Doubtfully Yours

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  Is baptism a contract with God or with the Watchtower org?

  by JH in

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  getting baptized should be between you and god, and the watchtower should bud out of your personal relationship with god, right?

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  Baptism inside the WBTS is a contract with the WBTS, not God.

  DY
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  How do you defend your god's inaction?

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  this is a question for those that believe in a god or gods, particularly those described as "all knowing" or "almighty".. how do you defend to yourself that your god has not in any modern situation saved his people from anything?.

  people of all faiths are regularly killed by various natural elements.

  of course, if you knew such a thing was going to befall a person and you could do something to protect them, you would.

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  God's lack of action is infuriating to me.

  How can I possibly bring myself to worship a God that has the power to make all human suffering cease and yet chooses to do NOT A GD MFING THING ABOUT IT???!!!

  DY
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  Earthquakes in one place after another

  by free2beme in

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  i realize that in the 1990's, the witnesses changed their view on this thought of "earthquakes in one place after another" to be more figurative and not literal.

  yet most active witnesses still see them as signs of the end.

  i did when i was younger and something occurred to me today as i watched the news from pakistan.. did anyone ever have witnesses that expanded beyond the warning of this natural disaster (earthquakes) to include all natural disasters?

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  Doubtfully Yours

  Natural disasters is nothing more than nature's way of population control.

  DY
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  The real reason why young people get baptized

  by free2beme in

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  the real reason why young people get baptized .... to make their parents happy and proud.

  to be able to get married (which is some cases, is to get away from parents).

  ... okay, okay, i know it depends on how young we are talking.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  Here's one that did it to make her parents happy and proud.

  What a mistake!!!!!!!!!!!!

  DY
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  astrology and compatibility with your mate....a grain of truth???

  by kid-A in

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  let me start off by saying i dont believe in astrology and most certainly not horoscopes.

  having said that, i have often considered the real possibility that the time and season of the year we are born in can dramatically influence our pre-natal development and the resulting personality, i dont think this has anything to do with "stars" or cosmology, but we do know that babies born in certain seasons or months are more prone to certain illnesses, temperaments etc.. i'm an aries and had a really lousy relationship with a "cancer" for many years.

  she always pointed out that all of the compatibility charts state that aries and cancers are fundamentally incompatible and it turned out....she was right!!

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  According to the match of our astrology signs, my husband and I have a very little chance at surviving as man and wife in the long run.

  So far, this is not true whatsoever. Doing very well in our relationship thus far.

  DY
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  JW's and Divorce

  by Dimples in

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  wow, seems like lots of jw's are getting divorced these days.

  since i left the jw's 51/2 years ago i know of at least 5 couples that attended the congregation that i went to, who are now divorced.

  is this getting more common where you are?

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  Doubtfully Yours

  Women/men of this generation put up with much less crap than the prior JW generation of women/men.

  DY
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  Assembly tomorrow

  by Sam the Man in

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  cant wait.

  (sarcastic)

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  Doubtfully Yours

  I feel your pain.

  May the fashion show at least make it worth your time.

  DY
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  Book study in your home

  by pratt1 in

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  did anyone have the book study group meet in your home?.

  my family had the book study group meeting in our basement and it was such a drag.. some of the reasons why it sucked.. the house always had to be spotless.. my mom insisted that there was always refreshments available for after the group meeting.. some dubs used to wander into other parts of the house, including my room.. if i missed the bookstudy because i was sick, some would actually come down to my room to talk.. there were many times when little things would go missing, glasses, magaizines, books, food, you name it.. people would check out my music and books all the time.. i have long since moved out, but mom still has the book study meeting there..

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  How about when the bookstudy meeting finished at 8 p.m. but there are brothers/sisters that hang around 'til 10:00? And this on a weekday, where the next day kids have to get up early to go to school and others have to go to work. This kind of behavior went on at some of my relatives' homes where there have bookstudy meeting place.

  Some time ago, elders told my hubby that if a bookstudy would form in our home perhaps Jehovah's spirit would flow and my attitude would change.

  That was the last very heated argument we had in a very long time. I threatened divorce before I allowed that in my house. He told me it was his home too and I told him if he went on with it against my will I'd personally just throw the people out and call the police.

  He never mentioned it again. EVER!

  DY - Sometimes my spine does become a little strong.
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  ITS FRIDAY....................................

  by defd in

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  yabba dabba doooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  whats everyones plans.

  i am going to relax relax realx.. wife is out of town, so i might go to the bar( just joking) watch alittle football on sunday.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  Weekends are made for relaxation.

  Happy Friday to you all!!!

  DY and be
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  Should I ask to be taken out of the school?

  by lola28 in

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  i think it is time to get of the tms schedule, i haven't given a talk in over a year and don't want to be on the list any more.

  do you think the elders would get on my case if i did this?

  is it a wise choice?.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  Do what I did.

  I never really asked to be removed, but just kept having last minute health/other emergencies that prevented me from attending on the night I happened to be scheduled to give a part.

  After about 6 or 7 times that I pulled some stunt and didn't show up, they got the point and I haven't been scheduled to give a part for over 3 years now.

  SO WONDERFUL!!!

  DY