I dont care for xmas, but will spent time with my inlaws who are mostly Jewish. We exchange gift through much the year when I see them. I mailed lego to my nephew. I appreciate the family time and having people who are not JWs to be kind to me. This matters most.
Posts by kaik
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23What Will U Spend For XMas This Year?
by minimus ini think most exjws are frugal when it comes to xmas.
what is your budget for gift giving?.
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Shipping items to the Philippines. Does anyone have experience shipping to other countries?
by adjusted knowledge ini live in the usa and want to ship my game consoles (xbox, playstation, wi, ect), laptop, and other items to my wife's family in the philippines.
i've used a company locally that ships there at a fix price of $90 per box.
so whatever i fit in the box will ship at that rate regardless of weight.
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kaik
adjusted knowledge, your PS will not play games made for Asia/Japan market, so consider this, because Sony makes games regionally locked.
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My problem with Original Sin
by leftbelow ini found this quote in a book i was reading and it struck me this is why original sin is a problem for me.. damnation is the start of your morality, destruction is its purpose, means and end.
your code begins by damning man as evil, then demands that he practice a good which it defines as impossible for him to practice.
it demands, as his first proof of virtue, that he accept his own depravity without proof.
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kaik
Jews do not believe in Original sin, and it is a teaching that is not in Judaism. It was fully formulated by St. Augustine in 4th century. Jewish beliefs uphold idea that human's life is created sinless and perfect, and human start to sin due inability to uphold G-d's laws. Therefore, orginal sin is a foreigner concept in Judaism and was proposed by Christians to ensure salvation through Jesus, while making Jewish beliefs obsolete.
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Do Jws even need Jesus?
by TTWSYF injust thinking out loud becauseof some things my elder brother has said in the past.
how his works help ensure his future w/the great crowd on earth.. .
well, i need jesus for my salvation,but perhaps some of you do not.. just asking.
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kaik
JWs do not care about Jesus, because their salvation lies in riding the "ark of Brooklyn and the FDS" through the Armageddon. He does not play a role in the JWs lives, but only with 144,000 who are mostly dead. JWs do not celebrate, nor participate on his Memorial, except the choosen one. If you are not the small pack, you are meaningless to Jesus; therefore, ordinary JW does not need him.
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One of my main problems with the WT: A very irresponsible organization
by Hidden-Window inone of my main problems with the watch tower and, more specifically, with the governing body is the level of irresponsibility seen when lives of people are involved and their unapologetical attitude when people suffer due to their absurd policies.. how many people were imprisoned or killed for refusing to perform civil service in exchange for military service?.
we do not know, but it does not matter, because the society does not even apologize for the harm their blinking light caused.. how many people died or contracted illnesses due to the prohibition of vaccines?.
we might never know, but an apology is not on the menu.. how many people died for refusing (or disfellowshipped for accepting) fractions of blood when it was against the rules?.
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kaik
The number of dead JWs from blood transfusion is significant and it is in thousands over the years. While the number of 250,000 dead since 1945 is huge and unsupported by official statistics, it is easier to search government sites and medical journals dealing with this issue. I had encountered various numbers looking into .gov, .eu., .edu sites, but even if 1% of them die every year (77,000) and from this number 1% die due blood transfusion ban, this is still significant as 770 will perish every year due this nonsense. I had encountered a number from medical journals which estimates that one in 180 of Jehovah witnesses will die due this ban in industrialized country. This would still translate to 42000 of present JW in our life time. It would be interested to see the real numbers at least from several large countries like Japan, USA, and Germany.
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Solomon's Temple was there one??
by Crazyguy inits interesting to find out that there is no evidence of king david or his son solomon.
what about this amazing temple that solomon supposedly built??
there is no arcylogical evidence that it ever excisted either.
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kaik
Various studies from archeology have yet to prove that Temple of Solomon existed. There is no evidence of existence of David. Jewish and Catholic archeologists past 120-140 years try to find one single proof that temple existed at time when OT said it did.
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Your favourite dog breed ...?
by LoveUniHateExams inin an earlier thread, i mentioned that i wasn't a particularly doggy person but that my parents got a husky last year that i've come to regard as a kind of brother.. huskies superficially resemble wolves and for me it's been fun to compare and contrast husky and wolf behaviour.
huskies howl but rarely bark, and seem to have a strong prey drive and a strong pack instinct - a nod to their wild cousins.
this is why i love huskies, i think.. do you have a favourite dog breed and why?.
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kaik
Sail Away, cute little dog, furry princess.
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One of my main problems with the WT: A very irresponsible organization
by Hidden-Window inone of my main problems with the watch tower and, more specifically, with the governing body is the level of irresponsibility seen when lives of people are involved and their unapologetical attitude when people suffer due to their absurd policies.. how many people were imprisoned or killed for refusing to perform civil service in exchange for military service?.
we do not know, but it does not matter, because the society does not even apologize for the harm their blinking light caused.. how many people died or contracted illnesses due to the prohibition of vaccines?.
we might never know, but an apology is not on the menu.. how many people died for refusing (or disfellowshipped for accepting) fractions of blood when it was against the rules?.
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kaik
It is hard to estimate how many JWs died from blood ban since 1945. This article http://www.krev.info/library/pocetumrti.pdf say that 900 die every year becase of it, which would equal to approximatelly 58000 individuals. For comparision 1500 JWs died at the hand of Nazis and even less at the hand of the communist regimes. It is still reasonable to see that 70,000 of died in past 50 years, if you consider children of the the JWs who were not baptized or relatives who are associated with them. Couple years ago there was on Czech TV ex-JW woman who was DF for sexual affair, yet she insisted on blood ban; therefore, this belief can linger even through the life after KH.
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what would happen If?
by sowhatnow ini submitted a letter to the local k hall, explaining that i no longer believe my baptism as a jw is valid, based on my current bible knowlege.
and i wish to be no longer considered a baptised [in this organization], jw, but simply a christain who studies the bible.. and then would continue to attend meetings?.
they couldnt prevent me, its open to the public.. .
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just fade and move on with your life. If you want to study Bible and stay involved with Christian community, find a church that suit you. There is no nullification of baptism. Many people would have their baptism nullified if the change of the doctrine was radically different from the beliefs they held at the moment of baptism. If you attempt to do so, they will DA, because baptism is what ties individual to the JW organization as a legally bounding, spiritual contract. Once you are DA, you will be shunned. DA people are treated even worse than DFs people. People who were DFs due some failing like infidelity are still seen as a sinner who could return into the organization. People who DA, left on their own will where they by choice decided not to be JW. This is a grave issue and will not be forgiven. As DA person, they will shun you as a dangerous apostate and may even ask you to leave the premises.
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One of my main problems with the WT: A very irresponsible organization
by Hidden-Window inone of my main problems with the watch tower and, more specifically, with the governing body is the level of irresponsibility seen when lives of people are involved and their unapologetical attitude when people suffer due to their absurd policies.. how many people were imprisoned or killed for refusing to perform civil service in exchange for military service?.
we do not know, but it does not matter, because the society does not even apologize for the harm their blinking light caused.. how many people died or contracted illnesses due to the prohibition of vaccines?.
we might never know, but an apology is not on the menu.. how many people died for refusing (or disfellowshipped for accepting) fractions of blood when it was against the rules?.
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kaik
Someone posted here on the board, that JW policy on blood and vaccination caused death of 250,000 JWs, more than any combined oppressions from Hitler, Stalin, and other dictators. JWs are the worst enemies for themselves, but what to expect from suicidal cult that wants its member sacrifice for their publishing house.