@Heaven
Excellent thinking and excellent question!
I agree with the point made by 3rdgen, that love is a two-way street, a kind of beautiful compromise.
If two people genuinely love each other, their background, beliefs or status shouldn't matter.
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Would you convert to a religion for love?
by new hope and happiness ini am sure people convery to a religion to find peace and spiritual awakening.
i also bet many convert simply for love.
would you to assist " true love" if it required converting to a particular faith?.
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SAY WHAAAAT? YOU CRAZY DUDE!
by sparrowdown inseriously, endured a torturous conversation with an active jdub yesterday.
and he was frothing at the mouth about how "muslims are doing the right thing with .
executing the....." he then went on to list everyone from drugdealers to thieves to fornicators.. he said "countries where this sort of thing is happening have got it right!
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@sparrowdown
You're right, it seems JWs don't have much of clue about what goes on in the world.
Take a look at the last four or five 'watching the world' articles on jw.org. We find not one word about the many atrocities committed by extremists - for some unfathomable reason WTS thinks the rise of atheism in Japan or alcoholism in Outer Mongolia is more newsworthy.
'the Koran was not that different from the Bible' - this is one thing your JW has correct.
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Do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?
by new light init has been a long time.. thanks to jw.org, i was reading some jw material (what does the bible teach i believe).
it was the first time reading a "book study" book in many years and i was blown away by the controlling, cultish writing.
this question especially struck me as manipulative: do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?.
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Sorry new light, I also didn't take the time to properly read throught the opening post.
You're quite, the fact that the bible 'student' is not given a 'why or why not' is a bit disturbing - independent thinking not allowed.
I don't think the org is becoming more sinister - it's always been like this.
The Writing Dept. print the questions and the answers, all devout JWs have to do is parrot them on a Sunday afternoon.
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Union Jack Comes Down In Camp Bastion
by cofty inthe flag has been lowered for the last time in camp bastion in helmand province afghanistan.... the baton has been passed to the afghan army.
let's hope they are ready.. "it is with pride that we announce the end of uk combat operations in helmand, having given afghanistan the best possible chance of a stable future.
our armed forces tremendous sacrifice laid the foundations for a strong afghan security force, set the security context that enabled the first democratic transition of power in the countrys history, and stopped it being a launch pad for terrorist attacks in the uk.
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I have a bad feeling about this.
I hope Afghan society will give me a pleasant surprise.
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Do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?
by new light init has been a long time.. thanks to jw.org, i was reading some jw material (what does the bible teach i believe).
it was the first time reading a "book study" book in many years and i was blown away by the controlling, cultish writing.
this question especially struck me as manipulative: do you believe that we are living in the last days, and why?.
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In answer to the OP: hell no! It's been stated by other posters in other threads that humankind has never had it so good, especially those of us living in the developed world. I've never forgotten this.
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MY CONCLUSION IS: 'GOD' DOESN'T EXIST
by NAVYTOWN ini have come to the conclusion that there is no god.
period!!!
if there was a loving, righteous, all-knowing, all powerful god up there somewhere, where is he and what good is he???
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@NAVYTOWN - your OP makes good points.
If I were braver I'd probably be atheist.
Does the existance/nonexistance of God even matter? There's nothing we can do about it, we can't know for sure, all we can do is live our lives and do our best.
I heard somebody, somewhere (it may have been Clive James) say that the logical position is to start off atheist and the revise your position with the gathering of new evidence.
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Life is short and I'm gonna love it thread!
by poopsiecakes inso what are you doing to enjoy yourself?
doesn't have to be for anyone around you, or have anything to do with jw world.
just something that you do for you and only you and that fills your soul (whatever that means).
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I've alway had an amateur interest in languages, with the Germanic languages and Old English in particular.
I also love natural history - I'm studying animal biology at uni.
I love red wine and cider, but not in the same glass.
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SAY WHAAAAT? YOU CRAZY DUDE!
by sparrowdown inseriously, endured a torturous conversation with an active jdub yesterday.
and he was frothing at the mouth about how "muslims are doing the right thing with .
executing the....." he then went on to list everyone from drugdealers to thieves to fornicators.. he said "countries where this sort of thing is happening have got it right!
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Hi cultBgone. I gotta admit the congregation I was in was largely made up of decent people.
However, there were some with 'scary cult personas'.
My mother could never quit smoking. I had an elder say to me: 'maybe you should give up witnessing to your mum, she's still smoking, she hasn't fully accepted the message, she might not make it'. Translation into plain English: our loving God Jehovah will very soon kill your mother because she smokes.
I was a true believer, 16 years old at the time.
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Jehovah's Witnesses are the only people who don't practice war and who preach worldwide!
by EndofMysteries inthis is what somebody has been telling me, trying to convince me aside from anything one can say or cause reason for doubt, as the evidence that they are the true religion and true people of god.
they are convinced because while 'all other' christian and other religions support war, troops, etc, jw's don't and they are the only one's who carry god's name and preach.
nothing else matters.
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Good point, designs, I hadn't thought about the 'many levels of Pacifism' either.
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17 y.o. Sydney Boy Threatens to fly the black flag over the White House
by fulltimestudent ini think i'm going to get flamed for this, but it needs to be said.. this kid is full of bravado, and if his head is as stuffed full of muslim ideology, as my head was once stuffed full of christian ideology, he probably believes that allah (the other face of yahweh) wants him to do it, and that if he dies in the effort, he will be rewarded in paradise.. before i post his story, please consider that the ideology of martyrdom, has both a christian face and a muslim face.
ignatius, the second bishop of antioch, wanted to die for jesus, just as the young man in the following story, likely imagines that he is willing to die for allah.. ok, that's out of the way, so here's the story:.
bankstown boy threatens prime minister tony abbott in islamic state recruitment videodate: october 21, 2014 david wroe and natalie o'brien.
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@fulltimestudent
Your last post makes a good points but what's the solution?
If the West is peaceful, Islamic extremists will try to slaughter infidels (including the West). If the West uses violence, Islamic extremists will try to slaughter infidels (including the West).