Posts by confusedandalone

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A new start? Watchtower renaming at HQ Columbia Heights

by Gorbatchov in

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friends,.

who was in any doubt that our jw believe is a marketing model, see this pictures of the still existing hq of jw at columbia heights.. earlier comments on jwn that something is going to change in the organisation, these comments are true.. in a few years we will not talk about the watchtower society, we wil talk about jw.org.

i think the current leadership will make a transfer to a new start.

confusedandalone

stand for pure worship is the most disobedient Jehovah displeasing jw I have ever seen.

on a Sunday before the meeting they have:

1. Visited an apostate website showing thief favor for eating from the table of demons

2. Speaking and holding conversations with disfellowshipped ones

all of this on a Sunday before meeting. How can you bear to go into a kingdom hall today after committing sins that require judicial action.

if you do not openly confess these actions today you have no chance to have a clean conscience before jehovah

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Atheists know more about the bible!

by Comatose in

a newly minted atheist, she uses her youversion bible app to try to persuade people away from the christianity she grew up in.. .

i know of a lot of atheists who have come to their nonbelief by actually reading the bible rather than just the fluffy stories they choose to tell you about in church, she said.

reading the full story with all its contradictions and violence and sexism, it should make you think, is this really what i believe in?

confusedandalone

" i think your reading beyond what im saying, the bible is gods word to us."

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The most Disturbing Story in the Bible

by fulltimestudent in

i posted elsewhere about dr. james tabor's take on the book of revelation as re-write of an earlier non-christian document.

but in browsing his site i was reminded of an early biblical story in genesis that essentially throws so much jewish and subsequent christian thinking out of the window.. .

can your mind handle the concept of yahweh standing in front of you, with a human body like yours, eating, drinking.

confusedandalone

Not sure where it is located anymore but the most disturbing is probably the chopping up of the prostitute and dispwersing her body.

Maybe the incest of Lot and his motlry crew as well

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Trying to overcome my homophobia.

by Julia Orwell in

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i had a music album by a gay guy before i was a jw and had no problem listening to it.

it's good music.

some of the lyrics are what you might call 'gay', that is there's some talk about boyfriends, gay bars, and queens and the intolerance the artist encountered as a gay man.

confusedandalone

Julia I felt the same way as you. Not to mention that I am from a particular culture that really really haaaates homosexuals. So between that and the JW indoctrination I was a serious homophobe.

The thing is especially after having a child with a disability I realized something, my child is born this way. The way he acts and the things that he does are do to his condition. Some people who do not have to deal with it may look at it and think negative things about him, the thing is in his world it is normal. I can't expect him to be something that he is not. With homosexuals I use to think:

1. It is a choice

2. They are doing it for attention

3. THey know it is wrong

Take the time to speak to someone who is gay and you will quickly realize that USUALLY none of those things are true. They are just normal people trying to carry on with life in the way that FEELS NORMAL TO THEM. They require love and affection just like every other human - the difference is that what they find attractive is different from what the MAJORITY find attractive. Once you realize that they are normal people just trying to make it like you and that they have the same problems and cares that you do things tend to make more sense. When you see the hurt they have to go through just to be who they are you have a whol new respect.

Just imagine if everyone in society forced you to have sex with women so you could appear normal... that is the same feeling they have daily. Why not take the time to go to a very somewhere with someone who is a homosexual and just talk to them. Seeing that human side of another person really helps

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Did Adam and Eve Partake of Literal Fruit or is it Symbolic?

by Stauros in

was it real fruit they ate or does the fruit represent something else?.

e..

confusedandalone

I think Adam ate cherry pie while eve ate twig and berries

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Did Adam and Eve Partake of Literal Fruit or is it Symbolic?

by Stauros in

was it real fruit they ate or does the fruit represent something else?.

e..

confusedandalone

Nothing intelligent would come from me and you are the one asking if fictional people ate pomegranates or was it something made of holy spirit plaster of paris

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Did Adam and Eve Partake of Literal Fruit or is it Symbolic?

by Stauros in

was it real fruit they ate or does the fruit represent something else?.

e..

confusedandalone

none of that ever happened

eve baked some weedlaced brownies and bible god got mad because they were all gone when he came back from relieving himself

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A typical day in the life of an awaken JW

by suavojr in

today is saturday and you all know what that means.

today is the day for our special worldwide event of our new tract number 38. luckily our (sales route) sorry... our preaching was rained out.. now you may ask how can i stomach the wt propaganda and be able to take the group out in service, still give public talks, comment, etc?

very simple answer, love.

confusedandalone

"sure is a life saving work."

lol, you gotta love it

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Conversation with a christian today or: How the holy spirit got it wrong.

by bohm in

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i had the oddest experience today.

i was walking down the street and there was a group of christians standing in front of a boxcar nicely painted with their logo and website.

they had brought loudspeakers and mixing system, and were playing some loud semi-techno stuff while they were dancing like crazy (literally, there was an old guy jumping around with an umbrella doing a rolling stones impersonation).. i did the only sensible thing and stopped to see what was going on and take a picture.

confusedandalone

bet a million bucks that if he is wrong about anyone he will say bible god didn't want that person.

there is always some form of excuse... It is so annoying

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Conversation with a christian today or: How the holy spirit got it wrong.

by bohm in

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i had the oddest experience today.

i was walking down the street and there was a group of christians standing in front of a boxcar nicely painted with their logo and website.

they had brought loudspeakers and mixing system, and were playing some loud semi-techno stuff while they were dancing like crazy (literally, there was an old guy jumping around with an umbrella doing a rolling stones impersonation).. i did the only sensible thing and stopped to see what was going on and take a picture.

confusedandalone

THis is hilarious, " But if you are willing to do that, then let’s say I write a number on a note, and if God tell you the number I will know for sure he exist and you are correct”

I am sure that almost everyone will have a reason as to why Jebus didn't bless him with the abiolity to do this and that you were not deserving. The whole thing seems to be just insane.

People need to feel special. What could make a person lacking self-esteem and mental issues feel better than to say that GOD is talking to them and only them.