 45 minutes to find me in the bush.
friggin' hurt but i learned morphine is your friend.
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The cherry on top of a crap year
by new22day ina self indulgent post - just need to vent.
i've had a year... spent two years dating my ex jw bf and spending way too much time trying to get him out.
read way too many books, i.e crisis of conscience, freedom of mind, i'm perfect you're not, and even the damn bible, blah blah blah.
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more dump questions - do JWs pray to Jesus?
by new22day ini'm confused on this... do jws only pray to jehovah?
is the gb the mediator between jesus and the people?
i got the impression that for jws praying directly to jesus is not cool but i don't understand why?.
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recent convo. re: pedophiles and JW practices
by new22day inso my former jw bf, now just an ex and only a friend (thank god!
) is visiting and mentions that he has been bothered about points i made in the past about pedophiles in the congs.
he says he asked "an elder" at a dc about it and he said there is no tolerance for pedophiles and they advise people to see their doctor when these things come up as they are not equipped to handle it.