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  Would you trust your Doctor if he got things wrong??

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  just thinking..... assume we had a family doctor that we had seen all our lives, perhaps he had been the doctor for your extended family too.

  he is lovely man, very kind and honest hearted.. but if he had prescribed treatment or medication that was wrong, and had bad effects on you, then changed the medication to something else, then randomly changed it again etc, how would you feel?.

  if you did some research into him, and found disturbing facts and things in his history that made you question his qualifications, how would you feel?

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  stuckinarut2

  Great point redvip2000!!
  
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  You're welcome ...

  by Simon in

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  i figured i'd shut the site down for a couple of hours to encourage everyone to do their xmas shopping.

  the error message was a subtle hint, that's what "500 error" means ... go shopping.. whatever rumours you hear, it definitely wasn't that someone deployed a quick update before going on a 1.5 hour car ride to pick someone up and didn't think that the page they tested, to check it was all working after the update, happened to be cached.

  no siree bob, not that, na hah.. anyway, you're welcome for the extra chance to, erm, shop..

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  we just thought that the Holy Spirit had actually acted to stop us raving apostates!
  
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  My Mother reach out to me AGAIN!

  by HereIgo in

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  about 3 weeks ago i created a thread due to my mom reaching out to me (we hadn't talked in over 2 years due to typical jw politics).

  well, today she reached out again thought facebook messenger saying " i'm so sorry i hurt you my beautiful baby boy.

  i'm hurting very much also.

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  stuckinarut2

  Wow...

  Honestly? Perhaps too strong and too much for that first response.

  Perhaps if you had eased in it may have been more beneficial?

  Still, what is done is done. She knows you are willing to have the relationship. It is up to her.
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  Letter Read Out at KH

  by The Searcher in

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  i don't know if this letter has been discussed or published here - apologies if it has.

  this is not verbatim, but it basically said that even if j.w.

  's couldn't offer any physical support for the wonderful provision of the new britain branch (which the g.b.

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  Didn't the religious leaders in Jesus time create a multitude of contribution boxes too?
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  Would you trust your Doctor if he got things wrong??

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just thinking..... assume we had a family doctor that we had seen all our lives, perhaps he had been the doctor for your extended family too.

  he is lovely man, very kind and honest hearted.. but if he had prescribed treatment or medication that was wrong, and had bad effects on you, then changed the medication to something else, then randomly changed it again etc, how would you feel?.

  if you did some research into him, and found disturbing facts and things in his history that made you question his qualifications, how would you feel?

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  Yes, great point Scratchme1010!

  You are 100% correct. Sadly, facts are indeed overridden by FEELINGS. You are correct.

  Logic has nothing to do with the reason most witnesses stay.

  Thanks for your comment.
  
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  Elders and CO visit to your home ... Let's Be More CREATIVE !!!

  by RubaDub in

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  2. beliefs

  come on people, there can be a lot more interesting ways of handling the elder and co visits to your home than stated in some other threads.

  i will give some here but want your input.. for example:.

  -- if the elders/co want to visit, graciously offer them to come on your family worship night.

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  Well, Lot was a man of faith right?

  How the society can even try and justify his actions is beyond belief!
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  Would you trust your Doctor if he got things wrong??

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just thinking..... assume we had a family doctor that we had seen all our lives, perhaps he had been the doctor for your extended family too.

  he is lovely man, very kind and honest hearted.. but if he had prescribed treatment or medication that was wrong, and had bad effects on you, then changed the medication to something else, then randomly changed it again etc, how would you feel?.

  if you did some research into him, and found disturbing facts and things in his history that made you question his qualifications, how would you feel?

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  stuckinarut2

  Just thinking....

  Assume we had a family doctor that we had seen all our lives, perhaps he had been the doctor for your extended family too. He is lovely man, very kind and honest hearted.

  But if he had prescribed treatment or medication that was wrong, and had bad effects on you, then changed the medication to something else, then randomly changed it again etc, how would you feel?

  If you did some research into him, and found disturbing facts and things in his history that made you question his qualifications, how would you feel? If he excused those issues or blamed YOU for researching beyond his word, how would you feel?

  If you questioned his treatment, and he reacted by harshly saying "I AM THE DR, just do as I say", and threatened to maligned your name and slander your reputation amongst your friends and community if you spoke out about him, how would you feel?

  Yet spiritually, the society has had a history of mistakes that they have tried to cover up. They alone claim to be the only "spiritual doctors" for our faith. They react harshly if anything is questioned. They blame individuals who don't tow the line.

  thoughts??
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  Im Going To Approach A Witnessing Cart Today

  by pale.emperor in

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  the city in which i work is flooded with those witnessing carts.

  today im going to approach one of them and pretend i dont know what they believe.

  gonna try and record it if i can.

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  stuckinarut2

  Well played sir.

  Yes, sadly, as soon as it gets "difficult" or an actual conversation with differing views arises, they will cut it off as being "argumentative"!

  Simply respectfully expressing differing views is NOT arguing. It is called conversing.
  
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  Has waking up ever made you physically ill?

  by fizzle in

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  has waking up ever made you physically ill?

  perhaps because of the emotional strain etc..?.

  if if so what were / are the symptoms?.

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  stuckinarut2

  Yes, doing mental gymnastics trying to reconcile conflicting thoughts takes its toll.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5104087982931968/physical-effects-cognitive-dissonance
  
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  Jehovah is unjust (outrageous article on slavery in last WT for public)

  by Master_Bob in

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  according to the last paragraph of the article entitled "escape from slavery—then and now" (wt#2, 2017).

  jehovah god felt grieved by the harsh treatment of israelite slaves in egypt; he must feel the same way about similar injustice today.. .

  if you call modern slavery "injustice", wasn't the slavery during moses time also "injustice"?

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  stuckinarut2

  Slavery in any form , at any time in history is wrong.

  The biblical "approval" of slavery, no matter how it was "regulated" was wrong. Pure and simple!

  So too was the forced taking of women and children for the Isrealites to "use" when they captured nations. Wrong. Pure and Simple!

  No one can try and convince me otherwise.